SJ Mercury News: Colts Sweep NorCal Men's Basketball Awards
Thu, 19 March, 2015 at 11:07 am
By Vytas Mazeika
Daily News Staff
Writer
Posted:
03/18/2015 10:08:46 PM: about 11 hours
Cañada College swept the
NorCal men's basketball awards, with Mike Reynoso named the coach of the year,
sophomore Rohndell Goodwin the player of the year and guard Crisshawn Clark the
freshman of the year.
The Colts (24-7), who lost in overtime in the semifinals of the
state championships, were also recognized as the top team from the North by the
California Community College Coaches Association.
For members of the program, at least right now, it's hard not to
view the awards as a consolation prize.
"We kind of got word as we were coming off being
heartbroken," said Reynoso, whose team was stunned in last week's final
four when eventual state champion Saddleback College drained a 30-footer with
0.4 seconds left to force overtime. "But definitely really proud of
everything that those guys accomplished. What more can you say from a kid
(Goodwin) that didn't play high school basketball, coming off injuries and
everything to be the NorCal player of the year. And Crisshawn to really just
develop and mature his game and be the freshman of the year."
Reynoso, 31, in his second season at the helm, bounced back from
a 5-22 season to lead the Colts into the state championships for the second
time in program first, the previous appearance in 1994.
"It's still tough," Reynoso said. "The play still
goes over and over in my head of, you know, how to do things different and be
better and all that. And I think that's what great coaches have to do. I don't
think I can sit there and not analyze it. And I'm probably over analyzing it to
a point, but I think that's how I'm going to become great, it's by doing
that."
Clark, who scored a game-high 23 in the loss to Saddleback, was
the only member of the All-State Tournament team not to play in the final.
"Crisshawn set himself apart from everybody," Reynoso
said. "He was the best player out there out of the four teams left, for
sure."
Reynoso and his staff took the weekend off, then went on the
recruiting trail Monday and checked out some of the high school NorCal semifinals
Tuesday night.
"For me, that's the only way to get over it," Reynoso
said. "That's the only time that I really don't think about that play to
be honest you, when I'm focusing on the next year's class and developing these
freshmen. Just ready to get back there, just really preparing to do that."
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