“Simply one other recreation,” Juju Watkins claimed on Tuesday night time earlier than going through her former teammates from Windward in a ladies’ basketball recreation to resolve the Gold Coast League championship.
Watkins went out and scored 37 factors whereas grabbing 23 rebounds in Sierra Canyon’s 85-53 victory as UCLA coach Cori Shut appeared on, hoping the No. 1 participant from the category of 2023 may contemplate her program.
“That’s simply one other recreation for her,” Sierra Canyon coach Alicia Komaki stated.
Sure, Watkins is that good. She missed pictures and obtained somewhat drained within the fourth quarter, however her vitality stage and competitiveness was excessive all through. Sierra Canyon is 22-1 and 5-0 in league and in place to be the No. 2 seed behind Etiwanda when the Southern Part Open Division ladies’ basketball pairings are launched Tuesday.
Supporting Watkins was sophomore MacKenly Randolph, who had 25 factors and 15 rebounds. Windward (17-7, 4-1) has plenty of expertise too. Junior guard Skye Belker scored 25 factors and freshman heart Samari Bankhead scored 14 factors.
Final season Watkins performed for Windward. There are not any exhausting emotions. Watkins hugged Windward assistant Ebony Hoffman afterward. She had two years of skilled coaching beneath Hoffman, now an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and Vanessa Nygaard, the brand new head coach for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury.
Watkins continues to develop. She is dealing with the ball like a degree guard, which ought to make for fascinating matchups within the playoffs.
Granada Hills 78, Chatsworth 52: Karma Paez scored 16 factors for the 19-2 Highlanders.
Birmingham 69, El Camino Actual 56: The Patriots picked up the West Valley League win.
Chaminade 59, Harvard-Westlake 44: Kayla Cabaccang had 10 factors for Chaminade.
Boys’ basketball
Viewpoint 68, Paraclete 56: Giovanni Goree had 25 factors and Andrew Younan 22 factors for Viewpoint.
Birmingham 89, Cleveland 60: Cameron Hatch scored 21 factors and Kory Blunt 18 for the Patriots.
Harvard-Westlake 66, Chaminade 27: Cameron Thrower completed with 21 factors for Harvard-Westlake, which completed the Mission League tied for first place with Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and 21-2 general.
St. John Bosco 59, Santa Margarita 38: The Braves handed Santa Margarita (18-3, 6-3) solely its third defeat and confirmed they might be an element within the Division 1 playoffs. Freshman Kade Bonam scored 20 factors. Christian Estrada had 15 factors and Jack Turner 14.
Mater Dei 74, Servite 54: The Monarchs clinched the Trinity League championship behind Zack Davidson, who scored 25 factors and had 12 rebounds. Tyler Small had 21 factors for Servite.
Dominguez 58, Paramount 45: The Dons received the battle for first place. Cameron Norman had 21 factors for Paramount.
Damien 69, Chino Hills 54: Jimmy Oladokun had 22 factors.
Sierra Canyon 100, Windward 58: Amari Bailey scored 22 factors for the Trailblazers.
JSerra 74, Orange Lutheran 73: Robert Diaz scored 30 factors for JSerra.
Boys’ soccer
Servite 1, Mater Dei 0: Eddie Villeda got here by way of with a aim to assist Servite enhance to 15-2-2 and 8-0-1 within the Trinity League.
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