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By Robert Balajadia
The St. Anthony Raiders girls basketball team sucked the offense right out of the Santa Barbara Spartans gym Thursday night as St. Anthony upended the Spartans 46-4 to improve to (4-1) on the season, dropping the Santa Barabra to (0-4)
The Spartans put forth a valiant effort as many of their shots hit evert inch of the rim except the bottom of the net. The two tallest Raiders, in Therese Fegurger and Monica Giger, wrecked defensive havoc on the Spartans making it difficult for the girls of Santa Barabra to get clean looks at the basket.
Both Fegurger and Giger led the team in scoring with seven points, while pulling down 10 rebounds each, majority of which were on the offensive end which led to easy buckets.
Fergurger credited their high level of defensive play to how hard they work in practice.
“We have a lot of scrimmages against each other and we don’t take it easy. We play every game as if it were our last game, not only for us, but for our school and for the people who we respect the most,” modestly said Ferguger.
The game was still within reach after the first quarter despite the Raiders going up 11-2 thanks to a five-point scoring outing from Nicole Gandaoli. St. Anthony got past their shaky free throw shooting in the beginning of the quarter to hit their final five foul shots of the first. Spartans Isabella Gonzales was the lone shot maker for her team in the quarter.
Crowd favorite Mikaela Bumagat gave the Raider fans plenty to cheer about in the second quarter, racking up three steals that led to two layups from both sides of the basket proving that she can sink a layup just as nicely with her left hand as she can her right. Teammate Reese Mong also got into the action scoring four points in the quarter to stretch the lead 25-2 at halftime.
Spartans Mara Tamaya ended the drought by hitting a running left hook shot early in the third quarter for Santa Barbara’s second bucket, though it would unfortunately be their last.
The Raiders would go on to score 13 points in the final quarter with plenty of girls getting game time off the bench.
The big win was only shortly celebrated for the St. Anthony, as they now set their sights on Monday’s big showdown against the unbeaten (4-0), defending champion Bishop Obispos.
“I’m very nervous, but I’m sure we will try our best,” admitted Fergurger on the big game. “We have a lot of friends there too and we know that we’re all going to support each other.”
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GPS Sports Calendar
February 2023
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for January
1st
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
2nd
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
4th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Events for February
6th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
7th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
8th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
9th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
10th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL FINALS
Events for February
11th
Events for February
13th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
14th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
15th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
16th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
17th
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
18th
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
Events for February
19th
SPRINT TRIATHLON, PACIFIC GAMES QUALIFIER
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 2
Events for February
20th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
21st
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
22nd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
23rd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
24th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
Events for February
24th
Events for February
25th
Events for February
27th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
Events for February
28th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS

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