
The AC/GC Chargers collected a pair of big rivalry wins over the Panorama Panthers on the road Friday night, with the girls taking a 43-11 victory, and the boys winning 85-43.
In the girls game, the Chargers outscored the Panthers 10-2 in the first, and then had a close second quarter at 5-4 to take the 15-6 lead going into the halftime break. Coming back in the third quarter, AC/GC pumped up the scoring gap by going 19-1 to enter the fourth quarter with a 34-7 lead, and a 9-4 performance in the final quarter finished the game with the 43-11 victory. Both teams had some issues with shooting from the field, with the Chargers making 15 of 56 shots and the Panthers making five of 40. AC/GC massively out-rebounded Panorama 55-25, which helped with the victory.
For the Chargers, junior Stella Largent secured a double-double on the night, putting up 12 points and hauling in 18 rebounds, leading the team in both categories. Senior Cam Richter was the second leading scorer with 10 points on the night. For the Panthers, freshman Ines Gimeno-Perez led in scoring with five points, while senior Morgan Crees led in rebounds with seven.
In the boys game, the Chargers stepped on the gas early, and never backed down. The team went up 20-9 in the first quarter, and only increased the gap in the second by outscoring the Panthers 31-14 to go into the halftime break up 51-23. The third quarter was more of the same, with AC/GC putting up a 28-16 performance to go into the fourth up 79-39, and the final quarter was a quite a bit slower from both teams, with the Chargers outscoring the Panthers 6-4 to finish the game with the 85-43.
The Dub P Apparel Elite Fit Play of the Game had a few nominations for the boys game, with two coming from the first half and another in the second. The first play up for consideration was a wild shot from freshman Reece Emgarten, who was able to get a quick reverse layup in the air as he went under the basket to put up a couple points. The second play in consideration came off a long lob from junior Preston Kent to senior Joe Crawford, who found fellow senior Blaize Dorsey under the basket for an alley-oop layup. The final play, which was the Play of the Game, was another assist from Crawford, who sacrificed an opportunity to score to get off a behind the back bounce pass to senior Tommy Skram, who made the shot.

