California Girls Basketball All-State Team
Source: MaxPreps.com/news

First Team
Kaleena Smith, Ontario Christian (Ontario)
5-6 | Guard | Sophomore
741 points | 23.2 ppg | 8.1 apg | 4.5 spg | 2.8 rpg
Honors: MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year, MaxPreps All-American second team, Los Angeles Times All-Stars Player of the Year, Press-Enterprise All-Inland Empire, Southern Section Open Division Player of the Year.

Aliyahna Morris, Etiwanda
5-5 | Guard | Senior
24 ppg | 4 rpg | 3 apg
Honors: McDonald's All-American, MaxPreps All-American first team, Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Press-Enterprise All-Inland Empire Player of the Year, Southern Section All-Open Division,

Grace Knox, Etiwanda
6-3 | Center | Senior
16 ppg | 13 rpg | 2.6 bpg
Honors: McDonald's All-American, MaxPreps All-American honorable mention, Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Southern Section All-Open Division, Press-Enterprise All-Inland Empire.

Jerzy Robinson, Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
6-0 | Guard | Junior
26.9 ppg | 10.2 rpg
Honors: MaxPreps Junior All-American Team, MaxPreps All-American, second team, Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Player of the Year, Southern Section All-Open Division.

Addison Deal, Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
6-0 | Guard | Senior
19.9 ppg | 7.1 rpg | 5.9 apg | 3.6 spg
Honors: McDonald's All-American, MaxPreps All-American second team, Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Orange County Register All-County Player of the Year, Southern Section All-Open Division.

Second Team
Ella Gunderson, San Ramon Valley (Danville)
5-10 | Guard | Sophomore
17.2 ppg | 6.1 rpg | 3.5 apg
Honors: San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro Player of the Year, Bay Area News Group All-Bay Area first team.

Karyss Lacanlale, Acalanes (Lafayette)
5-5 | Guard | Senior
14.3 ppg | 5.7 apg | 2.9 spg | 2.8 rpg
Honors: San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first team, Bay Area News Group All-Bay Area Player of the Year.

Maliya Hunter, Archbishop Mitty (San Jose)
6-2 | Forward | Freshman
10.6 ppg | 5.0 rpg
Honors: MaxPreps Freshman All-American Team, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first team, Bay Area News Group All-Bay Area first team.

Tati Griffin, Ontario Christian
5-11 | Forward | Freshman
17.8 ppg | 8.2 rpg
Honors: MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year, MaxPreps All-American honorable mention, Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Press-Enterprise All-Inland Empire, Southern Section All-Open Division.

Nina Cain, McClatchy (Sacramento)
6-2 | Center | Senior
18.3 ppg | 9.2 rpg | 3.0 apg | 2.2 spg
Honors: Sacramento Bee All-Metro Player of the Year.

Third Team
Kaeli Wynn, Mater Dei
6-1 | Foward | Junior
17.6 ppg | 7.3 rpg
Honors: MaxPreps Junior All-American Team, Orange County Register All-County first team, Southern Section All-Open Division.

Amalia Holguin, Sage Hill (Newport Beach)
5-8 | Guard | Junior
14.2 ppg | 4.1 apg | 3.8 rpg | 2.4 spg
Honors: MaxPreps Junior All-American Team, Orange County Register All-County first team, Southern Section All-Open Division.

Layla Dixon, Carondelet (Concord)
5-11 | Guard | Junior
13.5 ppg | 6.1 apg | 5.9 rpg
Honors: San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first team, Bay Area News Group All-Bay Area first team,

Alexis Swillis, Clovis West (Fresno)
6-3 | Center | Senior
15.2 ppg | 8.9 rpg
Honors: Central Section Player of the Year, TRAC Player of the Year.

Jordin Blackmon, Bishop Montgomery (Torrance)
5-10 | Guard | Senior
14.7 ppg | 6.9 rpg
Honors: Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Southern Section All-Open Division, Daily Breeze Player of the Year.

Fourth Team
Bay Cordova, Mission Hills (San Marcos)
5-7 | Guard | Sophomore
15.0 ppg | 4.8 rpg | 3.2 apg | 2.7 spg
Honors: San Diego Section Player of the Year.

Sophia Mindermann, Folsom
5-10 | Guard | Senior
16.0 ppg
Honors: Sacramento Bee All-Metro large school Player of the Year.

Amel Cook, Windward (Los Angeles)
6-10 | Guard | Freshman
11.2 ppg | 7.4 rpg | 3.5 apg | 2.9 spg
Honors: MaxPreps Freshman All-American Team, Southern Section All-Open Division.

Julia Wilson, Rancho Christian (Temecula)
5-10 | Guard | Senior
21 ppg | 6.3 rpg
Honors: Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Press-Enterprise All-Inland Empire, Southern Section Division 1 Player of the Year.

Emmi Almeida, Caruthers
5-7 | Guard | Junior
12.4 ppg
Honors: Division 2 state championship MVP.

Fifth Team
Jolyn Ding, Pinewood (Los Altos Hills)
5-8 | Guard | Senior
14.4 ppg | 6.1 rpg | 3.5 apg
Honors: San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro Peninsula Player of the Year, Bay Area News Group All-Bay Area first team.

Alyssa Rudd, San Ramon Valley
5-8 | Guard | Junior
14.8 ppg | 9.9 rpg
Honors: San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first team, Bay Area News Group All-Bay Area first team.

Izzy McFadden, Marin Catholic (Kentfield)
5-8 | Guard | Senior
18 ppg
Honors: San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro North Bay Player of the Year.

Riley Walls, Clovis West
5-9 | Forward | Senior
13.1 ppg | 6.1 rpg | 6.1 spg
Honors: TRAC All-League.

Ze'Ni Patterson, Archbishop Mitty
5-9 | Guard | Sophomore
9.1 ppg | 2.3 rpg
Honors: MaxPreps Sophomore All-American honorable mention, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first team, Bay Area News Group All-Bay Area first team.

Sixth Team
Adyra Rajan, Fairmont Prep (Anaheim)
5-9 | Guard | Junior
22.9 ppg
Honors: Orange County Register All-County first team, Southern Section All-Open Division.

Lev Feiman, Brentwood School (Los Angeles)
5-9 | Guard | Senior
15.0 ppg | 3.5 apg | 7.2 rpg | 2.6 spg
Honors: Los Angeles Times All-Stars, Southern Section All-Division 1.

Hamiley Arenas, Notre Dame (SO) (Sherman Oaks)
5-10 | Guard | Senior
23.3 ppg | 10.5 rpg | 3.1 apg | 2.8 spg
Honors: MaxPreps Freshman All-American; Los Angeles Daily News All-Area team.

Lauren Harris, Faith Christian (Yuba City)
5-11 | Guard | Junior
29.9 ppg | 14.2 rpg | 6.7 apg | 2.7 spg
Honors: Sacramento Bee All-Metro Smallest School Player of the Year.

Delaney White, Oak Park
5-7 | Guard | Junior
16.5 ppg | 7.5 apg | 7 rpg | 3.5 spg
Honors: Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team; Southern Section Division 2AA Player of the Year.


Coach of the Year:
Shiloh Sorbello, Woodland Christian (Woodland, CA) Division 5 CIF State Champions 2025

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Davis (17-6-1) beat Rocklin (18-5) 2-0 for its 8th straight win as they scored a run in the fourth and a run in the seventh. These two teams will meet again this afternoon in Davis.

Davis' Cade Castles threw a complete game, three hitter with seven strikeouts. It is his third complete game of the season with the prior two coming against Oak Ridge and Granite Bay. Aiden Larsen went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI.

Rockiln got a quality outing from senior Troy Ueltzen (6IP, 3H, 1R, 1BB, 4K).

The Thunder hold a one game lead in the SFL over Davis with the Blue Devils three games clear of third place Jesuit.

Casa Grande (15-3) beat Petaluma (14-2) 4-1 in the first of a two game series this week. The second game will be later today.

The Gauchos got good pitching performances from senior Brady Laubscher (5IP, 4H, 1R, 4BB, 3K) and senior Danny Mercado (2IP, 2BB, 3K). At the plate, Laubscher went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and senior Gavin Lee added two RBI.

Petaluma sophomore Dalton Deadman went 1-for-3 with a run scored. Senior James Dole got the start went went five innings and gave up five hits and four runs. The Trojans came in on a five game winning streak.

I seen him on the bench as the lead assistant.

Anyone know if he was a hooper at o dowd or city college?

Coaches

I have a few openings for our 50th Jim Soden Varsity Tournament the dates will be December 11-13 with 3 game guarantee. All games to be played at Terra Nova High School in Pacifica on the Coast

If interested please contact me:
Terranovawbasketball@yahoo.com

Coach Summerville
510-427-3131

Yesterday I went to the Crush in the Valley, mostly to see the public schools as the recruiter for the GIBT.
There was a team from Kentucky playing ,and an older gentleman from said state, was taking tickets at the door.

During a break, I happened to ask him if he ever heard of the book, “ When Cuba Conquered Kentucky?
Not only did he know of the book, which took place in the early 1950s, he was from the area. He knew the coach and several of the players such as Doodie Floyd, Drennon Bagwell from the book.

I laughed, and said that Cuba seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere, and “ He laughed and said it still is."
We talked about basketball, him from Kentucky, me from Brooklyn, and it was like we were from the same place. It was the highlight of my day.

Anyway here is the report about the book, I’m once again posting up for you to read if you care to.
It is a book, I think every hoop fan should read, for the knowledge and history. Of how High School hoops, Influences communities and people.
I used to be a writer and scout for Norcalpreps, and this is one of the reports I published.

When Cuba Conquered Kentucky “ A Book Review”

It was 1952. A tiny rural high school of 150 students, weaves it’s way thru their Sectional, Regional, and State playoffs.
There they meet up with a perennial state power with 3000 students, beating them for a state championship.

Sound familiar? No, it’s not tiny Milan Indiana high, from the movie Hoosiers. Another true story.
It’s the true story of Cuba Kentucky High School. And it was a national sensation in it’s time.

The book’s author , Marianne Walker tells of a chance encounter with a friend, and is introduced to her husband, who was a player on that team.
The book opens after the team loses at the state finals, the year before, and sets the stage for what’s to follow.

Cuba Kentucky was in a tiny hardscrabble corner of Western Kentucky, without electricity or indoor plumbing for the most part.
It is hemmed in on three sides by rivers, with no bridge access. A place, even most Kentuckians knew nothing about.

The kids were sons of white share croppers , who of all things, took as their inspiration and style of play, from the Harlem Globetrotters. They would even come out warming up to Sweet Georgia Brown.
Using a fast break, pressing, and highlight style of play, they caused a sensation wherever they played.

It is the story of how a small group of kids came together, in this unlikely spot, at the same time, with talent and love for the hoop.
The author is very descriptive of time and place. I found the book interesting from both a historical and sociological perspective.

Allow yourself some patience for the Author’s indulgence in her narratives.
A story like this is a history lesson in High School basketball, as well as a study in people and culture.

I enjoyed this book and highly recommended it to any basketball fan, or anyone who appreciates the unlikely, when it happens.

Oh, and why is the town called Cuba? You’re just going to have to read the book for that !!



Here’s wishing you great hoops