Girls Basketball: Dominion, Stone Bridge Win on Day One of 3rd Annual Honda Dulles Holiday Tournament

By Alanna Dvorak
VivaLoudoun College Intern

Ashburn (Dec. 27, 2010) - The Dominion and Stone Bridge high school girls basketball teams came away with wins on the first day of the 3rd Annual Honda Dulles Holiday Tournament at Broad Run High School.

In action tonight, Stone Bridge will face Loudoun Valley at 6 p.m. followed by host Broad Run against Dominion at 7:45 p.m. Admission is $5.

Game One: Dominion 60, Loudoun Valley 44
Dominion High School earned the first girls’ win in the 3rd Annual Honda Dulles Holiday Tournament, defeating Loudoun Valley High School, 60-44.

Dominion’s squad was strengthened by their depth, as all but three Titans put points on the board. Junior center Imani Smith led the Titans in scoring with 19 points. Senior guard Kelsey Luck put up 17 points and was the high-scorer for the Vikings.

Titan coach Anne Gasser hopes to finish both the tournament and the season strong. Dominion is off to one of the school's best starts ever, at 5-4. Loudoun Valley, which lost some returning players to the opening of Woodgrove this year, fell to 3-6.

“The Dulles District is much more evenly matched this season,” said Gasser.

Scoring
DHS: Waters -1, Branton-2, Covey – 8, Gasser – 13, Delcambre -2, Baker – 2, Smith – 19, Johnson – 11
LVHS: Delvecchio – 1, Jane – 2, Luck – 17, Gutch – 12, Hurtt – 13

Game Two: Stone Bridge 57, Broad Run 34

Despite accumulating an 8-0 deficit to start the game, the Lady Bulldogs quickly pulled together to end the quarter with a 12-12 tie.

Stone Bridge then never looked back as they went on to defeat rival Broad Run by 23 points in their 57-34 win on Monday.

“After three days off, I expected them to come out a little sloppy,” said Bulldog head coach Chris Jones. “Hopefully they’ll get their legs back [as the tournament progresses].”

Despite the loss, Broad Run head coach Mike O’Hara is pleased with his team. “Stone Bridge is the best team in the area,” said O'Hara . “We were satisfied it was a close game.”

Both the Spartans and the Bulldogs were undermanned, with Stone Bridge missing star forward Murielle Tiernan and Broad Run missing a total of four players.

Scoring:
SBHS: C. Prince – 2, Sleece – 12, Herndon – 2, N. Prince – 15, Guzek – 4, Della-Penna – 6, Whitaker – 8, Lewis – 6
BRHS: Cabellos – 5, Melhuish – 4, Ferguson – 8, B. Miller – 2, Tashjian – 6, Tousley – 1, S. Miller - 8