High School girls basketball: Gil-Silva closing in on Alisal scoring record
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SALINAS – Lying on the ground, feeling pain she had never felt before, a world of emotions ran through the mind of Nayeli Gil-Silva. In a split second, Gil-Silva’s basketball season was over. A sport in which she had grown up with was taken from her. There were no assurances she’d be back for her senior season at Alisal. “I felt helpless,” Gil-Silva said. “A lot of emotion and a lot of uncertainty. I didn’t know if I’d ever be what I was before. I didn’t expect the recovery would be so long.” Once Gil-Silva came to grips with the reality of having torn a ligament in her left knee, the 17-year-old began a crusade to return to the hardwood in time for this season. A 10- to 12-month...