Cajon girls win huge summer tourney; Clarendon MVP

Cajon won the San Diego Classic girls basketball summer tournament, calhisports.com has reported.

There were 336 teams involved in four divisions. .

The Cowgirls wrapped up the title with a 54-45 victory against Santa Monica. Senior Layshia Clarendon was named Most Valuable Player and received a shoe autographed by Candace Parker of the WNBA. .

The Cowgirls won seven games in four days.

Clarendon scored 19 points, had nine rebounds, six assists and three steals against Santa Monica; and Burnside had 18 points, 16 rebounds and five blocked shots.

"I'm used to having to play a lot of minutes so at the end I knew I could finish and bring home the championship," Clarendon told the Web site.

Calhisports.com also lauded the play of Ayala's Rhema Gardner and Chino Hills' Lindsey Crawford and Erica Norman.