Submitted photo – The Del Norte girls and coaches celebrate their tournament win on Saturday night.

The Del Norte, St. Bernard’s, Eureka and Fortuna girls basketball teams all secured tournament championships on Saturday.

Competing at the Central Valley tournament, the Warriors made it six straight wins with a 52-32 victory over Weed in the championship game.

Earlier in the day, they defeated Trinity 48-45 in the tournament semifinals.

St. Bernard’s, meanwhile, made it three straight tournament championships with a dominating 75-39 over the host school at the Kelseyville tournament,.

The Crusaders are now 9-0 on the season.

The Eureka girls were equally impressive on their way to a 49-37 win over the host school in the Maria Carrillo tournament championship game.

The Fortuna Huskies also impressed on the way to a tournament championship at the Orland Lady Trojan Invitational tournament.

Fortuna defeated Durham 42-40 in a tightly-contest final.

Determined senior Brooklyn Carter had a huge game for the Warriors and finished with a game-high 20 points in the win, including an impressive six 3-pointers.

“Brooklyn had one of those games that she wasn’t going to be denied,” Del Norte head coach Dylan Nelson said.

Tenacious Tsinte Steinruck also continued to impress and added nine points, while junior teammate Kansas Coulson finished with seven points.

Steinruck has been playing inspirational basketball for her teammates through much of the early season.

“Tsinte played with incredible intensity all weekend. She set the tone and the rest followed,” said Nelson, who added of Coulson, “Kansas knocked down some big shots and was aggressive offensively. She really helped to stabilize us all weekend.”

Del Norte’s Bliss Blackburn also contributed with six points, while Makana Baugh continues to grow as a player and is showing a lot of improvement in recent games.

“Makana was super active on the glass,” Nelson said of the senior. “She played a big role for us and has really grown as a player the last two weeks.”

Del Norte is now 9-3.

Del Norte 48, Trinity 45

The Warriors won their Central Valley tournament semifinal early on Saturday to advance to the championship game.

The Del Norte girls struggled to find their shooting touch but found a way to win nonetheless as they stretched their winning streak to four straight games.

Freshman Jaylee Keeling scored a team-high 12 points in the win, in what was a balanced team performance.

Carter added 10 points, while Steinruck finished with nine points and Baugh chipped in eight.

Nelson described it as a “hard-fought game” with the Trinity girls playing solid defense throughout.

“Cold shooting, but we were able to execute enough to get Baugh and Steinruck touches in the second half,” Nelson said. “Good to get a win even though shots weren’t falling.”

Submitted photo – The St. Bernard’s girls celebrate their third straight tournament championship on Saturday night.

St. Bernard’s 75, Kelseyville 39

The hottest team in the H-DNL kept its perfect start to the new season going with a third tournament championship in three December tournament appearances.

And they achieved with another MVP caliber performance by senior Laila Florvilus and some big contributions off the bench.

Florvilus scored a game-high 24 points in the win and was named tournament MVP for the third straight week.

But with four of the five SB starters in early foul trouble, head coach Matt Tomlin was forced to go deep to his bench players and they did not disappoint.

“It was the four players who came off the bench that kept (us) in the game and actually built a nine-point lead at halftime,” Tomlin said. 

When the starters returned to the court in the second half, the Crusaders quickly ended the game as a contest.

“I was so proud of the ladies for overcoming the adversity of playing on the road in a tough environment and finding a way to persevere,” Tomlin added. “The entire team was connected and played as one family.”

Samantha Sundberg added 13 points in the win, while Kayla Maples and Tally Williams each finished with seven points.

Jocelyn Sundberg added seven points, while Casrli Baum and Alyssa Boham each chipped in five points.

In addition to Florvilus being named tourney MVP, St. Bernard’s Samantha Sundberg and defensive standout Aliyah Vigil were both also named to the all-tournament team.

“We want to thank everybody at Kelseyville High School for hosting a first-class tournament,” Tomlin said. “It was an honor to play in such an amazing historical tournament.”

Next up, the Crusaders will fly to Florida on Christmas Day for the Daytona Beach Sunshine Classic, which tips off on Dec. 27.

Eureka 49, Maria Carrillo 37

The Loggers got a measure of revenge against the team that knocked them out of the North Coast Section playoffs a year ago in the championship game at the Maria Carrillo tournament.

The tournament championship was the third straight for the red-hot Eureka girls, who improved to 11-1 on the season with their ninth straight win.

Tiara Maualuga continued her remarkable season and finished with 19 points.

There was no tournament MVP award, but according to Eureka head coach Cliff Napoleon if there had been one the sensational sophomore would have been an unanimous selection.

Saturday’s game was marred by numerous stoppages for injuries, but the Loggers did not allow the stop-and-start nature of the day take them out of their game.

“It was a rough and tumble game today, with play being stopped for multiple injuries,” Napoleon said. “We did not complain or back down all night. No matter the obvious missed calls or phantom calls we kept our head down and moving forward.

“That was the most impressive thing about today’s win.”

Nashaya Williams added 13 points for Eureka, while teammate Samara Gaither continued her impressive season with eight points.

Maualuga and Gaither were each named to the all-tournament team.

Submitted photo – The Fortuna girls won the Orland tournament on Saturday.

Fortuna 42, Durham 40

The Fortuna girls won a close game for the second straight night on their way to the tournament championship at the Orland tournament.

And for the second straight night, senior Jorlynn Villalvazo was instrumental in the victory, scoring a team-high 18 points.

“Jorlynn had another great game,” Fortuna head coach Tom Chapman said of the standout who also had 18 points in an overtime win over the tourney hosts on Friday.

Villalvazo added seven rebounds in Saturday’s final and was named tournament MVP.

Jaydyn Dalton also impressed, finishing with four points, five rebounds and four assists and was named to the all-tournament team, as was Mariah Bravo.

One night after scoring a clutch game-winning basket in the overtime semifinal, Bravo finished with five rebounds and two assists in the final.

“The girls did a good job controlling the tempo of the game,” said Chapman, who described Durham as a tough opponent. “We knew after last night’s overtime game it would be a challenge playing with the intensity necessary to win. The team rose to the challenge.”

Macee Marquez also impressed for Fortuna and finished with 10 points, four rebounds and two assists.

“Mascee hit some big shots in critical moments of the game when Durham went on a run,” Chapman said. “Overall the girls did a great job this weekend playing team basketball.”

With the win, the Huskies improved to 9-3.

The Fortuna JVs also won their tournament championship at Orland, defeating Durham 42-24 in their final.

Miramonte 44, McKinleyville 29

The McKinleyville girls closed out a three-game road trip with a tough matchup against a quality Miramonte team on Saturday afternoon.

Gabby Watson led the Panthers offensively and finished with 17 points, while Tatum Fisher added nine points.

“It was a tough game at the end of a long road trip,” McKinleyville head coach Jacob Cheek said.

With the loss, the Panthers dropped to 8-3.

The defeat ended a three-game winning streak for the Mack girls, who beat Marin Academy (39-2) and North Monterey County (39-24) on Thursday and Friday.

Ferndale 46, Cloverdale 41

The Ferndale girls closed out the Kelseyville tournament with a hard-fought win over the Eagles in the consolation game on Saturday.

Junior Madison Gossi capped three big days in tournament play with a strong performance on both offense and defense and was named to the all-tournament team.

“She played fantastic at both ends,” Ferndale head coach Chris Ardrey said.

Tinnley Pidgeon and Michaela Ellsmore each also continued to impress.

Pidgeon scored a team-high 14 points in the win, while Ellsmore added 12 points.

The win was the second straight for the Cats in tournament play after a tournament-opening loss to Healdsburg on Thursday.

With Saturday’s win, the Wildcats improved to 7-3.