W Division Recap Week 1
by Jack Liu

Lincoln High_The women's division kicked off the summer season with three blowouts of 16-point margins or more-clearly defining a line between the super-competitive W teams and the less experienced. Though more blowouts are expected, there will be games worth watching once the top teams face each other or when the lower seeds meet.

Sunset Baptist 13-39
FCBC 7-18

Sunset Baptist started the game slow while First Chinese Baptist women kept the game close in the first half with their scrappy defense and intensity. However, the talented Sunset team began to click in the second half and pulled away by using their pressure defense and quickness to force many turnovers that led to fast breaks and easy baskets.

SF Mandarin 25-52
Golden Gate 6-19

SF Mandarin with its talented and veteran group rattled the young Golden Gate team with its full-court press early and built a big lead heading into half time. Trailing by large margin, Golden Gate, however, continued to play with energy and enthusiasm and their offense responded much better in the second half. In the end, SF Mandarin proved to be too much for the inexperienced Golden Gate squad.

Harvest 26-37
Holy Ground 26-21

Harvest Bookstore (formerly P.D.S.T in 2004) showed why it was the W division champs last year with a solid win over Holy Ground. Harvest built a huge lead going into the second half with its man-to-man pressure and fast break buckets. With many players who are still trying to get familiar with each other, Holy Ground's rustiness showed in the first half. However, HGF played much more poised and in sync as a team in the second half. HGF made a push with some late baskets but Harvest was able to make some timely jumpers to prevent the comeback.