Ruben Marin has been hired as the head varsity girls basketball coach at St. Bonaventure High.

Marin recently resigned from Santa Clara High after spending four seasons coaching basketball at the school. Last season, Marin helped lead the Saints to the CIF-Southern Section Division 5AA title.

During his stint at Santa Clara, the Saints won three league titles, one CIF-SS title and reached the CIF-SS final in 2009.

ESPNU HoopGurlz released its Top 100 for the class of 2011 in girls' basketball today. Three Ventura County players made the cut.

Newbury Park's Karina Alofaituli, who was previously unranked, rocketed up to No. 34 despite not playing her junior season this year at Thousand Oaks High.

Buena High junior guard Keani Albanez is ranked No. 80 and Santa Clara High junior center Keiana Vines is at No. 98.

A memorial fund has been established for Santa Clara High boys' basketball coach Mike Sandoval.
Sandoval died Friday morning from a pulmonary embolus that resulted from surgery to repair his achilles tendon.
Anyone wishing to make a donation in Sandoval's memory can send money to:
The Mike Sandoval Memorial Fund
C/O The Ventura County Community Foundation
1317 Del Notre Road, Suite 150, Camarillo, CA 93010.

Memorial service plans for Sandoval are pending. Santa Clara is planning to hold a service at the high school next week, and is waiting to hear from Sandoval's family before setting thedate . More information should be available by the end of the weekend.