CHATTER: SOUTHERN SECTION HONORS EIGHT LOCAL PLAYERS, COACHES.

Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer

Five local basketball players and three coaches were honored as the best in their divisions when the All-Southern Section teams were announced Monday.

Campbell Hall of North Hollywood's Jrue Holiday shared Div. IV-AA boys' Player of the Year honors with Serra of Gardena's Donavan Bragg, and Montclair Prep of Panorama City's Bobby Webb is the Div. IV-AA Player of the Year.

In girls' basketball, Hart of Newhall's Taylor Lilley is the Div. I-A Player of the Year, and the Div. IV-AA award is shared by Oaks Christian of Westlake Village's Michelle Clark and Marlborough of Los Angeles' Abi Olajuwon, who lives in Sherman Oaks.

Hart's Dave Munroe (I-A girls), Alemany of Mission Hills' Brandie Murrish (III-A girls) and Delphi Academy of Lake View Terrace's Beck Glangan were selected Coaches of the Year.

Boys' first-team selections: Bobby Macias (Thousand Oaks, I-A), Rhett Anderson and Ibraihm Malik (La Canada, III-AA), Alex Stepheson and Jon Jaques (Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, III-A), Zach Evans (Chaminade of West Hills, III-A), Nick Noyer (Oak Park, III-A), Justin Holiday and Robert Ford (Campbell Hall, IV-AA), Andrew Beck (Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge, IV-A), Craig Patrovich (Montclair Prep, IV-A), Rich Polan (Buckley of Sherman Oaks, IV-A), Dallas Rutherford (Hillcrest Christian of Granada Hills, V-AA), Justin Cook and Archie Robb (Renaissance Academy of La Canada Flintridge, V-A) and Patrick Riggs (Delphi Academy, V-A).

Girls' first-team picks: Nicole Leon (Canyon of Canyon Country, I-A), Jessi Selleh (Royal of Simi Valley, I-A), KaLana Inemer (Hart, I-A), Jahne Williams (Knight of Palmdale, II-AA), Lindsey Williams (Westlake, II-AA), Kavita Goss (Newbury Park, II-A), Emily Ballard (La Canada, III-AA), C.J. Hill (Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, III-A), Lauren Ming (Alemany, III-A), Julie Shiebler (Oak Park, III-A), Chelsea Carlisle (Oaks Christian, IV-AA), Bria Fields (Paraclete of Lancaster, IV-AA) and Indria Kaljo and Kristina Mitchell (Montclair Prep, IV-A).

Gerry Gittelson, [phone]

gerry.gittson(at)dailynews.com

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

RODNEY GLASS

Senior, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks

Glass recorded the state's fastest outdoor time in the 100-meter dash, at 10.43 seconds, to win Saturday's Surf City Invitational track and field meet at Huntington Beach. Glass, who also won the 200 in 21.94, broke the meet record by nearly three-tenths of a second and matched his time from last year's state prelims.

SHANNON MURAKAMI

Junior, Saugus

Two days after helping the Centurions to an 82-54 victory over Hart of Newhall in a Foothill League opener, Murakami won the 1,600 meters at the Surf City Invitational in a meet-record 4 minutes, 51.08 seconds. Murakami smashed the former mark by more than 13 seconds.

UP & COMER

BRITTANY BLANKENSHIP

Quartz Hill

The freshman on Wednesday won the 100-yard butterfly in 1 minute, 4.4 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 1:09.59 and contributed to two victorious relays as the Rebels routed Knight of Palmdale 135-38 in a Golden League swim meet. Quartz Hill is unbeaten in league action.

CAPTION(S):

3 photos, 7 boxes

Photo:

(1) RODNEY GLASS

(2) SHANNON MURAKAMI

(3) BRITTANY BLANKENSHIP

Box:

(1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text)

(2) UP & COMER (see text)

(3) THINK YOU KNOW?

(4) RANDOM NUMBERS 

(5) THEY SAID IT

(6) DAY PLANNER

(7) TRIVIA ANSWER