University gets no respect! From playing for a state championship last year to off the Norcal top 20 list as the next year begins.

Since this is the only given that we got going right now. Who wins this and why?

I was at tonight's first round of the VonToure Classic, the first night of my weekend tour of three holiday tournaments.

Game 1 was Fairfield v. Clayton Valley Charter, won in double OT by CV. Not the prettiest game to watch, as a matter of fact rather ugly. Exciting, though... My guess is CV has some help coming when their football players finish up. Fairfield is pretty athletic, and will get some wins eventually... For now they are 0-5, but four of those losses were by 3 or fewer.

Game 2 was Serra of San Mateo v. James Logan. Serra established their will pretty early and won by about 20. Their sophomore big-man has ability, but he's got a long way to go. He is HUGE, though...

Game 3 was DLS v. Deer Valley. The Spartans toyed with their overmatched opponent, probably using only a very small chunk of the plays and strategies in the new system being put in place by their new coach. They won by 25 while emptying their entire bench in much of the last 10 minutes. It'll be interesting to see what they've got when challenged. I was talking to a guy that played a little college hoop and is a friend of one of the new DLS assistant coaches, and this guy said that DLS was going to run a lot more tempo.

Game 4 was Jesuit of Dallas v. St. Patrick's St. Vincent's. This one was an exciting and well-played game, close through three quarters before Jesuit pulled away late to win by about 10. I have an idea St Pat's/Vince could make a bit of noise later on in Div. 4 NCS.

The semi's will be DLS v. CV Charter and Serra v. Jesuit-Dallas.

My predictions: DLS by over 20 and Serra by 10. DLS should win the final comfortably.

For me, it's on to Gridley tomorrow before I go to Carmichael for the Jesuit tourney on Saturday.

Watching SF-OG game tied at 0-0 late in 2nd & just saw this score

Friday

(All games 7:30 p.m.)

Division 1-AA

Bellarmine (12-1) at Folsom (14-0): Bellarmine’s wing-T power running game faces off against Folsom’s high-octane spread attack. Bellarmine is led by QB Troy Martig and All-WCAL backs Kyle Macauley and Antonio Garcia. Folsom (436 yards per game) is powered by QB Jake Jeffrey (3,755 yards, 48 TDs), RB Tre Green (16 TDs) and 6-foot-5, 295-pound lineman Jonah Williams, an Alabama-commit. Winner plays winner of South Region game between Helix (11-1) and Mission Viejo (14-0) in state final.

Division 3-AA

Milpitas (10-3) at Campolindo-Moraga (13-1): Milpitas, making its first post-section appearance, is led by Cros Chavez(1,151 yards, 10.7 yards per carry, 18 TDs) and sophomore Tariq Bracy (1,093 yards rushing/receiving, 15 TDs). Defending D3 state champ Campo features junior QB Jacob Westphal (2,409 yards, 29 TDs), WR/DB Max Flower (49 catches, 850 yards, 14 TDs) and Yale-bound lineman Sterling Strother (6-5, 255). Winner plays Oceanside (9-4) or La Mirada (11-3).

Saturday

Division 1-A

Clayton Valley Charter (12-1) at Oak Grove-San Jose (11-2): Injury-plagued Clayton Valley has won 12 straight after beating Concord 23-22 in NCS final; Oak Grove (11 straight wins) is peaking following three consecutive wins over WCAL foes. Injuries forced Ray Jackson (2,127 yards, 20 TDs) to be CVC’s QB. Oak Grove is led by Rashaan Fontenette (2,468 yards, 36 total TDs), “the best athlete we’ve seen all year,” said CVC coach Tim Murphy. Winner plays Narbonne-Harbor City (12-2) or Ridgeview-Bakersfield (13-0).

Division 2-A

St. Francis-Mountain View (11-2) vs. Pleasant Valley-Chico (12-0) at Harrison Stadium-Oroville: The hosts, the alma mater of Aaron Rodgers, have a balanced offense (165 yards passing per game, 181 running) and a strong defense. RBJordan Cooley has rushed for 1,049 yards. St. Francis is led by RB tandem of Cyrus Habibi-Likio and Lutoviko Ahoia, who have combined for 2,249 rushing yards, 24 TDs. Winner plays Calabasas (13-1) or Citrus Hill-Perris (12-2).

Division 3-A

McClymonds-Oakland (12-0) vs. Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton (10-3) at Independence High-San Jose: First meeting between the two. McClymonds hasn’t lost since 2013 regional final at Central Catholic 17-14, a span of 24 games. The Warriors are led by a rugged defense, active secondary and junior RB Jerrell Alberty, the OAL Player of the Year. SHP is led by third-year starting QB Mason Randall (2,434 yards, 23 TDs) and rushers Lapitu Mahoni (1,555 rushing yards, 26 TDs) and Isoa Moimoi (885, 14). Winner plays Rancho Bernardo-San Diego (11-2) or Oak Hills-Hesperia (9-5).

how St. Francis and Milpitas lose in the playoffs but are allowed to continue? If that's the new normal, shouldn't the NCS D1 team that loses to DLS in the NCS finals be allowed to move on and continue to play? That's the one team year in and year out that has 0% chance of going to State. Obviously, I'm an EBAL Homer but I can't think of a bigger underdog every single year than NCS D1 teams not named DLS.

Tyler Goeddel was taken in the Rule 5 Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. The former St. Francis star has transitioned from third base to the outfield

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...er-Goeddel-Daniel-Stumpf-in-Rule-5-Draft.html

Serra WR Hunter Bishop is going to Washington as a preferred walk-on.

Figured he would choose Baseball.

Acalanes stayed undefeated on Thursday. Brooke Panfili had 27 points for the Dons.

Here are the match-ups for Saturday:

9:00am James Logan vs. Amador Valley(Home)
10:30am Deer Valley vs. Santa Rosa (Home)
12:00pm South San Francisco vs. Clayton Valley (Home)
1:30pm Oak Ridge vs. Berkeley (Home)

Thanks to South San Francisco for stepping in and helping out! I hope to see you there!

Augie Valdez
Amador Valley High School

Does anyone know if the DO vs Liberty game is being broadcast and/or streamed? I have not seen an event scheduled on NFHS yet?

After leading 39-34 over Campolindo at half , they are outscored 43-7 in second half. Can someone explain. Final Campo 77 EC 46

I was among the skeptics as to how good Folsom could/would be after the exodus of talent from last years team. For those not paying a lot of attention, it could appear to be "business as usual" with this years success. Looking at 16-0 in '14 and 14-0 in '15 the natural assumption is that there was some carry over in talent. That's not really the case. The 2015 Bulldogs had some huge shoes to fill, along with high expectations. They've met the challenge head on, committed to the work and refused to be less.

Hats off to the players and coaches for their success to date. As someone mentioned earlier in the season, this season feels like Folsom is playing with "house money" as expectations for the group of newbies were generally slanted towards a "rebuilding" year.

http://www.folsomtelegraph.com/arti...zing-feat-group-bulldogs#.Vmh5tVlIETQ.twitter

Almost losing to a school no one has heard of. They can't shoot the ball in a ocean.

58-67

El Cerrito was down by about 20 at half, Sheldon took advantage of all the turnovers el cerrito had.

Second half it was tied at 55 down the stretch, EC took better care of the ball but turnovers late lead to sheldon buckets.

Turning the ball over, you didn't even get a shot at shot.

Isaiah Brooks lead sheldon with 23

Sayeed Pridgett lead EC with 20

Ages 9u-14u Boys & Girls

When:Saturday December 19th 4pm for Boys, 5:30 for Girls

Sunday December 20th 10am-9u, 10:45am-10u

11:30am-11u, 12:15pm-12u

1pm-13u, 1:45pm-14u

All Girls—2:30pm

Where: Don Fisher Boys & Girls Club

380 Fulton Street

San Francisco CA. 94102

Note: All players must fill out a registration form

On line @ www.sfrebels.org

For more info contact Nate Ford 415 445-5487 nford@kidsclub.org or Donald Dudley(Girls) 415221-6100 dwoo23@yahoo.com

The Rebels are traveling to the following stops this year: Battle in the Bayou, New Orleans, Lebron James Classic Akron Ohio, Adidas Presidents Day Event Portland Oregon, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/o...ight-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

Interesting NY Times Op-Ed piece by Dr. Bennet Omalu, the neuropathologist that discovered CTE in pro football players and is now the head medical examiner in San Joaquin County and teaches at UC Davis. His work is the basis of the movie Concussion staring Will Smith that is being released in theaters this month. His recommendation would essentially lead to the elimination of tackle high school football.

While there has been a lot of discussion and management of concussions, Dr. Omalu's research points more toward continued head contact (whether there are concussions or not) as the root cause of impacting brain function. In some ways too much focus on concussions seems to miss the main point that the real damage is caused by repetitive head contact.

His research has focused on the impact on NFL players and has been fairly conclusive. While he cites research on high impact sports on children, I don't think there has been research that is specifically focused on the impact of college, high school or youth football and the impact on developing CTE or other brain impairment and if this risk is meaningfully impacted if there is limited contact in practice.

I have seen some suggest that you see much less CTE in receivers and QB's (who get concussions but don't have as much routine head contact) than in defensive players and lineman. Likewise, many other sports have concussions but where they don't include continued head contact don't seem to have CTE or other long-term brain impacts. Definitely creates food for thought as we celebrate the play-off season and how continued science research may impact youth football, high school football, and football in general.

Hello Northern California!

We are about to begin the 55th Annual Amador Valley ABC Girls Tournament at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton. We have a great line up of teams and would love to see you at this event.

Tuesday, December 8th
3:30 James Logan vs. Clayton Valley
5:00 Oak Ridge vs. Deer Valley
6:30 Berkeley vs. Santa Rosa
8:00 Castlemont vs. Amador Valley

Girls tourney will be held on December 8th, 10th, and the morning of December 12th. Thanks and hope to see you at the games!

Augie Valdez
Amador Valley High School

Contra Costa College
10:00
Vallejo vs Capuchino
11:30
Kennedy vs Galileo
1:00
Pittsburg vs American
2:30
Florin vs McClymonds
4:00
Bethel vs Encinal
5:30
Washington(frmt) vs Silver creek
7:00
Oakland Tech vs Mission San jose

John F Kennedy high Richmond

11:00
Making Waves vs Gateway
12:30
Richmond vs EPA Phoenix academy
2:00
De Anza vs Burton
3:30
San Rafael vs Vintage
5:00
Hayward vs Mt Pleasent

2016 Davis-Modesto WR Talolo Limu-Jones has picked up offers from Eastern Washington, Sacramento State and Weber State.

Has anyone heard anything about this? Burger King sponsored this last year and it was pretty cool. It paired a couple of State Champions in a post season game, among the pairings was #1 Booker T. Washington (Miami, FL.) and Bingham (South Jordan, UT.)

However, I've heard nothing about it this year. I was hoping to get a California School out there this year. Any word?

Clovis West vs Heritage game at Heritage starts at 6:30.

Pro Skills Basketball is a top ranked boys team in Northern California looking to make the jump to becoming a national level travel team, but need a couple more top 5th grade players. We focus on fundamentals and team basketball. Development of the complete player is our goal and playing at top comp. If your son is interested let us know. Allen McCoy 916-757-3767 amccoy@eduhsd.net

Can anyone post the Liberty Tournament Schedule and who might be there?

Thank you.