Jan. 19 was not a good day for the Mission boys’ basketball team.That day, the Bears were blitzed by Academic Athletic Association foe International Studies Academy 94-76, dropping their record to a very pedestrian 7-8.Things didn’t appear much better last week, when the Bears faced ISA again, this time in the San Francisco Section quarterfinals and promptly found themselves trailing 24-8 after the first quarter.
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One is a sleek and powerful center, capable of controlling the paint offensively and completely changing another teams’ game plan defensively.The other is equally comfortable bringing the ball up the court and shooting 3s and banging down low for putbacks and as adept at covering guards and causing steals as she is dishing assists and gathering rebounds.They are Dominique Hunter and Camila Rosen — Domo and CC. And together, they have made it nearly impossible for anyone to give the Gateway girls’ basketball team a game this season.
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It had taken the Burton girls’ basketball just three possessions and 1 minute, 40 seconds of clock time to erase a seven-point halftime deficit against Lowell in Tuesday’s San Francisco Section semifinals at Kezar Pavilion.But by the time the Pumas made their next field goal, the top-seeded Cardinals had just completed a 12-2 run and were well on their way to a 48-37 win and a date with Washington in Friday’s final.
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It was the type of possession that seems destined to completely turn the momentum of a game.The players on the Lincoln girls’ basketball team had dived all over the floor, saved the ball from going out of bounds and grabbed five offensive rebounds before Monica Washisu finally made a layup while being fouled in the process. After the sophomore converted the free throw, the young Mustangs had drawn to within 37-34 of favored Washington with 6:02 remaining in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s San Francisco Section semifinal game at Kezar Pavilion.
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Despite the tears welling in her eyes after her team’s 47-39 loss to Santa Cruz in the Central Coast Section Division IV semifinals, Mercy senior forward Kristy Lee still found the appropriate words to summarize the season for her gritty squad."We just keep fighting to the end," said Lee, the co-Player of the Year in the West Bay Athletic League. "No one expected us to get this far, but we just kept fighting, no matter what happened to us."
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If you’re a dismayed Warriors fan who is bumming about how the season seems to be going, here’s a little solace: Things could be worse — you could be a Sacramento Kings fan.As the Warriors struggle to keep their season afloat, what’s going on up I-80 is more extreme. Sure, it will be a downer if the Warriors don’t make the playoffs. But there will be silver linings: The coach is secure; the team’s two best players are 20 and 21 years old and the trade of Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy saved more than $30 million in the long run.
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As the boys’ and girls’ sectional basketball playoffs enter their semifinal rounds today and Wednesday, 11 of The City’s teams are still alive and chasing championship dreams. Here’s a quick guide to a few key themes and intriguing plotlines to focus on:
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Kelly Huey could have guessed freshman Hallie Meneses would have no trouble adjusting to the varsity spotlight as a member of the Lincoln girls’ basketball team.The Mustangs’ sophomore point guard just had to think back to the last time she played with Meneses, two years ago at Hoover Middle School. Played, of course, being a relative term."Back then, it was my first year of basketball and I never played — I was just a benchwarmer," Huey said with a laugh. "And [Hallie] was a superstar."
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The question nobody is asking: Can the Raiders afford to draft a quarterback No. 1 overall?There’s no question they need to draft a quarterback. Yes, they have many needs, but a team goes nowhere in the NFL without a quality quarterback. The Raiders don’t have one now.
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It was all about pressure and expectations today. Sitting at breakfast, I was asking myself how we were going to win Sunday’s race. There are some really fast guys at this year’s Tour. But then I thought about my own teammates Henk Vogels and Ivan Dominguez and how they can be the fastest guys in America on any given day.
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