Salado Lady Eagles JV Red won their own basketball tournament Dec. 9 and 11, beating Lorena 42-38 in the championship game.

JV Red 51

Rogers 19

Salado JV Red Lady Eagles led Rogers 20-10 at the half before blowing the game out in the second half to win 51-19 on Dec. 9.

Ariel Cebreco led the girls with 19 points followed by Ainsleigh Liebig, 18 points and Angel Van de Plas, 10 points.

Also scoring were  Giselle Salazar and Madi Riggle, 2 points each.

JV Red 51

Belton JV 28

The JV girls blew past Belton in the second round, 51-28 on Dec. 9. 

Van de Plas led Salado with 21 points. Liebig had 12 points to follow.

Also scoring for Salado were Cebreco, 6 points, Cooper Meyer and Salazar, 3 points each, Lorali Bookout, Brooklyn Williamson and Riggle, 2 points each.

JV Red 30

Lake Belton 18

Salado JV Red beat Lake Belton JV 30-18 in the third round of the tournament. 

Liebig led Salado with 14 points. 

Also scoring for the JV girls were Riggle, 7 points, Kayla Adams, 3 points and Bookout, Cebreco and Salazar, 2 points each.

JV Red 42

Lorena 38

In the only close game for the JV Red Lady Eagles, Salado staved off a fourth quarter run by the Lorena Lady Leopards to win 42-38 on Dec. 11.

Cebreco led Salado with 13 points, followed by Liebig, 10 points.

Also scoring were Salazar, 7 points, Riggle, 6 points, Adams, 4 points and Bookout and Williamson, 1 point each.

JV Red 34

San Saba JV 17

The Salado JV Red Lady Eagle beat San Saba 34-17 in a non-district game Dec. 7.

Liebig led Salado with 11 points.

Also scoring for the Lady Eagles were Van de Plas, 6 points, Cebreco and Salazar, 4 points each, and Sydney Lange, Adams and Williamson, 2 points each. 

The JV girls are coached by Jodee Preston.