Sierra Pacific High girls basketball wins D-II state championship

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Golden Bears from Hanford struck golden successful Sacramento connected Saturday, winning Sierra Pacific High's 2nd rubric successful schoolhouse history.

Sierra Pacific defeated Saint Joseph's of Bakersfield 56-47 successful the CIF D-II State girls hoops title game.

It was elder skipper Apajok Ayuen's last clip playing with her 2 sisters, Nyang and Ayak. All 3 sisters combined for 39 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists.

The game's MVP, sophomore Lylah Love, had 13 points with 3 triples successful conscionable the archetypal half.

In caput manager Victor Chavarin Jr.'s 2nd twelvemonth astatine the helm, helium brings the authorities rubric backmost to Hanford.

"It's highly rewarding to spot their hard enactment wage disconnected and to bring different authorities title to Sierra Pacific is an astonishing feeling," Chavarin said.

"To extremity it off, connected my elder year, with 2 rings... it means truthful overmuch similar it's a bully ending," Apajok said.

The past clip Sierra Pacific girls' hoops won a authorities rubric was successful the D-V bracket backmost successful 2018.

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