It was close at halftime. But then the Port Aransas High School Marlins JV turned up their scoring machine.

The Marlins JV ripped Incarnate Word Academy of Corpus Christi, 46-24, on Friday, Dec. 14, in Corpus Christi.

"The Port Aransas JV came out with a great second half and blew out the game," said Brian Flack, the team's coach. "The kids were able to make adjustments at half time, and that was the deciding factor."

With the win over IWA, the Marlin JV record was 7-3 on the year. SCORING BY QUARTERS

1 2 3 4 F PA 10 5 17 14 46 IWA 7 6 8 6 27

INDIVIDUAL SCORING: NICK BENAVIDEZ, 11; KEVIN SIKES, 11; CHRISTIAN COLLINS, 9; MAC OWENS, 9; FLETCHER RAY, 3; ANDREW RUSSELL, 3; SCOTT WILLEY, 2.