The Chaparral Pumas basketball team scored 51 points and held the visiting Aquinas Falcons to 40 in the Pumas non-league triumph on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Leading scorers for the Pumas were Lexa Ava Li (So) with fifteen points, Angela Dela Cruz (Sr) with eighteen points, and Zetta Faasua (Fr), who netted thirteen.

The Pumas, who were sporting a 6-2 record, put it on the line when they traveled to Shadow Hills for a non-league contest Friday, Dec. 8. Chaparral fell to the Knights team who were coming off a 71-32 non-league win over Valley View.  As the Christmas break approaches Chaparral will battle through five more preseason games as they prepare for their home conference opener versus Murrieta Mesa (currently 5-6) Tuesday, January 2 at 5:30 p.m.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.

JP Raineri

JP is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and head of the Sports Department for the Valley News. As a former Southwestern League head baseball coach, and former President of the Temecula Youth Baseball league (TYB), JP was also a local on-air radio personality at All Pro Broadcasting and was a television host for the Outdoor Channel. When not covering local, or national sports, JP also works for the Media Technology Department for Major League Baseball.

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