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SoCalHoops Tournament News

Palm Springs Girls' Tourney Results
From Last Weekend--(June 21, 1999)

We got a short note from Randy Small, the boys' BB coach at Palm Springs HS, with the results of the Girls Tourney at Palm Springs HS this past weekend. Randy notes that "Yes, it was quite pleasant for a change in the gym this year," and we assume that he's referring to the air-conditioning, because he can't possibly be referring to the outside temperature which was 110 degrees. He also reminds us that there's a 16 team boys tourney this coming weekend, not that we needed any reminding, because we'll post up the full schedule for that one shortly too.

This past weekend, Troy HS took the championship game, led by MVP Veronica Johns-Richards with 17 points, beating Corona Centennial by the score of 47-41. Centennial was led by Michelle Strawberry with 17 points. Troy was able to withstand a fast start by Centennial, who led the game by 10 points early on.

We don't have all the scores, just the winners' bracket, and we're not quite sure we really understand the way this bracketing must have looked because if the scores below are for the winners' bracket, the we don't know how Harvard-Westlake could have finished 5th and not 9th or 11th since they don't appear anywhere in the winners' bracket scores. Oh, well, here's what Randy sent us anyway.

Winners' Bracket:

Ayala 66 Torrance 32
A.B. Miller 76 Beaumont 22
Ganesha 34 Burbank 29
Centennial 54 West Hills 34
Murrieta 57 Garfield 20
Troy 51 San Pasqual 19
Norco 40 Carlsbad 19
Eisenhower 33 Santa Clara 22

Quarterfinals

Ayala 67 A.B. Miller 32
Centennial 37 Ganesha 20
Troy 52 Murrieta 21
Norco 37 Eisenhower 35

Semi-finals

Centennial 52 Ayala 46
Troy 41 Norco 29

Championship

Troy 47 Centennial 41

Ayala 49 Norco 31 (3rd Place)
Harvard-West. 50 Hoover 35 (5th Place)

All-Tournament Players

MVP - Veronica Johns-Richards (Troy)
Katie Hardeman (Troy)
Michelle Strawberry (Centennial)
Jovonda Moss (Norco)
Alma Roman (Garfield)
Alice Wang (Torrance)
Candice Allen (Ayala)
Razan Ezzeddin (Hoover)
L'Tanya Robnett (Harvard-Westlake)
Melany Marotian (Burbank)
Ashley Biggins (Santa Clara)
Allisha Espinosa (Garey)
Chelsea Olayan (West Hills)
Krystal Amaker (Miller)
Crystal Erwin (Marlborough)
Rachel Woodward (Murrieta)
Veranda James (Ganesha)
Lindsey Galasso (El Modena)