{"id":20664,"date":"2011-11-24T08:23:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=20664"},"modified":"2011-11-24T15:03:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T22:03:12","slug":"mid-valley-top-20-players-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=20664","title":{"rendered":"Mid Valley Top 20 Players to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Watch Miller before she graduates (Photo by Anne Cypress)<\/p><\/div>\n

Along with posting the Top 20 teams in the area, the Mid will now post a players to watch list for the basketball season.<\/p>\n

Feel free to chime in on this site with a player you feel is deserving or email me at andy@midvalleysports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Michelle Miller (Pasadena Poly) \u2013 All Miller did last season is lead the Panthers to a CIF-SS Division title.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Emoni Jackson (Muir) \u2013 Averaged a double-double last season.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Nikki Wheatley (Bonita) \u2013 How far would the Bearcats gone without Wheatley?<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Joelle Tucker (Monrovia) \u2013 Everyone knows about Gina Henderson, but Tucker was just as productive for the LadyCats.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Chelsea Barnes (Diamond Ranch) \u2013 Many will argue that Erika Williams should be rated higher, but after watching the Panthers last season. Came away impressed.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Imari Brown (Duarte) \u2013 Help lead the Falcons to a semi-final appearance in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Kari Korver (Valley Christian) \u2013 Pure shooter from outside that can bury three-pointers all night long.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Leeah Powell (Bishop Amat) \u2013 Hard-working rebounder plays taller than her 5-6 height.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Alyson Lock (Keppel) \u2013 Lock was instrumental in the resurgence of the Aztec program.<\/p>\n

10.Nisja Bass (Mayfair) \u2013 Finished last season with 13 points and two assists per game for the Monsoons.<\/p>\n

11.Kandyce Smith (La Salle) \u2013 Injured early in the season in 2010-11, Smith returned just in time in the playoffs to guide the Lancers to a quarterfinal appearance.<\/p>\n

12.Ashli Baddorf (Covina) \u2013 Former Covina coach Matt Kearns raved about Baddorf who was consistent last year.<\/p>\n

13.Erika Williams (Diamond Ranch) \u2013 One of the better point-guards you will see all year long.<\/p>\n

14.Gina Henderson (Monrovia) \u2013 Henderson can go on a streak where she accounts for all the teams points in a quarter.<\/p>\n

15.Jeana Magana (Whittier) \u2013 Averaged 15 points per game and dropped 28 against West Ranch in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

16.Taylor Jackson (San Dimas) \u2013 12 points per game and 1st<\/sup> team all-league.<\/p>\n

17.Priscilla Rodriguez (Cantwell-Sacred Heart) \u2013 Is one of two returning players. Can pass and shoot.<\/p>\n

18.Megan Rutherford (Pasadena) \u2013 Was in the shadow of Taylor Crockum, but still averaged eight points a game.<\/p>\n

19.Ella Stepanian (Crescenta Valley) \u2013 The 5\u201911 sophomore could lead the Falcons back to the top of the Pacific League.<\/p>\n

20.Courtney Chen (La Canada) \u2013 Chen is the general in a young offense that has only three seniors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[1764,4173,2221,4372,6477,4651,2222,34,4650,4653,4223,6473,6472,4189,6476,1927,4162,4652,6475,6474],"class_list":["post-20664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanview","category-high-school-sports","tag-alyson-lock","tag-ashli-baddorf","tag-chelsea-barnes","tag-courtney-chen","tag-ella-stepanian","tag-emoni-jackson","tag-erika-williams","tag-gina-henderson","tag-imari-brown","tag-jeana-magana","tag-joelle-tucker","tag-kandyce-smith","tag-kari-corver","tag-leeah-powell","tag-megan-rutherford","tag-michelle-miller","tag-nikki-wheatley","tag-nisja-bass","tag-priscilla-rodriguez","tag-taylor-jackson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20666,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20664\/revisions\/20666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}