South Coast League notebook

•Last season's standings: 1. San Clemente (10-0, 28-6); 2. Aliso Niguel (6-4, 18-9); 3. Capistrano Valley (5-5, 9-17); 4. Mission Viejo (4-6, 14-12); 5. Tesoro (3-7, 12-15); 6. Dana Hills (2-8, 9-17). ...

•San Clemente beat Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach, 53-51, to win the CIF-SS Division I-A title and advanced to the Southern California Division I Regional semifinals before losing to A.B. Miller of Fontana, 44-43. Capistrano Valley (first round), Aliso Niguel (first round) and Tesoro (wild card) also qualified for the playoffs last season. ...

•The South Coast League is grouped in Division I-A with the Foothill, Suburban, Sea View, Pacific, Bay, Inland Valley and Ivy Leagues for the playoffs this season. ...

•San Clemente coach Mary Mulligan on her team: "With four returning starters back from last year's CIF championship team, the Tritons have the experience and leadership necessary to repeat. (Kristen) Riley and (Jacqui) Marshall combine for the best frontcourt in the county. The addition of (Cassie) Harberts to the starting lineup makes the Tritons one of the hardest teams to match up with. The season will bring a lot of pressure to the girls and very high expectations, so we'll see how they handle having a target on their back." ...

•Riley (12.9 ppg, 11.1 rpg) was the South Coast League MVP and Division I-A Player of the Year last season. Andrea Wertz (11.4 ppg), Marshall (9.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg) and Shelby Pederson (4.8 ppg) made first team all-league laast season. Riley signed with BYU, Wertz signed with SMU and Marshall has a number of offers on the table. ...

• Mission Viejo's Kaitlyn Petersen made first team all-league and was the team MVP after averaging 16.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.4 steals per game last season. ...

•Capistrano Valley captain Chelsea Alfafara, who has a 4.6 GPA, was one of six student athletes to receive the prestigious John Wooden Scholar-Athlete award. She received the award from Wooden himself during halftime of the UCLA-Davidson game at the John Wooden Classic. ...

•Aliso Niguel's Marie Sweet averaged 7.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game last season. ...

•Dana Hills' Lauren Shute averaged 8.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game last season.

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