Drew Anderson – Orinda – Basketball

If you thought Anderson’s heroics were done after football season — he threw for more than 4,000 yards in leading the Matadors to an North Coast Section Div. II championship — then you were clearly mistaken. On Feb. 1, the 6-foot-4 senior delivered big-time on the hardwood for Miramonte. Locked in a back-and-forth battle with visiting rival Campolindo-Moraga, Anderson scored the game-winning basket on…

Miramonte-Orinda – Basketball – Senior

   If you thought Anderson’s heroics were done after football season — he threw for more than 4,000 yards in leading the Matadors to an North Coast Section Div. II championship — then you were clearly mistaken. On Feb. 1, the 6-foot-4 senior delivered big-time on the hardwood for Miramonte. Locked in a back-and-forth battle with visiting rival Campolindo-Moraga, Anderson scored the game-winning basket on an offensive put-back (off his own missed shot) with 2 seconds remaining. The shot not only sealed the upset, but it put an exclamation point on his 34-point, 14-rebound effort. The win improved Miramonte to 13-6 on the season. 

   IN HIS OWN WORDS: “We were in transition and nobody picked me up on defense,” Anderson said describing his game-winner. “I got the ball missed a wide-open layup, but was able to rebound and get it back in in time. I’m glad I got it back, too, because I would’ve thought about that one a long time.”

WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW: Anderson and his younger brother, Ryan (a sophomore, also a varsity hooper), once owned a pet mouse named George.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Sumner Houston — The two-way star lineman for De La Salle was one of four East Bay football players named first-team All-State by CalHiSports.com on Feb. 2. 

Kelli Hayes — In her last four games of January, the Archbishop Mitty senior combined to score 95 points to go along with 34 rebounds, 14 assists and 14 steals.

Jacquelyn Sharff — The College Park junior has two goals in a 3-0 win on Jan. 25 and added a third goal in a 2-1 win on Jan. 30