Both teams played in the West Coast Jamboree.

Just sayin' ...

westcoastjamboree.org

I read that recently, Loyolla was going to drop 5 sports. Can't remember what they were. I can see more colleges doing this since according to Clay, high school students don't car what school they go to as long as they can major in sports.

Personally, i support University of Cal women's basketball by buying 5 season tickets and by making a nice donation. But if the students don't care what school they go to then why support a program that loses money.

I see on Ticketmaster it says sold out. Right.... This isn't the Jason Kidd era. Last year I recall it was blacked out for awhile but any other places to purchase online?

My guesses

Open
Harvard West Lake 55
Salesian 50

HW has stallions and is well coached/disciplined. Salesian is too good and tough not to keep it tight. I think HW a little too strong and talented especially offensively.

D1
San Ramon Valley 75
SJB 73

I'm all in on SRV this year. On paper they lose this game but I think if there is going to be an upset the Wolves are going to deliver. This will be higher scoring and I think another title comes back to the east bay.

D2
Oakland Tech 67
Central 60

O Tech has been playing great and went thru some really tough comp in beating Oakland, Del Oro and Jesuit.
Title goes back to W. Oak.

I don't know much about D3 and below.
Good luck!

The No. 1 player in the new Rivals150 for the 2026 class (St. John Bosco's Brandon McCoy Jr.) will lead his squad into the D1 title game against San Ramon Valley on Friday night

8/30 vs Inderkum
9/6 vs St. Mary's (Stockton)
9/13 @ Manteca
9/20 @ Tamalpais
9/28 @ Edison (Stockton)
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10/11 @ San Marin
10/19 vs Vintage
10/25 @ Rancho Cotate
11/2 vs Cardinal Newman
11/8 @ Windsor

That's a pretty good schedule.

You know every once in a while my Dungeons and Dragons kicks in.

So if this Riordan team has moved in the subject of the 1990 team, then can ask Coach why the 2002 State Title team and the 2001 State Title runner up team is in the Riordan Hall of Fame.

I mean one would think that means this team is going in as well.

By the way is the 1990 team or the 1984(Riordans best team) in the HOF. I don’t know the answer to that, just curious.

Oh and SHC has a few teams in the hall of fame. 2007 and 2008 national champion girls. And just so you know the boys are 1-3 in state title games, girls 5-4.

#harrigangotd1players
#girlscametoellis

Here are the games for Saturday

Open:

Folsom at Mitty (Mitty)
St. Mary's at Clovis West (St. Mary's)

Division I

McClatchy at Carondelet (Carondelet)
Oak Ridge at Bishop O'Dowd (Bishop O'Dowd)

Division II

Carrillo at Colfax (Colfax)
Oakland Tech at Pleasant Valley (Oakland Tech)

Division III

Cornerstone Christian at University (Cornerstone Christian)
Caruthers at Central (Caruthers)

Division IV

Foothill at St. Bernard's (St. Bernard's)
Notre Dame at Arcata (Arcata)

Division V

Oakland at Woodland Christian (Oakland)
Crystal Springs Upland at Trinity (Crystal Springs Upland)

I'll take my shot:

OPEN: Mitty
D1: Clet
D2: PV
D3: University
D4: Arcata
D5: Crystal Springs
D6: Fall River

I was thinking last night about the fact that what are the fans missing when we have the current division setup. And as one poster stated, division 3 today is not even close to D1 or Open, that is a true statement.

However what is now missing being we have the current system. Well let’s see.

Winning D3 since the open division was created: St Augustine, Chaminde, Damien, Manteca, Mission, La Jolla Country Day, Pleasant Valley and Oakland

On the losers end we have Buena, Venice, University, Notre Dame, Villa Park, Ayala, Campolindo, Drake and SHC

And this Saturday we have the 63rd vs 43rd ranked teams in the state per max preps.

Well to me this is not only an injustice to fans, but more importantly the players and their fan bases.

In 1996 and 1997 Harvard Westlake had the Collin’s kids, Jaron and Jason.

1998: Luke Walton
1999: Deshaun Stevenson beat Drew Gooden
2000&2001: Erik Craven(Played 10 years overseas) and a damn good player who played in the NFL
2002: Aaron Affalo and Gabe Pruitt, damn good players in 10th grade. And John Tofi had to deal with Darius Sanders Oregon defensive end.
2004: Aaron Affalo
2006 and 2007: James Harden
2008: Klay Thompson dropped between 34 and 38 draining 7 3’s against Josiah Turner and Chase Tapley. He single handedly blew Sac High out. By the way anyone know who Sac High beat.

And think about all the other divisions that have NBA alum and current players.

To me it is very unfortunate that one team and their fan base goes home last night. Outside of the open, the rest of the state title games don’t mean a whole lot, when the 2nd best team in NorCal and top 10 team state wise is sitting at home while 63 and 43 face off.

In Division 4 you have a 20-13 team playing the 19th ranked D3 school. How odd is this? Riordan is 1 of the division 3 schools.

So will we ever see many future pros and highly recruited D1 commits ever again playing for state titles in other divisions, or will most be sitting at home.

You have 9 total top 100, top 60 and top 25, Seniors, Juniors, and Sophs sitting at home.

Harvard and Bosco has some good talent playing. And Arenas son who has been lighting it up is playing in the D4 game.

Seems like with most good teams that win their section they get penalized for winning it and get a lower seed in a higher division while teams that lose their section get a favorable chance to win state?

Look at Santa Cruz… they were highly ranked all year weirdly lose their sectional championship to a much worse team then get rewarded with an easy run to a state title. Meanwhile the lower ranked squad they lost to got moved up a division and was the 15th seed.

In the grand scheme of things, no one cares about a section title when you have a shot at winning state. Not saying Santa Cruz lost the game on purpose but shouldn’t more teams look to do this? Seems like a pretty sweet deal.

Mitty leads Clovis West 60-25 end Q3

We are underway. Salesian got the first bucket against Riordan

We oughta have one here.

My wild swings:

Open: Salesian (Should be an incredible game... Will Zion be 100% by now after that hip flexor tweak last week?)
D1: SRV (trying for 3 of 4 vs league foe)
D2: Oakland Tech (can they beat 'em 4 times in a row?)
D3: Santa Cruz (Anyone's guess, both 2-0 v common opponents with similar scores)
D4: Monterey (just a hunch, but state rating is better for Monterey)
D5: San Domenico (Athenian beat SD in December, SD has tougher overall slate)
D6: Cornerstone Christian (total guess on my part, tho the Stone did win both their meetings)

So... If my predictions hold up, TWO CCS publics' boys go to Golden 1! When's the last time THAT happened??

This loss is squarely on the tech coach. Up 8 with less than 2 minutes left, you have the ball and take a quick shot. Paving the way for lucky shots and stupid fouls. They deserved to lose.

Coaches,

I have a few openings for our JV Tournament called the Island Classic. The dates will be December 26-28 with a standard 3 game guarantee. All games to be played in the main gym at Alameda High School.

There will be team awards as well as an all tournament team.

If you want to grab a spot in the Island Classic, please contact Shawn Hipol at:

coachshawnhipol@gmail.com


Thanks,

Coach Hip
(510) 610-4400 (cell)

Game 1: Granada wins by 2 at home (60-58)
Game 2: SRV blows out Granada at Granada shooting over 60% from 3 (80-56)
Game 3: SRV beats Granada by 9 at home, no Navaughn Long for Granada (77-68)

Predictions?

Keys to the game?

Mcclymonds High School is seeking home games for the 2024/2025 Football seasons. Our dates are 9/6 (Week 1),, 9/27 (Week 4) and 10/4 (Week 5). If interested please reach out at Jamal.Fletcher@ousd.net Or Cell (510) 860-6176. Open for discussions.

2024 So Cal Senior Showcase

The 14th annual So Cal Senior Showcase will be held Sunday March 24 at Santiago Canyon College in the city of Orange. It is open to teams and individuals from high school and AAU programs and Prep schools and Junior Colleges who are unsigned in the class of 2024 (only).

The event is designed to provide all players an exposure opportunity to demonstrate their talents/skills in highly competitive games for the college coaches, scouts, and media expected to attend. A report on the event will be done by the Hoop Review scouting service that will be sent to college coaches and various internet sites. All games will be live streamed by Baller TV.

Cost is $260.00 per team or $110 for individuals. Everyone plays two games. For more information email: gerryfreitas@hotmail.com.

South D1 Trinity League
mater dei vs Bosco
North D1 Final East Bay
Granada vs San Ramon Valley
North D2 OAL
Oakland vs Oakland Tech

RECORDS
MC 9 app 14-8 1 title
Sheldon. 7 app. 11-4 2 title + co ship
Mitty. 7 app 5-6 1 title
DLS. 6 app. . 6-5. 1 title
Salesian. 6 app. 1-5. 0 title
Odowd. 5 app. 8-2 2 title +co ship

Sheldon and O’dowd co shop in 2020 covid

I know a few threads are going, but will try to add a few other scores here