Winter sports season has to be one for the record books

Ssweetwater High School boys basketball coach Jesse Aguirre displays the Red Devils South Bay League championship plaque. Photo by Phillip Brents

Simply put, it was an amazing season for South County high school teams during the recently completed winter sports season.

Players, coaches, administrators and parents gathered March 5 at Montgomery High School to celebrate the Metro Conference’s third annual all-league ceremony.

Sweetwater Union High School Coordinator of Athletics Joe Heinz, who served as master of ceremonies at the event, cited some rather amazing numbers.

Actually, they are somewhat stupefying.

A total of 74 Metro Conference boys and girls basketball teams, boys and girls soccer teams, girls water polo teams, boys and girls wrestling teams and roller hockey teams qualified for postseason play.

Add 13 additional teams from small private South County schools and that jaw-dropping number climbs to 87 teams.

It was a supreme chore for anyone to keep track of them in a short time period.

However, the end result was especially rewarding.

Twenty-four South County teams remained in contention entering the semifinal round of this year’s San Diego Section playoffs. Eight advanced to division finals.

Five won coveted CIF titles: Bonita Vista in Division I girls basketball, Olympian in Division II girls basketball, Southwest in Division V boys basketball, Eastlake in Open Division girls soccer and Mater Dei Catholic in Division IV girls soccer.

Moreover, the Division I girls basketball championship game proved to be an all-Mesa League affair as Bonita Vista tipped Mater Dei Catholic.

The Division V boys basketball title game was an all-South County affair between Southwest and National City’s San Diego Academy.

In the ensuing state playoffs, Mater Dei Catholic’s girls team would advance as far as the Southern California regional championship game while Southwest ended its run in the SoCal semifinals.

 

Mater Dei Catholic senior Trey Anderson, the 2017-18 Mesa League Player of the Year, extends his 6-foot-7 frame to defend Olympian’s Jerome Hoover III in a Mesa League boys basketball game. Anderson averaged 16.7 points per game and grabbed a team-leading 7.4 rebounds per game to help guide the Crusaders to this year’s league championship title and a berth in the San Diego Section Open Division semifinal playoffs. Photo by Chadd Cady

 

High School Winter Sports All-League Teams

BOYS BASKETBALL

Mesa League

First Team

Trey Anderson (Mater Dei Catholic)

Beon Riley (Mater Dei Catholic)

Jake Tawhiao (Mater Dei Catholic)

Timmy Crawford (Montgomery)

Chris Stanek (Otay Ranch)

 

Second Team

Reggie Jackson (Mater Dei Catholic)

Kyle Paranada (Montgomery)

Anthony Mendoza (Bonita Vista)

Rahin Williams (Montgomery)

Brian Leonhardt (Eastlake)

 

Player of the Year

Trey Anderson (Mater Dei Catholic)

 

Championship Team

Mater Dei Catholic High School

 

 

South Bay League

First Team

Neilryan Pangilinan (Sweetwater)

Craig McMillan Jr. (Sweetwater)

Jimmy Mattox (Sweetwater)

Justin Wilson (Hilltop)

Diego Edwards (Southwest)

 

Second Team

Issac Gonzalez (Southwest)

Marcos Deanda (Hilltop)

Justin Stonebraker (Mar Vista)

Carlos Arevalo (Chula Vista)

Larry Hopkins (Hilltop)

 

Player of the Year
Neilryan Pangilinan (Sweetwater)

 

Championship Team
Sweetwater High School

 

 

 

Shyla Latone proved to be a relentless scoring machine during her career at Bonita Vista High School. Photo by Phillip Brents

Latone sets CIF single-game scoring record

Bonita Vista High School senior Shyla Latone set a new San Diego Section single-game scoring record with 76 points in a 99-26 Mesa League victory at Hilltop High School on Jan. 19. Latone eclipsed the previous record of 71 points set by San Diego’s Charde Houston in a game against Castle Park on Dec. 9, 2002.

Latone finished the season with 1,290 points and a 36.9 points-per-game scoring average. She recently signed with Division I member Cleveland State to continue her basketball career.

 

 

High School Winter Sports All-League Teams

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Mesa League

First Team

Shyla Latone (Bonita Vista)

Chloe Webb (Mater Dei Catholic)

Haylee Owen (Eastlake)

Cynthia Green (Olympian)

Anneth Grijalba (Bonita Vista)

 

Second Team

Kaleese Petties (Montgomery)

Marissa Sanchez (Mater Dei Catholic)

Auren Isaacson (Eastlake)

Kaylynn Cooper (Montgomery)

Lynette Garon (Otay Ranch)

 

Player of the Year

Shyla Latone (Bonita Vista)

 

Championship Team

Bonita Vista High School

 

 

South Bay League

First Team

Jasmyn Wolfgramm (Chula Vista)

Ghizelth Anderson (Chula Vista)

Alissa Wolfblack (Chula Vista)

Ana James (Mar Vista)

Asonte Jackson (Castle Park)

 

Second Team

Lauren Wold (Mar Vista)

Karla Mendoza (Castle Park)

Bella Flores (Chula Vista)

Hanna Mesfin (Sweetwater)

Marla Vereo (San Ysidro)

 

Player of the Year

Jasmyn Wolfgramm (Chula Vista)

 

Championship Team

Chula Vista High School

 

 

 

From left, Luis Barrera (Mesa League) and Otay Ranch’s George Ndoumbe (South Bay League) pose with their all-league certificates. Photo by Phillip Brents

 

High School Winter Sports All-League Teams

BOYS SOCCER

Mesa League

First Team

Luis Barrera (Southwest)

Sergio Alarid (Southwest)

Gustavo Andrade (Southwest)

Samay Rahim (Eastlake)

Adrian Reyes (Eastlake)

Ramiro Hampson-Medina (Bonita Vista)

Alex Luna (Bonita Vista)

Francisco Lopez (Castle Park)

Gerardo Terriquez (Chula Vista)

Angel Tapia (Montgomery)

Jose Trujillo (San Ysidro)

 

Second Team

Robin Lopez (Southwest)

Juan Ayala (Southwest)

Daniel Martin (Eastlake)

Ricardo Serrano (Bonita Vista)

Alan Medina (Bonita Vista)

Danny Ortega (Castle Park)

David Sanchez (Castle Park)

Giancarlo Cornejo (Montgomery)

Jesus Celaya (Montgomery)

Felix Garcia (Chula Vista)

Roberto Escalante (San Ysidro)

 

Athlete of the Year
Luis Barrera (Southwest)

 

Championship Team
Eastlake High School

 

South Bay League

First Team

George Ndoumbe (Otay Ranch)

Leonardo Razo (Otay Ranch)

Jorge Gijon (Otay Ranch)

Aaron Navarro (Otay Ranch)

Luis Pulido (Sweetwater)

Jehova Torres (Sweetwater)

Ivan Chavez (Mater Dei Catholic)

Santiago Ferrer (Mater Dei Cathoic)

Enrique Avalos (Olympian)

Kurt Pena (Hilltop)

Kenneth Centella (Mar Vista)

 

Second Team

Arath Hermiz (Otay Ranch)

Alan Mascareno (Otay Ranch)

Miles Brotschi (Otay Ranch)

Sebastian Chavez (Sweetwater)

Daniel Lozano (Sweetwater)

Justin Carreon (Mater Dei Catholic)

Kiko Olvera (Mater Dei Catholic)

Zachary Powers (Olympian)

Gilbert Rodriguez (Olympian)

Daniel Ayala (Hilltop)

Caleb Lopez (Mar Vista)

 

Athlete of the Year
George Ndoumbe (Otay Ranch)

 

Championship Team
Otay Ranch High School

 

 

 

From left, Eastlake’s Gloriana Hinojosa (Mesa League Player of the Year) and Mar Vista’s Daicy Gonzalez (South Bay League Player of the Year) pose with their awards at the Metro Conference winter sports all-league awards. Photo by Phillip Brents

GIRLS SOCCER

Mesa League

First Team

Gloriana Hinojosa (Eastlake)

Jennifer Pham (Eastlake)

Krista Eberle (Eastlake)

Shi’anne Swift (Olympian)

Gabriela Puentes (Olympian)

Kassie Arriaga (Bonita Vista)

Alejandra Jaramillo (Bonita Vista)

Cassandra Gonzalez (Chula Vista)

Michelle Posada (Chula Vista)

Karla Garcia (Montgomery)

Aolani Chin (Otay Ranch)

 

Second Team

Taylor Summit (Eastlake)

Masyn Purvis (Eastlake)

Marissa Garcia (Eastlake)

Skyla Sykes (Olympian)

Alyssah Tapia (Olympian)

Torrey Provencher (Bonita Vista)

Alyssa Casper (Bonita Vista)

Erika Perez (Chula Vista)

Ashante Gatlin (Chula Vista)

Soraya Diaz (Montgomery)

Alexis Gonzalez (Otay Ranch)

 

Athlete of the Year

Gloriana Hinojosa (Eastlake)

 

Championship Team

Eastlake High School

 

 

South Bay League

First Team

Daicy Gonzalez (Mar Vista)

Andrea Kumano (Mar Vista)

Aurora Santillan (Mar Vista)

Rachel Penick (Mater Dei Catholic)

Isabela Molina (Mater Dei Catholic)

Sharon Montoya (Castle Park)

Kimberly Navarro (Castle Park)

Basia Llamas (Hilltop)

Jasmyn Brown (Southwest)

Lizeth Bustos-Torres (Sweetwater)

Valeria Ramirez (San Ysidro)

 

Second Team

Brianna Sanchez (Mar Vista)

Giselle Medina (Mar Vista)

Isabela Roji (Mater Dei Catholic)

Carmen Willis (Mater Dei Catholic)

Genesis Escobedo (Castle Park)

Alayla Navarro (Castle Park)

Arely Salcedo (Hilltop)

Brianna Gonzalez (Hilltop)

Paulina Raygoza (Southwest)

Madison Roman (Sweetwater)

Isella Olivera (San Ysidro)

 

Athlete of the Year
Daicy Gonzalez (Mar Vista)

 

Championship Team
Mar Vista High School

 

 

 

The Olympian High School girls water polo team captured this year’s South Bay League championship.

GIRLS WATER POLO

Mesa League

First Team

Jilian Walsh (Eastlake)

Juliana Pierce (Bonita Vista)

Melanie Clamp (Mar Vista)

Brenna Pangelinan (Eastlake)

Ivana Reyes (Otay Ranch)

Daniella Diaz (Hilltop)

Brianna Villalva (Bonita Vista)

 

Second Team

Sydney Parry (Eastlake)

Giovanna Ikeda (Bonita Vista)

Kailey Uribe (Eastlake)

Megan Slovatizki  (Bonita Vista)

Maria Jimenez (Otay Ranch)

Jordan Carpadakis (Hilltop)

Lauryn Rockwell (Mar Vista)

 

Athlete of the Year

Juliana Pierce (Bonita Vista)

 

Co-championship Teams

Bonita Vista & Eastlake

 

 

South Bay League

First Team

Eleni Sklavenitis (Olympian)

Lillian Burkhart (Olympian)

Kalinka Silva (Olympian)

Alicia Thompson (Chula Vista)

Amanda Garcia (Chula Vista)

Ashley Gorham (San Ysidro)

Kelly Villanueva (San Ysidro)

 

Second Team

Samantha Burden (Olympian)

Elizabeth Burkhart (Olympian)

Serena Abaroa-Bassett (Chula Vista)

Natalie Ramirez (Chula Vista)

Cassandra Arellano (San Ysidro)

Melissa Velazco (Southwest)

Alina Urrea (Southwest)

 

Athlete of the Year

Alicia Thompson (Chula Vista)

 

Championship Team

Olympian High School

 

 

The Eastlake High School girls soccer team made history by winning its second consecutive CIF championship title. Photo by Phillip Brents

 

San Diego Section Winter Champions

Boys Soccer

Open Division: San Marcos

Division I: Point Loma

Division II: Del Norte

Division III: University City

Division IV: Sage Creek

Division V: West Shores

 

Girls Soccer

Open Division: Eastlake

Division I: Scripps Ranch

Division II: Our Lady of Peace

Division III: Mt. Carmel

Division IV: Mater Dei Catholic

Division V: High Tech North County

 

Boys Basketball

Open Division: Mission Bay

Division I: Santa Fe Christian

Division II: Francis Parker

Division III: Mount Miguel

Division IV: San Diego

Division V: Southwest

 

Girls Basketball

Open Division: Mount Miguel

Division I: Bonita Vista

Division II: Olympian

Division III: Christian

Division IV: San Dieguito Academy

Division V: Madison

 

Girls Water Polo

Open Division: Carlsbad

Division I: El Camino

Division II: Canyon Crest Academy

Division III: Point Loma

 

 

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