Paloma Valley girls hit the road in basketball playoffs

Paloma Valley's Ashlee Medrano will be in action again on Thursday. (Photo by Rick Rowell)

By Doug Spoon, Editor

High-scoring guard Ashlee Medrano will lead the Paloma Valley girls basketball team into its first-round CIF-SS playoff game on the road Thursday night.

The Wildcats, who finished second in the Ivy League, will play at Burroughs High of Burbank in a Division 2A game. Paloma Valley is 15-9 overall. The offense is led by Medrano, who recently passed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring.

Medrano was recently named the Southern California girls basketball Player of the Week for her efforts.

The only local girls basketball team at home on Thursday is Heritage, which will play host to Twentynine Palms in a Division 3A game. The Patriots are 17-11 overall and finished second in the Sunbelt League.

In a Division 5AA game, Liberty will play at Sierra Vista. In that same division, Santa Rosa Academy will play at Lucerne Valley.