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# Crossroads girls named CIF champs
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/crossroads-girls-named-cif-champs/
- Published: 2008-03-04T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:44:59.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Sports, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Samohi wasn’t the only high school in the city making history over the weekend.

The Crossroads girls’ basketball team (20-7) defeated Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth (22-5) at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach Friday to capture the school’s first ever girls’ basketball Division V A CIF- SS championship.

“The most important thing for the girls was the history part of it,” Crossroads head coach Kevin Cormier said. “We accomplished one of the biggest goals we had set for us in winning our first ever CIF title.”

The Roadrunners held control throughout the entire finals match, defeating the Trailblazers 63-50\. The victory marked the third time this season Crossroads defeated their Delphic League rival.

Crossroads made their march to a CIF championship look quite easy, outscoring playoff opponents by a staggering 137 combined points. According to Cormier, everything clicked for the girls at the right time.

“As far as the playoffs were concerned, offensively and defensively, we really started playing well,” Cormier said. “Our whole mantra once we got to the playoffs was our defense would be our offense, and the girls really focused on defending.”

The key to the Roadrunners’ final victory was rebounding. Crossroads used its low-post advantage in grabbing nearly twice as many rebounds as the Trailblazers. Seniors Kristina Murray, 17 rebounds, and Alexa Palacios, 12 rebounds, set the tone in the post.

“We limited them to one shot and got two or three shots on our end,” Cormier said. “That allowed us to play into our tempo, and that would be the deciding factor.”

Senior Shannon McQueen led the Roadrunners offensively, scoring 22 points. Senior Megan Baer added 15 points and Murray chipped in with 11.

The Roadrunners’ played Exeter Monday for a chance to make an appearance in the CIF-SS regional finals tournament. The score was not available at presstime.

The winner of that game will play La Hoya Country tonight in San Diego at 7 p.m.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 4, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)