Pioneer-San Jose (6-3-1, 2-2) beat Branham (10-2, 3-1) 9-3. Nathan Tichy went 3-for-4 with two RBI and Derek Izumi had two RBI and two runs scored for Pioneer. Tichy also got the start and gave up one earned run over six innings with eight strikeouts.

Jason Armer had two hits for Branham, which had its seven game winning streak snapped. The Bruins came into this game giving up 3.5 runs per game.

These two teams will play again on Saturday.

Former Mitty guard Mike Mitchell Jr., who signed with Pepperdine out of HS, is now headed to Minnesota.

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Heritage post Amanda Muse (UCLA) had 18 points and was one of the top players in the game on Tuesday

Prolific Prep wins the 2023 Grind Session World Championships this past weekend in AZ, beating top 10 Dream City Christian 90-79. Trey Green led the way with 30 points, earning MVP of the event.
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Next up is GEICO Nationals in Florida. Prolific Prep, #3 seed, takes on IMG, March 30th on ESPN.

Los Gatos beat Mountain View 11-7 after scoring eight runs in the bottom of the fifth. Donovan Freed had a home run and five RBI. Dalton Murphree, Jake Boyd and Brayden Smith each had three runs scored.

Liam Barrett had a home run and three RBI for Mountain View.

Also of note in De Anza play is Palo Alto dropped to 0-3 in league play after an 8-5 loss to Santa Clara.

Haley had an extra year available due to COVID, but is headed to the WNBA Draft, which will be held on April 10

City All Stars and Coaches,

The Bay City Warriors will be hosting the 14th Annual City All Star Game on Friday March 24th at CCSF. The game will again be played in memory of Mike Gragnani, the former Lincoln coach who passed away in 2010. Per CIF rules the game is limited to Seniors only. The game is a great way for Seniors from the AAA, WCAL and BCL come together for a final game to celebrate their HS careers. The schedule will be as follows:

5:30 - CCSF gym opens
5:45 - Girl's 3 point contest
6:00 - Girls All Star Game
7:15 - Dunk Contest
7:30 - Boys All Star Game
8:45 - Boys 3-point contest

All the players we get a game reversible jersey which they can keep as a thank you for participating. We will charge admission to help cover our costs for the jerseys, refs, etc. Any excess profit goes to our 501c3 non-profit organization that supports youth basketball.

We have compiled rosters based on our knowledge but we may have missed some worthy players. Please let us know if you have a worthy player that we missed. Note that we are often short girl players so we may also include players from the PAL and other adjacent leagues. If you have additional girl nominees, please let us know.

If you have a player on the roster, please have them RSVP to me or get me their phone # so we can invite them directly. If you know someone on the roster please pass this along.

If you are a player on the roster, please RSVP to me directly at 415 418 4568 or coachrandal@yahoo.com

Thanks for your help!

Coach Randy Bessolo
Bay City Warriors
415 418 4568

Boys All Stars:

John Squire - SI
Krekar Karageuzian- SI
Aidan Gotch - SI
Niraj Dhaliwal - SI
Davis Wong - SI
Jerry Mixon - SHC
RL Miller - SHC
Michael Manfreda - SHC
Achilles Woodson - Riordan
Zac Jones - Riordan
Christian Wise - Riordan
Joey Kennedy - University
Luke Bradley - University
Matt Moore - University
Thomas Woeber - University
Siraj Sakir - Urban
Kyle Neece - Urban
Sterling Luddington-Simons - Stuart Hall
Brett Jasper - Stuart Hall
Peter Drew - Lick
Max Meyers - Lick
Jake McDonald - Lick
Justin Aquino - Lincoln
Jeremiah Aquino - Lincoln
Quentin Kennedy - Lincoln
Nikita Kartsev - Lincoln
Ben Liang - Galileo
DeMarco Kutz - Galileo
Alex Heger - Lowell
Troy Smith - Lowell
Sean Daly - Lowell
Teddy McCarty - Lowell
Kiejuan West - Marshall
Jhaunte Helton - Mission
Sean Coleman - Mission
Miles Hammons - Washington
Max Meier - Washington
Matt Santos - Washington
Skyler Lagaspi - Balboa
Noah Degroat - Balboa
Marshall Price - Academy
Tay-quan Lewis - Academy
Hugo Rutherford - Waldorf
Quinn Fishburne - Drew


Girls All Stars:

Leilani Blecha - SHC
Malea Scobie - SHC
Mia Franceshi - SHC
Jolene Lally-Stephens - Washington
Keira Shimamoto-Tong - Washington
Jordyn Owyoung - Washington
Rachael Lin - Lowell
Breanna Lew - Lowell
Rose Huang - Lowell
Audrey Lee - Lowell
Ayumi Wong - Lowell
Keira Wong - Lowell
Aaliyah Dias - Riordan
Mia Vaihola - Riordan
Aliyah Holmes - Riordan
Synise Byrd - Valley Christian
Serena Mezetta - Mills
Alli Dioli - Half Moon Bay
Keely Wright - San Marin
Lailiah Carey - San Marin
Jaclyn McDonough - St. Ignatius
Emmie Ennis - St. Ignatius
Brigette Mahoney - St. Ignatius
Grace Scwarz - St. Ignatius
Kailee Mahlstedt-Kamekona - Lick Wilmerding
Mikee Echon - Urban

Can CIF schools do this?
Currently on NBA TV and FS1.
They are using the schools CIF record
On the promo? Can the girls CIF teams do these “National Championship” tournaments.

Buhach Colony beat Atwater 12-1 with 11 runs over the final three innings. Jaxson Percoats went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and Justus Pinasco had a team high three RBI. Pinasco also started on the mound and went six innings of three hit ball with six strikeouts.

The Thunder improved to 4-1 in the Central California Conference behind El Capitan (8-0-1 overall, 5-0 in CCC). The two teams will play a two game series on April 18 and April 20.

Tamalpais handed Marin Catholic its second league loss with a 2-0 win on Tuesday behind a complete game from Kaiden Dossa. These two teams will play again on Friday.

It has been an up and down season for Tamalpais, which started the season on a three game losing streak and later lost four in a row before this current four game winning streak.

Current MCAL Standings:

Redwood 6-0 (two wins over Tamalpais)
Tamalpais 7-2
Marin Catholic 5-2 (Split with Branson)
Novato 4-2
San Marin 4-4
Archie Williams 4-4
Branson 3-5
Terra Linda 1-6
San Rafael 0-9

And Rob Marcaletti, his coach at SI was at the game and got on the floor!

Carondelet will host:

The Legends JV Tournament -- Nov. 30-Dec. 2
The JV Holiday Bash -- Jan. 4-6

Contact claykallam@gmail.com.

Jesuit beat Pleasant Grove 4-3: Jesuit gets its first league win after an 0-6 start. Pleasant Grove has lost four straight since a 6-0 start.

Folsom beat Del Oro 6-0: Sean Carey threw a complete game two hitter with 13 strikeouts. Logan Hutton had a double and two RBI.

Whitney beat Granite Bay 8-3: Jax Gimenez had three extra base hits and Jace Gillmore threw a complete game for the Wildcats. Timmy Reed went 3-for-4 with a triple for the Grizzlies.

Elk Grove beat Sheldon 4-0: Russell Pettis threw six shutout innings with eight strikeouts for the Thundering Herd, which got two RBI from Tanner McDonell.

Wood beat Vanden 6-2: Wood scored three runs in the first and three runs in the sixth to knock off Vanden.

Sacred Heart Cathedral beat Bellarmine 2-1: Tate Medicoff had a home run and Quinn Middleton picked up the win in giving up one run over 3.1 innings.

Carmel beat Palma 8-1: Jackson Loyd had a home run and three RBI and Max Maxon tossed six shutout innings with four strikeouts.

Berkeley beat Monte Vista 4-3: Elijah Fairchild went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Monte Vista forced extra innings with two runs in the bottom of the seventh before Berekely scored in the eighth.

Casa Grande beat Justin-Siena 4-1: Elijah Sullivan had two RBI and Jeffrey Rice gave up an unearned run over four innings. Casa Grande improves to 6-2.

Chance McMillian has hit the transfer portal out of Grand Canyon. Some of the schools to reach out include Oklahoma, Illinois, Purdue, USC, Colorado, Georgetown, and Utah.

Zyon Pullin (UC Riverside) has declared for the NBA Draft. He averaged 18 points per game in making first-team, All-Big West.

Last season Turlock had arguably the biggest upset in the state in defeating St. Mary's 51-50 in the SJS Div. 1 playoffs. They are losing a number of key players so I was wondering if they would change their philosophy of scheduling tough non-conference games (as their league is weak) to prepare for the post season. They didn't, and even double-downed, with four of the same teams and trading Manteca for Folsom. On the road at Rocklin (51st in the state in year-end Calhisports ranking), and Central - Fresno (55th in ranking), with home games against Folsom (10th), Clovis West (37th), and Clayton Valley (56th). Turlock ended up ranked 49th. Div. 1 teams in the southern part of the SJS don't fair well in the playoffs so winning two post-season games last year was an accomplishment for them. The went 2-3 last year against these teams, and it could be hard to duplicate that this year. Central Catholic had a truly brutal non-conference schedule last year, probably the hardest in Northern California, and went 1 -4, but they also had a tough conference schedule too. They won their league but past success in D2 and D3 pushed them up into D 1 where they were soundly defeated by Folsom. So does a deliberately tough schedule help? Central has to be careful about injuries as their squads are usually small in numbers but aside from that I think it does. And I think the players enjoy the challenge, as long as there's a chance for an upset (i.e. you're not playing St. John Bosco).

These proposals often change but it is quite interesting to see.

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Brown was one of the top players for Modesto Christian this past year.

Brown played club ball with Lakeshow.

Beastmode

Hollister beat Palma 4-2: Both teams came into this game undefeated with Hollister improving to 7-0. The Balers scored all four runs in the bottom of the third inning.

Valley Christian beat Serra 8-1: Quinten Marsh had two RBI and Tatum Marsh and Carmelo Rivera each had two runs scored. Alec Belardes threw fiving innings of one run ball with five strikeouts. Ben Cleary scored the lone run for the Padres.

Branham beat Leland 8-4: Branham improved to 9-1 with Jason Armer, Sean Murphy and Jacob Rinehart each driving in two runs. Evan Williams threw a complete game with 10 strikeouts. Leland's Dominic Poole had a triple and two RBI.

Cardinal Newman beat College Park 11-7: Anane Wilson went 4-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI for the Cardinals. College Park got out to a 3-0 lead before Cardinal Newman scored eight runs in the bottom of the third. College Park freshman Desmond Cobb went 4-for-4 in the loss.

San Ramon Valley beat Foothill-Pleasanton 3-1: After losing four out of five games, San Ramon Valley beat Foothill, which has scored one combined run in their two losses.

Granada beat California 3-2: Granada scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to stay undefeaed in the EBAL. Josh Morano had 10 strikeouts for the Matadors. Zach Ragland had two hits and Aidan Camberg had a triple and RBI for the Grizzlies.

Whitney beat Ponderosa 7-0: Gavin McLendon (6 IP, 12 K) and Corden Pettey (1 IP, 2 K) combined on a no-hitter. Luke Oyler went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored.

Vanden beat Fairfield 7-0: Vanden improved to 5-1 in using three pitchers to post a three hitter with 12 strikeouts. Dalen Shipp had a home run and three RBI.

Roseville beat Yuba City 8-1: Roseville got two RBI apiece from Brady Ranallo, Logan Lauchner and Parker Hellekson. Dylan Schmitt threw a complete game with six strikeouts.

City All Stars and Coaches,

The Bay City Warriors will be hosting the 14th Annual City All Star Game on Friday March 24th at CCSF. The game will again be played in memory of Mike Gragnani, the former Lincoln coach who passed away in 2010. Per CIF rules the game is limited to Seniors only. The game is a great way for Seniors from the AAA, WCAL and BCL come together for a final game to celebrate their HS careers. The schedule will be as follows:

5:30 - CCSF gym opens
5:45 - Girl's 3 point contest
6:00 - Girls All Star Game
7:15 - Dunk Contest
7:30 - Boys All Star Game
8:45 - Boys 3-point contest

All the players we get a game reversible jersey which they can keep as a thank you for participating. We will charge admission to help cover our costs for the jerseys, refs, etc. Any excess profit goes to our 501c3 non-profit organization that supports youth basketball.

We have compiled rosters based on our knowledge but we may have missed some worthy players. Please let us know if you have a worthy player that we missed. Note that we are often short girl players so we may also include players from the PAL and other adjacent leagues. If you have additional girl nominees, please let us know.

If you have a player on the roster, please have them RSVP to me or get me their phone # so we can invite them directly. If you know someone on the roster please pass this along.

If you are a player on the roster, please RSVP to me directly at 415 418 4568 or coachrandal@yahoo.com

Thanks for your help!

Coach Randy Bessolo
Bay City Warriors
415 418 4568

Boys All Stars:

John Squire - SI
Krekar Karageuzian- SI
Aidan Gotch - SI
Niraj Dhaliwal - SI
Davis Wong - SI
Jerry Mixon - SHC
RL Miller - SHC
Michael Manfreda - SHC
Achilles Woodson - Riordan
Zac Jones - Riordan
Christian Wise - Riordan
Joey Kennedy - University
Luke Bradley - University
Matt Moore - University
Thomas Woeber - University
Siraj Sakir - Urban
Kyle Neece - Urban
Sterling Luddington-Simons - Stuart Hall
Brett Jasper - Stuart Hall
Peter Drew - Lick
Max Meyers - Lick
Jake McDonald - Lick
Justin Aquino - Lincoln
Jeremiah Aquino - Lincoln
Quentin Kennedy - Lincoln
Nikita Kartsev - Lincoln
Ben Liang - Galileo
DeMarco Kutz - Galileo
Alex Heger - Lowell
Troy Smith - Lowell
Sean Daly - Lowell
Teddy McCarty - Lowell
Kiejuan West - Marshall
Jhaunte Helton - Mission
Sean Coleman - Mission
Miles Hammons - Washington
Max Meier - Washington
Matt Santos - Washington
Skyler Lagaspi - Balboa
Noah Degroat - Balboa
Marshall Price - Academy
Tay-quan Lewis - Academy
Hugo Rutherford - Waldorf
Quinn Fishburne - Drew


Girls All Stars:

Leilani Blecha - SHC
Malea Scobie - SHC
Mia Franceshi - SHC
Jolene Lally-Stephens - Washington
Keira Shimamoto-Tong - Washington
Jordyn Owyoung - Washington
Rachael Lin - Lowell
Breanna Lew - Lowell
Rose Huang - Lowell
Audrey Lee - Lowell
Ayumi Wong - Lowell
Keira Wong - Lowell
Aaliyah Dias - Riordan
Mia Vaihola - Riordan
Aliyah Holmes - Riordan
Synise Byrd - Valley Christian
Serena Mezetta - Mills
Alli Dioli - Half Moon Bay
Keely Wright - San Marin
Lailiah Carey - San Marin
Jaclyn McDonough - St. Ignatius
Emmie Ennis - St. Ignatius
Brigette Mahoney - St. Ignatius
Grace Scwarz - St. Ignatius
Kailee Mahlstedt-Kamekona - Lick Wilmerding
Mikee Echon - Urban

ANOUNCING THE 69th ANNUAL GRIDLEY INVITATIONAL December 7th 8th & 9th 2023

I think we have put together another competitive Tournament.

It’s been 34 years since Clayton Valley, last made an appearance at Gridley. Here’s a sidelight: The A.D. for Clayton Valley is none other than Eric Bamberger. He was the two time MVP, and the top scorer for the tournament. Playing for Ygnacio Valley in 1986 & 87 ( 87* Year 3 point rule started. )

We welcome back Clovis North. They return with almost a full roster.

Salesian returns yet again. They have the all time record for appearances, with seventeen.

Branson brings in a loaded young roster. Branson has become a Gridley fan favorite.

Archbishop Reardon: Has several nice pieces coming back.

Sheldon: Returns with a young, but talented group of players.

We welcome San Ramon Valley: Another long ago team who played in 1968. They have some young pieces, and should be competitive.

And Gridley: They could be down forty, but they play like it’s a two point game. Bless their heart.

Hope to see lot’s of friends next season.

Here’s wishing you great hoops.

Looking for teams for the 2023 Damian Lillard Classic - Gold Divison 4 games Dec 27th to 30th and Silver Divison 3 games Dec 27th to 29th. We already have confirmation from 3 teams from out of state, two schools from Oregon, and one from Seattle. If interested, please email damianlillardclassic@gmail.com