CIF Girls Basketball Final: Colony 57, Chaffey 53
Colony led throughout. Chaffey got within a point in the middle of the final quarter, but a rash of turnovers led to Colony layups and a margin in the final minutes more comfortable than the final score would indicate.
This is the first of three all-San Bernardino County matchups in CIF girls basketball finals today/tonight at Long Beach State's Pyramid.
Haley White and Amani Butler each scored 16 points for Colony.
Chaffey was led by Joyce Koloa, who had 16 points.
Colony is 26-2. Chaffey is 25-3 -- with all three defeats vs. Mt. Baldy League (and Chaffey District/City of Ontario) rival Colony. Both school advance into the state tournament next week.
Twelve of White's points came from the three-point line. She was 4-for-11 from beyond the arc. No one else in the game made even two three-pointers.
Jazmyne White added 12 points for Colony. Camille Buckley scored nine on 2-for-10 shooting but took a game-high 17 rebounds, including seven on the offensive end.
Teonna Campbell had 14 points for Chaffey, Lani Mataele added 10 and 10 rebounds, and Monet Smith took 13 rebounds, for the Tigers.
Colony becomes one of the few area schools to have a CIF basketball title in both boys and girls competition.
Actually, off the top of my head ... I can't think of another. Fontana won a boys title and got to the finals in girls competition ... Miller has a girls title and got to the final in boys ...
Oh, got one: San Bernardino won a girls title 25-plus years ago. Dolores Dudek was the coach. San Bernardino also won a boys title in 1989, I'm pretty sure it was.
This calls for more investigation.