Woodbridge High’s girls basketball team had already clinched a share of the Pacific Coast League title entering last week’s game with University.
But the Warriors wanted to win it outright, and they did with a 42-38 victory over University on Feb. 11 at Woodbridge.
It was the 25th league title for the Warriors (21-5, 9-1), who are seeded third in this week’s CIF 2AA playoffs. Woodbridge opens the playoffs tonight, hosting Saugus at 7 p.m. The second round is Saturday.
University (14-10, 4-6) also earned a playoff berth and will meet on the road tonight to take on Katella at Katella in the 1A division.
In the Woodbridge-University league finale, Woodbridge was led by Anjali Ghadi with 16 points and Lauren Baffo with 14 points. Laura Nolan and Yasmine Choroomi led University with nine points each.
“That was a really rough game,” Woodbridge coach Eric Bangs said. “I just thought we were unbelievably flat and all three games we played University, they were tough. They played hard the whole time and we didn’t play as hard, so it was very close.”
Bangs credited senior guard Sierra Vaglica for running “the club.”
“It wasn’t easy; Uni had a great matchup defense against us again,” Bangs said. “But Sierra making her last two free throws and three of the last four and holding their top player (Allison Piper) to four points was huge for us.
“Anjali and Sierra have been solid all year.”
Bangs was proud of his team for rebounding from an opening-round loss to Corona del Mar and winning nine straight after that.
He said the program’s success is a result of hard work by many.
“It’s always been a team effort with coaches and staff and parents and kids,” Bangs said. “To look up there and know we get to add another one is pretty sweet and to know we don’t have to share it, so that’s pretty good.”
He hopes the squad can have a solid playoff run.
“One through eight are really good,” he said of the playoff field. “Anybody can beat anyone.”
Contact the writer: tburt@ocregister.com
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