Calvary Chapel’s Caiden Curran is guarded by Luke Kumaric of Huntington Beach. (Photos courtesy Bill Russell).
Calvary Chapel High School’s boys basketball team held on to Huntington Beach 59-55 Tuesday afternoon in a game that was close from start to finish.
Calvary Chapel (3-2) held a 27-26 halftime lead.
The game was tied 55-55 with about a minute left. Huntington Beach (3-3) was unable to convert on two free throws. Calvary Chapel took the ball down and Jordan Embry made a jump to put the Eagles ahead 57-55 with about 20 seconds remaining.
To see additional photos, click on the first picture:
“,”load_all”:false,”error_template”:”
{{ERROR}}
“,”inner_caption”:true,”caption_position”:”over”,”thumbs_position”:”bottom”,”arrow_position”:”inside”,”toolbar”:false,”infobar”:true,”show_smallbtn”:true,”idle_time”:false,”click_content”:false,”click_slide”:false,”click_outside”:false,”animation_duration”:false,”transition_duration”:false,”small_btn_template”:”“}” id=”envira-gallery-141428″ class=”envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-3-columns envira-clear enviratope”>
A loose ball foul on the Oilers sent Calvary Chapel’s Gavin Russell to the free throw line and he made both shots to seal the win.
Russell, a senior, led Calvary Chapel with 16 points and eight rebounds. Carson Franklin had 15 points for the Eagles.