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It Was Marina; Mik Went from Philly to Paul VI by dillon77

Mik played at a pretty small private school and, quite candidly, transferred to powerhouse Paul VI in northern Va. to play against better competition, both in practice and in games.

Marina's switch was a tad more complex. After winning the Tournament of Champions (TOC) in New Jersey as a freshman on a team that was led by older sister, Michaela, the Manasquan Public Schools got into a squabble with the coach (I'm guessing there was an AAU component to it.)

Marina and the other major returning star, Katelynn Flaherty, left to play for an even smaller Jersey Shore conference public school, Pt. Pleasant Beach. They helped lead this team from a losing record to the Tournament of Champions tournament. Afterwards, Mabrey returned to Manasquan, where she won a second TOC title as a senior, joined by younger sister, Dara. Flaherty transferred to Metuchen for her senior year (her father went there), before heading to Michigan and having a stellar career. Her position coach there for three years was former Irish PG Megan Duffy, now head coach at Marquette.

In a similar vein to Southern California, you see all sorts of transfers in Jersey, usually involving men's basketball and football. However, it occurs in girls hoops, too, as this story says.