LIVE OAK, CA (MPG) - After being crowned winter homecoming king, Live Oak High School’s, Esaias Arredondo, went to work on the basketball court Friday night, January 24, 2020. The Lions jumped out to a 10-0 lead against the Honkers of Willows High School. Fast paced offense and a strong pressured defense helped the Lions jump out to a 22-8 lead to end the first quarter. Arredondo put up eight of his twenty one points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Lions Dalpreet Kullar and Charles Johnson, continued with the scoring machine as each put up five points to increase the lead 38-15 going into halftime.

A re-energized Live Oak team came out of the locker room ready to ball. Arredondo got back to work dropping eleven points in the third quarter. Junior prince, Layne Torres, got in on the action dropping six points. The Lions increased their lead with another twenty points in the third quarter, making the score 58-32. Ashdeep Kullar and JasDave Dulai had the hot hand in the fourth quarter. Kullar put up seven points with a big 3-point shot and Dulai added five points. The Lions went on to victory 73-48 against the Honkers.

Arredondo led the Lions on the night with twenty one points. Johnson and Dulai added eleven points. Ashdeep Kullar finished the night with nine points. Dalpreet Kullar dropped seven points with Torres adding six points. Feroz Khan and Manveer Saprai each scored three points. Harkamal Bains finished with two points on the night.

With this win against Willows, the Lions improve their record back to .500 with 7-14 overall.