Escondido Charter High School

Basketball

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Womens Basketball
Frontier League Champions!

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Frontier League Girl’s Varsity Basketball All-League Selection

Varsity Girl’s
First Team

1. Jenny Cavallier (Sierra Madre) MVP
2. Natasha Keiser (Escondido Charter)
3 . Jaryl Gutierrez (High Tech High)
4. Rachel Robinson (Sierra Madre)
5. Amellia Philbin (Escondido Charter)

Second Team

1. Sophie Robinson (Escondido Charter)
2. Monique Robinson (Sierra Madre)
3. Amy Morley (Escondido Charter)
4 . Chloe Chial (Maranatha)
5. Gabby Clark (High Tech High)

Honorable Mention

Samantha Budvarson (Escondido Charter)

PLAYOFFS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20TH

The LADY WHITE TIGERS face off against the Lady Eagles of Santa Fe Christian High School. Their record is 20 - 7. The first Lady Tiger play off game is at ECHS vs. SFC at 7pm. We would like the ECHS family to come support their Lady White Tigers filling the gym with more fans than Santa Fe can handle. It should be an exciting game!
~ Coach Jay Luce

The regular season is finally over. What a season. I can say that as a team we have gone through our moments of trials, our share of growth in learning from our experiences and spent some great times rejoicing in our victories. We ended the season with a loss to Preuss. Not bad considering we played 25 games, 2 tournaments, ended up with a 13 - 7 varsity record, a 19 - 7 overall team record (to include 6 JV games), 11 - 1 home record, and an 8 - 1 league record to become the Frontier League Champions! Wow. These young ladies have done a tremendous job representing Escondido Charter high school and have set the standard for the future of Lady Tigers basketball. How awesome they were to coach. Each lady brought their talents, a willingness to learn, and came together to accomplish what no other team has accomplished. Winning a League title. The first team in school history, in any sport. Not to brag, but I am extremely filled with joy as to what they have done.

Our first play off game is next Wednesday the 20th. We will not know who we play untill this Sunday. Once we find out, we hope that where ever we go, that ECHS will show their pride by coming to the game and rooting on our Lady White Tigers in their first play off game!
Again, the coaching staff of Coach Chris Keyser, Coach Jay Luce, Coach Micha Keyser, and the players would like to that the faculty, the students, the parents, and the cheerleaders for helping us make this season so memorable and exciting. Thank you for your support and love for the girls. As a coaching staff we can't express how proud of these young ladies we are.
Thanks to Coach Snyder for getting a gym built for us to play in! Thanks to Coach Brose for his help in developing the athletic program. Thanks to Mr. Krause for developing the website so the kids can see the fruits of their labor.
~ Coach Jay Luce


Jersey #	Grade	Position	Name	Points	Rebounds	Steals	Assists	Blocks
1	Freshman	Guard	Natasha Keyser	243	9	39	15	11	leader in points
2	Freshman	Forward	Nicole Van Otterloo	73	27	27	10	3
3	Senior	Forward	Natasha Barrios	103	21	43	13	24	leader in steals
4	Junior	Guard	Samantha Budvarson	172	27	34	13	3
5	Junior	Guard	Amelia Philbin	228	23	34	9	14
14	Senior	Center	Jessica Gavin	78	34	2	0	3
15	Junior	Center	Amy Morely	90	45	19	2	41	leader in blocks
21	Senior	Forward	Sofiyah Kadoura	8	4	4	1	0
23	Senior	Guard	Sophie Robinson	170	49	34	16	11	leader in rebounds

We are happy to announce that your Lady White Tigers are now the Frontier League Champions!! The LWT have one game left, away @ Preuss at 4:30 pm at the Old UCSD gym. It would be cool to have a crowd there to help encourage our girls to victory. Then the Lady White Tigers will be in the play offs for the first time in girls basketball history at ECHS. Once we get all the details we will let you know when, where, and what time. We appreciate all the support from the parents, student body, faculty, and cheerleaders. Please root on the Lady White Tigers to encourage them to go beyond what they can imagine and keep the dream alive to go far into the play offs. Thanks Coach Luce

On Wednesday we ended up crushing the Maranatha team 77 - 12. Natasha Keyser had 26 points, Nicole Van Otterloo & Jessica Gavin had 14 points each, Sophie Robinson had 12 points, Samantha Budvarson had 7 points and Sofiyah Kadoura had 4 points. Very fun to watch and very easy to coach that night. Tonight is a huge game against our cross-town rivals, Calvin Christian and then next Monday is a huge game against Sierra Madre Academy for the Frontier League title. Both games should be exciting and we hope to have the whole school in attendance to cheer on the Lady Tigers!
Thanks Coach Jay

This season has been both challenging and rewarding, watching these young ladies grow in their love for the game of basketball. Our Lady Tigers lead the Frontier League in a 4-1 record. The Lady Tigers are looking to finish the season strong with only 4 more league games left to play & 2 regular season games, a chance to bring home the league title, and prepare for playing in the CIF playoffs for the first time ever in school history. They are motivated to bring the first Title banner to our ECHS gym. Coming to our house is the heated rivalry between Sierra Madre Academy (Monday 1.28.08 @ 7pm) and then another barn burner between Calvin Christian (Friday 2.1.08 @ 4pm). The Lady Tigers finish the season away @ Preuss (Tuesday 2.12.08 @ 4:30 pm) and prep for the playoffs!
Junior guard Amelia Philbin leads all scorers with 192 points total for the season. Freshman guard Natasha Keyser has 166 points, Junior guard Samantha Budvarson has 125 points, and Senior guard Sophie Robinson has 117 total points for the season. Senior forward Natasha Barrios leads the team in steal with 35 for the season. Junior center Amy "Baby Shaq" Morely leads the team in rebounds and 19 blocked shots! The rest of the Lady Tigers are improving in their key roles as Senior center Jessica Gavin gathers rebounds, picks up the trash (missed shots) and is learning to score with a vengeance. Senior forward Sofiyah Kadoura is also improving in her tenacious defense and rebounding. Freshman forward Nicole Van Otterloo has the team excited when she rips girls away, fighting for rebounds, and then looks down court for pin point passes to her teammates.
The Lady Tigers would like to thank all of you who come and support their games. Thanks to the parents, students, faculty and to the ECHS Cheerleaders for gettin' the crowds R O W D I E during the games. Thanks Coach Jay Luce

This past weekend the girls won their first tournament in Escondido Charter High school history and defeated Canyon Crest 42-39 in overtime. The Lady White Tigers at one point in the game, were losing by as much as 20 points. But, they kept chipping away at the score and did not give up hope. Senior Center #14 Jessica Gavin & Freshman Guard #1 Natasha Keyser had key last second baskets to tie the game in regulation. Then, in overtime Freshman Forward #2 Nicole Van Otterloo brought down a key rebound that switched the momentum towards the Lady White Tigers. Nicole said, "I was not going to let her get that ball and I was not going to let my team lose". Captain Junior Guard #4 Samantha Budvarson and Junior Forward #5 Amelia Philbin added a bucket each to put the Lady White Tigers up for good. We can't express how proud of these young ladies we are as coaches and how much fun it was!!!

Tonight we defeated Maranatha Eagles in our first league game, crushing them 52-18. Junior Forward #5 Amelia Philbin had 15 points and Freshman Guard #1 Natasha Keyser had 8 points. It was the Eagles first basketball game and head Coach Chris Keyser had the girls slow the game down to have the girls learn about good sportsmanship and not running up the score.

Next up, the heated rivalry against San Diego Jewish Academy at our house this Thursday 12.20.07 @ 4pm. We urge the Escondido Charter current students, teachers, alumni and parents to please come support our Lady White Tigers as they try to stay undefeated on our home court.

Thanks ~ Coach Luce

December 4, 2007
Our record so far is 3 - 1.

Top scorers last night were:
Natasha Keyser: 22 pts
Natasha Barrios: 10 pts
Amy Morley: 12 pts

Scoring leaders up to date for our first 4 games are:
Sophie Robinson: 39 pts
Natasha Keyser: 34 pts
Amelia Philbin: 29 pts
Samantha Budvarson 26 pts
Jessica Gavin 26 pts
Natasha Barrios: 24 pts

Thanks ~ Coach Luce

ECHS Mens Basketball

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Frontier League Boy’s Varsity Basketball All-League Selection

Varsity Boy’s
First Team

1. Chen Cai (Maranatha) MVP
2. Santiago Simental (Maranatha)
3. Donald Warner (High Tech High)
4. Lu Morris (The Rock Academy)
5. Austin Deloach (Escondido Charter)

Honorable Mention

Renne Coleman (Escondido Charter)

ECHS Men's JV 49 Christian Life JV 34

The JV White Tigers fought off a late game rally by the Eagles of Christian Life Academy. Shane Tanksley led all scorers with 19 points hitting 3 Three-pointers, and scoring at critical times to keep the lead safe. Dave Clark scored 14 points hitting two from the 3-point range. Michael Shapiro scored 8 points, dished out 4 assists and pulled down 10 Rebounds. He also had 3 blocks and 3 steals for a great all aound game. Nick Ontiveros continued his solid play putting in 8 points handing out 5 assists and grabbing 7 rebounds. David Sargenti sparked the defense with 6 steals and 7 rebounds.

Christian Life Academy 60 ECHS 55

The Varsity team staged the greatest comeback in the history of our gym with an amazing fourth quarter rally to overcome a fifteen point deficit and pull to within one basket in the final minute before narrowly missing the victory. Austin Deloach turned in an all-star performance with 21 points, 9 rebounds, 5 steals and hitting two shots from three point range. Nick Rosa chipped in 8 points and handed out 5 assists. Sophomore Matt Bridgford turned up the defensive heat and sparked a rally with all of his seven points in the 4th quarter. Matt Merrill and Renee Coleman each put in a three pointer and each wound up with 5 points. Joshua Miller had 4 points, Grant Harris added a 3 point basket and Jordan Finney scored 2.

The game was marked by the return of a number of alumni in attendance and the team and crowd were treated to an outstanding performance throughtout the game by the Harper (Blues) Brothers two piece band. Their saxophone, and drumset coreographed the game, built the excitement and kept the fans and players pumped up. Special thanks to them.

Borrego Springs:

In a Varsity loss to Borrego Springs last night, the Men's Basketball team was missing two starters, but made a valiant effort to play even the last two quarters but had dug too big of a hole in the first half to climb out of. Renee Coleman led the team with 11 points. Matt Bridgeford added 8 points, Matt Merrill 5, Nick Rosa 4 and Thomas Jennings 3 points. Coleman, Bridgeford, Merrill and Jennings each hit 3 Pointers from the field.

In the JV game that preceeded it the White Tigers played tough all the way to the final minute before narrowly missing the victory. Junior Dave Clark had a dominating game with 34 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals. Shane Tanksley poured in 19 points hitting a critical 3 pointer in the 4th quarter to bring the team within one. Colton Deloach had 3 points and Garrett Frye 2.

Highlights from the LJCDS Small Schools Tournament:

ECHS 61 Christian H.S. 31.

Austin Deloach led the way with a career high 22 points, Shane Tanksley added 7 and Nick Rosa scored 6,
David Sargenti, Colton Deloach, and Thomas Jennings had 4 each, Matt Bridgeford, and Thomas Jennings 3 apiece
and Shea Preciado and Nick Moffit each scored a basket as the White Tigers coasted in for the victory, splitting the Tournament with two wins and two losses.

LJCDS 64 ECHS 44

The White Tigers fought hard against a powerful team that was the easy favorite to win the tournament.
Matt Merril led the offense with 12 points, Josh Miller scored 10 and pulled down 9 rebounds.
Renee Coleman also scored 10 points hitting 2 shots from three point range and led the defense with 3 steals.
Austin Deloach had 4 points. Michael Shapiro, Thomas Jennings and Grant Harris had 2 points apiece,
and Matt Bridgeford had 4 key assists coming in off the bench.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007
The Men's VARSITY team lost a close one on Wednesday night to Calvin Christian in the La Jolla Country Day School Tournament action. Trailing most of the game the White Tigers fought back to get within two points in the final half-minute before losing 36-33. Leading scorer was Nick Rosa with 12 points. Austin Deloach added 9 points, a team high 6 steals and 2 assists. Jordan Finney added 7 points and pulled down 5 rebounds. Matt Merrill had 4 each in both points and rebounds.

In JUNIOR VARSITY action at UCSD, The JV team defeated the Preuss School 46-20. After battling in a low scoring, defensive game that was 18 to 8 at the half, the JV team 24 points in the third quarter and kept up the defensive pressure to finish the game with 12 steals as a team. David Clark led with 18 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and had 4 steals and 4 assists. Shane Tanksley added 15 points hitting FIVE of 7 three-point shots. Shane and Colton Deloach each had 3 steals. Michael Shapiro put in 4 points before getting in foul trouble. Colton Deloach contributed a three-pointer and Nick Ontiveros, David Sargenti and Freshman Glenn Harless had 2 points each.

Monday, December 3, 2007
The ECHS Men's Basketball JV team scored a victory tonight at Midway Baptist, 57 to 44

Junior David Clark led the team with 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists.

Sophomore Nick Ontiveros had the game of his career putting in 18 points, grabbing 5 rebounds, handing out 5 assists and blocking 4 shots !! Nick Ontiveros' star performance followed his great game at Lutheran in which he blocked 6 shots and came down with the ball 5 of those times.

Fellow Sophomore Shane Tanksley added 11 points hitting (3) 3 Point shots and added 5 steals as did Colton Deloach who added a bucket. Also scoring for the White Tigers were Sophomore David Sargenti, 4 points, Randy Weir, 2.

Thanks very much

Coach Tanksley

After the lady White Tigers set the standard, the Men's team officially opened their season with a Varsity victory at Warner tonight.

Leading scorer for the Men's team was Jordan Finney who had 18 points, Austin Deloach had 10 points, Joshua Robinson put in 9 and Nick Rosa added 5 points and 6 assists. Josh Robinson led the defense with 8 steals while Matt Merrill and Jordan Finney collected 6 rebounds each. Thanks very much.
- Coach Tanksley