BullDawgs Basketball Club​

• 1st & 2nd Place Team Trophies
• 1st & 2nd Team Awards
• $300.00 3 Game Guarantee
• Quality Sites w/ On-site Administrators
• Certified High School/College Officials
• Snack Bars
• Posted Schedules in every gym

Boys Divisions : 3rd Grade thru Var Boys
Girls Divisions : 4th Grade thru Var Girls

Location: UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz High and surrounding High Schools
“Come Run with Me” And enjoy the BEACH!


For Information contact: Alfonso Joo Cell 650-267-3678
Register by email at alfonsojoo@yahoo.com
Info on www.Dawgsclub.com

Coaches,

Foothill College in Los Altos will be hosting its 20th annual Summer League this summer. There will be Varsity, and JV divisions.

When: June 29th - July 29th Every Monday and Wednesday evenings

Times: Between 5p - 9p. Games run on the hour. 20 min halves.

Cost: $400 - 8 game Guarantee

Deadline to enter: June 12th, 2015

* Top quality high school referees. Not a parent volunteer, current college player, or assistant coaches. Real Refs!

If interested and for more information, please contact Coach Jody Craig at craigjody@fhda.edu

Thanks

After a racist rant caught on video after a game against St Marys this week went viral. Northridge rescinded the scholarship. Lesson learned for young people that you better keep your emotions in check. Poof there goes 100,000 out the door.

Mariya Moore (Louisville/Salesian) was named to the U19 World Championship Team.

Courtney Range (California/St. Mary's/Manteca) made the USA team for the World University Games.

Congrats to both players.

Today's DVAL playoff game will be broadcasted live starting at 4pm today with multiple camera angles. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/national-prep-stars

Lowell head coach John Donohue, who is retiring after 33 years at Lowell. said this about his staff ace Craig Cohen, who is signed to Cal Poly and has only thrown eight innings this year - http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Lowell-baseball-coach-John-Donohue-is-finishing-6232080.php

“We want to give Cal Poly one of the best pitchers we’ve ever had at 100 percent.”

Midnight Invitational IV. June 6, 7 2015. Event sanction: 5KPABW5851

Girls 4th - High School. Level I, Level II and Elite brackets where applicable.

Price $300 per team. 3 games guarantee.

Location: Palo Alto Gyms.

Registration will close when sold out. Limited to 80 teams this year due to gym availability, so we will sell out.

Already committed teams include: CaBallaz, CalStars, SJ Cagers, EastBay Nets, Hayward Swoosh, Modesto Magic, Top Flight, GBA Select and more.

Registration NOT confirmed unless paid.

On-line registration

On-line payment

Questions welcome:

Ryo [at] pamidnight [dot] org
650.503.HOOP (4667)

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Your kid is good, right? Really good? You don't want to brag, but he can do some things on the field that other kids his age won't even try. You played a little ball yourself, and you know the difference.

Make no mistake: There's someone out there for you. He's putting together a team, and he's got a pipeline to the best tournaments. He knows people. He'll have tryouts and he'll tell you what you want to hear. It's expensive, sure, but who can put a price on your kid's future? If he's got a chance to be the best, he needs to play with and against the best, right?

Baseball America is starting to come out with its pre-draft rankings and there are a handful of players with NorCal connection - http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-preview/

#39 Justin Hooper LHP De La Salle
#113 Gio Brusa OF Pacific (St. Mary's-Stockton)
#126 Joe DeMers RHP College Park
#133 Kevin Kramer SS/3B UCLA (Turlock)
#146 Willie Calhoun OF Yavapai JC (Benicia)
#180 Nick Madrigal INF Elk Grove
#192 Drew Jackson SS Stanford (Miramonte)

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The four teams make up the championship series this year:

Delta
Orange Coast
Fresno City
Palomar

Under the radar with the Marlins firing of manager Mike Redmond this morning was the dismissal of bench coach Rob Leary. Rob was an early 80's Serra grad who went from CSM to LSU to pro ball. Baseball lifer. Great guy and a really good catcher. Sort of epitomizes the tough Serra player of that era. Hopefully he latches on somewhere. Played Legion Ball for retiring Logan coach John Goulding along with a skinny kid named Bonds. That was my 1st taste of ball in NorCal as a 22 year old rookie coach. Not sure anything has topped those days to be honest. Great memories

I just saw in the 2017 offers that Stellar Preps Addison Gumbs has an offer from Cal. What is going on with their three, 3 star players from last year? QB Burston, ATH Adams, DB C. Gumbs never signed anywhere? I've heard mixed rumors such as the NCAA clearing house not accepting SP transcripts. Does anybody know the real story? The 3 players were all in the rivals state top 100, the only team in Cali. Do we know their football destinations for next year?

El Cerrito 2017 offensive tackle Aaron Banks has added Cal to his offer list. Oregon State was his first offer.

We had a great turn-out of 72 teams at the 8th Annual City Championship Tourney this wknd. A lot of great teams and games!

Congratulations to Greenline who defended their championship from last year and won the 40-team Elite Division. They beat a great Lakeshow Elite team in the Finals after knocking off Lakeshow Black in the Semis. E-Time was the other semi-finalist.

Congratulations to Sonoma County Cagers 17s who won the 16-team Varsity Division knocking off the Bay Area Warriors (Facter) in the Finals.

Congratulations to the Oakland Rebels 15s who won the 16-team JV Division knocking off Husky Hoops in the Finals.

Thanks to all the teams that participated! We look forward to doing it again next year!

De La Salle-Trinity will be played on August 29 at Vernon Newsom Stadium in Mansfield, Texas according to Mitch Stephens.

Cal has secured the commitment of Redwood offensive tackle Jake Curhan. He is ranked as a 3-star prospect.

Division I North:

It is an all-SFL winners bracket with Oak Ridge and Granite Bay. Elk Grove and Vintage play in a loser go home game to start the week.

Division I North:

Semi-finals on Monday with St. Mary's-Tracy and Beyer-Pitman

Division II:

Roseville won Game 1 over Oakmont and Vanden beat Benicia in Game 1. They play Tuesday and Monday respectively.

Division III:

We could get an all-Yuba City final. River Valley beat Rio Americano and Yuba City beat Sierra in Game 1s.

Division IV:

Top seed El Dorado was upset by Los Banos. Los Banos beat Placer in Game 1 and Lincoln beat Ceres in Game 1.

Fresno State has picked up a commitment from 2016 Ponderosa/WCP Golden City wing Saraya Smith.

Donovan Blythe is looking for women assistant coaches to help im both in the summer as well as at Eastside Prep with the girls varsity. Because the current staff is him and his assistant, Kevin (me), he is interested in bringing a woman coach or two into the program.

If interested or have recommendations please email Donovan at donovan@blythesbasketball.com

Elk Grove beat Vacaville 3-2. Junior Dylan Carlson had the game winning hit.

Granite Bay beat Jesuit 5-4. Surprising result, but there was some questions about Jesuit earlier on these boards. Nick Frank threw for GB. Tanner Dodson for Jesuit.

There was quite a debate on this board as to the #1 player in Nor Cal back in 2011. I can't recall if Boyd finished #1 or #2 but I think with her having the career she had at Cal and her being the 9th draft pick in the WNBA Draft today should definitely make her the best player in Nor Cal in the 2011 class.

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/sports/2015-05-12/priming-for-the-playoffs/1776425143194.html

The thing I like best about the Peninsula Athletic League Baseball Tournament is we find out which team is the best in the PAL, but also the fact I am so familiar with all the teams.

Unlike the Central Coast Section tournament, where you may know little more than an opponent’s record and recent past history, there is a familiarity with the PAL tournament. The fact I’ve been following these teams all year gives me, I think, a lot more insight into a PAL tournament game, where I know both teams, versus a CCS game where I know very little of one of the squads.

So with the start of the second-annual tournament getting underway today, I figured now would be the perfect time to break down the matchups.

Is three-time defending Bay Division champ Carlmont ready to take the throne? Is Hillsdale for real? Can Lake Division king Mills really compete with teams from the Bay Division? All those questions will finally be answered.

All eight Bay Division teams made the tournament, with the top four — Carlmont (10-4), Terra Nova (9-5), Burlingame (8-6) and Sacred Heart Prep (8-6) — all getting first round byes. The remaining four, Menlo-Atherton (8-6), Sequoia (7-7), Capuchino (4-10) and Menlo School (2-12), are all hosting first-round games.

Led by regular-season champion Hillsdale (14-0), the Ocean Division sends three teams to the playoffs, with Aragon (9-5) and Woodside (8-6) earning the other two spots.

Rounding out the tournament is Lake champion Mills (14-0).

First-round games beginning at 4 p.m. Tuesday are as follows: Mills at M-A, Woodside at Sequoia, Aragon at Capuchino and Hillsdale at Menlo School. Play is scheduled daily until a champion is crowned at Half Moon Bay Friday afternoon.

While it’s difficult to go through every single playoff scenario, I’ll highlight a few first-round games and potential matchups. There should be plenty of intrigue the rest of the week to keep everyone interested.

How can you not like the potential of a Redwood City showdown between Woodside and Sequoia? Not only are bragging rights on the line, but this may be the Wildcats’ only shot at a postseason title as several reports have them missing the Central Coast Section tournament. This could be their one shot at glory and what better way to end the season than with a PAL crown?

Mills also gets a real test right out of the box with a tough matchup against M-A. The Bears have one of the section’s best pitchers in Matt McGarry but, even if manager Mike Amoroso decides to hold him back for a possible second-round game, he’ll have plenty of solid options from which to choose.

The Vikings’ best chance might be to have their starter shut down M-A and hope to scratch out a run or two. Jordan Ganim and Daniel Walsh have been a dominant 1-2 punch on the mound this season and either conceivably could go out there and have a special day.

While Mills went just 1-11 against teams from the Ocean Division (1-6), Bay (0-4) and West Catholic Athletic League (0-1), the Vikings may be the most battle-tested team in the league. They punched way above their weight class during non-league play, built up a head of steam in Lake Division play and are pointing at their first win against a Bay Division opponent this season.

If nothing else, it will be a good dress rehearsal for what the Vikings will encounter in CCS.

If Hillsdale goes on to win the title, it will have definitely earned it. The Knights open on the road at Menlo School, the defending PAL tournament champs. If Hillsdale gets past that challenge, the Knights will get the tournament’s overall top seed in Carlmont. The Scots have won outright two of the last three Bay Division titles, settling for a co-championship last season.

Carlmont was bounced by Capuchino in the first round of last year’s inaugural tournament.

Regardless if it’s a Cinderella story that goes on to win the PAL crown or a heavy favorite, the fact that it’s decided on the field is the best part of the tournament. CCS may carry more cache, but I think it’s a lot of fun to determine who the best is in the PAL. With 18 teams, the PAL is bigger than some sections — including San Francisco and Oakland and it’s a legitimate question.

And we’ll have an answer at the end of the week.

Keoni Stallworth, Cosumnes Oaks HS (2016 Safety) was offered this week by the US Naval Academy to play football. That is the third academy offer for him. Army was the first to offer and and the Air Force Academy followed last month with their offer. The Navy offer is a bit interesting, because his brother Jaaron Stallworth, Cosumnes Oaks HS (2015 Point Guard) has committed to play basketball at the US Naval Academy.

Damon Bowers played for Monte Vista, UOP and San Jose State. Later he played for five teams in six years while in the Arena Football League. In this episode he talks about meeting John Elway while playing for the Colorado Crush. Also learn why meeting Yaddi on the streets of Queens while with the New York City Hawks might have been more important. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/user/AlhambraValleyTV Thanks for watching.