BEFORE the season started, Mildura coach Travis Coombes was ecstatic that Courtney Sandiman would be re-joining the Heat program.

A talented junior, the 24-year-old last had a stint with the Heat in 2022, when she featured in the CBL, but the last time she played Big V basketball was in 2016, an eight-year gap spent exploring other interests, primarily football, which for women in Sunraysia was l...