Basketball clubs continue to gear up for the fast approaching 2019-20 season and Colorado Preps continues the rundown of top players and teams from each conference.  Next up are the 10 teams from the 1A Southern Peaks.
Sangre De Cristo won the Southern Peaks league championship, the district title and earned a berth in the state tournament a year ago.  Once in Pueblo, the T-Birds finished 0-2 with narrow losses to Fleming (56-49) in the first round and South Baca (37-34) in the consolation bracket.  Cotopaxi grabbed 19 wins in 2018-19 but came up short to the state tournament in falling to McClave (47-41) in overtime at regionals.  Sierra Grande (13) and La Veta (11) will also look to improve on last year’s win totals.
We list the top three returnees for each club in several categories.  Numbers are based on stats posted to MaxPreps during the 2018-19 season.
 
Sangre De Cristo (21-4)

  • Points: Kylee Christensen (12.8), Lexi Metz (8.7), Tori Ford (7.2)
  • Rebounds: Avery Palmgren (4.6), Christensen (4.1), Ashley Mortensen & Emma Wolfe (4.0)
  • Assists: Metz & Christensen (2.8), Palmgren (2.5)
  • Three’s: Ford (15), Metz & Christensen (10)

Cotopaxi (19-4)

  • Points: Koylynn Guliford (14.6), Shealee Coleman (12.5), Claire Carlson (8.3)
  • Rebounds: Guliford (8.8), Jamie Sanchez (2.6), Coleman (2.5)
  • Assists: Coleman (3.3), Sanchez (2.6), Carlson (2.2)
  • Three’s: Sage Laymon (8), Guliford (4), 4 players with (1)

Sierra Grande (13-10)

  • Points: Alexa Ontiveros (7.3), Rebecca Casados (2.0), Destinee DeLeon (1.7)
  • Rebounds: Ontiveros (4.8), Jamileine Ojeda (1.7), DeLeon (1.6)
  • Assists: Ontiveros (0.8), Casados (0.6), DeLeon (0.4)
  • Three’s: Casados (3), Ontiveros (2),

La Veta (11-11)

  • Points: Emalee Ortibez (7.0), Mary Goins (6.3), Emerson Mason (4.2)
  • Rebounds: Mason (6.1), Ortibez (4.8), Goins & Lexi Borrego (3.3)
  • Assists: Goins (2.6), Ortibez (1.8), Borrego (1.1)
  • Three’s: Ortibez (10), Goins (4), Elecea Vickery-Imes (1)

Antonito (8-10)

  • Points: Shandiin Tallman (8.2), Shiinei Tallman (5.9), Maya Garcia (4.3)
  • Rebounds: Shiinei Tallman (12.2), Shandiin Tallman (11.8), Angel Trujillo (3.2)
  • Assists: Kylee Gomez (2.1), Shandiin Tallman (1.4), Garcia (1.0)
  • Three’s: Gomez (2), 3 others with (1)

Mountain Valley (11-7)

  • Points: Alyssa Hammel (13.7), Nicole Berry (8.2), Katelyn Stewart (7.7)
  • Rebounds: Hammel (12.4), Mackenzie Martinez (6.7), Alex Harrison (4.9)
  • Assists: Stewart (2.0), Martinez (1.6), Berry (1.5)
  • Three’s: Natalie Roberts (9), Berry (5), Stewart & Cheyenne Hunter (2)

Centennial (5-14)

  • Points: JaeLea Maestas (14.0), Anastasia Salcido (5.9), Feliciana Lobato (5.5)
  • Rebounds: Lobato (4.4), Salcido (4.0), Alexia Valdez (3.2)
  • Assists: Salcido (1.4), Lobato (1.2), Maestas (0.5)
  • Three’s: Maestas (20), Salcido (6), Adelia Romero (5)

Creede (7-12)

  • Points: Lindsey Gammill (9.1), Haley Follman (6.6), Reese Wilson (5.4)
  • Rebounds: Follman (10.9), Gammill (7.5), Wilson (3.0)
  • Assists: Gammill (1.3), Wilson (0.9), Follman (0.8)
  • Three’s: Wilson & Gammill (2)

Manzanola (3-15)

  • Points: Heaven Martinez (10.4), Hayden Pate (6.3), Elizabeth Bierman (1.2)
  • Rebounds: Pate (7.4), Vanessa Martinez (3.8), H. Martinez (2.9)
  • Assists: Martinez (1.5), Pate (1.3), Bierman (0.4)
  • Three’s: Martinez (14), no others with a made three

Lake City (2-11)

  • Points: Caroline Thompson (3.1), Winter Painter (1.7), Grace Hearn (0.7)
  • Rebounds: Painter (1.7), Thompson (1.4), Elissa Stephens (0.4)
  • Assists: Painter (0.2), Thompson (0.1)
  • Three’s: Thompson (1), no others with a made three

Aguilar (2-10)

  • Points: Alyssa Torres (9.9), Samantha Coca & DeNajah Garcia (1.9)
  • Rebounds: Torres (4.6), Coca (3.2), Nevaeh Browning (2.3)
  • Assists: No stats posted
  • Three’s: No stats posted

Primero (Did not have a team last year)

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