Mitty, St. Joseph Notre Dame, Bishop O'Dowd and Miramonte were all at the St. Mary's camp this weekend (along with EYBL teams Boo Williams (Virginia) and Cal Stars, plus Cal Ballaz). And much of Etiwanda's roster was with Cal Stars Valley.
Mitty clearly looked to be the class of the group, with a tall, deep, talented, well-coached team. Hunter Hernandez appears to be the point guard (I didn't ask Sue if anyone was missing), which takes her out of her best position, presumably, but it's a really nice team. There are no superstars in the Haley Jones category, so Mitty might not be quite as strong as in the past couple years, but it sure looks like the NorCal Open title will run through San Jose.
Miramonte and O'Dowd played a one-point game (won by Miramonte on two late free throws by Jordan Allred), so those two perennial rivals seem to be as good as ever. Note, though, they are in different NCS divisions this year, so unless the NCS passes the Open Division proposal, they won't play in NCS.
SJND also looked very good, with yet another Mastora sister in the mix.
And St. Mary's used Madigan gym, with its 94-foot court and AC, as the main court, which worked out well too. The EYBL/Ballaz-level games were well-suited to that court length.
Congrats to Paul Thomas and the SMC staff for putting this together ...
Mitty clearly looked to be the class of the group, with a tall, deep, talented, well-coached team. Hunter Hernandez appears to be the point guard (I didn't ask Sue if anyone was missing), which takes her out of her best position, presumably, but it's a really nice team. There are no superstars in the Haley Jones category, so Mitty might not be quite as strong as in the past couple years, but it sure looks like the NorCal Open title will run through San Jose.
Miramonte and O'Dowd played a one-point game (won by Miramonte on two late free throws by Jordan Allred), so those two perennial rivals seem to be as good as ever. Note, though, they are in different NCS divisions this year, so unless the NCS passes the Open Division proposal, they won't play in NCS.
SJND also looked very good, with yet another Mastora sister in the mix.
And St. Mary's used Madigan gym, with its 94-foot court and AC, as the main court, which worked out well too. The EYBL/Ballaz-level games were well-suited to that court length.
Congrats to Paul Thomas and the SMC staff for putting this together ...