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Sparks Golden Valley

Railroaders

Cougars

The Golden Valley (Merced, CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Sparks (NV) by a score of 67-32.

Game Details: Rail City Classic

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sparks	4	12	10	6	32
Golden Valley	24	13	18	12	67

Final score provided by D. Lockwood.

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Game Stats

Golden Valley (23-24)

Sparks

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	13	23	57	59
1	J. Tagulao (Sr)	13	5	10	50	50
2	Omar McKenzie (So)	2	1	2	50	50
4	Eli Flores (So)	1	0	2	0	0
5	Angel Flores (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
14	A. Banuelos Puga (Sr)	8	4	6	67	67
21	Symon Solomon (Jr)	5	2	2	100	100

Golden Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	67	28
1	Elijah Brito (Jr)	2	1
3	Ricardo Perez (Sr)	8	4
5	Joseph Spielman (Sr)	4	2
10	Izaivian Goode (So)	11	5
11	David Denson (Sr)	12	4
12	B. Castleton (Sr)	13	5
15	Elijah Carter (Fr)	4	2
24	A. Valtierra (Jr)	3	1
30	Jeff Tangaan (Jr)	6	2
33	D. Brown (Jr)	4	2

Sparks

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	1	1	100	5	10	50	12	22	55
1	J. Tagulao (Sr)	13	0	0	0	3	4	75	5	10	50
2	Omar McKenzie (So)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
4	Eli Flores (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
5	Angel Flores (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	A. Banuelos Puga (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	67
21	Symon Solomon (Jr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	2	100

Golden Valley

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	67	6	5	7	71	22
1	Elijah Brito (Jr)	2					1
3	Ricardo Perez (Sr)	8					4
5	Joseph Spielman (Sr)	4					2
10	Izaivian Goode (So)	11	1				4
11	David Denson (Sr)	12		4	4	100	4
12	B. Castleton (Sr)	13	3	0	2	0	2
15	Elijah Carter (Fr)	4					2
24	A. Valtierra (Jr)	3		1	1	100	1
30	Jeff Tangaan (Jr)	6	2
33	D. Brown (Jr)	4					2

Sparks

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	32	5	16	21	3	6	3	7	7
1	J. Tagulao (Sr)	13	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	1
2	Omar McKenzie (So)	2	1	4	5	0	2	2	2	1
4	Eli Flores (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1
5	Angel Flores (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	A. Banuelos Puga (Sr)	8	4	4	8	0	0	1	0	1
15	C. Kittrell (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Symon Solomon (Jr)	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3
23	Steven Lopez (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Golden Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	67
1	Elijah Brito (Jr)	2
3	Ricardo Perez (Sr)	8
5	Joseph Spielman (Sr)	4
10	Izaivian Goode (So)	11
11	David Denson (Sr)	12
12	B. Castleton (Sr)	13
15	Elijah Carter (Fr)	4
24	A. Valtierra (Jr)	3
30	Jeff Tangaan (Jr)	6
33	D. Brown (Jr)	4

Sparks

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.43	0.86	0.86	0.43	6
1	J. Tagulao (Sr)	1.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	2
2	Omar McKenzie (So)	0.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	3
4	Eli Flores (So)	0.33	0.67	2.00	0.00	1
14	A. Banuelos Puga (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0

Misc Totals

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Game Story

Nevada High School Basketball - Sparks trounced by Golden Valley

December 28, 2023: Sparks, NV 89431

The Golden Valley Cougars routed the host Sparks Railroaders basketball team by a final score of 67-32 in Thursday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Cougars face the Fernley Vaqueros (Fernley, NV) in a non-league game, on Friday, December 29. Golden Valley will attempt to move on its 10-4 season record. The Vaqueros enter the game with a 9-2 record after their 73-43 non-league win over Shasta (Redding, CA).

With the defeat, Sparks moves to 2-10 on the year. The Railroaders host Truckee (Truckee, CA) to face the Wolverines in a 3A Northern - West game on Wednesday, January 10. The Wolverines enter the game with a record of 0-11. Truckee lost 68-25 in their recent non-league game against Elko (Elko, NV)

Players of the Game

Sparks (23-24)

Sparks has not selected any Players of the Game.

Golden Valley (23-24)

Congratulations to #11 David Denson for being selected the Golden Valley Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Sparks (23-24)

NV	Div.
99	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
4-20	2-8	1-6	1-7	2-7	.167	.200	1,105	1,566

Golden Valley (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
411	48	88	17

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
19-10	8-4	7-1	5-4	7-5	.655	.667	1,593	1,288

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Sparks	10.4	11.3	12.7	12.5	3.0	46.0
Golden Valley	14.9	13.2	12.8	12.9	6.5	54.9

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Team Stat Comparison

Sparks		Golden Valley
45.8	Points Per Game	55.3
27.5	Rebounds Per Game	-
8.0	Assists Per Game	-
8.3	Steals Per Game	-
2.5	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Sparks		Golden Valley	National Avg.
#1 Jaoquin "JJ" Tagulao14.4	Points Per Game	#12 Braden Castleton12.8	4.9
#14 Adrian Banuelos Puga8.0	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#1 Jaoquin "JJ" Tagulao3.7	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#1 Jaoquin "JJ" Tagulao3.1	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#2 Omar McKenzie1.6	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sparks	0-4		Golden Valley	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/23	Sparks	Fernley	(L) 71-28	12/29/23	Fernley	Golden Valley	(L) 76-56
12/28/23	Sparks	Pyramid Lake	(L) 55-52	12/27/23	Pyramid Lake	Golden Valley	(W) 78-32
1/19/24	Sparks	South Tahoe	(L) 62-44	12/30/23	Golden Valley	South Tahoe	(W) 71-31
2/9/24	South Tahoe	Sparks	(L) 60-50

Record Breakdown

Sparks (23-24)		Golden Valley (23-24)
4-20	Overall	19-10
2-8	League	8-4
0-5	Non-League	5-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-4	Common Opponent	2-1
1-6	Home	7-1
1-7	Away	5-4
2-7	Neutral	7-5
0-0	Playoff	0-1
1-17	In-State	17-9
3-3	Out-of-State	2-1