Chargers cheer wins at Nationals

The Junior Pee Wee Green Charger cheer squad of the Huntington Beach Pop Warner Football League traveled to Las Vegas the first weekend of February to compete in the Jamz Nationals Cheer competition. The girls competed in two categories, Performance and Show. The team placed first in the Performance category to become Jamz National Champions. They also placed second in the Show category.

The girls cheered from August to January and worked hard for the competition in Las Vegas. The team members are Jessalyn Alvarado, Kaylie Flowers, Charissa Martinez, Madison Moses, Alyssa Sandford, Briana Spainhour, Amanda Sprowls and Alison Steinmetz. The team is coached by Ruth Sprowls and Annelise Siebel.

If you are interested in cheering for the Huntington Beach Pop Warner Football League, visit www.hbpwf.org for sign-up information.

— Ruth Sprowls, Community Contributor

SOCCER

Gold Coast two games from State Cup title: The Huntington Beach Gold Coast Extreme Elite girls’ under-12 team faced strong competition from Silver and Silver Elite teams in the president’s bracket of the State Cup tournament.

After three grueling wins in cold and rainy San Bernardino on Feb. 23 and 24, the Bronze Level Gold Coast Extreme Elite girls were rewarded with a spot in the final four in Lancaster this Saturday.

Elite plays North County Boca Silver of Yorba Linda. The State Cup championship game will be in Lancaster on Sunday.

NATIONAL JUNIOR BASKETBALL

Fountain Valley 27, Laguna Beach 25: On Sunday in Tustin, a National Junior Basketball championship series Division I girls’ game went down to the wire. After Laguna Beach led for most of the game, Fountain Valley turned it on late and pulled out a 27-25 victory.

Cheyann Pendergrass had 11 points, three rebounds, three steals, one assist and one block for the Fountain Valley Lions. Jenna Miramontez also played well and led the team in points (12) and rebounds (eight).

Lions Coach Melisa Duffey was proud of the win and the team.

“We played great defensively and pulled through in the end,” Duffey said.

Laguna Beach played well as a team and had several leaders. Kyra Humphries had six points and a rebound, assist, block and steal. Sarina Strickland was the Breakers’ top scorer with nine points. She also had a pair of rebounds and one block.

Both Fountain Valley and Laguna Beach are 1-1 in the Championship Series tournament.

— By Scott McCourtney, GameOn OC