SO. SECTION DIVISION IV-A: THIS TIME, OAKS CHRISTIAN GOES OUT LIKE LIONS --THE LIONS OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE GO ON A 10-0 RUN LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO PULL AWAY FROM THE GUARDS OF BURBANK TO WIN THE SOUTHERN SECTION DIV. IV-A GIRLS' BASKETBALL TITLE. OAKS CHRISTIAN 53, BELL-JEFF 44.(Sports)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: March 9, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Nevin Barich Staff Writer

LONG BEACH - When the final buzzer sounded and the Oaks Christian High girls' basketball team had won the Southern Section Div. IV-A title, senior forward Cherhara Shields raced to midcourt and did a cartwheel.

``I had never done one before,'' Shields said, laughing.

The display of jubilation was understandable. Shields had 19 points - including two layups down the stretch - as the Lions of Westlake Village held o...

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