Division I

Granada beat De La Salle 5-0: Senior Parker Warner went the distance in giving up four hits as Granada defeated De La Salle for a third time to reach the NorCal Division I title game. Senior AJ Martinez and junior Tommy Brown each had two hits for the Matadors. De La Salle senior Joe McGee had two hits.

St. Mary’s-Stockton beat Mitty 7-6: The Rams led 3-0 going into the sixth when Mitty scored six runs to take the lead. However, St. Mary’s came back with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to secure the win. Senior Rolen Reyes had a home run and two RBI and senior Michael Quedens struck out eight in 5.2 innings.

Division II

Cardinal Newman beat Elk Grove 5-3: Seniors Tanner Bradley and Diego Boardman combined on three perfect innings of relief as the Cardinals overcame a 3-0 deficit. Junior Charlie Slater and senior Anthony Gonzalez each had two hits for Cardinal Newman. Elk Grove sophomore Hudson Hall went 2-for-3 with a run scored.

Redwood beat St. Ignatius 6-5: Redwood scored three runs in the top of the sixth to reach the NorCal Division II finals and a rematch with Cardinal Newman. Senior Rex Solle had four hits for the Giants, including a two RBI triple to put Redwood ahead.

D1:

1) Granada
8) Clovis West

4) DLS
5) Rocklin

3) Mitty
6) Granite Bay

2) St. Mary’s
7) Valley Christian

My plan is to highlight some of the top games throughout the season with the focus on Top 20 teams/key upsets/standout performances.

February 20: Leigh (1-0) beat St. Francis (0-1) 7-3

The Longhorns got two RBI apiece from juniors Noah Miller and Justin Jeong. Senior Dom Panella threw three shutout innings with five strikeouts. St. Francis junior Mack Mrowka went 2-for-2 and senior Roman Trinidad had a double in the loss. Junior Landon Kim threw 4.2 shutout innings. It was a scoreless tie after five innings before Leigh scored three runs in the sixth and four runs in the seventh.

Prayers and condolences to the Gordon family.

The semifinal round shows the overall strength of the SJS section and NCS section this year. The CCS did not fair well in this round. The SJS section now leads with 50% of their teams getting to the final championship game followed very closely by the NCS section with 4 of their 9 teams making it to the final round. The CCS section has only one team heading to the championship round this year.

I was expecting to see another close game between Granada and DLS but Granada proved why they are the #1 team in NorCal. We will see what SM has to say about that placement on Saturday. I missed the game, but it sounded like the Mitty @ St. Mary's game was full of fireworks.

I thought we would see CN and SI in the D2 final round but Redwood beat SI to play opposite to CN. I'm still predicting a CN win but I really don't know much about Redwood. They played CN very closely when they met for the final NCS D2 championship.

Modesto Central Catholic is playing some good ball right now. Their first round game was a landslide win. And they mustered a win over J-S. Oakmont beat them in the SJS D3 finals. This should be a good rematch game.

The two other notable teams are Piedmont and Woodland Christian. Piedmont has two very convincing wins in the regional playoffs. They will play Bradshaw Christian for the final game. BC is performing well too. I note Woodland Christian simply because they won both of their regional playoff games with a 10-0 score each. Hopefully Menlo will be a little better match up for them.

… Jamari Phillips formerly of Modesto Christian and many other schools de committed from the university of Arizona today. Also Jordan Mize, arguably the best incoming frosh in NorCal from Sacramento announced he is attending sierra canyon. The rich get richer.

Good for balance… I also have a nice wooden paddle and a remote control… I just need to find the remote… I will post an image… again FREE but for most people here seems like FREE doesn’t make a difference

Prowlers aka push sleds
I will throw in a 45 and a 35

So Nadine Walker is stepping down at St. Patrick St. Vincent.

Rumor has it Paul Kommer is no longer at Clayton Valley Charter.

There must be more ...

Two spots left in this tournament!
Novato High School Girls Basketball presents the 3rd annual North Marin Classic Girls Summer Basketball Tournament - June 28-30 at Novato High School

20-team tournament with all teams guaranteed six games, two each day. The teams will be divided into pools and then advance into brackets. All games will be played in the two gyms on the Novato High School campus. (High School varsity level teams only - no club teams. All players must attend the same school.) Entry Fee: $450 per team.

Please visit our tournament website, novatohighathletics.org/classic.html for more information.

Ronele Schaefer
Assistant Girls Varsity Basketball Coach
Novato High School
North Marin Classic Tournament Director
northmarinclassic@gmail.com

SF City High School Summer League features some of the best teams from the WCAL, BCAL, AAA, PAL, and OAL. 12 games a night spread out on 3 courts. Come out to the Wellness Center at City College of San Francisco on Monday and Tuesday nights to get a preview of some of the best boys high school teams in the Bay.

2024 Nor Cal High School Summer Classic


The Nor Cal High School Summer Classic will be held Friday to Sunday May 31-June 2 at Diablo Valley College in Walnut Creek.. It is open to competitive high school teams.

All the games will be live streamed by Baller TV. Media/scouts in attendace will be doing post-event write-ups.

Cost is $400.00 per team. Every team will play two games per day on two of the three days.. For more information email: gerryfreitas@hotmail.com.

Looking for three more teams to join us next December 12-14th for our 8th Annual Holiday Classic. The teams entered so far:

Windsor, Branson, Casa Grande, Miramonte and Montgomery.

Its never too early to plan ahead for next season!!

Joe Passalacqua
Windsor High Girls' Varsity
707-477-6586
jrp@passalacqualaw.com

I saw on Maxpreps that Folsom is playing Serra Gardena this year and not Serra San Mateo. I was under the impression Folsom was playing Serra SM but when you look at the logo on Folsom’s schedule and click the link, it shows Serra Gardena and their schedule shows Folsom as well.

Does anybody know which Serra Folsom is playing? How strong is either Serra expected to be this year?

Thanks!

Los Gatos 2025 forward Ashley Childers has been offered by Sacramento State

Acalanes 2025 forward Dulci Vail has been offered by Sacramento State

Bishop O'Dowd 2025 post Madison Gordon has been offered by Pepperdine

Oak Ridge 2025 wing Liv Yergensen has been offered by Grand Canyon

Carondelet 2026 guard Layla Dixon has been offered by Portland

San Ramon Valley 2027 guard Carly Stern has been offered by Harvard

2007/08 Mack basketball state championship run. Will Cherry, Frank Otis, Damon Powell, Coach Nathaniel leading the way.


Gene the Dream Ransom... docu from Mr Doug Harris

Nice series for the first round of regional playoffs. Here are the sections and how they matched with each other on percentage of wins. The NCS section had the best performance at 77% excluding the OS one team section. The CS section performed the worst with zero wins followed by 16% or one team win for the NS section.

Division I

Granada beat Clovis West 2-1: Granada scored a run in the seventh to force extra innings and scored the game winning run in the bottom of the eighth to reach the semifinals. For the second straight game, senior AJ Martinez had the game winning knock with a RBI single. Senior Nate Brown went 2-for-3. Clovis West junior Nolin Santillan gave up five hits and one run over seven innings.

De La Salle beat Rocklin 5-4: The Spartans used a five run, fourth inning to gain control and get a third meeting with Granada. Sophomore Tyler Spangler had a home run and four RBI for De La Salle, which got six innings of three run ball (no earned) from senior Jack Karst.

Mitty beat Granite Bay 8-2: The Monarchs stayed hot with an 8-2 win over the SJS Division II champions. They put the game away with five runs in the bottom of the sixth. Senior Makoa Sniffen went 3-for-4 with four RBI and seniors Nico Rodriguez and Connor Anderson each had two runs scored. Junior Carson Seeger threw a complete game for Mitty in holding Granite Bay to just two hits.

St. Mary’s-Stockton beat Valley Christian 4-3: The game was tied at one after seven innings before both teams scored twice in the ninth inning. Then in the 10th, Valley Christian loaded the bases but couldn’t push a run across. In the bottom half of the inning, the Rams got a well played bunt from Tanner Grove to win their NorCal opener.

Division II

Cardinal Newman beat Chico 2-1: Senior Issac Phelps scored the game winning run in the ninth inning for the Cardinals’ 13th straight win. Junior Jack Pezzolo got the no-decision despite giving up a run over eight innings with nine strikeouts. Chico senior Malachi Bosschart drove in the Panthers’ only run in the fourth inning.

Elk Grove beat Kingsburg 5-0: Junior Colton Lincoln and sophomore Tristen Bartlett combined for an eight hit shutout. Senior Evan Gentil went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Kingsburg senior Holden Hirschkorn went 3-for-4 in the loss.

Redwood beat Carmel 2-1: Redwood senior Chas Veley had a complete game, three-hitter with six strikeouts. He outdueled Carmel sophomore Matt Maxon, who gave up six hits and two runs over six innings.

St. Ignatius beat San Marin 6-3: The Wildcats scored all six of their runs in the first three innings with sophomore Archer Horn posting two RBI and senior Patrick Ruane had two runs scored. San Marin senior Anthony Scheppler had a home run in the loss.

Upsets were the norm rather than the exception today in the Nor Cal D1 Softball Regionals as several higher-seeded teams fell:
Biggest Upset:
#8 Amador Valley 4, #1 St. Francis 1.
#7 Whitney-Rocklin 2, #2 Mitty 0.
#6 Oak Ridge 4, Hollister 2.

The only game that went as predicted was
#4 Clovis North 1, #5 Casa Grande-Petaluma 0.

So Thursday it will be:

Whitney at Oak Ridge in a rematch of Sierra Foothill League rivals that faced off last week for the SJS D1 Championshio

And

Amador Valley (NCS D1 Champs) at Clovis North (Central Section D1 Champs)

It seems that Sac State will be bidding farewell to its current basketball gym at the end of this year. According to the Sacramento Bee, the school has plans to construct a new arena/facility. This is welcome news as the existing gym has a junior high appeal. The construction of a new facility is long overdue and definitely a step in the right direction.

Ole Miss offered 2026 Archbishop Riordan players:
OL - Tommy Tofi
WR - Cynai Thomas
WR/DB - Judge Nash
QB - Mike Mitchell Jr.

Cole Epperson from Jesuit HS signed with Chico State. Stretch wing at 6"8 who can shoot the 3 well. He fell off late senior year after having some D1 interest from schools like UCD. I'm not as high on him as I am Taylor from Granada who signed earlier. NCP had Epperson way too high in rankings.

I gathered these from different sources, so they may not be completely accurate. I couldn't find Riordan's first game. Salinas on Aug. 23 is a scrimmage.

I updated and wrote down the schedules individually, so they're more accurate now.

A little national news as 25 #1 recruit announced he will attending Utah prep for his senior year after playing his junior year at PP.