The East and Dimond girls opened their respective basketball seasons Monday with tournaments in Nevada.
East went 1-1 through the first day at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic and Dimond is 2-2 through the second day at the Gator Winter Classic in Henderson, Nevada.
Both tournaments conclude Wednesday.
Las Vegas Holiday Classic
The East girls opened the season with two games Monday at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
In the first game, the Thunderbirds handled Desert Pine of Las Vegas 61-29 behind Sandin Kidder's game-high 16 points and Tennae Voliva's nine.
The second game proved to be a defensive battle with West Torrance of California downing East 43-39.
Gator Winter Classic
The Dimond girls beat host team Yosemite 68-47 Monday to start round robin play at the Gator Winter Classic in Henderson, Nevada.
Maya Carle powered the Lynx with 20 points and newcomer Alexis Shipman added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Yosemite was led by Allie Stearns with 26 points and five rebounds.
Dimond continued Monday with a 59-51 loss to Mainland Basketball Academy, a team from New Zealand. Dimond led by nine at halftime before a stout Mainland defense turned the game around in the second half.
Whitney Shapp led Dimond with 15 points and Maya Carle put in 12.
Mainland was led by Paige Willmen with 11 and Sapphire Wairau added 10. The duo nailed two key 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.
On Tuesday, the Lynx fell to Spring Valley (Las Vegas) 66-42. Shapp led Dimond again with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Spring Valley's Kayla Harris led all scorers with 23 points.
Also on Tuesday, Dimond beat Durango of Las Vegas 55-32.
Maya Carle poured in 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Lynx. Alexis Shipman added a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Brittany Romo led the Trailblazers with 11 points, 10 coming in the second half.
Dimond returns to the court Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. against White Pine of Ely, Nevada.