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PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO. Creswell’s Tyler Whitson lets out a roar after throwing down a two-handed dunk on a fast break in Creswell’s game against Western Christian. CRESWELL –…
PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO. Creswell’s Tyler Whitson lets out a roar after throwing down a two-handed dunk on a fast break in Creswell’s game against Western Christian. CRESWELL –…
PLEASANT HILL – The new-look Pleasant Hill Billies girls basketball team got off to a tough start to the season, losing 62-41 at preseason No. 2 Amity last Wednesday. Fourth-ranked…
PLEASANT HILL – The new-look Pleasant Hill Billies girls basketball team got off to a tough start to the season, losing 62-41 at preseason No. 2 Amity last Wednesday. Fourth-ranked…
Editor’s note: Below are the weekly capsules for the Dec. 7 edition of the High School Sports Zone. Included in the capsules are: Boys and girls basketball previews and recaps,…
Editor’s note: Below are the weekly capsules for the Dec. 7 edition of the High School Sports Zone. Included in the capsules are: Boys and girls basketball previews and recaps,…
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Ready to repeat: Springfield star Romero-Ah Sam shoots even higher
BOB WILLIAMS / THE CHRONICLE. Springfield star basketball player Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam, the defending back-to-back state player of the year, led the Millers to the Class 5A state title last year as a junior. This season, Romero-Ah Sam knows her team will get everyone’s best shot each time out, but she’s making sure the Millers stay on top.
SPRINGFIELD – Sometimes, heartbreak is the best motivator. Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam got her heart broken on March 12, 2022 when the 7th-ranked Springfield girls basketball team fell to No. 9 Crescent Valley 50-39 in the Class 5A state championship game.
“After the loss (in 2022), I felt some type of way, because we weren’t supposed to lose that game,” Romero-Ah Sam said.
Romero-Ah Sam was named the Class 5A State Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2022, leading her team to a 21-8 record and a second-place finish. And yet, the entire team felt like it had failed.
“You’d think getting to the championship game, we would have been really excited about that,” said Joe Williamson, Springfield’s head coach since the 2020-21 season. “But I think just the loss, the pain of that loss, I mean, it was devastating to get there and lose. And we had to live with that for the whole offseason.”
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