Tori Torres – West Sacramento – Basketball

   Torres has been on a roll during the Raiders’ regular season stretch run, averaging 18.3 points per game while scoring in double digits in each of the team’s last 10 games. In a 71-37 victory over Union Mine, she scored 22 points and added four rebounds, four assists, and five steals

River City-West Sacramento – Basketball – Senior 

   Torres has been on a roll during the Raiders’ regular season stretch run, averaging 18.3 points per game while scoring in double digits in each of the team’s last 10 games. In a 71-37 victory over Union Mine, she scored 22 points and added four rebounds, four assists, and five steals. Torres followed that with 14 points and seven steals in a 48-25 win over El Dorado to cap a perfect Sierra Valley Conference slate at 12-0. For the season, she averaged 11.8 points, 4.4 steals, 3.1 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game while. River City (23-4) earned the No. 8 seed in the Sac Joaquin Section Division I playoffs.

   IN HER OWN WORDS: “Having been on varsity since my freshman year, this is the first time that there is not another season to look to with my teammates when the season is done. Being a senior has helped me to realize that there is more to basketball than just playing the games.”

   WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW: She is “really into art” and is considering pursuing art as an interest in college and possibly a career. Torres prefers drawing. Her most recent work was a drawing of cliffs rising above an ocean beach. 

HONORABLE MENTION

Connor Drake — The Del Oro-Loomis senior center closed out the basketball regular season with a 27-point effort in a 78-75 road win over Woodcreek.

Kira McKechnie — The 6-foot junior helped the Christian Brothers-Sacramento basketball team capture an undefeated league title by averaging 11.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

Ruben Escalante — The Inderkum-Sacramento senior won the first Sac-Joaquin Section Division III title in school history, pinning River Valley’s Trevor Welsh in the 126 pound final.