Well, they did it again. After taking dual championships in last month’s Holiday Hoopla event, the Gilbert Genies followed that up with a clean sweep at the Valentine Invitational held February 12-13 at Dobson High School, again taking tournament titles in both the U10 and U12 divisions. Both teams compiled perfect tournament records and defeated squads from the Arizona Thunder in the finals. Likewise, both championship games were back-and-forth contests with the Genies making decisive runs in the final minutes to pull out the victories. For the Genies 10s, Elizabeth Rudd’s 10 points powered the team to a 29-25 title game win. The Genies led 13-12 at halftime, but trailed by three with just under eight minutes to play before their full-court pressure defense generated turnovers that led to the game winning scores. For the three-game tournament the Genies were led in scoring by Elizabeth's 33 points followed by Tessa Smith (15), Rebecca Rudd (14), Candice Bomar (12), Michela McGertt and Ashlin Palmer (6 each) and Cyndee Flanagan (4). Elizabeth also led the team in rebounding with 23 followed by Smith (22), R. Rudd (13), Flanagan (7), Palmer (6), Caitlin Evans and Bomar (2 each) and Tennae Henrichs and McGertt (1 each). The 10s 2005 overall record moves to 6-7 (6-0 against Arizona 10-year-old teams). The Genies 12s, playing with just six players in both the semifinals and finals, got 12 points each from Kelsi Haugo and Ashton Jones to defeat the Thunder 11s 45-38 in the championship. For the four-game tournament Haugo led the team in scoring with 41 points, followed by Tara Rickenbach and Jones (24), Cara Bomar (18), Shana Davis (16), Amberlee Tialino (12), Alyssa Heeman (6) and Ashlee Byrd (4). Jones led the team in rebounding with 37, followed by Bomar (22), Davis (21), Rickenbach (19), Haugo (7), Tialino (6), Heeman (5) and Byrd (4). The 12s 2005 overall record now stands at 13-2. They remain undefeated in the state of Arizona, having dropped only two games in California against teams from Laguna Hills and San Francisco.
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