Evergreen Valley’s Lealah Rowden (30) drives past Carlmont’s Alessandra Nelson (3) in the second half of their CCS girls basketball semifinal game at Piedmont Hills High School, in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Girls: How jumping rope ignited Evergreen Valley
How has Evergreen Valley, which has only seven players on its roster and is on its third coach in as many seasons, been able to out-run and out-hustle opponents on its way to a berth in the CCS Division I final?
It started in the offseason, not with a ball and hoop, but with a jump