First year a big year for Harvest Christian basketball

<p>Harvest Christian School, in its first year of existence, has quickly made a mark in the local sports world.</p><p>The new school completed an outstanding fifth and sixth-grade basketball regular season by defeating Santa Rosa Summerfield, 34-28. The victory finished a 5-0 regular season.</p><p>Harvest Christian plays in a league against Santa Rosa Christian, Santa Rosa Summerfield and Sebastopol Christian.</p><p>The team was led by the scoring and assist duo of Mitchell Sheppard and Cory Llorence.</p><p>“It was an incredible start for a first-year school, with all the players gelling quickly and playing well together as a team ,” said coach Jon Wraith.</p><p>The team’s success was fueled by a smothering defense and the ability to rebound and push the ball up the court quickly.</p><p>Nick Cafiero, Eric Ziemer, Trey Coles, Harrison Doolittle and Westin Behn combined for double digit rebounds in every game.</p><p>Garrett Cain, Louis Gallo, Lucas Parelius, Joey Owen and Josh Carter forced numerous turnovers to start fast breaks.</p><p>With the regular season now complete, the Harvest Christian School players and coaches are preparing for the league playoffs and a chance to complete what through the regular season was perfection.</p>