Sierra Canyon stands between Mira Costa and the Division 1 girls’ volleyball title

5 years in the past, within the strategy of being employed at his alma mater of Manhattan Seashore Mira Costa, present women’ volleyball coach Cam Inexperienced was requested a easy query.

“What do you see for the long run?”

“I need to hold some banners,” Inexperienced responded then.

Saturday brings his finest probability to do exactly that, steering the 36-3 Mustangs into the CIF Southern Part Division 1 championship at Cerritos School. They haven’t relinquished their place on prime of the part because the season started, even relationship to spring, Inexperienced mentioned, his gamers had been calling the yr “ring season.”

Not so quick.

A seemingly unstoppable drive meets an immovable object in Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, which has gained steam because the season rolled on and is coming off a gritty five-set win over L.A. Marymount within the final match of pool play.

“I feel it was essential that we made a press release,” Chatsworth Sierra Canyon coach Stefanie Wigfall mentioned. “That we’re going to play good groups arduous, play them nicely, and that we’re not going to again down.”

Curious in seeing what high-octane offense at the highschool stage appears like? Swing by Cerritos School on Saturday, the place the Trailblazers will function 6-foot-4 Pittsburgh commit Olivia Babcock, 6-foot-1 Cornell commit Jaida Sione and 6-foot-2 Boston School commit Danica Rach.

The Mustangs, in the meantime, are constructed round 5-foot-11 setter Charlie Fuerbringer — daughter of Matt Fuerbringer, a former Olympian in seaside volleyball — and her reference to 5-foot-10 exterior Drew Wright, who racks up kills from a wide range of angles.

That match will steal the present — however the Division 2 championship between Aliso Niguel and Vista Murrieta is equally tantalizing.

After knocking off sturdy applications in Studio Metropolis Harvard-Westlake and Redondo Union within the bracket, the Wolverines are again within the D2 closing for the second consecutive yr. They’ll face Vista Murrieta, who breezed by the Southwestern league after a tricky early-season schedule.

Claire Little, a 6-foot-2 exterior hitter who’s been dedicated to BYU because the eighth grade, will look to place the ending touches on an unimaginable profession with the Broncos.

For Aliso Niguel, in the meantime, ties run deep. They boast not one however two units of sisters in Macey Smith and Madyson Smith and 6-foot twins Riley Barr and Rian Barr plus coach Richelle Whiting’s daughter Danet is the crew’s chief in digs.

“We’re a contented household,” coach Whiting mentioned.

The Aliso Niguel-Vista Murrieta match can be midday Saturday at Cerritos School. Mira Costa and Sierra Canyon play at 7:30 p.m.