Kayla Miranda Scores During Highland High Summer Ball

One of Kayla's favorite times of the year - high school summer basketball. Camp in the morning and games two to three nights a week. The month of June is full of basketball. As a senior this coming year, Kayla has embraced a leadership role on the Highland Hawks Varsity Team.

As a part of the summer league fun, Kayla also acted as an assistant coach for the freshmen and junior varsity teams. She really enjoyed that role as she got to coach her younger sister, Kelsey and her cousin Christina Canez (both incoming freshmen at Highland).

Kayla Miranda Volunteers as Junior High Coach

Coaching basketball has become a passion for Kayla. She volunteered as assistant coach for Highland Junior High's 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams this season. She enjoyed showing the girls drills that they would be doing in high school and helping them with skills like man-to-man defense, setting correct screens and good passing.


The 7th grade finished the season 6-7 and the 8th grade finished 11-2, narrowly losing a repeat sectional championship to rival Gilbert Junior High. 

 

 

SW Cactus Slam A Huge Success

Kayla Miranda was thrilled to be a part of the Southwest Cactus Slam. She and her teammates were a critical component to the success of the tournament. With over 175 teams and 12 courts under one roof, they worked tirelessly - setting up the courts, running the clocks, keeping score and anything else Coach Alonzo or the tournament organizers requested. Oh and they did play some basketball. Although they went 2 and 2, they had victories over teams from Arizona and Colorado.