Small-school star puts up big numbers
Lily Hagerty, a sophomore on Valley Christian's girls basketball team and already one of the Sac-Joaquin Section's top scorers, ramped up her game even more in the postseason.
The 5-foot-8 guard tied a 20-year-old section record when she scored 49 points in an 82-35 win against Trinity Prep of Napa on Feb. 19 in Roseville. Del Campo's Danielle Viglione scored 49 points in a game against Wood in 1993.
Hagerty, averaging 21.8 points a game, followed that up with 27 points in the Lions' 55-26 win last Thursday over New Life Christian of Marysville.
Tonight she will lead No. 2 Valley Christian (16-9) against top-seeded Victory Christian (21-5) in the Division VI girls championship game at Galt High School at 6 p.m.
Victory Christian won last year's first D-VI title – 45-37 over Wilton Christian – for schools with enrollments of 150 students or less.
– Bill Paterson
More scholar-athletes sign letters of intent
Four area athletes, including three football players, have announced where they will play in college.
• Jesuit kicker-punter Andrew Endicott has signed with Nevada, where he will join fellow Bee All-Metro honoree Beau Hershberger of Granite Bay. Endicott was a Bee First Team All-Metro and All-Delta River League Special Teams Player of the Year.
• Sutter Choisser of Whitney, the Capital Athletic League co-Offensive Player of the Year at running back, will play at Humboldt State next fall. Choisser also plays defense and on special teams.
• Folsom's All-Delta River League lineman Zach Bodnar will play next fall at the University of Chicago. He overcame a torn ACL this season to return in time for the CIF Northern California Open game against De La Salle.
• Rio Americano's John Price has signed a letter of intent to play water polo and swim for Pacific. The Capital Athletic League MVP helped lead the Raiders to three consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section D-II boys water polo titles.
– Joe Davidson
St. Francis hires familiar swim coach
St. Francis hired Richard Levin to coach its swimming program. A pool-deck regular for 25 years as an athlete and coach, Levin competed at Jesuit, graduating in 2000 and in recent years has been an age-group swim coach in the region.
– Joe Davidson
CBS' Snyder tosses no-hitter in opener
Junior Haley Snyder opened the 2013 softball season for Christian Brothers on Tuesday by pitching a no-hitter in the Falcons' 5-1 non-league win over visiting Granite Bay.
Snyder struck out 13 and walked one. Taryn Sigl doubled, singled and scored two runs for the Falcons.
– Bill Paterson
© Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved.
Order Reprint
About Comments
Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable comment, click the "Report Abuse" link below it. We will delete comments containing inappropriate links, obscenities, hate speech, and personal attacks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. See more about comments here.