The Coronado Boys Varsity Basketball team dropped two league contests this week against Christian and Kearny. On Tuesday, the Islanders traveled to Christian and played really well. Coronado held a one point lead at half-time 29-28 and stretched that lead to 46-42 at the end of three quarters. The Patriots caught fire in the fourth quarter forcing overtime and winning, 73-66.
Coronado was paced by Myles Manning who scored a game high 24 points, including six 3-Pointers. DJ Jackson had 11 points and 18 rebounds asserting himself against the taller Christian front court. Caden Gentry scored 7 points and both Bruen Roulier and Vaughn Madrigal pitched in 6 apiece.
On Thursday, the team hosted the extremely talented Kearny Komets. The game was never in doubt as Kearny raced to a 27-6 first quarter lead. Coronado struggled to keep up with the athletic Kearny squad falling by a final score of 82-33.
Myles Manning led the Islanders with 9 points, while Jack Rinko scored 8 and Caden Gentry pitched in 6 points.
Next week the Islanders close out Central League play with a home game Tuesday (2/16) against Crawford. Tip-off is 5:00pm. Then on Friday (2/19), the team travels to Crawford High with tip-off at 7:30pm.
