CdM tabs new girls hoops coach

Richard Dunn

Corona del Mar High hired a replacement Thursday for former girls

basketball coach Elbert Davis, CdM Girls Athletic Director Dawn Payne

said.

James Barkalow III, by way of New Jersey, is the Sea Kings’ new

coach and will guide Corona del Mar through the Pacific Coast League

rigors in 2002-03.

Davis resigned as CdM’s coach Aug. 26 to become the boys

basketball coach at Westminster. His five-year coaching tenure at

Corona del Mar included the program’s first league title in nearly

two decades. The 1999-2000 squad finished 22-6 and captured the

Pacific Coast League championship. The Sea Kings advanced to the CIF

Southern Section Division III-AA quarterfinals that season.

Barkalow inherits a strong freshman class at CdM, in addition to

eight returning varsity players from last season, a group led by

senior guard Kelliann Klein and senior point guard Jackie McCoy.

Sarah Stern, Colleen Marks, Madison Otterbein, Lucy Ramsey, Aryn

Dimas and Lauren Snell also played under Davis last year.

Klein scored in double figures last season in 12 games, including

a season-high 21 points against Laguna Beach. McCoy was injured most

of last season. Otterbein had three games scoring in double digits

last season, while Ramsey had two.