Calipatria Captures Division 5AA Girls Basketball Title

Calipatria captures Division 5AA Girls Basketball title

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KYMA) - For the first time in more than 30 years, the Calipatria Hornets Girl's Basketball program are CIF champions, defeating San Diego Academy 38-32 to capture the CIF San Diego Section Division 5AA Girls Basketball title at MiraCosta College. “This team had a lot of setbacks,” Head Coach Isaiah Spence said before the game. “But the setbacks really made them stronger. A lot of times you lose 30- or 40-point games, blowouts,…

Calipatria wins first Division 5-AA girls basketball title

OCEANSIDE — After opening the season with two wins, Calipatria High School’s girls basketball team ran into a bit of a rut. Try 10 straight losses, including drillings by 31, 34, 27, 24 and 45 points. “We got too confident, and we weren’t playing as a team,” said senior Savannah Sadberry. Come 6:33 p.m. Thursday inside MiraCosta College’s gymnasium, all that pain vanished as the Lady Hornets capped a remarkable comeback season, defeating San Die…