{"id":11716,"date":"2023-07-27T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/?p=11716"},"modified":"2023-08-05T08:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T15:54:51","slug":"prep-sports-team-of-the-year-san-pedro-high-girls-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/2023\/07\/27\/prep-sports-team-of-the-year-san-pedro-high-girls-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep Sports Team of the Year:\u00a0San Pedro High Girls Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"
Not since the 1985-86 season has the San Pedro High School girls basketball team enjoyed a time quite like this.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n While other programs like football, girls volleyball, softball, both cross-country teams, and several others at the school gained some credible success over the years (even their boys basketball counterparts won CIF-Los Angeles City Section titles in between), the 2022-23 school year was the year girls hoops took centerstage.<\/p>\n With a determined team led by a driven leader in head coach Kevin Simpson, the Lady Pirates achieved incredible success, turning heads and garnering everyone\u2019s attention in late February by becoming CIF-LACS and Marine League champions for the first time in 37 years. They then took it further to become the first team in school history to reach a CIF Southern California Regional championship game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, it wasn\u2019t the encouraging kind of start this team was looking for, as San Pedro struggled out of the gate with five losses in their first six games. Things started to click for San Pedro once December began, and they split their four games in their inaugural Lady Pirate Holiday Classic to get their overall record to 9-8.<\/p>\n January 11, 2023, started the proverbial chain reaction of victories when the Lady Pirates, for only the second time since 1991, defeated perennial CIF-LACS power Narbonne of Harbor City 42-32 at home for their third straight Marine League win, and they never looked back, dominating the rest of the way to complete a perfect 10-0 league season.<\/p>\n Their only real threat was the rematch with Narbonne on January 27, where two game-winning free throws by junior point guard Noelani Raigans propelled San Pedro to a 49-47 victory for their first win over the Lady Gauchos on their home court in 32 years. From then on, nothing seemed impossible for the Lady Pirates, as they earned the top seed in the CIF-LACS Division 2 playoffs.<\/p>\n