DAILY NEWS GIRLS' BASKETBALL ALL-AREA TEAM : PLAYER OF THE YEAR.Byline: Daily News DAMARIS HINOJOSA 5-10, Guard-Forward, Moorpark For three years, she put up eye-popping numbers in a league with small schools. When Moorpark went to the big-time, Hinojosa was ready. The area's best all-around player averaged 26.2 points, 12.1 rebounds and 6.1 assists and the Musketeers nearly went unbeaten on their way to winning the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. title with an 11-1 record. ``It wasn't easy,'' Hinojosa said. ``Out of those 12 there were at least nine that were tough, tough games. We gained respect.'' Moorpark finished 25-3 this season and advanced to the Southern Section Division II-A semifinals. The Musketeers, who were 95-12 with Hinojosa in the lineup in four years, played in the Division II-A final in 1997 and lost to Brea Olinda. Hinojosa, who was an All-Daily News selection last year, entered Moorpark in '95 as a prodigy who had played on a traveling boys' all-star team in the eighth grade. In four seasons, she had more than 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 assists and 600 steals. She was recruited by Stanford but ended up committing to Pepperdine, where she is expected to be one of the Waves' top reserves next season. A pinpoint passer, Hinojosa is expected to play point guard in college. HINOJOSA's SEASON AVERAGES Points: 26.2 Rebounds: 12.1 Assists: 6.1 CARA CARA Chicago Area Runners Association CARA Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (Washington, DC) CARA Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica CARA Classification and Rating Administration BLUMFIELD 5-6, Guard, El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Not many players meant as much to her team as Blumfield, a two-sport athlete who will be attending Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing on a softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' scholarship. She averaged 23.3 points per game last year when the Conquistadores needed a scorer. This season, when ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) had more firepower fire·pow·er n. 1. The capacity, as of a weapon, weapons system, military unit, or position, for delivering fire. 2. The ability to deliver fire against an enemy in combat. Noun 1. , Blumfield elevated her all-around game. She averaged 18.1 points, 5.5 assists (second among the area's City Section teams) and 4.9 steals. With Blumfield as the key player the past two seasons, the Conquistadores went 44-7 and won the West Valley League twice. She wasn't the flashiest player, nor the most athletic. But Blumfield's hustle hus·tle v. hus·tled, hus·tling, hus·tles v.tr. 1. To jostle or shove roughly. 2. To convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van. and decision-making set her apart. OMELOGO UDEZE 6-1, Forward, Harvard-Westlake Udeze was the most athletic and talented post player in the area, and the most valuable. Harvard-Westlake hadn't won a playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship before Udeze; this season she carried the Wolverines to the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. state championship game. A two-time All-Daily News selection, Udeze averaged 21.1 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots. She could dominate a game inside and frequently was called upon to bring the ball up the court as the point guard. The Wolverines have won three consecutive Mission League titles with Udeze, who holds the school career records for points (1,362) and rebounds (1,158). She has yet to decide on a college. Fresno State, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Loyola Marymount have all expressed interest. MARKIA DERBY 5-8, Forward, North Hollywood Which player was the real Derby: the quick scorer who could score 10 points in a quarter or the enigmatic free spirit who could go long stretches without touching the ball? We'll never know, but when Derby was at her best she was almost unstoppable for the Huskies, who advanced to the City Section semifinals two consecutive years. Derby averaged 18.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists for North Hollywood, which is 47-9 over the past two seasons. KATE BECKLER 5-8, Guard, Alemany She's not a fiery leader, nor is she physically imposing. But no player is as feared in the Mission League as this scorer, who averaged 24.0 points per game and led the Indians to the Southern Section Division III-AA semifinals. Just a junior, Beckler is already a two-time All-Daily News selection and a potential Division I prospect. What position she should play at the next level is up to her; Beckler has played both guard positions since she was moved up to the varsity as a freshman. Her dribbling and penetrating skills make her look like an attractive point-guard prospect. She'll have one more season under respected coach Melissa Hearlihy to hone her game. SINNAMONN GARRETT 5-10, Forward, Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. So much is expected of Garrett, and she has been around so long it hardly seems she still has one year left at Crescenta Valley. The versatile junior stepped in as the floor leader after the graduation of Michelle Greco and Tara Gregory and helped lead the Falcons to a share of their fourth consecutive Pacific League title and a 22-5 record. Garrett, who stayed at Crescenta Valley through summer-long rumors of a transfer, averaged 18.3 points and 6.8 rebounds. When the Falcons needed Garrett to play point guard at the tough Archbishop Mitty tournament in late December, she filled in and Crescenta Valley won two games. COACH OF THE YEAR BRIAN TAYLOR Brian Taylor (born April 10, 1962), is a former Australian rules footballer and now AFL commentator. Playing career The moustachioued Taylor, known as "Barge", "Bristle" or "BT", began his VFL career with Richmond in 1980, and had the misfortune of being a full-forward at Harvard-Westlake Taylor has made the Wolverines the top program in the area after just three seasons. Harvard-Westlake hadn't even won a playoff game prior to last year, when the Wolverines won the Southern Section Division III-A title and advanced to the Southern Region championship. This year, the Wolverines went further, to the state Division III championship game. Taylor, a former NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= player and Princeton standout, pulled the team together after it lost to Morningside in the division final. HONOR ROLL honor roll n. A list of names of people worthy of honor, especially: a. A list of students who have earned high grades during a specified period. b. A list of people who have served in the armed forces. : Other area standouts Christina Aguinaga, sophomore guard, El Camino Real; Jessica Cosby, junior forward, Cleveland; LaTricia Fleming, junior forward, Canyon; Jenny Lee Greslie, senior forward, Village Christian; Mania Houspian, senior guard, Glendale; Briana Kentfield, senior center, Hart; Christine Lambert, senior center, Paraclete; Mari Myllykoski, senior guard, Royal; Vonetta Lanier, senior guard, Palmdale; Brooke Porter, junior guard, Harvard-Westlake; L'Tanya Robnett, junior guard, Harvard-Westlake; Jevon Smith, junior guard, Kennedy; Jameka Taylor, senior guard, Littlerock; Tashean Thomas, senior guard, North Hollywood; Megan Wiser, sophomore forward, Louisville; Jamie Sturdivant, senior guard, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . CAPTION(S): 8 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color) Damaris Hinojosa Michael Owen
(3--Color) Cara Blumfield Gus Ruelas/Daily News (4--Color) Omelogo Udeze Tina Gerson/Daily News (5--Color) Makia Derby John McCoy/Daily News (6--Color) Sinnamonn Garrett John McCoy/Daily News (7--Color) Kate Beckler David Crane/Daily News (8--Color) Brian Taylor |
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