Halftime of the frosh/soph game.

Decent but not fabulous action for the level…. Until 35 seconds left in the half.

Um…. When’s the last time y’all saw a chasedown off-the-backbourd SWAT in a frosh/soph game???

A Salesian guy committed the act, don’t have his name or number. In any case, Logan leads at the half, 26-24.

ANOUNCING THE 67TH ANNUAL GRIDLEY INVITATIONAL

December- 9th-10th and 11th . 2021 Covid guide lines will be followed.

Here is some history of the GIBT.

In 1953 John Valentino, teacher and coach at Gridley High school, put into action his idea of school activity. It would involve many people from differing social, geographical and economical segments of Northern California. He organized and directed the first Gridley Invitational Basketball tournament.

From the onset, the 3- day GIBT has had the reputation as a tournament that extends invitations to top California basketball teams.
Valentino’s plan was an annual event that brought people together --- visiting players living with Gridley families, allowing social barriers to dissolve as people of different races, religions and lifestyles became directly associated with one another on a daily basis. Remember: This was 1953!

This pattern for cooperative behavior continues to work in the absence of Valentino who passed away early in 1984.

From 1953 through 1977 , the GIBT was a post – season tournament. It was a popular alternative to the Tournament of Champions ( TOC ) , which was held each year at the end of the basketball season.

In fact the GIBT was so popular, that some teams that had earned the privilege of participating in the TOC , chose to play in the GIBT instead.

This caused the CIF officials to make the decision to have only one post season tournament to determine the ultimate champion. This change occurred in 1978, the only year there was not a GIBT.

Gridley High School resumed the GIBT as a pre-season tournament in 1979, and it has continued to be one of the most prestigious varsity basketball tournaments for high school boys in Northern California.

Throughout the history of the GIBT , local families have opened their homes each year to house the visiting teams. The friendships that have developed through these arrangements have been many, and long-lasting.

This year’s field is a strong one.

4:00- Dublin vs Sacramento
5: 30- Archbishop Riordan vs Salesian
7:00 - Campolindo - Gridley
8:30 - De La Salle vs Sheldon

You can go to the web site at Gridleyinvitational.org for up dates.

Dublin High School will be airing the games on their school channel.
Also Norcal Sports TV will be streaming.

What else can I say. Good folks, good vibes, great hoops

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Good line up at this years La Jolla Country Day's Sweet 16 Dec 1-4.

2:45pm Mission Hills vs Seton Catholic
4:30pm Millennium vs Cherry Creek
4:30pm Valley Vista vs Crestwood Academy
6:15pm LJCDS vs Santiago
6:15pm Fairmont prep vs Spring Valley
8:00pm Marlborough vs Carlsbad
8:00pm Highlands Ranch vs Christian

Watch Live https://passthaballlive.com/category/live-events/sweet-16/

Here are the games for this week. Picks are due by 7:00 PM on Friday. The Game of the Week to predict total score for is St. Francis-Serra

Paradise at Sutter
Cardinal Newman at Marin Catholic
Del Norte at San Marin
St. Helena at St. Vincent
Clayton Valley Charter at Pittsburg
Folsom vs. Rocklin
Escalon vs. Hilmar
Vanden vs. Merced
St. Francis vs. Serra
Menlo vs. Wilcox

Contest #1

1 Kiddman32
13 FBAddict

11 John Mellencamp
7 EN_FB_Alum

Contest #2

FBAddict
EN_FB_Alum
MC415
Concrete17
RLS13
Kiddman32
NorCalSportsFan
Bella123

Hope Steak One doesn't mind me jumping ahead with this week's scoreboard thread,

Game 1: Dougherty Valley 92, Woodside Priory 59
Player of the game: Ryan Beasley from Dougherty Valley

Game 2: Clayton Valley 72, Lincoln (Stockton) 53
Player of the game: Jeremiah Dargan from Clayton Valley

Game 3: De La Salle 58, Elk Grove 47
Player of the game: Alec Blair from De La Salle

Game 4: Inderkum 80, Bishop O'Dowd 54
Player of the game: Isaiah Chandavong from Inderkum

Game 5: Grant 61, Riordan 50
Player of the game: Jayson Mathews from Grant

Game 6: Oakland Tech 71, Vanden 67
Player of the game: Ahmaree Muhammad from Oakland Tech

Game 7: Modesto Christian 87, San Joaquin Memorial 71
Player of the game: BJ Davis from Modesto Christian

Game 8: Campolindo 50, Dublin 42
Player of the game: Shane O'Reilly from Campolindo

San Francisc beat American River 35-17: The game was 21-10 going into the fourth and 28-17 before CCSF returned a fumble for a score in the final minute. San Francisco Jack Newman threw for 299 yards and two scores (touchdowns to Jeffrey Weimer and Daelin DeGraffenreid). Phillip Huff and Luke Afato combined for five sacks for ARC.

San Mateo beat Fresno City 31-14: San Mateo led 17-0 at the half and got 276 yards and four touchdowns from Luke Bottari. Mason Starling has 14 catches for 154 yards and three touchdowns. For Fresno City, Justin Holaday had two touchdown passes.

Who/what are the anticipated matchups?

Who do you have for Saturday’s NorCal Tip-off Saturday?
Nov 27th NorCal Tipoff @ Dublin High
My picks

• Game 1: 9:30 AM Dougherty Valley (San Ramon) vs Woodside Priory (Portola Valley)
• Game 2: 11:00 AM Lincoln (Stockton) vs Clayton Valley (Concord)
• Game 3: 12:30 PM De La Salle (Concord) vs Elk Grove
• Game 4: 2:00 PM Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland) vs Inderkum (Sacramento)
• Game 5: 3:30 PM Riordan (San Francisco) vs Grant (Sacramento)
• Game 6: 5:15 PM Oakland Tech vs Vanden (Fairfield)
• Game 7: 7:00 PM Modesto Christian vs San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno)
• Game 8: 8:30 PM Dublin vs Campolindo (Moraga)

The mighty Campolindo Cougars head out onto Dublin’s home court to take on the Gaels in what should be a GREAT game!

Think they're sleeping on St. Francis.

Surprised to see Lynbrook still there.

Desoto huge and super aggressive
On defense…if the refs don’t call
Fouls they eat you alive

Dec. 28-30.

Is this the biggest upset to date for the mighty Folsom Bulldogs!? Folsom DOMMINATES Rocklin to win ANOTHER SJS title when NO ONE had them winning.

I said last time- Folsom lost to Rocklin without Tremain. Completely different than tonight. Rocklin looked afraid of the mighty Bulldogs. I haven't seen a team beaten up like I saw Rocklin beaten up tonight. It was truly unbelievable.

Although not even close to Folsom’s best Tier of teams- this Folsom team probably achieved more, short and undeehanded, than any other Folsom team.

Everyone in this forum piled on the Bulldogs for losing to Rocklin once in a decade. The HWY 80 players like @Santa Ball were acting like they'd one the super bowl.

Complete domination tonight. Don't EVER forget who STILL runs the SJS- THE MIGHTY FOLSOM BULLDOGS.

BTW- Serra to the OPEN

Santa Clara, USF, St Mary’s, Zags, BYU are a combined 25-0. Wow.

Division I: Rocklin (12-0) vs. Folsom (9-3)

Rocklin and Folsom play for a second time after both notched last second wins in the semi-finals. Rocklin beat St. Mary’s-Stockton 51-48 on a last play field goal. Folsom scored and converted a two point conversion late in the fourth quarter to beat Jesuit 22-21. The Thunder won 40-7 in the regular season in the first full game without Tyler Tremain for the Bulldogs.

Division II: Central Catholic (11-1) vs. Monterey Trail (8-5)

Monterey Trail has been on a terrific run to make the section finals. Behind a good offensive line, Ali Collier has rushed for at least 100 yards in four straight games with 11 touchdowns. The Raiders have a two-headed running attack of Aiden Taylor and Julian Lopez. They have forced 24 turnovers this year.

Division III: Oakdale (9-2) vs. Manteca (9-3)

Oakdale has rolled during its five game winning streak, including a 28-0 win over Manteca. The Mustangs had four straight shutouts before a 33-7 win over Patterson. Manteca’s Blake Nichelson has had an All-NorCal type season with more than 2,000 yards of offense and seven sacks on defense. He missed the regular season meeting against Oakdale.

Division IV: Vanden (10-2) vs. Merced (9-3)

Vanden quarterback Tre Dimes has thrown for 2,498 yards and 35 touchdowns, including 12 scores to Michael Belk. The Vikings have scored at least 60 points in three of the last four games. Merced gained 572 total yards, according to the Stockton Record, in last week’s 51-50 win over Kimball. Merced’s losses this year came to Central Catholic, Downey and Patterson.

Division V: Escalon (11-1) vs. Hilmar (11-2)

Escalon has given up 12 points per game in its 11 wins, including a 34-10 semi-final win over Ripon. On October 1, Escalon beat Hilmar 24-14. Hilmar has won six in a row since back-to-back losses to Ripon and Escalon. It has held seven opponents to eight points or less.

Division VI: Argonaut (9-3) vs. Rosemont (11-2)

Mateo Flores, Colby Eckhart and Caleb McElfish all have double digit rushing touchdowns for Argonaut, which has their most wins since going 11-1 in 2012. Sophomore Michael Cherry has rushed for 1,496 yards and 17 touchdowns for the Wolverines.

Division VII: Woodland Christian (11-0) vs. Le Grand (7-5)

Woodland Christian quarterback Billy Hinkle has thrown for 1,079 yards and 15 touchdowns to go with a team leading 894 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns. Le Grand’s Louie Aguallo had four rushing touchdowns last week against Mariposa County. The Bulldogs are on a season best three game winning streak.

St Francis Central Coast Catholic High School (Watsonville) versus number one seed Aragon for the D-V title. Aragon with 1,762 students. St Francis with 213. That's right. 213. Co-ed...not all male. A true David and Goliath story as we enter the Holiday Season.

Cal Poly's Annika Shah (Palo Alto) and Sydney Bourland (Mitty) are both in the starting lineup, as is UC Irvine's Olivia Williams (Mitty), while Hunter Hernandez (Mitty) is averaging about 15 minutes a game for Irvine. Nice to see NorCal players finding success in their 1st year.

Any good games tomorrow for NCS teams?

I’ll be attending this game tomorrow night.

Rocklin is the #1 ranked team in the section, but St. Mary’s is seemingly always a top 5 program and always a threat.

These teams have met only once previously back during the 2014 postseason in Stockton and the Rams won convincingly.

Just wondering what everyone’s thoughts are about this matchup and if anyone else is planning on attending?

We just a team drop from the Gold Division of the Damian Lillard Classic. We are looking for a team that can replace them or 4 different teams that can play a game each of the days of the tournament Dec 27th to 30th. Please email me at damianlillardclassic@gmail.com