Trinity: Girls notes, players to watch
Trinity: Girls notes, players to watch
An overview of the league and its top players.
•Last season's standings: 1. Santa Margarita (8-0, 27-6); 2. Orange Lutheran (5-3, 16-10); 3t. Mater Dei (4-4, 13-14); 3t. JSerra (4-4, 18-10); 5. Rosary (0-8, 6-17). ...
•Santa Margarita reached the Division I-AA semifinals before losing to Brea Olinda, 52-32. The Eagles went on to the state tournament and reached the Southern California Division III Regional Finals before losing to Bishop Amat of La Puente, 54-43. Mater Dei (first round), Orange Lutheran (first round) and JSerra (first round) also qualified for the playoffs last season. ...
•The Trinity League is grouped in Division I-AA with the Moore, Marmonte, Century, San Gabriel Valley, Channel, Freeway and Del Rey Leagues for the playoffs this season. ...
•Santa Margarita's Melissa Zornig was the league's co-MVP last season after averaging 13.5 points and making 35 percent of her 3-pointers. Lauren Oosdyke (9.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg) and Gillian Gipe (5.5 apg, 4 spg) made first team all-league for the Eagles. ...
•Mater Dei lost all-league center Mya Olivier to a season-ending knee injury during the Mater Dei Hoops Classic in Week 2. ...
•The Monarchs have a trio of talented freshmen with the arrival of Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Alexyz Vaioletama and Jessica Duarte. ...
•Kaitlyn Soto averaged 10.9 points and 2.7 assists per game and made first-team all-league for the Monarchs last season. ...
•"Once again this is a very competitive league which has some of the best teams in the county," Lancers coach Tony Matson said. "We feel that we have the ability to finish towards the top of the league, but we could also finish towards the bottom. It's a very thin line. It is going to be a tough battle every night between very good teams. Our team has a good mixture of upper and lower classmen. The key for us will be to play tough defense and get offensive contributions from many different players." ...
•Orange Lutheran's Veronica Beavor made first-team all-league, and Skye Atchley made second team last season. ...
•JSerra's Jourdan banks averaged 13 points and 9.2 rebounds per game last season. ...
•Rosary's Danielle Ekno was a second-team all-league selection last season.
Contact the writer: carias@ocregister.com




