Sacrifice comes with the jersey at St. Mary’s. Two players went from starting on last year’s CIF State regional final runner-up to coming off the bench. Others would start anywhere else in the section. And everyone — everyone — gives up shots. The motto from day one said it best: “Sometimes you, sometimes me, always us.” It’s the very reason coach Alle Moreno gets choked up talking about this team. And it’s the reason St. Mary’s girls basketball claimed CIF Sac-Joaquin Section title No. 23. In the first CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I final between two women head coaches, No. 1 St. Mary’s overwhelmed defending champion No. 6 McClatchy with relentless pressure, forcing 27 turnovers in a...
