Burbank Leader Announces All-Area Team!
April 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
ALL-AREA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM
Margeaux Gupilan, Junior, Guard, Bell-Jeff
Earned All-CIF and All-Santa Cruz League first-team honors for the state-champion Guards. Averaged 14.1 points, 6.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 steals a game.
Rishonda Napier, Freshman, Guard, Bell-Jeff
Made an instant impact in her first season, earning All-CIF and All-Santa Cruz first-team accolades. Along with averaging 14.1 points a game, she also averaged 3.8 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.6 steals in a Southern Section title run.
ALL-AREA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Second Team
Elizabeth Hawthorne, Senior, Guard, Bell-Jeff
Earned her second-straight All-CIF honor, making the second team, while averaging 8.7 rebounds, 8.1 points and 3.2 assists a game. She was also an all-league first-team selection
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COACH OF THE YEAR
Bryan Camacho, Bell-Jeff
His Guards had the finest season ever produced by a girls’ basketball team in the area. Along with being the first team to capture a state title, the Guards also won a CIF Southern Section Division V-A title and finished with an impressive 34-1 record.
Players and Coach Make All-Area Teams!
April 6, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Los Angeles Daily News just released their All-Area Teams which included several Bell-Jeff players and a coach.
For the Boys, Senior Alexis Bersabe received Honorable Mention
On the Girls side, awards were numerous:
All Area First Team
Senior - Shelley Gupilan
Shelley earned Div. V-A Player of the Year honors and MVP of the Santa Cruz League while averaging 18.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.3 steals. After transferring from Keppel of Alhambra for her junior year, Gupilan made amends this season leading Bell-Jeff to a section and state championship. The Guards lost in the Div.IV-AA final in 2008.
All Area Second Team
Junior - Margeaux Gupilan
Freshman - Rishonda Napier
Honorable Mention
Senior - Elizabeth Hawthorne, Bell-Jeff, Sr.
Julia Tani, Bell-Jeff, Jr.
All Area Coach of The Year
Bryan Camacho
Camacho molded a group of experienced seniors and returners with three talented freshmen to come up with a Div. V state championship. Camacho guided the Guards to the most wins in school and area history, including victories against Chatsworth, Marlborough, Beverly Hills, Alemany, Saugus and St. Mary’s Academy (twice). click here to see a pictorial tribute to their Historical Run for the State Championship!
Top Ten Teams
1. Bell-Jeff (34-1)
2. Chatsworth (24-9)
3. Notre Dame (26-7)
4. Harvard-Westlake (22-10)
5. Knight (22-4)
6. Newbury Park (22-6)
7. Thousand Oaks (25-5)
8. Taft (18-9)
9. Oaks Christian (22-2)
10. Valencia (22-7)
Daily News - Read full story here
All CIF Honorees Announced!
March 30, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
ALL CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION/SCIBCA
2008-2009 GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DIVISION V-A
Player of the Year – Shelley Gupilan, Bellarmine-Jefferson, 12
Coach of the Year – Bryan Camacho, Bellarmine-Jefferson
First team
PLAYER - GRADE - SCHOOL
Margeaux Gupilan, 12, Bellarmine-Jefferson
Rishonda Napier, 9, Bellarmine-Jefferson
Dajyanah Vines, 11, Santa Clara
Shareen Dunham, 12, Santa Clara
Chantel Dooley, 11, Montclair Prep
Stephanie Scamman, 12, Montclair Prep
Breanna Madrazo, 10, Chadwick
Talor Hixon, 11, St Anthony
Michelle Miller, 9, Pasadena Poly
Kayla Mortzky, 11, St Margaret’s
Second team
PLAYER - GRADE - SCHOOL
Elizabeth Hawthorne, 12, Bellarmine-Jefferson
Haley Bush, 11, Chadwick
Rina Towne, 11, St. Anthony
Kelly Pray, 12, Pasadena Poly
Jennifer Jimenez, 12, Bishop Diego
Lindsay Schapiro, 11, Buckley
Clair Hosinski, 11, St. Margaret’s
Jasmine McDuffy, 11, Mojave
Sahkinah Douglas, 12, Riverside Christian
Lashaun Kochampanasken, 12, Sherman Indian
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