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GIRLS' BASKETBALL DAILY NEWS ALL-AREA TEAM AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2004-2005 SEASON.


Byline: Compiled by Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News.

Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian.
 Staff Writer

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

ASHLEE TREBILCOCK, Sr., G, Hart

Trebilcock's impact on the Hart of Newhall girls' basketball team won't be accurately measured until next season when she's playing for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University)
UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX
.

``We're still going to be a good team,'' Hart coach Dave Munroe said. ``But Ashlee made us great.''

Valencia coach Jerry Mike, whose Vikings managed to defeat Trebilcock-led teams once in four years, said, ``She's the franchise.''

This season was her finest individually despite a serious offseason ankle injury that plagued her all season. Trebilcock averaged 22.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.6 steals.

Her best efforts came in the biggest games. She scored a career-high 38 points against Valencia that clinched a share of the Foothill League title, 35 points in Hart's upset of St. Mary's of Stockton, ranked No. 15 by USA Today USA Today

National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s.
, 33 points in Hart's narrow loss to No. 1 Piedmont and 27 points and 10 rebounds in Hart's upset of No. 10 St. John's of Washington D.C.

Trebilcock was selected for the Women's Basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges.  Coaches Association All-Star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games  at the Women's Final Four in Indianapolis, was Southern Section Div. I-AA co-Player of the Year and a Second Team Parade Magazine All-American selection.

She never lost a game at home in her four-year career. During that time, Hart was 97-21 (.820), advanced to three consecutive Southern Section Div. I-A championship games and won at least a share of four consecutive Foothill League titles. Trebilcock was a four-time league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . This is her third consecutive Daily News Player of the Year honor.

COACH OF THE YEAR

RAQUEL ALOTIS, Chatsworth

Alotis has been among the area's most successful coaches during the seven years she's been at Chatsworth, but this season was easily her best. Chatsworth was the only area girls' team to advance to a section championship game, defeating some of the best teams in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . The Chancellors, the top seed in the City Section, won a school-record 24 games and had a 13-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins
streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
.

FIRST TEAM

KELLEY TARVER

Sr., G, Valencia

Co-MVP of Foothill League along with Trebilcock. Led team in scoring (15.8 ppg), assists (4.5 apg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg).

KELLY WINTHER

Sr., G, Royal

University of San Diego-bound shooting guard The Shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards.  can score in bunches and never seemed to have an off night. She averaged 19.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.3 steals, 5.4 assists and shot 41 percent (50 of 122) from 3-point range.

SEYRAM GBEWONYO

Sr., F, Sylmar

Had her finest season, earning Valley Mission League MVP honors. She could be the area's most underrated player. A 5-foot-11 forward, Gbewonyo averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and 4.5 steals.

LaSHAY FEARS

Sr., G, Sylmar

Fears, who will play at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , averaged 16 points, four rebounds, three steals and 3.5 assists to lead Sylmar to its third consecutive trip to the City Section semifinals.

KRYSTLE MAYS

Sr., F, Chatsworth

A Long Beach Poly transfer, Mays made Chatsworth a top team. She led the Chancellors in scoring (13.5 ppg), rebounding (8.7 rpg) and steals (4.0 spg).

KELLY COCHRAN

Sr., F, Chaminade

Cochran improved each year in high school. The 6-foot, UC Irvine-bound forward averaged 20.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.9 blocks and shot 57 percent from the field.

Second Team

TAYLOR LILLEY, Jr., G, Hart

Sharp-shooter averaged 11.6 points, shot 42 percent from the field and made 49 3-pointers. She averaged 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.4 steals and led the team in taking charges.

KATHRYN SCARDINO, Jr., G, Westlake

She was a key why the Warriors went relatively unscathed through the competitive 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. . She averaged 12.7 points, 4.5 assists, 4.3 steals and 5.2 rebounds.

ALISHA BRYANT, Sr., C, Chatsworth

Bryant, who will play at Pepperdine next season, averaged 10.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and blocked 27 shots.

DAVIYONNE WEATHERSBY, Sr., G, Valencia

Cal State Fullerton-bound point guard was her team's emotional leader. She averaged 11.9 points.

C.J. HILL, Jr., G, Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame  

Clutch shooter averaged 12.7 points and led team with 33 3-pointers.

LEAH MURPHY Mur·phy , William Parry 1892-1987.

American physician. He shared a 1934 Nobel Prize for discovering that a diet of liver relieves anemia.
, Sr., G, 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.  

Scrappy point guard averaged 11.9 points, 4.2 assists and 2.7 steals. She led the team with 38 3-pointers.

BRIA FIELDS, Jr., F, Paraclete

Second among area players with 23.6 points per game. She had the best scoring performance of the season with 48 points in a victory over L.A. Baptist. Fields averaged 11.4 rebounds and shot 59 percent from the field.

KAVITA GOSS, Jr., G, Newbury Park

Do-it-all point guard led Panthers to Div. III-AA semifinals, averaging 15.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.6 steals.

SANDY PERRY, Sr., G, Palmdale

Golden League MVP might be the area's most aggressive defender. Scrappy point guard led inexperienced Palmdale to share of third consecutive league title.

Honorable Mention

Brenna Flynn, Sr., G, 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:
  • There is an El Camino Real in California; see: El Camino Real (California).
; Brittany Sansone, F, Sr., Valencia; Tatiana Thomas, So., F, Alemany; Renee Goldoff, Sr., F, Alemany; Brittany Asplund, Jr., G, Simi Valley; Nicole Leon, So., G, Canyon; Lindsey Williams, So., F, Westlake; Jessica Romero, Sr., F, Notre Dame; Mallory Flot, Sr., G, Grant; Emily Medders, Sr., F, Oak Park; Bryana Williams, Jr., G, Cleveland; Juliet Masei, Sr., G, Desert; Amanda Ruland, So., G, Oak Park; Kristen Garmyn, Sr., F/C F/C

See first coupon (F/C).
, El Camino Real; Shakira Autry, Sr., G, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
; Fa'cion Edwards, Sr., G, Quartz Hill.

Newcomers of the Year

JOY LELO, So., G, La Canada

Lelo, a transfer from Colorado, averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3.3 steals a game to lead La Canada to the Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
  • Río Hondo, a town in the Guatemalan department of Zacapa.
  • Rio Hondo (Belize), a river which forms much of the border between Belize and Mexico.
  • Rio Hondo (California), a tributary of the Los Angeles River in the U.S. state of California.
 League title.

MICHELLE MICHELLE Mid-Infrared Echelle Spectrograph  CLARK, Fr., G, Oaks Christian

Clark helped Oaks Christian to the Southern Section Div. IV-A semifinals despite the loss of leading scorer Kayla Rutherford midway through the year. Clark averaged 16 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists. She scored 32 points in the semifinal loss to Windward of Los Angeles.

Biggest Surprises

SAUGUS

Coach Eric Olsson returned from a one-year hiatus to lead Saugus back to the playoffs. The Centurions were 0-10 in 2004, when Olsson was gone, but finished third this year and made the playoffs.

HARVARD-WESTLAKE

Coach Melissa Hearlihy's team finished with a losing record for the first time in her 20-year career, but this might have been her best coaching. The Wolverines won the Mission League in 2004 but lost their top player to graduation, their top returnee re·turn·ee  
n.
1. One who returns, as from a journey or to school after a long absence.

2. A person returning from military duty overseas. See Usage Note at -ee1.
 to injury and their top post player quit the team. Hearlihy rallied what was left and came up a game short of a playoff berth.

CANYON

The Cowboys reached the playoffs under first-year coach Stan Delus, who inherited a team with only two returning players. Sophomore Nicole Leon became a star.

Game of the Year

Hart 66, St. Mary's of Stockton 61

Dec. 22, 2004

Hart defeated its second nationally ranked opponent in three days at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Chandler, Ariz. Ashlee Trebilcock scored a then-career high 35 points and won a head-to-head battle with St. Mary's guard Jacki Gemelos (12 points), who committed Connecticut.

St. Mary's was ranked No. 15 in the country by USA Today and No. 24 by Student Sports at the time. St. Mary's junior guard Renee Roberts, who scored 34 points on a school-record 10 3-pointers. Hart went 19 for 19 from the free-throw line.

TOP 10

No. Team........Record

1. Chatsworth...23-7

2. Hart.........23-6

3. Valencia.....22-8

4. Sylmar.......17-8

5. Westlake.....19-7

6. Newbury Park.20-10

7. Notre Dame...20-7

8. Oak Park.....21-5

9. Royal........23-6

10. Chaminade...19-10

TOP 5 in '06

Westlake

Chatsworth

Hart

Notre Dame

Oaks Christian

League Champions

Alpha: Pacific Hills

Delphic: Marshall

Foothill: Hart and Valencia

Frontier: Oaks Christian and Nordhoff

Golden: Palmdale and Antelope Valley

High Desert: Mojave and Desert

Liberty: Winward

Marmonte: Westlake

Mission: Notre Dame

Olympic: Brentwood

Pacific: Muir

Pacific View: Oxnard

Prep: Flintridge Prep

Rio Hondo: La Canada

Tri-Valley: Oak Park

Westside: AGBU AGBU Armenian General Benevolent Union
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CAPTION(S):

8 photos, 3 boxes

Photo:

(1 -- color) ASHLEE TREBILCOCK

(2 -- color) RAQUEL ALOTIS

(3 -- color) KELLEY TARVER

(4 -- color) KELLY WINTHER

(5 -- color) SEYRAM GBEWONYO

(6 -- color) LaSHAY FEARS

(7 -- color) KRYSTLE MAYS

(8 -- color) KELLY COCHRAN

Box:

(1) Top 10 (see text)

(2) Top 5 in '06 (see text)

(3) League Champs (see text)
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