State Trivia
* Glendora’s Tracy Murray scored a record 64 points in an 89-83 loss to Menlo Atherton in the Division II final in 1989.
* Girls’ basketball joined the state tournament in 1981 with a single division. Locke defeated San Jose Lynbrook in that first title game, 73-61.
* Cheryl Miller, one of the top girls’ basketball players ever, led Riverside Poly to a Division I title in 1982.
* Crenshaw boys’ Coach Willie West is 7-0 in state title games.
* Southern teams hold a 65-61 edge over teams from the Northern Region in overall titles.
* The first state championship game was played at Whittier High in 1916.
* Jason Kidd, Ed O’Bannon and Stais Boseman all played in state finals.
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