Basketball
Hanford girls basketball coach Tom Parrish confirms resignation
Tom Parrish has stepped down as Hanford High’s girls basketball coach after a highly successful eight-year run that ended in national controversy. Parrish officially resigned hours after a Bee account of the Bullpups getting left out of the CIF Southern California Regional championships got national exposure on a Yahoo! Sports Internet post, Hanford Athletic Director [...]
Death of player’s father inspires Bullard boys basketball team
Waking up was never so difficult for Taran Malhi as that morning of July 20 last summer. “Real tough, knowing what was going to happen.” Knowing his father was going to die. The Bullard High basketball player could do but one more thing for his dad, Tony Malhi, who had become so captivated by the [...]
SoCal Regional basketball playoffs: Clovis West boys, girls ousted
Scored tied, final seconds ticking away Wednesday night in the Clovis West High gym and Millikan-Long Beach’s Johanna Dungca stood at midcourt, dribbling. Understand, at 4 feet, 10 inches the senior point guard didn’t stand very tall, either. “Over time,” she would say later, “I got over the fact I’m under 5 feet.” Over time, [...]
Clovis West SoCal Regional doubleheader: Eagles swept by Southern foes
Fresno Bee sports reporter Andy Boogaard is tweeting live from the SoCal Regional basketball doubleheader tonight at Clovis West High. The Bee will be updating this post throughout the night so readers can follow how the third-seeded Golden Eagles girls are faring against No. 14 Millikan-Long Beach, to be followed by the No. 2 Clovis [...]
Boogaard: Powerful Hanford girls absent as basketball regionals tip off
The Southern California basketball regionals open today sans a frequent girls participant that belonged again — Hanford. Bullpups Athletic Director Beau Hill knows this. Coach Tom Parrish knows this. And so does Central Section Commissioner Jim Crichlow: “Absolutely. And, who knows? Probably as a five, six or seven seed.” That would have meant a home [...]
Girls basketball: Clovis West rolls to D-I championship
Leaving the opposing team’s best shooter wide open is never a good idea. Especially when you’re playing for the Central Section title and that shooter is Clovis West High’s Emily Anderson. Anderson scored 11 straight points during an 18-0 second-quarter surge that propelled the Golden Eagles past Stockdale 53-38 in the Division I girls final [...]
