Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Jzaniya Harriel - Sacramento’s top girls basketball player chooses her college. Where’s she going?


Antelope guard Jzaniya Harriel shoots against Granite Bay in a 2019 playoff game. The Bee’s Girls Basketball Player of the Year two years running has committed to Stanford.

Cameron Salerno, sacbee.com, May 12, 2020

The top girls basketball player in the Sacramento area has made her decision.
Antelope High School guard Jzaniya Harriel announced her commitment to Stanford University on Tuesday. The senior-to-be averaged 25.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists and led her school to a Sac-Joaquin Section championship win ober Del Oro at Golden 1 Center.




Top scorers in Oregon girls basketball history: Cameron Brink climbs to No. 10 on all-time big-school list


Mike Swanson, oregonlive.com, April 30, 2020

But Mountainside senior Cameron Brink, above, ascended to No. 10 on Oregon's all-time scoring list among big schools (most of her points came playing her first three years with Southridge).

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6A all-state basketball: Fledgling program, serious injury … no matter the challenge, never count out the remarkable Cameron Brink


JD Humburg, oregonlive.com, April 17, 2020

Cameron Brink, Mountainside
6-5 senior forward
6A girls first team
2019-20 statistics: 19.7 points per game, 13.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.5 steals, 2.5 blocks, 54.1% field goals
It was the ankle injury heard all around the Oregon girls basketball scene. 
And it left everyone asking, Will Cameron be back this season?
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Jana Van Gytenbeek leaves Cherry Creek as a girls basketball legend


Dan Mohrmann, chsaanow.com, April 7, 2020

Two years ago, Clint Evans was still a little unsure if he wanted to take the girls basketball coaching job at Cherry Creek. It would mean heading to Colorado from Kansas and there were just too many uncertainties that came with such a big decision.

Then a blessing in disguise happened. A friend of his in Golden sent him a highlight reel of one of Cherry Creek's top players, a girl heading into just her junior year.

Evans couldn't get packed soon enough.

He just needed to watch a few minutes of film to see that Jana Van Gytenbeek was a special player and one that any coach in the country should want to coach.


Sunday, March 15, 2020

Mountainside’s Cameron Brink among Top 24 players in US


AJ McCord, Koin.com, March 13, 2020

Before her senior year of high school, Cameron Brink transferred from Southridge to Mountainside. Though she was an immediate fit with the Mavericks, the transition wasn’t entirely smooth.
She suffered a high ankle sprain in a game against Jesuit and was in a boot for about 4 weeks. “A couple days before the Oregon City game I decided to come back and play. So that was kind of a big decision,” Brink told KOIN 6 News. “But I feel like if I’m good enough to play, I want to play and be there for my teammates.”


Friday, March 13, 2020

STANFORD COMMIT CAMERON BRINK IS PRIMED FOR GREATNESS


Ryan Jones, slamonline.com, March 12, 2020

“Dell and Sonya really instilled this love of the sport in her,” Greg Brink says. “That’s when the competitive juices really started with her, when she saw how the Curry family was engaged in the sport. That relationship has meant everything from a basketball perspective.”
Had it not been for the Currys, it’s possible that Cam would’ve remained the self-described “goofy” kid who was more interested in art than basketball. But at the Currys’ urging, she came out for one of Dell’s youth camps, and eventually joined school and club teams. Her mom says middle school was when Cam made the jump from disinterested kid to potential star. 
“It was really amazing to watch how she went from zero skills to just being so competitive that it drove her development,” Michelle Bain-Brink says. “From sixth grade to eighth grade it really was a rapid transition.”


‘This is our time to shine.’ Liberty’s 3-point barrage buries Cameron Brink, Mountainside in 6A girls quarterfinal


JD Humburg, oregonlive.com, March 11, 2020

No. 4 Liberty 62, No. 12 Mountainside 44 
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

More High School Honors


gostanford.com, March 10, 2020

Honors continue to roll in for the incoming class of Stanford Women's Basketball, as Cameron Brink and Jana Van Gytenbeek were named high school All-Americans by both Naismith and the WBCA, while Van Gytenbeek was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Colorado.

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Sunday, March 08, 2020

Cherry Creek's Jana Van Gytenbeek selected girls basketball player of the year by Gatorade


Ryan Casey, chsaanow.com, March 6, 2020

Cherry Creek senior Jana Van Gytenbeek was named the Colorado girls basketball player of the year by Gatorade on Friday just as her team prepares to compete in the Class 5A Great 8.

Van Gytenbeek, who will play basketball at Stanford next season, is averaging 18.3 points, 7.7 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 3.2 steals for the Bruins (22-2). She is a two-time first-team all-state selection (so far). Earlier this season, she set the state record for career assists.


Cameron Returns


Cameron Brink’s storied high school career will end at Chiles Center: Mountainside star makes surprise return at Oregon City, leads Mavericks to first tournament berth
JD Humburg, oregonlive.com, March 7, 2020

Stanford signee Cameron Brink sits as Mountainside notches first playoff win in program history
JD Humburg, oregonlive.com, March 4, 2020

Cameron Brink’s status unknown for 6A girls basketball playoffs: ‘That’s the $1 million question’
JD Humburg, oregonlive.com, February 28, 2020