Bonita Girls’ Basketball Banquet a Real Laugher!
The Bonita varsity and junior varsity girls basketball banquet at the Hillcrest Meeting House in La Verne might have been a laugher, but the season hardly was as the varsity girls finished with the best record in school history, 30-4, earning a trip to the CIF-SS 3A sectional finals and then a three-game run in the CIF state playoffs.
After grinding through a high-pressure season, it was time to lighten things up as Assistant Coach Bruce Becker certainly did at the expense of Lauren Neff.
Members on the varsity were: Taylor Anderson, Stephanie Herra,, Sarah Jackson, Brianna Kennedy, Jackie Loy, Lauren Neff, Natalie Reyes, Reyna Sierra, Jaclyn Smith, Stephanie Vana, Nikki Wheatley, Madison Zylstra, Erin Hastings and Arian Abo.
Other 2010-11 records that the varsity girls set include: most field goals made in a season (787), most 3-point field goals made in a season (104), most free throws made (386) and most rebounds in a season (1,439).
The junior varsity, coached by Jill Loy and her father Tom, showed almost as much firepower, finishing 22-4 and 11-1 league. Team members included Annika Santos, Shannon Muir, Erin Rode, Arian Abo, Samantha Naanouh, Erin Hastings, Kassidy Mcintyre, Shelby Olin, Rhys Northup, Brittany Andrade, Maya Gonzales, Nalah Massey and Tuesday Thornton.
In her first season with the Bearcats, Nikki Wheatley averaged 13.8 points per game.
Junior Brianna Kennedy averaged 6.8 rebounds and 7.9 points a game.
Stephanie Herra helped make the season magical.
An all-star lineup.
Stephanie Vana, just a sophomore, has many more banquets in her Bonita future.
Team Captain Jaclyn Smith was one of Bruce Becker's banquet angels.
This duo deserved a second take.
Taylor Anderson, left, and Madison Zylstra topped every all-everything list at the end of the season, but even if they hadn't, they would have still been smiling. Taylor is off to Loyola in L.A. while Maddie hits the road to BYU to keep an eye on brother Brock.
A little more subdued here.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune Coach of the Year diagrams one last play for point guard Natalie Reyes to run.
Brianna Kennedy tells coach, not to worry about losing all his great seniors because she and Nikki are coming back.
And there they are again, Ms. Inside and Ms. Outside.
Coach Baumunk starts every season the same way with his opening speech, "This is a basketball."
One last handoff.
One more last handoff.
How many dimples are on a basketball?
There ought to be law against parents having more fun than their kids. Then again, can you blame the Andersons and the Zylstras for chuckling. They get their lives back, kinda, now that the kids are off to college.
Taylor must be going into communications. She wrestled the mike away from Coach Baumunk to interview teammate Jaclyn Smith.
What could possibly be inside those packages?
The JVs flew under the radar, but want everyone to know that next year they will carry on Bonita's proud basketball tradition. After all, they did go 22-4.
Looking over their certificates to see if the ink has dried.
The certificates are real.
Kassidy McIntyre walks away with an award.
I can't believe I won this award.
Presentation of the coaches' gifts.
A few new letters to sew on.
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