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MID VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TOP 20<\/p>\n
By Andy Villanueva<\/p>\n
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Tough decision for the Mid Valley News to pick a consensus #1. But after pain staking consideration, the final Mid Valley Girls Basketball Top 20 is official.<\/p>\n
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Also we named the 12 player Mid Valley Team, because five isn’t enough and ten would have left two deserving players out.<\/p>\n
1. MUIR (22-4) LW: 1 \u2013 Mustangs appeared to be running the table, then Inglewood not only spoiled the party, but scored 48 against a team that didn’t allow 40 for 16 straight games.<\/p>\n
2. DIAMOND RANCH (23-5) LW: 3 \u2013 Panthers rolled through the Miramonte League and appeared headed to a CIF championship until Woodbridge had other thoughts.<\/p>\n
3. MONROVIA (19-8) LW: 4 \u2013 Ladycats have much to look forward to. Gina Henderson emerged as one of the up and coming young players in the Mid Valley.<\/p>\n
4. NORTHVIEW (18-10) LW: 6 \u2013 Vikings knocked Covina off their Valle Vista League perch and have all but one player returning for next season.<\/p>\n
5. LA CANADA (22-7) LW: 6 \u2013 Lady Spartans can take solace in knowing they lose three players and return Courtney McCutchan and Tia Chen.<\/p>\n
6. BISHOP AMAT (22-6) LW: 9 \u2013 Arielle Wideman returns for one more season and team is now ready for the next step as Lancers were close to getting by Summit in quarters.<\/p>\n
7. WALNUT (18-9) LW: 10 \u2013 Mustangs won another San Antonio title and can look forward to another good season with three players graduating.<\/p>\n
8. SOUTH HILLS (18-8) LW: 11 \u2013 Huskies wanted to take steps in building the program. A win at the end of the season against Walnut was huge, as was first round win against Los Altos.<\/p>\n
9. LA SALLE (17-11) LW: 15 \u2013 Lancers went farther than anyone could have predicted with loss to Sonora in quarterfinals. Prior to that they rattled off 13 of 14 wins.<\/p>\n
10. CRESCENTA VALLEY (20-9) LW: 14- Falcons lived by the three all season long. But take heart C.V fans. Cassie Pappas and her 17 points a game return.<\/p>\n
11. KEPPEL (18-11) LW: 17 – Aztecs started the season 3-10, then rolled off 15 straight wins. Gave Bishop Amat fits in 2nd<\/sup> round of CIF tournament.<\/p>\n 12. BONITA (18-10) LW: 13 \u2013 Ran into a rested Monrovia team in the second round and were eliminated from CIF playoffs. Look for a young team to be one year wiser.<\/p>\n 13. WEST COVINA (16-11) LW: 12 \u2013 Bulldogs biggest problem was consistency. Big win against Bonita in early January and then losses to Walnut and South Hills hurt their seed.<\/p>\n 14. WHITTIER (23-5) LW: 2 \u2013 Cardinals were upended in the first round of the playoffs after cruising through the Del Rio League.<\/p>\n 15. SIERRA VISTA (21-4) LW: 3 \u2013 Montview League champs were upset in the first round after looking like the real deal by running the table in league.<\/p>\n 16. COVINA (16-10) LW: 7 \u2013 If this were pre-season they would be ranked near the top. Chelsea Chemla and Jackie Ford return next season, which means half of the scoring output is back.<\/p>\n 17. SOUTH PASADENA (16-10) LW: 16 \u2013 Tigers lose Nicole Biesek and her 16 points. Being sent to Citrus Hill was no reward for South Pasadena.<\/p>\n 18. SAN DIMAS (14-12) LW: 18 \u2013 Defeated Covina at the end of the season to secure a 2nd<\/sup> place seeding. Saints will lose both Arnwine sisters and will have to re-stock.<\/p>\n 19. BURBANK (15-13) LW: 19 \u2013 Wow! Bulldogs picked the worst time to go into a tailspin at the end of the season. Lost six of last seven including first round CIF playoff game.<\/p>\n 20. DIAMOND BAR (12-14) LW: 20 \u2013 After being given a top 20 look, Brahmas ended up losing last five to end the season.<\/p>\n \n \n \n MID VALLEY TEAM:<\/p>\n Brittany Henderson (Muir) – Has all the skills to play in college.<\/p>\n Eliza Pierre (Muir) \u2013 Tough defensive point guard.<\/p>\n Courtney McCutchan (La Canada) \u2013 Can shoot the three and take you to the hoop.<\/p>\n Jasmin Gordon (Monrovia) \u2013 Dominating inside presence.<\/p>\n Mayrum Jenkins (Monrovia) \u2013 Leader in every aspect.<\/p>\n Arielle Wideman (Bishop Amat) \u2013 She was the heart and soul of a good team.<\/p>\n Jackie Ford (Covina) \u2013 Might be the most physical player in the Mid Valley.<\/p>\n Chelsea Chemla (Covina) \u2013 Outside shot is deadly.<\/p>\n Erika Williams (Diamond Ranch) \u2013 She is quick and runs the break better than most point guards.<\/p>\n Tia Chen (La Canada) \u2013 Can pick your pocket faster than you can dribble.<\/p>\n Melinda Gomez (South Hills) \u2013 Plays taller than she is. Can out rebound most players.<\/p>\n Cassie Pappas (Crescenta Valley) \u2013 Deadly from outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49,53,52,48,50,51],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-bishop-amat","tag-brittany-henderson","tag-courtney-mccutchan","tag-la-canada","tag-monrovia","tag-muir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}