Hoops playoffs underway

The Junior Pacers pulled off an upset to highlight the beginning of

the postseason playoffs for the spring 2003 girls’ basketball league

at the Boys and Girls Club of Laguna Beach.

Senior Division

The regular season champion Celtics, who went 8-2, are the

favorite for the title.

Mya Olivier of the Celtics won the division scoring title while

the Hornets’ Lauren Kelly was the top rebounder and Emily LaRose the

assist leader during the regular season.

Junior Division

Coach Bill Strickland’s Spurs won the regular season title with a

5-1 record and enter the playoffs as the No. 1 seed.

The division’s regular season scoring champion was Emily Writer,

the Rockets’ Amy Congelton led the division in rebounding and the

Spurs’ Natasha Strickland was the assists leader.

In a first-round playoff upset, the Junior Pacers, who went 0-6

during the regular season, upended the Bulls in overtime.

The Pacers, behind the play of Marianna Acevedo, Rhya Harris, Alex

Kempler, Kelsey Peterson, Alison Romano and Parker Yamaski, overcame

a 10-point, fourth quarter deficit, to defeat the third-place

Rockets.