Mitchell continues Apex's cross-country exodus

According to a report by the Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise, junior Cassandra Mitchell has transferred out of Apex High girls basketball program, moved cross-country and enrolled at Fontana's Miller High School. This makes her the second player to leave the Cougars this summer for Miller High, the first being Chloe Wells.

As a junior, Wells averaged 19.1 points per game for Apex on her way to conference player of the year honors. Mitchell averaged 11.4 points per game as a sophomore and totaled almost as many rebounds. Both were named to the Tri-Eight Conference's first team as they led the Cougars to a perfect 21-0 record in the regular season.

For Wells, a move the east coast meant working out with her father and being able to visit powerhouses Duke and North Carolina. She quickly grew homesick and unhappy with the change of scenery, however, and re-enrolled at Miller this summer.

Rumors swirled last season that when, not if, Wells decided to go back home to California, she would take the 5-8 Mitchell with her.

Mitchell's loss means Apex's top returning scorer is now Bethany Collins — who averaged 10 points per game as a freshman. The Lady Cougars will compete in this year's GlaxoSmithKline HolidayInvitational in December.

Miller High was the antithesis of Apex, going 0-21 in their only year without Wells' services.