End of the 1st Half

Dear Friends and Family:

Riki’s Redondo Union High School team finishes the first half of Bay League play this Tuesday 2/27 vs. West Torrance at Redondo at 6 p.m. This is a battle for third place in the league as both teams are 2-2 in league.

Redondo then plays at Palos Verdes on Friday (again at 6 p.m.) and at Bishop Amat in La Puente on Saturday at 7 p.m. (non-league). Bishop Amat features one of Riki’s former club teammates, Michelle Yamamoto.

Since the last update, Riki’s team has gone 2-2, with wins against Peninsula (1/16) and Leuzinger (on Friday, 1/23) and losses to Beverly Hills (1/17) and archrival Mira Costa (1/20). The losses were particularly disheartening as RUHS lost a 3-pt halftime lead against favored Beverly Hills and were “blown out of the water” by Mira Costa from the get-go.

Against Peninsula, Riki scored her season high of 15, with 12 coming in the fourth quarter to help RUHS erase a 4-point deficit en route to a 10-pt win. For the game, she hit two threes and was five for five from the free throw line including the completion of a three-point play following a drive down the lane to turn the tide. During the five game stretch between Mark Keppel on 1/10 and Mira Costa on 1/20, Riki shot 28-30 (93%) from the free throw line. Alas, all good things come to an end when she missed her first four free throws yesterday (1/23) against Leuzinger before hitting her last two. Thankfully, the game was never in question (a 29-point RUHS win), so the free throws weren’t missed.

Thanks for all of your support!