Damon Bowers played football at Monte Vista in the early 1990's. Later he played for UOP and San Jose State. In this segment Damon talks about playing for the Houston Thunder Bears in the Arena League. Learn how Damon lobbied for a trade from Nashville to Houston while eating at Hooters. Also hear how the Houston Thunder Bears had no home arena and played all their games on the road for the 2000 season. Thanks for watching.

Damon Bowers interview

April 18 & 19 2015
Deadline: April 14, 2015

Location: Redwood City, Pacifica, San Francisco
Cost: $325 for a 3-game guarantee- Multi Team Discount 3 or more $300
Awards: 1st & 2nd Place Team Trophy and 1st place medals

3- Games Guarantee,
Stop Clock,
High School Rules

Age Group:

3rd Grade Boys, 4th Grade Boys, 5th Grade boys, 6th Grade Boys, 7th Grade Boys, 8th Grade Boys, JV Boys, Varsity Boys

We have one spot remaining.


Dates:
December 10th,
11th
& 12th





Team
Awards: First Place,
Second Place, Third Place and Consolation Champion





Individual
Awards: 5 All Tournament
Selections and 1 MVP





Coaches
and Officials Hospitality Room:
Available all day on Saturday.





Entry
Fee: $325.00.

If your looking for a JV tournament please contact:


John McGill
Varsity Boys' Basketball Coach
Santa Rosa High School
johnmc@valleytire.com
1(707)953-3283

USA Today has some interesting quotes re Geno's success at UConn. Maryland Coach Brenda Frese, among others, said parity in the women's game is almost non-existent. And it's hurting the sport, big-time. The idea that only a handful of women's programs have a reasonable shot at a national title is harmful. The lack of competition is not healthy. Frankly, the way UConn manhandles the rest of the field has become a huge bore. It's just not watchable.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ivan-Rabb-to-announce-college-choice-Monday-night-6194840.php

http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2015/04/12/basketball-ivan-rabb-to-name-college-monday-night/?source=rss

Cal Could Land Package Deal of Rabb, Swanigan
From the article:

"Cal could land a package deal of big men Ivan Rabb and Caleb Swanigan by the end of the weekend.

All signs pointing to Caleb Swanigan and Ivan Rabb heading to Cal, sources told ESPN. Right now, that's where they are heading to play. - Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 10, 2015
Both players could announce this weekend at the Nike Hoop Summit, with Swanigan having said he will announce Saturday. The game is set for 3 p.m. ET on ESPN2."

Morning games saw Clayton Valley Charter beat Arroyo (6-3) and California move past Palma (8-5).

The final Day 1 games will be College Park-St. Mary's (Stockton) and St. Francis-Newark Memorial. May get a College Park-St. Francis semi-final.

I'll be in Mountain View for the final three games on Wednesday.

The new message boards will be available for the whole site on April 20. Thank you for your patience in the development process.

The new message boards will be available for the whole site on April 20. Thank you for your patience in the development process.

The new message boards will be available for the whole site on April 20. Thank you for your patience in the development process.

There is an Open Gym at Wagner Ranch 7-9pm on Friday nights.

Gym is available for pickup games or just shooting around.

Open to girls high school players and free for the next two fridays(4/10&4/17)

No recruiting or coaching allowed, just come to play and have fun.

4 the Love of the Game

Air Force offers Cosumnes Oaks 2016 (Safety/Athlete) Keoni Stallworth

LG goes to 3-0 vs. WCAL and 16-1 overall.

I just noticed that LG doesn't play Wilcox in league, what's with that?
This post was edited on 4/9 10:00 PM by Dooer

Special training:[/B] After a 40-36 loss in the Division V girls final, Eastside College Prep's six players stood poised at the free-throw line wearing "Seal Team Six" T-shirts over their uniforms. Coach Donovan Blythe [/B]embraced Navy Seal training early in the season and his team regularly had 5:30 a.m. practices. All of it led to the school's first Northern California title.
"It's been an unbelievable season," he said. "I'm at a loss for words. ... I couldn't be prouder of a group of six girls."

SFChron

Lakeshow 17s beat Soldiers EYBL in the Soldiers spring tournament. Is Lakeshow the first NorCal team to beat the Soldiers since they started EYBL?

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Spring Clinics are almost FULL! Don't miss your chance to participate in one of the top exposure Clinics in the country! All of our Clinics are run by former Division I coaches, and every participant's evaluation and contact information is sent to EVERY college coach in the entire country!

For more information or to register please visit our website:

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Only 5 spots remain open for the Sheldon-Trail Summer Jam.

The tournament is June 26-28 and will be held at 3 high schools in Elk Grove. For more information, please contact Coach Manfredi via email at: kmanfred@egusd.net


Sign up today and join the 55 other Varsity teams who have already committed to once again make this event the largest and most competitive summer Varsity tournament in Northern California!

Sheldon-Trail Summer Jam includes:

- Minimum 5 games for every team (as many as 8 games)

- Pool play Friday & Saturday with seeded single-elimination tournament on Sunday

- All games played on full-courts with A/C


- Two NCOA officials for each game


- Hosted Coaches Social at Old Town Pizza & Tap House on Saturday Night (June 27)

This post was edited on 4/7 3:36 PM by coachmanfredi

Sheldon-Trail Summer Jam website

What does an association "do" if a tenured member - with 99% impeccable plate mechanics - also has a dark side to his being able to handle game situations without ejecting players and coaches. This individual has had 6 ejections and three appeals have gone in favor of those he ejected. Whether behind the plate or on the bases - it seems terminal - that every before game, in game and post game confrontation - no matter how small leads to this umpire taking glee in ejecting the participants or their coaches.

Thoughts?



Terra Nova vs. Prep

Monte Vista beat El Dorado-Placentia 8-4 on Monday. Next up is Orange Lutheran.

St. Mary's-Berkeley product Ron Smith has the state leading triple jump mark at 49-3 over the weekend. He is headed to San Diego State for football.

Bay Area News Group

De La Salle lost to Santa Margarita 7-3 on Monday. Michael McAdoo went 4-for-4 with two RBI and Myles Coston had a home run.

Tyler Lonestar started and took the loss.

Delta League started play on Monday:

Grant beat Monterey Trail 14-3 (Polo Portela had 3 RBI)
Elk Grove beat Sheldon 6-4 (Elk Grove got up 7-0 with Sheldon starting Manning)
Jesuit beat Pleasant Grove 3-1 (don't know who threw for Jesuit, but Gomez went for PG)
Franklin beat Davis 5-4 (Franklin scored in the seventh to tie the game and won it in the eighth)

There will be rematches on Wednesday in a new format for the Delta this year.

McNair 2016 WR Derrion Grim has committed to Boise State. Very under the radar guy, but he had 10 touchdowns in limited action last year.

Stockton Record

Carrillo ends the second day 1-1.

These matchups are set so far:

10 AM: Pacific Grove vs. Pleasant Grove
1 PM: Davis vs. Carrillo

Granite Bay and Serra are scoreless in the 11th inning.