SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS' BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: HART'S SEASON CONCLUDES IN LONG BEACH.

Byline: Daily News

It was ugly, unceremonious and a few rounds short of what anyone expected, but it was the end nonetheless. The stellar prep career of Hart High's Ashlee Trebilcock ended with a grimace Wednesday night in Long Beach.

Trebilcock re-injured her left ankle saving a loose ball from going out of bounds early in the second quarter of Hart's 53-44 loss to Long Beach Millikan in the second round of the Southern Section Div. I-AA playoffs. At first it looked as if she would leave the game, but after a few ginger steps, Trebilcock decided to stay in the game. She never looked the same however, and finished with 15 points.

It was the same ankle the UCLA-bound Trebilcock injured this summer at the USA Basketball Junior Olympic Team camp in Colorado that kept her out for four months.

``I figured it was sit out and probably lose, or play and it's 50-50,'' she said. ``It hurt pretty bad. I felt like it was right after I first got hurt and had no explosion or lateral movement.

``It's kind of anti-climactic right now. You do what you can do on your last run, but I guess time runs out on you. This isn't the place or the team or the round I thought it could end in. But it is what it is.''

Trebilcock, the Southern Section Div. I-A co-Player of the Year last season and two-time Daily News Player of the Year, has already been selected to play in the WBCA All-Star game at the NCAA Women's Final Four in April in Indianapolis.

But the loss ends fifth-seeded Hart's run of three consecutive years advancing to the Southern Section Div. I-A championship game. Still, the Indians (22-6) had a chance at the end.

Trebilcock hit a 3-pointer with 2 minutes, 30 seconds to go and Megan Ford hit one of two free throws a minute later to cut the lead to 45-42, but Millikan's Marlene Oeurn sealed the victory with a 3-pointer.

- Ramona Shelburne 

DIV. I-AA

--Valencia 40, Esperanza 37: Host Esperanza of Anaheim led by one point with less than five minutes remaining in the game, but Valencia, Kelley Tarver in particular, answered with a run to win and advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in the 10-year history of the program.

Tarver, a senior, scored five consecutive points in the decisive fourth quarter run and finished with 13.

``Kelley keyed the biggest sequence of the game for us,'' Valencia coach Jerry Mike said. ``Not many players can do the things she does. She's been leading us the last couple of years so her effort doesn't come as a big surprise.''

Valencia (22-7) plays top-seeded Long Beach Poly on Saturday.

``Being in the quarterfinals is a huge step for us,'' Mike said. ``We thought we should have been there in the past. Now we are. We're taking the next step.''

--Etiwanda 68, Palmdale 47: Brittany Lloyd scored 21 points for Palmdale (18-14), which was outscored 24-12 in the third quarter and lost the second-round game on the road to top-seeded Etiwanda (26-4).

SO. SEC. DIV. I-A

--Royal 59, El Toro 49: Jessi Selleh scored 15 points and had nine rebounds and Kelly Winther added 13 points, four assists and two steals as Royal of Simi Valley (23-5) advances to the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive year.

--Simi Valley 52, Corona Centennial 41: Brittany Asplund scored 20 points and Suni Newton added 15 points for host Simi Valley (22-6) in the second-round game at home.

DIV. III-AA

--Newbury Park 64, Monrovia 55: Chelsea Davis scored 15 points and Julia Harris, Arlene Harris and Vaiolini Gago each added 13 for host Newbury Park (20-9), which advances to Saturday's semifinals against Morningside of Inglewood at a site to be determined.

DIV. IV-A

--Oaks Christian 63, Calvary Chapel/D 25: Michelle Clark scored a game-high 27 points, including six 3-pointers for host Oaks Christian of Westlake Village (24-4) in a quarterfinal game.

--Montclair Prep 51, Ontario Christian 47: Indira Kaljo, a junior forward, scored 19 points and Kristina Mitchell added 14 and six steals for sixth-seeded and host Montclair Prep of Panorama City (18-8) in its minor upset of fourth-seeded Ontario Christian (19-8).