P2P NCS Girls Basketball Honors

Angel Jackson, Salesian
Position: Center
Year: Junior

Although several other players had bigger numbers scoring-wise, no one impacted a game more with her size and defense than the MVP of the TCAL-Rock and our NCS Player of the Year. Jackson averaged a double-double 14.6 points and 10.5 rebounds plus 4.6 blocks a game. In a 27-6 season for the Pride she had 21 double-doubles and three triple-doubles.

Angel Jackson

Ali Bamberger, Carondelet
Position: Center
Year: Junior

The Cougars' junior post, who is rated right behind Jackson as the No. 2 center in Northern California, and one of the top posts in the state by every college recruiting service, was just nosed out as the NCS Junior of the Year by Jada Holland. Bamberger led Carondelet to the NCS Division I championship while averaging a double-double 20 points and 11 rebounds per game.

Ali Bamberger

Jada Holland, Bishop O’Dowd
Position: Guard
Year: Junior

The West Alameda County–Foothill Player of the Year had a solid season but it took a huge performance in the Dragons' NCS Division II title-game upset victory over Miramonte with a game high 24 points, including 16 in the pivotal fourth quarter. On the season the always hustling Holland averaged 15.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 steals, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.

Jada Holland

Haley Van Dyke, Campolindo
Position: Center
Year: Senior

The 6-0 Washington-bound Cougars' superstar was edged out as the Player of the Year but earned Prep2Prep Senior of the Year honors after finishing as the No. 3 reported scorer in the state at 29.8 points per game and her 17. 3 rebounds was the No. 5 reported mark. Her 4.8 steals, 3.8 assists and 3.5 blocks per game aren’t too shabby either. Van Dyke set the NCS single game scoring record twice this season with 56 points in a win against Brookside Christian-Stockton and then with 60 in an NCS D3 quarterfinal victory over Moreau Catholic. For her four-year varsity career Van Dyke scored 2,370 points, had 1,513 rebounds, plus 459 steals, 363 assists and 343 blocks.

Haley Van Dyke

Clair Steele, Miramonte
Position: Guard
Year: Senior

There have been some great players over the years at Miramonte, including 2016 grad and all everything and current college superstar Sabrina Ionescu, and 2008 graduate and Bay Area favorite Katie Batlin, plus others, but the Lehigh-bound Steele is right up there with the best. This past season she averaged 16.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.3 steals per game. For her career she finished as the No. 3 all-time scorer in Mats history behind Ionescu and Batlin with 1,564 career points with 539 assists and 328 steals.

Clair Steele

Lesila Finau, Dublin
Position: Forward
Year: Senior

When Finau arrived four years ago the Gaels started to experience some success and this year the Minnesota-bound 5-10 wing was the only senior major contributor on a very young team that lost in the NCS D1 semis to Heritage but bounced back to win over Foothill-Sacramento in the D3 NorCals before bowing out in the quarterfinals. Finau, who rarely came out of the game, had 22 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, four steals and four blocks against Foothill and averaged 20.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 4.8 steals and 1.6 blocks a game.

Lesila Finua

Makayla Edwards, Salesian
Position: Forward
Year: Junior

Some of the post-season area teams had Edwards lower than where we have her in the pecking order, and even though she is No. 2 on the team in scoring and rebounding with numbers that aren’t astronomical (9.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg), the 5-10 solidly-built Edwards was a defensive stalwart in a Salesian system that stresses defense. Plus, she scored in some big games, like the 23 points she had at the Nike TOC in a win over La Jolla Country Day, and the 24 she had in the CIF NorCal Open Division semifinal 57-52 upset victory at Folsom.

Makayla Edwards

Maiya Flores, Cardinal Newman
Position: Guard
Year: Senior

What a year for senior leader and all-time Newman leading scorer for either girls or boys, who held it together despite her family losing their home and everything in the fires that reduced all their belongings to ash, the school half burning down closing the gym for 20 games and sending here and her Cardinals teammates on a 20-game road trip to start the season. This year Flores averaged 14.1 points and three assists per game and she leaves with 1,581 career points, and 133 3-pointers this season, a number that makes the Cal-Hi Sports Record Book.

Maiya Flores

Zakiya Mahoney, Bishop O’Dowd
Position: Guard
Year: Senior

The 5-9 Mahoney, who’s listed as a guard but can mix it up down low with the big girls with her own size and strength, earns an All-NCS second team honor for all the hard work she put in as the only senior on the 13-girl roster for a Dragons team that won the NCS Division II championship. Despite lacking a lot of height she still averaged a double-double 13.3 points and 10. 7 rebounds a game with four assists and 2.7 steals

Zakiya Mahoney

Malia Mastora, St. Joseph Notre Dame
Position: Wing
Year: Sophomore

The NCS Sophomore of the Year is the only sophomore to be chosen for the second team after a very solid season for the top player on a 28-5 Pilots team that won the NCS Division IV championship. On the season Mastora averaged 14.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 steals, 1.5 assists, and just over a mere one turnover per game. She hit 59 3-pointers and shot 38-percent outside the arc and an exceptional 55-percent on 2-point shots for a player that plays mostly up top.

Malia Mastora (left)

Anya Choice, Cardinal Newman
Position: Guard
Year: Sophomore

The flashy Newman guard, like all the Cardinals girls, had a trying season with the fire that closed their gym for the first 20 games and sent them on the road, but one of three sophomores strongly considered for the top NCS honor gets a spot on the third team after leading the team in scoring at 15 points a game while adding four rebounds and two steals.

Anya Choice

Zhane Duckett, St. Joseph Notre Dame
Position: Guard
Year: Junior

Some coaches liked Sophie Nilsson as much as Duckett so we give her sophomore teammate a shout-out, but the third team spot that was going to go to one of them goes to the flashy guard in a squeaker, largely in part to her 21-point performance in a NorCal D1 win over a very solid McClatchy-Sacramento, and 17 points in their season-ending loss to St. Francis-Mountain View, both team highs. She averaged 11.4 points and 3.1 for both assists and steals per game.

Zhane Duckett

Haylee Nelson, Newark Memorial
Position: Forward
Year: Senior

The 6-0 Nelson certainly had the numbers to be second team and she was a near miss, but just making All-NCS is an accomplishment and a well-deserved honor. She did have 26 points against Miramonte in the NCS D2 semifinals, but was held below her average with 15 in a NorCal D2 heartbreaking first round 47-45 loss to Silver Creek. After all was said and done, the MVAL MVP and three-sport star averaged 23.6 points and 6.2 rebounds a game.

Erin Tarasow, Miramonte
Position: Forward
Year: Sophomore

The Mats wing was one of three girls strongly considered but was edged out for the top NCS sophomore honor by Malia Mastora. However the 5-9 Tarasow, who is regarded as the No. 2 player on Miramonte, falls in as one of only three sophomores to be named All-NCS. Last season she averaged 10.5 points a game and made 71 shots from outside the 3-point arc, plus she was one of the team’s top defenders.

Erin Tarasow

Mikaila Wegenke, Heritage
Position: Forward
Year: Senior

The top player on the Patriots and BVAL MVP gets the nod for a spot on the third team because of her solid all-around play on team that played a tough schedule and finished strong with wins over Dublin and Castro Valley before losing in the NCS Division I title game to Carondelet, and then bowing out in the NorCal D1 playoffs to eventual Northern Regional champion Sacred Heart Cathedral. This past season Wegenke averaged 13.8 points 3.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game on a team with a lot of contributors.

Mikaila Wegenke