Warriors girls' basketball off to solid start

There have been no Fallbrook Union High School Girls Varsity Basketball teams with a winning overall record at the school since Dan Bachman’s 2014-15 team went 17-8.

So far this season, Jessica Ramirez’s Warriors are 5-4 on the young season and making strides.

The Warriors had to be feeling good coming into tournament games with West Hills Saturday, Dec. 28, and Valhalla Monday, Dec. 30, (games played after press time) having just won big against Santana, taking down the Sultans 53-17 Friday, Dec. 27.

The Warriors scored early and often while playing solid defense throughout the game. The Warriors led at the half 28-9 and never looked back, putting up 19 points in the third quarter and six more in the fourth. The Sultans never scored more than 7 points in any quarter of the game.

The Warriors were equally impressive a day earlier Thursday, Dec. 26, in a 55-26 win over Patrick Henry.

Before entering that tournament, Fallbrook dropped two straight, falling 55-25 to San Dieguito Academy and 61-32 to El Camino.

The Warriors picked up a win Dec. 16 with a hard-fought 33-27 win over Mira Mesa and a solid 46-24 win over Sage Creek Dec. 11.

The Warriors next match up with Orange Glen Jan. 3 and San Marcos Jan. 8 on the road, and Rancho Bernardo at home Jan. 10 in cross league games. They will begin league play Jan. 14 at Escondido High School at 5:30 p.m.

Jeff Pack can be reached by email at [email protected].