The Sacramento Bee newspaper's Players and Coach of the Year and Final Top 20 Rankings

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Congratulations to the following--well deserved.
Source: Sacramento Bee 3/28/2025
The Sacramento Bee’s 2024–25 All-Metro Teams

Player of the Year
F Nina Cain, McClatchy, Sr.

Large School Player of the Year G Sophia Mindermann, Folsom, Sr.
Medium School Player of the Year G Aleyah Harmon, Christian Brothers, Sr.
Small School Player of the Year P Juliette James, Colfax, Sr.
Smallest School Player of the Year G Lauren Harris, Faith Christian, Jr.

Coach of the Year
Jeff Ota, McClatchy

First Team
G Kaia Diederichs, Colfax, Sr.
G Jamiah Fontenberry, Inderkum, Sr.
F Norret Lewis, McClatchy, Sr.
G Ava Rawlins, Folsom, Sr.
G Haley Smith, Liberty Ranch, Jr.
G Bella Von Seipler, Del Oro, Sr.

Second Team
G La Ne Dunn, Sacramento, Sr.
G Nerissa Hamilton, Grant, Sr.
F Dixie McLanahan, Folsom, Sr.
G Brooklynn Nordquist, Ponderosa, Sr.
G Olivia Novi, Christian Brothers, So.
F Asia Washington, Grant, So.

Third Team
F Presley Berry, Faith Christian, Jr.
G Casey Dreiling, Ponderosa, Sr.
F Teagan Hayes, Woodland Christian, Sr.
G Calonni Holloway, Vanden, Sr.
G Laurlyn Massick, Colfax, Sr.
F Londyn Odom, Antelope, Fr.

Fourth Team
F Kendra Alameda, Oak Ridge, Sr.
G Kendall Dykstra, Whitney, Sr.
G Breyana Kimmons, McClatchy, Sr.
G Ryan Nair, Woodcreek, Sr.
F Joy Omishakin, Christian Brothers, Jr.
G Jada Tupou, Folsom, Sr.

Fifth Team
G Kamrynn Blevins, Liberty Ranch, So.
F Ava Edwards, Oak Ridge, Sr.
G Breahn Flood, Inderkum, Jr.
F Torrence Harter, Sutter, Sr.
G Kate Myers, Pleasant Grove, Jr.
F Daisy Throckmorton, McClatchy, Jr.

Sixth Team
G Demi Boykin, Marysville, Sr.
F Tylie Kitchen, Whitney, Sr.
G Keziah Maldonado-Lemus, Woodland Christian, Sr.
G LaRay Mitchell, Rio Linda, Jr.
F Bianca Slone, Rocklin, Jr.
G Caitlyn Subejano, Cosumnes Oaks, Jr.

The Bee’s Final Top 20
1. McClatchy (25-7)
2. Folsom (26-5)
3. Colfax (27-7)
4. Christian Brothers (25-8)
5. Oak Ridge (21-11)
6. Liberty Ranch (30-3)
7. Antelope (20-9)
8. Grant (20-11)
9. Vanden (20-10)
10. Ponderosa (27-6)
11. Del Oro (19-11)
12. Inderkum (22-8)
13. Whitney (17-15)
14. Faith Christian (29-2)
15. Rio Linda (29-5)
16. Marysville (24-9)
17. West Campus (25-6)
18. Monterey Trail (19-6)
19. Woodland Christian (31-6)
20. Davis (16-13)

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article302704404.html#storylink=cpy

 

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Excerpts from above article--source: Sacramento Bee, 3/28/2025:
"Before this season, the last time the McClatchy High School girls basketball team won a CIF Sac-Joaquin Section championship was March 3, 2007. Three weeks later, Nina Cain was born."

"Cain’s past and future were already secured before the 2024-25 season began. Her past involved cementing her status as one of the top players in all of Northern California over her first three years at the Sacramento City Unified School District campus. She was the 2024 Bee Player of the Year as a junior, and she repeated this season in closing out one of the great prep careers in regional history."

"Her future is set as well. She’s headed to play college ball at the University of Washington"

"Cain finished her career with a school-record 2,016 points to go with 990 rebounds. She is the first McClatchy player to break the 2,000-point threshold. In January, Cain was nominated for the prestigious McDonald’s All American Game. Although she didn’t make the final roster, Cain has bigger goals for when she’s done at Washington."

"After guiding McClatchy to its first section championship in 18 years, one-time Lions star guard and now veteran coach Jeff Ota is The Bee’s Coach of the Year.

"The Lions finished with a 25-7 record, including a 10-0 showing in the Metro League, which led to a No. 3 seed in the section’s largest-enrollment bracket. McClatchy’s journey to a blue banner went through a trip to Stockton with a hard-fought road victory in the semifinals over second-seeded St. Mary’s, the program with the most section titles ever at 22."

"McClatchy then disposed of Folsom in the D-I championship game at Golden 1 Center, earning the Lions a berth to their first CIF State Open Division bracket, where they again went on the road to knock off fourth-seeded Acalanes in a spirited victory before falling to national powerhouse Mitty of San Jose. Ota often credits assistant coach Jessica Kunisaki as “the real head coach” of McClatchy. Kunisaki, another McClatchy grad, led the Lions to a CIF State championship in 2015 (Division 1), when Ota was her top assistant."

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article302704404.html#storylink=cpy