Here are videos from Cajon’s state championship game, postgame interviews as well as final seconds:
Kayla Washington talks:
Turner twins talk:
Taylor Goldsberry talks
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Here are videos from Cajon’s state championship game, postgame interviews as well as final seconds:
Kayla Washington talks:
Turner twins talk:
Taylor Goldsberry talks
Continue reading “Videos from Cajon’s State Championship game” »
Unlike last week’s Regional Final against Santa Ana Mater Dei, Saturday’s CIF State Division II championship game against Elk Grove won’t be an issue of size disadvantage.
“They have a decent point guard and a couple of wings who are pretty good,” Cajon coach Mark Lehman said. “They only start one girl who is 6-foot (junior Sydnee Kilbride) and she’s not a big scorer (3.1 points per game).”
Early in the week, Lehman wasn’t sure what kind of defense he was going to run, but seemed to like the zone that was successful against Mater Dei.
“I don’t know what we’ll do. They only have one outside shooter and chasing around takes energy,” he said.
The zone against Mater Dei was very successful, not only in slowing down the Monarchs, but also keeping the Cowgirls out of foul trouble, which can be Cajon’s Achilles’ Heel. Cajon committed just five total fouls in the 51-30 win against Mater Dei:
Elk Grove’s top players:
Mira Coleman, 5-8, Jr., G, 18.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.1 apg
Madison Wong, 5-6, Sr., G, 14.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.2 apg
Paiton Demps, 5-7, Jr., F, 12.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.9 apg
Cajon’s top players, stats through 1st CIF-SS playoff game
Kayla Washington, 6-0, Sr., F, 22.7 ppg, 13.6 rpg, 3.0 apg
Tyla Turner, 5-5, Sr., G, 13.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 7.3 apg
Tyra Turner, 5-5, Sr., G, 11.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 8.3 apg
Cajon isn’t limited to those players as fellow seniors Dezarae Embry (4.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg) and Taylor Goldsberry (9.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg). Junior Deja McBath a 5-10 forward came off the bench had some big baskets down the stretch against Harvard-Westlake in the state playoffs.
But, if Cajon doesn’t need to substitute like it was in the Mater Dei game, the Cowgirls will win. That’s a big if. And remember, Cajon will be coming off a whole week of rest, so that shouldn’t be an issue.
I didn’t put together full highlights of Tuesday’s 46-40 overtime game, won by host and No. 1 seed Ventura over No. 5 Cajon. But I wanted to post this. It shows the chance Ventura had to put the game away, up by one (and facing a one-and-one) with 7.8 seconds left.
Then a chance for Cajon to win before Tyla Turner is fouled with 2.2 seconds to play, keeping her from getting a shot off, but enabling her to go to the line. She missed the first, then made the one she really needed, the second. She then nearly had a steal on the inbounds pass, but the inbounder stepped in and denied a shot as time expired. In overtime, Cajon ran out of gas (and personnel) and lost, ending a great season.
Saturday’s CIF State Basketball Scores, upcoming schedule
BOYS BASKETBALL
DIVISION I
Chino Hills 82, San Marcos 63
DIVISION II
Lawndale 75, Redlands East Valley 50
GIRLS BASKETBALL
DIVISION I
Cajon 49, Riverside North 48
DIVISION V
Garden Grove Orangewood Academy 60, Aquinas 20
Tuesday’s Games, 7 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
OPEN DIVISION
No. 3 Etiwanda at No. 2 Los Angeles Fairfax
DIVISION I
No. 6 Torrey Pines at No. 2 Chino Hills
GIRLS BASKETBALL
DIVISION I
No. 5 Cajon at No. 1 Ventura
Chino Hills’ Raul Millian (13) goes for a layup against Bullard on Wednesday.
Here are scores and upcoming schedule for San Bernardino County teams at state
BOYS BASKETBALL
Wednesday’s Results
DIVISION I
Chino Hills 83, Fresno Bullard 67
DIVISION II
Redlands East Valley 75, San Diego Mira Mesa 67
DIVISION V
San Diego Army-Navy 91, Hesperia Christian 52
Upcoming schedule
OPEN DIVISION
First round, Friday 7 p.m.
No. 6 El Cajon Foothills Christian at No. 3 Etiwanda
Saturday’s second round games, 6 p.m.
DIVISION I
No. 10 San Marcos at No. 2 Chino Hills
DIVISION II
No. 5 Redlands East Valley at No. 4 Lawndale
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wednesday’s Results
DIVISION I
Cajon 81, San Diego Torrey Pines 51
DIVISION II
Bakersfield Independence 58, Colony 46
DIVISION V
Caruthers 51, Bloomington Christian 49
Aquinas 61, Escondido Adventist Academy 18
Upcoming schedule
Saturday’s Second round, 6 p.m.
DIVISION I
No. 5 Cajon at No. 4 Riverside North
DIVISION V
No. 6 Aquinas at No. 3 Garden Grove Orangewood Academy
Cajon 6-foot junior Kayla Washington, above, had 39 points and 28 rebounds (although Cajon had her for 35 rebounds) and I believe four blocked shots. She was impressive. She owned the boards, despite the fact that Torrey Pines has a 6-3 junior in Sierra Campisano. Washington is a much better rebounder than Campisano and while Cajon made Campisano work for her 26 points, Torrey Pines couldn’t get a body on Washington.
Seldom have I seen coach Mark Lehman above, as happy with a performance (in a game I covered) as he was on Wednesday. He still wasn’t completely satisfied with the defense on Campisano. He felt his team didn’t deny her the ball enough. But Washington’s play as well as the play of Tyla and Tyra Turner made for an impressive 81-51 victory.
State basketball begins Wednesday, so here are the matchups involving county teams
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wednesday’s first round games, 7 p.m.
DIVISION I
No. 12 Torrey Pines at No. 5 Cajon
DIVISION II
No. 9 Colony at No. 8 Bakersfield Independence
DIVISION V
No. 9 Carruthers at No. 8 Bloomington Christian
No. 11 Escondido Adventist at No. 6 Aquinas
BOYS BASKETBALL
Wednesday’s first round games, 7 p.m.
DIVISION I
No. 15 Fresno Bullard at No. 2 Chino Hills
DIVISION II
No. 12 San Diego Mira Mesa at No. 5 Redlands East Valley
DIVISION V
No. 11 Hesperia Christian at No. 6 Carlsbad Army-Navy
Friday’s first round games, 7 p.m.
OPEN DIVISION
No. 6 El Cajon Foothills Christian at No. 3 Etiwanda