Congratulations to former Claremont High School basketball standouts Brandi Brown and Dave Rice as the 2 made history this past Friday and Saturday.
Brown scored her 1000th point in her collegiate career in a win against Loyola Marymount on Friday. The junior on the Youngstown State University women's basketball team has narrowly missed scoring the point on Nov. 21 but reached the milestone by converting a free throw early in Friday's contest in Los Angeles.
In his first year as the head coach of UNLV, Coach Rice picked up the biggest win his career last Saturday as the Runnin' Rebels upset No.1 ranked North Carolina in the championship game of a tournament held in Las Vegas. The win knocked the Tarheels off the mountaintop and improved UNLV to 7-0 on the season.
Be sure to check out tomorrow's COURIER for the full stories on both Brown and Rice's recent accomplishments. Until then, below are YouTube clips featuring both of Claremont's own:
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
It's crunch time for Claremont High sports
This week was the final week of the regular season for several Claremont High School sports (cross country, girls tennis, girls volleyball, boys water polo). With the exception of football, CHS now has the CIF playoffs to look forward to with Monday being the stay that CIF will release playoff brackets.
This week featured many great highlights with Drew Spinosa and Megan Huang becoming the Sierra League doubles tennis champions and the Frosh/Soph and junior varsity boys cross country teams placing first at the Sierra League Finals. But the varsity girls cross country team stands out due to finishing 2nd at the Sierra League Finals to complete a solid season.
For the past 2 years, a lot of the attention has been on the CHS varsity boys cross country team (and rightfully so) due to finishing in the top 5 in 2009 and 2010. But this year, the girls team has emerged as a highly competitive group and after finishing in 3rd place at the first Sierra League meet, they improved each time the league teams competed against each other. And Megan Renken became the Sierra League champion, beating out all the runners on a very strong Ayala team. The girls have much to be proud of this year and I look forward to seeing what they can do in CIF.
The COURIER will keep an eye on all of the upcoming playoff action. For more thoughts on this year's CHS teams, click HERE.
This week featured many great highlights with Drew Spinosa and Megan Huang becoming the Sierra League doubles tennis champions and the Frosh/Soph and junior varsity boys cross country teams placing first at the Sierra League Finals. But the varsity girls cross country team stands out due to finishing 2nd at the Sierra League Finals to complete a solid season.
For the past 2 years, a lot of the attention has been on the CHS varsity boys cross country team (and rightfully so) due to finishing in the top 5 in 2009 and 2010. But this year, the girls team has emerged as a highly competitive group and after finishing in 3rd place at the first Sierra League meet, they improved each time the league teams competed against each other. And Megan Renken became the Sierra League champion, beating out all the runners on a very strong Ayala team. The girls have much to be proud of this year and I look forward to seeing what they can do in CIF.
The COURIER will keep an eye on all of the upcoming playoff action. For more thoughts on this year's CHS teams, click HERE.
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