Santa Maria 6th Grade American Girls win Diocese Championship
Submitted by Marina Chinn
Back row, from left: Ainsley Hogan, Maren Thorpe, Katrina White, Katie Barmmer, Lillie LaVelle, Alannah Harper, Julia Quinn-Ferguson; front row: Amber Jaffery, Sophie Chinn and Alice Zhou.
In a rematch of the last two years' championship games, Santa Maria Sixth Grade American basketball girls won a thriller over undefeated St Perpetua, 16-14, on a buzzer beater shot to take the Diocese title.