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Basketball season is over for Central Valley. The girls’ season came to an end two Saturdays ago at the district tournament.
The Valiants were locked in an intense battle against the Hillsboro Burros. The Valiants played their last game with heart, losing to the Burros in double-overtime.
On a positive note, coach Rick Sondrol and the 10 other girls will only have to say goodbye to one senior this year—Ronnika Smithee. Ashley Cedergren, Allison Lazur and Katie Kuster will be returning next season as the team’s seniors. On the negative, Smithee was a key player this season and will definitely be missed. (more…)

Hillsboro’s Ashley Haines and Mary Huotari were named this week to the All-District 3 girls basketball team.
Haines and Huotari were the two seniors on the Burro girls basketball team this year.
Haines, the second leading scorer in the district this year and Hillsboro’s all-time leading scorer in girls basketball, averaged 19.1 points and 7.8 rebounds a game. She shot 50 percent from the field. The 6 ft. center also led the team with 22 blocks.
Huotari led the team in take-aways, averaging four steals a game. She averaged 7.3 points a game. She was also the team leader in assists. (more…)

Basketball is a game played and won generally by teams with a number of upperclassmen playing key roles.
Hillsboro coach Elliot Rotvold knows this.
But, some years, you play with the hand you’re dealt.
Rotvold can testify to this.
When Jake Olsen broke his foot early in the season, Rotvold was without the only experienced player returning from last year.
Already with an inexperienced team, the Burros were suddenly without 10 points and 10 rebounds a game. (more…)