The kid from oak ridge gets the call. Lots of Covid 19 guys out. Common cold has nfl a feeble league.
Can’t recall if anybody else has ever started an NFL game from sfl at QB? Fasani? Last guy I recall from sac area is Seneca Wallace from Cordova

ALL GAMES PLAYED AT CORDOVA HIGH SCHOOL

(Day 1)

MAIN GYM
3:30 PM - Grant vs Johnson
5:00 PM - Bradshaw Christian vs West Campus
6:30 PM - Chavez vs McClatchy
8:00 PM - San Juan vs Cordova
AUX GYM
3:30 PM - Rosemont vs Will C Wood
5:00 PM - Inderkum vs El Capitan
6:30 PM - Burbank vs Galt
8:00 PM - Oakland Tech vs Kennedy (Sac)

For the first time in California State Bowl Game history De La Salle does not have a dog in the race. The team selected to represent the North in the open, Serra of San Mateo, is (SLOWLY) being walked out to the woodshed on Statewide Television as we speak.

Make no mistake about it, Mater Dei is the best High School team money can buy at that’s at the National Level. That said, the CIF made a huge mistake keeping De La Salle out of the open.

Many point to De La Salle’s vaunted veer offense as prehistoric and a thing of the past. But for all the simplicity in their scheme the reality is that it is a scheme that rarely beats itself.

I’m not saying De La Salle beats this Mater Dei team. But hell, this one is nearing a safety hazard at this point.

Pretty solid schedule for the Ugly Eagles

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How long they'll stay this way is another question ...

45th Annual Cordova High Christmas tournament.

Semi final game
Inderkum 10-1 vs Oakland Tech 10-3
This game was extremely physical and played a blaring speed. Inderkum comes out swinging by starting the game in a full court trap flying all over the floor jumping out to a 8-0 lead. They controlled the entire first quarter 25-17 Inderkum.
Oakland Tech decided to pick up full court themselves and started to match the speed and intensity of the game being lead by guard #1 Ahmaree-Muhammad. By continuing to Attack the basket and getting to the free throw line, Tech was able to cut the lead to 4 with 6:00 minutes left in the 2nd quarter. However missed free throws hurt them from taking the lead.

Inderkum stayed with the game plan lead by Derrick Claxton and Teand-Indalecio ending the half with the lead 47-36

Inderkum started the 3rd quarter in another gear coming out with a monster dunk by Claxton and even more pressure which was the story for the rest of the game. The size of Inderkum and lack of rebounding for tech started to become an issue. It was multiple technical foul calls and bodies flying everywhere as Inderkum begin to pull away ending the 3rd up 20.

Tech fought the entire way and wouldn’t lay down. Ahmaree continued to attack ending the game with 23 points, helped by Mahlik Smith who chipped in 12. But Inderkum was just to much for them tonight. The size, speed, and conditioning of this team will be a problem for most squads. Teand ended the game with 19 points off the bench and Claxton with 25. I could watch these to play over and over. The effort, teamwork, and coaching on both sides was top notch. Great high school game.
Final 93-69 inderkum
Tonight championship rematch with Inderkum vs Grant @8pm
Cordova High School.

Coaches Corner bright spot was
Teand Indalecio off the bench with 19points.

Varsity Division Results - Wednesday, December 29

Santa Clara defeated Napa
Lick-Wilmerding over Castro Valley, 52-43
Mills over Menlo-Atherton, 42-33
Newark Memorial over Sequoia, 39-37

JV Division Results - Wednesday, December 29

Irvington over Napa
Newark Memorial defeated Castro Valley 50-42 (OT)


Schedule for Thursday, December 30 (Day 3 - Final Day)

JV Division
10:30 am Irvington vs. Castro Valley (Third Place)
12:00 Noon Menlo-Atherton vs. Newark Memorial (JV Championship Game)

Varsity Division
2:00 pm Napa vs. Mills (7th Place Game)
3:45 pm. Santa Clara vs. Menlo-Atherton (Consolation)
5:30 pm. Castro Valley vs. Sequoia (3rd Place Game)
7:15 pm. Lick-Wilmerding vs. Newark Memorial (Championship Game)

Just watched Torrey Pines blast Coronado (the San Diego one, not the Nevada one) by about 40…

Now it’s time for the Campolino Cougars to take on Mira Costa…. Long wait due to a running-clock quickie before.

Anyone at this game. Folsom (9-0) vs Heritage (7-0)? Not on NFHS and no scorekeepers on Maxpreps.

Just like the WCJ, teams have changed in brackets for several tournaments. Top bracket at So. Cal. Holiday Prep Classic has changed, as several So. Cal. teams have backed out and is now:

Monday, 12/27
Long Beach Poly (7-2, #85 CA Maxpreps) vs. Sage Hill of Newport Beach (10-3, #31 CA Maxpreps) at 4:30 pm
Mission Hills of San Marcus (4-3, #86) vs. McClatchy of Sacramento (6-1, #57) at 6:00 pm
El Camino of Oceanside (6-1, #38) vs. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills (8-3, #17) at 7:30 pm
Del Norte of San Diego (9-3, #99) vs. Orangewood Academy of Garden Grove (7-2, #45) at 7:30 pm

Second top bracket
Whitney of Rocklin (9-4, #193 CA Maxpreps) vs. Westview of San Diego (8-1, #76 CA Maxpreps) at 3:00 pm
Lincoln of Stockton (7-2, #55) vs. Maranatha Christian of San Diego (3-3, no ranking listed) at 6:00 pm
Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa (7-4, #141) vs. Serra of Gardena (3-5, #301) at 6:00 pm
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Note: Folsom (11-0, #4 CA Maxpreps) is no longer playing in the Gold Crown Holiday Tipoff in Chula Vista. Their next game scheduled is league play on Friday, January 7 according to Maxpreps website. Also Sierra Canyon and Etiwanda both backed out of the same tournament. Only NorCal team playing:

San Ramon Valley of Danville (6-2, #39) vs. Bishop Montgomery of Torrance (8-2, #15) at 6:00 pm, Monday
CA Maxpreps ranking as of 12/20/2021 - a week old.

Rossi is also Palma's quarterback as a two-sport standout

First Round
Riordan 67 St. Stephen’s -Austin, TX 49

Riordan advances and plays winner of Archbishop Moeller, OH- St. Joseph’s, TXin the semis.
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In the non-league, Central Catholic will take on Merced, St. Francis, St. Mary's, Serra and Windsor before going into a good Valley Oak League

Day 1:

DeSoto beat San Joaquin Memorial 61-56
Salesian beat Centennial-Corona 77-68
Mitty beat Oakland Tech 88-63
Carondelet beat Bishop O'Dowd 61-54

Day 2 Matchups:

DeSoto-Salsian
Mitty-Carondelet
San Joaquin Memorial-Centennial
Oakland Tech-Bishop O'Dowd

Somehow we survived the first day with only a few missed games -- though many adjustments were made.

Thanks especially to the officials, who made it work, and to all the people at all the host sites who dealt with everything from blown electricals to rapidly changing schedules.

Things are a little confusing -- I'm not even sure what I did in the Quartz/Ruby loser's bracket -- and the Diamond and Turquoise are now round-robin brackets. You can find the info by bracket at


To find a bracket for a particular team, you have to go to that team's MaxPreps' schedule, click on Preview and then, somewhat hidden but at least highlighted on the screen, you can click on the bracket. Well, except for the round-robin teams, for which all their games are only on their MaxPreps' schedule.

We abandoned the idea of printing large-scale brackets because we feared changes, and since six teams dropped out yesterday, we were sadly right.

Thanks again to the teams, fans, officials and everyone involved.

Pleasant Valley beat Edison-Stockton 76-74 in OT. Noah Thomas had 27 points for Pleasant Valley. Leon Mills and Mwandishi Adams each had 15 points for Edison.

Cosumnes Oaks beat Bullard 61-48: Elias Weathers had 21 points for Cosumnes Oaks. Damon Carter had 12 points.

Clovis West beat Ripon 69-25: Bronson Burrow had six points for Ripon. Clovis West had 10 different players score.

Vanden beat Manteca 44-39: Takai Emerson-Hardy led all scorers with 19 points. Ryan Inderbitzin had 18 points for Manteca.

Bakersfield Christian beat Weston Ranch 90-82: Khristian Holmes had 27 points to lead Weston Ranch. Elijah Mobley had 18 points and Elliot Mobley had 12 points,

Durango beat Turlock 67-46: In the loss, Jed Ladine had 21 points and Daniel Malagon had 17 points.

Modesto Christian beat Beyer 85-41: BJ Davis had 19 points and Jamari Phillips had 22 points to lead the Crusaders. Beyer was led by 20 points from Gio Primofiore.

Clovis East beat Gregori 79-67: Kobe Nunes had 30 points for Gregori, which also got 15 points from Kyle Monk.

Day 1 Varsity Results - Newark Optimist Club - Newark Memorial Holiday Classic

Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Castro Valley defeated Menlo-Atherton, 50-38
Sequoia defeated Santa Clara, 39-24
Newark Memorial defeated Napa, 63-42

Schedule for Wednesday, December 29
3:30 pm Santa Clara vs. Napa
5:00 pm Castro Valley vs. Lick-Wilmerding
6:30 pm Menlo-Atherton vs. Mills
8:00 pm Sequoia vs. Newark Memorial

Tournament is being held at the Event Center on the campus of Newark Memorial High School, 39375 Cedar Boulevard, Newark,

Campo plays in the first game of the day (unfortunately) against San Ysidro, who is 7-4 and I think went to overtime last night before falling to Coronado.

Or one game. At Cornerstone Christian tomorrow against teams like South Fork, Chowchilla, Hayward and Concord. claykallam@gmail.com

In the best matchup on Day 1 of the Holiday Hoop Classic at Modesto Christian, #31 Pleasant Valley beat Edison-Stockton 76-74. Senior guard Noah Thomas (6-foot-2) had a season high 27 points (7-for-22 from the field) with five rebounds, two assists and five steals. He made four threes and scored 11 points in the fourth quarter as the Vikings overcame a nine point deficit.

Thomas has a quick release on his shot and freed himself up multiple times on Monday with off-ball movement that turned into catch and shoot looks. He had a pair of threes from the left wing and two more from the left corner.

He was most effective as a driver when he could receive the ball on the move going toward the basket. From there, he used his quickness and athleticism to charge into the defense for paint looks or get to the foul line. Thomas finished 9-for-12 from the foul line.

Defensively, Thomas was an active on-ball defender closing off driving lanes aginst some quick Edison guards. He was aggressive going after dribbles and also contested shots well on drive attempts.

Thomas was ranked No. 29 in the 2022 class heading into the season.

Not sure what Buchanan brings back, but that should be a good test for an Escalon squad that has 16 or 17 starters slotted to return

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Gym wifi-is nonexistent and the cellphone recption is pretty weak…. Not sure how well this is gonna work. I already moved way down to the end, closer to an open door in hopes of getting a decent signal…

Anyway, right now I am half-watching a lower-bracket game whilest I await the top-bracket games starting next.