Highlights: St. Bernard's girls basketball tops Grossmont to win first CIF State title

Eureka St. Bernard's won the program's first CIF State title at Golden 1 Center Saturday

Tarek Fattal | Mar 9, 2024

SACRAMENTO - Eureka St. Bernard's girls basketball captured its first CIF State championship in program history with a 47-29 wire-to-wire victory in the Division IV final over San Diego Grossmont at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento Saturday.

St. Bernard's Madelyn Shanahan tallied a monster double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds. Laila Florvilus had 18 points and 14 rebounds in the historic victory. Freshman Samantha Sundberg added 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Keilan Hayden led Grossmont with 10 points.

St. Bernard’s girls wins first CIF California basketball state championship

The Crusaders won despite turning the ball over 27 times

St. Bernard's enrollment is roughly 300 to Grossmont's 2,200.

Published Mar 9, 2024

TAREK FATTAL

Tarek Fattal has been covering high school sports since 2015 in Southern California and primarily in Los Angeles, covering notable athletes such as Bronny James, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alyssa Thompson. He was with the LA Daily News for eight years, which included being the beat reporter for the UCLA men's basketball team. Tarek can be seen on TV regularly on CBS/KCAL as a sports analyst with Jim Hill.