Rebounding Whiz Harry Goes Overboard This Time

Because she is 6-feet-2 and starts at center for Woodbridge High School, Deanna Harry is bound to get rebounds.

But last week, Harry found herself putting the basketball through the hoop and not just grabbing the ones that bounced off it.

Harry, The Times’ Athlete of the Week, had 29 points, 23 in the first half, and 16 rebounds to lead Woodbridge in a 69-38 victory over Trabuco Hills Tuesday.

“I knew I had scored over 15 by halftime, but I didn’t think it was that much,” Harry said. “My role on the team is rebounding. But (Trabuco Hills) was playing a defense designed to stop our guards, so I got a lot of baskets.”

Harry had 21 rebounds in a 65-31 victory over Laguna Hills Thursday and had 20 more in a 76-52 nonleague victory over Estancia Saturday.

What’s with the big week?

“Away games,” Harry said. “I don’t know what it is exactly. On the bus ride over there I have time to think about the game and visualize. When we play at home we talk more before the game.”

Now people are starting to talk more after the game too.

“She came out for basketball on a whim as a 5-9 freshman and grew so fast in the next year and a half--you couldn’t believe it,” Woodbridge Coach Eric Bangs said. “She’s still a little gangly . . . but she works hard on footwork and positioning.”

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Amy Jalewalia had 33 points and seven rebounds to lead La Quinta to a 64-30 victory over Los Amigos Wednesday, and had 32 points, nine rebounds and six assists in an 82-39 victory over Garden Grove Friday.

Freshman Amber Parkinson had eight goals in three soccer matches for Orange Lutheran, including three goals in one game twice.

Laurie Sallinger set an Orange High School record for assists in a game when she had 11 assists and eight points against Laguna Beach Tuesday. Sallinger also had seven assists and 10 points in a 62-53 victory over Costa Mesa on Thursday.

In a 56-43 victory over Esperanza, Wanda Sequeira had 13 points and seven assists to set Tustin’s single-season assist record at 145, breaking the mark set in 1979 by Mary Hegarty.

Deanna Harry

Woodbridge High

* Position: Center

* Height, Weight, Class: 6-2, 147, Junior

* Last Week: Harry had 52 points and 57 rebounds in three games.

* Season: Harry is averaging 10.2 points, 13.4 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots.