Girls' Basketball Top Ten Final Poll
Mar 30, 2006
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1. CHRIST THE KING, NY (30-0)
The Queens school has fully regained supremacy in the metropolitan area.Bob Mackey's squad beat Bergtraum in the State Federation Class AA Finals for the second straight year, 79-66. The win marks the third straight time CK has beaten the Manhattan school overall. On Jan. 15, Tina Charles hit a buzzer beater to propel CK to a 65-53 win at MSG.
In the finals, junior guard Lorin Dixon exploded for 34 points. She tied a State Federation record for most points scored in two games with 52. Bergtraum's Epiphanny Prince held the record previously.
CK just completed their second straight undefeated season and now have won 57 consecutive games.
2. Shabazz, NJ (33-0)
Vanessa Watson's Lady Bulldogs won their third Tournament of Champions Title in the last four years when the Newark school downed Bloomfield Tech at the Continental Airlines Arena, 66-56.
Game MVP Iasia Hemingway completed her junior season on the highest of notes with a 25 point, 10 rebound performance. Her front court mate, senior Kellindra Zackery, also was a force with 19 points.
Shabazz is only the third school in NJ history to finish the year undefeated.
3. Bergtraum, NY (27-2)
Epiphanny Prince's high school career is over but will never be forgotten.
The Rutgers-bound senior finished up with four PSAL championships and two State Federation titles under her belt.
4. Bloomfield Tech, NJ (31-3)
Two of the three losses suffered by the Lady Spartans came at the hands of No. 2 Shabazz. Coach Mike Davidson should never hang his though. His teams have won three straight Group 3 state titles and the program has earned lots of deserved respect from the state of NJ.
5. St. Michael's, NY (23-4)
The Lady Eagles had their season ended by No. 1 CK in the NY State Catholic finals.
6. St. Peter's, Staten Island (25-3)
It took 18 long years, but coach Bob Daggett finally won a Federation title.
The Lady Eagles put on a clinic against Pittsford-Sutherland in Glens Falls, NY. From start to finish they demonstrated unselfish team basketball in a 71-46 rout in the Class A finals.
Junior Megan Mahoney is a model of consistency on the court and in the finals she led the way with 18 points and eight rebounds.
7. Trinity Catholic, CT (26-1)
The Lady Crusaders are Connecticut's Class S champs.
8. Francis Lewis, NY (23-5)
Only two teams in NY state have more wins than the Lady Patriots over the last three years: CK and Bergtraum.
9. Morris Catholic, NJ (29-2)
The Morris County school is the Parochial B champ.
10. St. Thomas Aquinas, NY (26-2)
Rutgers-bound Judith Brittany Ray's 32 points led her team to their first ever State Federation Title in a 62-52 Class B win over South Jefferson in Glens Falls. Ray's career is complete with over 2,000 points scored is over for the best team on Long Island.
