THOUSAND OAKS GIRLS’ TOURNAMENT : Schielke, Coupland Give Palmdale Relief and a Berth in the Semifinals

If Karee Bonde is the heart of the Palmdale High girls’ basketball team, then Kim Schielke and Nicole Coupland provide the pulse.

Bonde, an All-Southern Section second-team pick and the Golden League MVP a year ago, had an off-game offensively Tuesday night, but Schielke and Coupland picked up the slack to lead Palmdale to a 57-30 win over Bakersfield Foothill in the championship quarterfinals of the Thousand Oaks tournament.

Palmdale will meet Thousand Oaks, a 60-39 winner over Cabrillo, at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Bonde, a 5-foot-8 senior forward, scored 21 points in last week’s first-round win over Hueneme but made just two of 10 shots against Foothill (4-3) and finished with six points.

“When it’s a good, close, hard game, that’s when Bonde takes over,” Palmdale Coach George Corisis said. “But her shooting was off tonight.”

But Schielke and Coupland were on.

Schielke, a freshman, scored 11 of her 15 points in the first period as Palmdale (10-2) jumped to a 13-3 lead. She was six of eight from the field.

Coupland, a senior forward, took over in the second half, scoring 12 of her game-high 18 points as Palmdale won going away. Coupland, who hit eight of 12 shots, also pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.

In other championship quarterfinal games:

Westlake 56, Camarillo 49--Junior Dani O’Byrne scored 21 of her game-high 27 points in the first half and Westlake limited Camarillo to five points in the fourth quarter to advance to the semifinals.

Westlake will meet Channel Islands, a 70-49 winner over Sacred Heart, at 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

O’Byrne (four points) and Melissa Gische (five) scored nine of Westlake’s 11 fourth-quarter points as the Warriors pulled away after leading by a point after three periods.

Tracy Thorp added 13 points for Westlake.

Dahrl Burrage and Nichole Victoria led Camarillo with 15 and 14 points.

Channel Islands 79, Sacred Heart 40--The Raiders jumped to a 22-7 first-period lead and coasted into the semifinals.

Channel Islands, which led, 44-17, at halftime, got a game-high 20 points from Candis Carper, and Belinda Holeman (17 points) and Dani Brooks (16) also scored in double figures for the Raiders.

Jenny Nicholas led Sacred Heart with 14 points and Debbie Nilsen added 13.

Thousand Oaks 60, Cabrillo 39--Michelle Palmisano scored 19 of her game-high 27 points in the first half as Thousand Oaks (7-4) advanced to the semifinals. Suzanne Nelinger added 14 points for the Lancers.