Tag Archives: Gina Henderson

LadyCats Comeback Make it Back-to-Back

Written by dbarker on February 9, 2012 — 1 Comment

(Monrovia) – For three quarters La Canada managed to hold star senior guard Gina Henderson to just one point heading into the final quarter leading by two points. Henderson however, took control of the final stanza to lead Monrovia to its second consecutive Rio Hondo League title, with a 48-43 win.
Henderson scored the go-ahead bucked [...]

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Mid Valley Top 20 Players to Watch

Written by dbarker on November 24, 2011 — 6 Comments

Watch Miller before she graduates (Photo by Anne Cypress)
Along with posting the Top 20 teams in the area, the Mid will now post a players to watch list for the basketball season.
Feel free to chime in on this site with a player you feel is deserving or email me at andy@midvalleysports.com.
1.  Michelle Miller (Pasadena Poly) [...]

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High School Girls Top 25 Final

Written by avillanueva on March 6, 2011 — 12 Comments

Poly's Courtney Foster returns next season (Photo Anne Cypress)
High School Girls Basketball Top 25
Congratulations to all teams that went deep into the playoffs.
After the rankings are the Coach of the Year, All-midvalleysports.com team, and players to watch next season.

Bonita (28-4) – Now the State playoffs for battle tested team.
Bishop Amat (24-7) – Lancers couldn’t keep [...]

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Wildcats Roll to 4-0 in Rio Hondo

Written by avillanueva on January 19, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Gina Henderson dazzled in win.
(Monrovia) – The Wildcats took advantage of a young La Canada team to race out to a 20-7 first quarter lead and cruised to a 60-48 win.
The win improved Monrovia to 4-0 in the Rio Hondo League and dropped the Spartans to 1-3.
Joelle Tucker and Gina Henderson scored all 17 points [...]

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Apaches Manage Third

Written by avillanueva on December 18, 2010 — Leave a Comment

Dana Yamada brings the ball up to the court.
(El Monte) – Arcadia bounced back quickly after a tough loss last night to defeat Monrovia 59-38 for third-place in the Lady Knights Classic at Arroyo High School.
The Apaches used a 20-point second quarter to pull away from the Lady Cats who continued to struggle on [...]

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Lancers in Tournament Finals for Fourth Straight Year

Written by avillanueva on December 17, 2010 — 1 Comment

(El Monte) -  The anticipated match-up of former Bishop Amat guard Gina Henderson versus the Lancers failed to live up to the hype with Bishop Amat dismantling Monrovia 57-26 in the semi-finals of the Arroyo Lady Knights Tournament.
The Lancers used a combination of tenacious defense and clutch shooting early to put the game away in [...]

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Lancers Make it Three In a Row in Lady Knights Tournament

Written by avillanueva on December 22, 2009 — 1 Comment

(El Monte, Ca) – For the third straight year Bishop Amat was crowned champion of the Lady Knights Tournament with a 46-36 win over Sonora.
The Lancers survived a one for 23 shooting slump that spanned the second and third quarter as their defense was the star of the game limiting Raiders forward Jasmine Hills to [...]

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Fanview Lite: December 16, 2009

Written by jtorosian on December 16, 2009 — 3 Comments

 

Charter Oak's Dom Farrar and Jesse Abellaneda celebrate the Chargers Southeast title.
“I’m much more comfortable criticizing people behind their backs.”
 — George Costanza

Good Morning!

I’m not anti-basketball, its just hard to get into something most of the schools are not into.

There are pockets of great interest and success, but for the most part schools treat basketball as [...]

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Lancers Run Wild Over Lady Condors

Written by avillanueva on December 15, 2009 — 4 Comments

(El Monte, Ca) – Bishop Amat cruised into the second round of the Arroyo Lady Knights Tournament with a 66-17 win over California.
“We had an opportunity to play against one of the best teams in the area,” said Lady Condor head coach Leonard Espinosa.  “All the things we had been able to get away with [...]

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Girls CIF Basketball Semi Final Update

Written by tpeterson on March 1, 2009 — 1 Comment

Saturday 2-28
D-IIIA
Inglewood 48 Muir 45
Foothill 78 Monrovia 69
Notes: I knew there was something special about Gina Henderson. She showed signs all year and had a break out game in the quarterfinals win over St. Mary’s. The Freshman poured in 38 points Saturday night for Monrovia but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Cats fell by nine. [...]

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