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chsaanow.com, March 9, 2022
Grandview's Lauren Betts named Gatorade Colorado girls basketball player of the year for second time
Courtney Oakes, sentinelcolorado.com, March 9, 2022
Grandview’s Lauren Betts named Gatorade’s Colorado Player of the Year for second time
Joe Nguyen, denverpost.com, March 9, 2022
Grandview’s Lauren Betts named back-to-back Colorado Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year
Kyle Newman, denverpost.com, March 9, 2022
Lauren Betts has one box left to check.
The 6-foot-7 Grandview senior forward and top-ranked recruit nationally in the Class of 2022 has lived up to the hype bestowed upon her since she was a freshman. The Stanford signee earned McDonald’s All-American and first-team Naismith High School All-American accolades this year. And Wednesday, she became only the fourth Colorado girls player to win Gatorade Player of the Year twice.
Nick Stevens, highschoolot.com, March 9, 2022
Apex Friendship High School senior Indya Nivar has been named the 2022 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
Nivar, who has led the Patriots to the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state championship game, is averaging 18.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 3.5 steals through 30 games.
calhisports.com, March 15, 2022
Talana Lepolo (Carondelet, Concord) Sr.
The Stanford-bound defensive specialist, who many girls basketball analysts consider the top defender in the state, missed her entire junior COVID-shortened season after transferring from St. Joseph Notre Dame (Alameda) and the CIF North Coast Section would not allow her to just miss the sit-out period. The NCS ruled she also had to sit out the first part of the past season but when she came back the Cougars became legitimate contenders.
Mitch Stephens, maxpreps.com, March 16, 2022
Brad Cochi, CHSAANow.com, March 12, 2022
5A girls basketball: Grandview catches fire to claim first title since 2018
Denver Post, March 13, 2022
Class 5A girls championship: Lauren Betts, Grandview finally get their title (denverpost.com)
9news.com, March 12, 2022
Grandview wins 5A girls basketball championship over Valor Christian
The 45th McDonald’s All-American game is set to take place in Chicago at DePaul’s Wintrust Arena. The 2022 Girls' McDonald’s All-American Games will be live on Tuesday, March 29 on ESPN2 at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Shane Laflin, espn.com, January 25, 2022
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Kimberly Elchlepp, espnpressroom.com
As part of the newly launched ESPN Girls High School Series, ESPN will air the Girls Basketball Invitational on ESPNU and ESPN+. The two-day tournament, hosted at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn., brings together four elite girls basketball teams from four states, including the top three ranked teams in the nation: No. 1 Sidwell Friends School (D.C.), No. 2 DeSoto High School (Texas), No. 3 Hopkins (Minnesota), and Grandview High School (Colorado).
Ben Parker, rivals.com
Hey guys, I caught up with 2023 4-star guard and Stanford women's basketball commit Nunu Agara about her commitment. For those that don't remember, she's out of Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, MN. Below are key quotes. The rest will be saved for the article.
"I committed to Stanford because you get the best of both worlds. Academics and basketball. They recruited me, but also my family. The coaches got to know each of my family members and they were really welcoming. Who wouldn’t want to play for an amazing coach." -On why she chose Stanford
"They like how versatile I am. I am able to do many things on the floor such as ball handling, shooting, posting up, and play multiple positions and guarding multiple players. I can bring so many things to the table to help my team win. I can bring aggressiveness, rebounding, scoring, but also being a good teammate and being able to encourage my teammates." -On what Stanford likes about her
"My first impression of Tara is that she knows so much about the game. She doesn’t care about positions. She cares about how you are best going to contribute to the team. She not only recruited me, but my family. She talked to each of my family members and got to know each of us. She’s great at what she does and I’m excited to play for her." -On Tara
"I love palm trees, so palm drive was a key factor. I loved the law school. I got to see the court rooms they practice in. It was really cool. I also love the weather. I’m from Minnesota, so we don’t have 50 degree weather in December, which is amazing." -On what stood out to her about the campus
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