With basketball season now underway, Colorado Preps continues its look at the top players and teams from each conference across the state.  Today we look at all the teams inside the 2A Southern Peaks.
Del Norte (24-3) and Sanford (20-6) both qualified for the state tournament last season and actually met one another in the third place contest.  Del Norte won that battle 44-27 to bring some hardware back to the San Luis Valley.  It was the fifth meeting between the two on the season.
Both teams played well to that point.  Sanford knocked off the top seed Limon in the state quarterfinals (46-39) but then lost a tough battle with Swink (29-27) in the state semifinals.  Del Norte outscored Meeker 63-61 in a tight quarterfinal and then lost to eventual state champion Yuma (51-35) in the Final Four.
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.
 
Sanford (20-6)

  • Points: Mackenzie Peterson (8.1), Asia Caldon (7.8), Cheyenne Caldon (7.6)
  • Rebounds: Peterson (5.7), C. Caldon (3.3), A. Caldon & Harmony Peterson (2.5)
  • Assists: Peterson (1.9), A. Caldon (1.4), C. Caldon (1.0)
  • Three’s: Caldon (22), M. Peterson (8), A. Caldon (4)

Del Norte (24-3)

  • Points: Kendra Parra (21.0), Yesenia Rosales (3.4), Gabby Jones (3.2)
  • Rebounds: Parra (5.0), Jones (4.2), Lynnea Valdez & Rosales (2.8)
  • Assists: Parra (4.3), Rosales (1.1), Jones (1.0)
  • Three’s: Parra (37), Rosales (1)

Sargent (10-13)

  • Points: McKenzie Tolliver (10.0), Lexxi Aguilar (4.6), Ashlyn Slover (3.6)
  • Rebounds: Tolliver (4.4), Jeni Johnson (4.3), Slover (3.1)
  • Assists: Aguilar (1.4), Slover (1.3), Johnson (1.2)
  • Three’s: Tolliver (9), Aguilar (8), Kendra Sears (3)

Custer County (8-12)

  • Points: Memphis Curry (10.4), Lindsey Gilmore (8.6), Katherine Mullett (5.1)
  • Rebounds: Curry (2.0), Kylinn Wisecup (1.7), Mullett (1.4)
  • Assists: Mullett (0.6), Gilmore (0.5), Wisecup & Brittany Benoit (0.3)
  • Three’s: Emma Aldrich & Gilmore (1)

Center (8-15)

  • Points: Alexis Varela (8.6), Brandi Almeida (8.4), Isabella Philbern (6.2)
  • Rebounds: Almeida (4.2), Varela (3.1), Natalia Cendejas (3.0)
  • Assists: Elexus Trujillo (0.8), Cendejas & Varela (0.4)
  • Three’s: Philbern (28), Trujillo (8), Cendejas (5)

South Park (7-10)

  • Points: Jordan Burnett (7.8), Mikayla Batts (2.4), Gracie Arellano (1.1)
  • Rebounds: Burnett (4.6), Alyssa Davis (2.3), Jessica Myers (2.0)
  • Assists: Burnett (1.1), Battts (0.6), Arellano (0.4)
  • Three’s: Burnett (5), Scarlett Caniglia (1)

Crested Butte (0-21)

  • Points: Sophia Truex (6.0), Madison Pankey (3.7), Alex Downey (2.0)
  • Rebounds: Downey (6.7), Truex (6.0), Pankey (1.3)
  • Assists: No stats posted
  • Three’s: No player with made three returns