PACERS!

Grant claims 8th overall section championship over a CBS team that brought the challenge.

Grant 0-9 a year ago complete the rebuild script quickly.

Props Pacers!

Last game against these two was in El Dorado Hills and a complete laugher.

Does Oak Ridge has ANY shot at beating Folsom or even keeping the game close? I say no. I say it's over in the 2nd quarter.

Mack threw for over 500 yards and 8 TDs against a MUCH better CC team. One thing to look out for- The Dawgs are banged up. Flores is injured and sat out most of the game against CC. Onterio Smith Jr. was ejected in the CC game for two personal fouls and will not be eligible to play against OR.

I have arrrived at the Dragons’ beautiful new gym….

Grant faces Moreau in the first game.

Been trying to upload a gym photo, no such luck..

I wanted to start this thread because this kid has barely got any mentions on this forum all year. I wanted to see how it played out, and it has been interesting. Some posters at the beginning of the season even proclaimed that he was "overrated," and "not good at all."

He just threw for over 500 yards and 8 TDs against one of NorCals best defensive teams, in a playoff game!

Current offers:
Stanford
Arizona
Cal
Colorado
Colorado State
Nevada
Oregon
Oregon Stte
San Jose State
Texas
Washington
Washington State
San Jose State

***He is only a JUNIOR!!!! He is 6'6 and has an NFL arm. His mobilty is getting better by the week. Can't wait to see him tear about Oak Ridge in a few days!

Stats this year
3125 yards
40 TDs
3 INTs

For comparison to other top QBs in the state:

Mack (Folsom)
3125 yards
40 TDs
3 INTs

Smith (Serra) stats this year.
2491 yards
34 TDs
8 INTs

Brown (Mater Dei)
2494 yards
29 TDs
4 INTs

15th annual Nor Cal Tip Off Classic Schedule
Saturday November 26 at Dublin High School
Game 1: 9:30 AM Granada (Livermore) vs Vanden (Fairfield)
Game 2: 11:00 AM Dougherty Valley (San Ramon) vs Oakland Tech
Game 3: 12:30 PM Campolindo (Moraga) vs Grant (Sacramento)
Game 4: 2:00 PM Oakland vs Monterey Trail (Elk Grove)
Game 5: 3:30 PM Riordan (San Francisco) vs Weston Ranch (Stockton)
Game 6: 5:15 PM Dublin vs Inderkum (Sacramento)
Game 7: 7:00 PM Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) vs Clovis North (Fresno)
Game 8: 8:30 PM Modesto Christian vs Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)

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So please check the following link to make sure we've received your application:

Aidan Mahaney is playing his *** off. 13 first half points as St. Mary's is leading Vanderbilt 35-27.

Some Scores to Note:

San Ramon Valley beat Heritage 70-32 in a foundation game.

Acalanes beat Monte Vista 72-65 in a foundation game

San Marin beat Windsor 50-19 in a foundation game

Oakland Tech beat Marin Catholic 72-57 in a foundation game.

Two former powers that hit some lean years are back in the Section finals with Bellarmine ready to take on St. Ignatius in CCS D2 and Grant playing Christian Brothers in SJS D3.

Fairly quick turnaround for both of those new coaching staffs.

We're looking forward to a great event Dec. 28-30 in the East Bay. Two spots left ...

Yes, it’s finally time…

Naturally, I am on the scene at SPSV to see my Campolindo Cougars take on the SPSV Bruins in their Foundation Game.

Frosh temas will be taking the floor in a minute or three, right after SPSV’s girls finish bludgeoning Freedom.

I will (mostly) cool it with the keyboard till Varsity time, but yeah, I’m here and ready!

Always entertaining tourney with some great Talent. Good to see Campolindo and Clovis West back. Vanden/Northgate/Pleasant Valley showing their talented squads will add to a nice support of Modesto Area High School's showcasing this tourney.

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The Pacers set a playoff school record by score-boarding 80 points at Patterson.

The final 80 to 44 with both teams combining for 124 was not a hoop game.

PACERS almost dropped one hundred on the number 2 seed while on the road.

Powerful teams made powerful statements and upsets were dulled by preparation and execution. Hats off to the top teams in each division as we gear up for Turkey Day our Thanksgiving followed by Championship High School Football. Familiar foes will once again face off for the trophy of being Top Dog for the Sac-Joaquin Section.




D1 Folsom Bulldogs 38-31 Oak Ridge Trojans TBA
D2 Manteca Buffaloes 44-34 Granite Bay Grizzlies TBA
D3 Grant Pacers 42-30 Christian Brothers Falcons TBA
D4 Capital Christian Cougars 24-23 Vanden Vikings TBA
D5 Escalon Cougars 27-24 Sonora Wildcats TBA
D6 Summerville Bears 31-28 Hughson Huskies TBA


Great seasons for Both teams and one big Trophy for the Victor! Goodluck

The 2nd Annual Fortune Showcase has a loaded schedule of strong matchups all day.

Come join us at Fortune Early College High School located at 10420 Big Horn Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95757

Game Schedule:
Galt vs West Campus 11am

Cordova vs River City 12:15pm

Consumnes Oaks vs Burbank 1:30pm

Whitney vs Kennedy 2:45pm

Grant vs Folsom 4:00pm

Fortune vs Venture Academy 5:15pm

Weston Ranch vs Inderkum 6:30pm

With the season finally here, and in front of a packed house. Inderkum and Weston Ranch faced off at the 2nd annual Fortune High School Showcase.

Inderkum starts the game with tremendous team defense being lead by Jermaine Haliburton, and with Zac Chan knocking down some early shots Inderkum jumped out to an early 12 -2 lead. Inderkums Sr guard Jalen Glenn picking up two early fouls and having to sit the reminder of the first quarter, Weston Ranch was able to find a rhythm and cut into the lead ending the first quarter 18-16 Inderkum. Coach Wilson found a bright spot in his young 6’6” sophomore Taylen Goodman who came into the game with great energy and making plays on both ends of the floor. Weston Ranch continued to battle the entire second quarter with Khrisian Holmes (20pts)and Elijah Mobley (16pts) scoring from multiple spots on the floor but still found themselves down at halftime but still in striking distance.

The game continued to go back and forth with both teams fighting hard but Inderkum was just to much to handle. In the second half Jalen Glenn started to get going and showed why his one of the top players NorCal has to offer. He ended the game with over 20pts and put the game out of reach with a nice dunk off of the assist by pg Haliburton.

Inderkum looks ready for the season and should be around in late March.
Final score 94-66

Other scores from the event.

Galt 38 vs West Campus 61
Cordova 58 vs River City 31
Consumes 70 vs Burbank 30
Whitney 48 vs Kennedy 42
Grant 34 vs Folsom 72
Venture 53 vs Fortune 56

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Coaches Digest

Chico battled Cal last night for 40 min but dropped the game to the bears 62-55. Chico has the lead early on second half 33-32 and then cal went on run. Chico cut the deficit to 57-53 with 2 min left but cal hung on for the victory. Devin Askew (mater dei kid) played well for cal.

Chico lost 3 of there main guys last year but has reloaded with tons of norcal kids. Brenden Wheeler (ponderosa) and Fresh Jo-Jo Murphy (Piedmont) played well.

As i have said from time to time. Go check out these quality d2 teams. They are not much different than many d1’s now. I would put coach clink up against some of the best college coaches.

We’re about a week away from the first day of practice for winter sports. Lots of players have been improving their game over the past Spring/Summer and there’s been a lot of movement of players and promising freshman. WIth that said, who are the top NorCal teams heading into the season including teams that are not the usual suspects but should make a splash this year? Breakout players?
Here goes my top teams in no particular order:

• Modesto Christian
• Monterey Trail
• Clovis North
• Grant
• Sheldon
• Dublin
• Campo
• Mitty
• Riordan
• Vanden
• Oakland
• Dougherty Valley
• Salesian
• Bishop O’Dowd
• Inderkum
• Granada
• Oakland Tech
• Jesuit
• Moreau
• DeLaSalle
• Branson
• Capital Christian
• Weston Ranch

If anybody is in the North Bay tomorrow and wants to catch some good preseason scrimmage action stop in at the Cardinal Newman HS gym starting at 12:30.

Teams participating:

Cardinal Newman
Branson
Vanden
Folsom
Piedmont

Every 30 mins a new game with the last game (CN vs Folsom) going at 4pm

Here are the games for this week. Picks are due by 7:00 PM on Friday

Seaside at Palo Alto
St. Ignatius at Aptos
Salinas at Serra
Pittsburg vs. De La Salle (Game of the Week)
Rancho Cotate at Campolindo
Analy at Miramonte
Central Catholic at Folsom
Rocklin at Manteca
Escalon at Sutter
Grant at Patterson

NCS Open Division gets decided tonight plus a number of really good semi-final matchups.

With 4 playoff games this week involving 5 of 8 of the WCAL league teams we will see 8 teams all in the top 12 of the CCS; #1 -Serra, #2- St. Francis, #3-Salinas, #4-Mitty, #8-Wilcox, #10-Aptos,
#11-Bells, #12-St. Ignatius

First of all here are the projections:
Serra 42-21 over Salinas
SF 28-19 over Mitty in rematch
Wilcox 26-21 over Bells
Aptos over St. Ignatius 27-26

Here's how last weeks projections went for the WCAL teams:
Serra won easily as projected by 40+ over Palma.
SF projected to win 28-17 over SHC barely held on to win 17-14 over the Irish.
Mitty was an 11-point underdog and shocked Los Gatos in O/T by 29-28.
S.I. favored by 18 over HMB won by 9 in 24-15 win over the Cougars.

Some Facts about the match-ups in regards to the Projections:

Serra vs Salinas: Serra is undefeated 11-0 while Salinas is 10-1 with only loss to Aptos 44-41. Common opponent for both teams is Palma whom Serra defeated 57-7 and Salinas 47-14. Salinas top win was over CVC by 21-14.
SF vs Mitty: The Lancers overwhelmed Mitty in regular season by 35-13. Common opponent was Serra with Lancers losing 28-7 and Mitty losing by 35-7.
Bells vs Wilcox: Common opponent M-A whom Bells played twice however I will not count the first meeting which M-A won 48-34. M-A then had Jurion Dickey who scored 4 TD's in the game & M-A is a different team without Dickey]. OK so in the 2 "Dickey-less" games M-A played vs Bells & Wilcox, Wilcox got by M-A 21-20 and Bells last week pulled away from M-A to win confortably by 30-7.
St. Ignatius vs Aptos: Aptos had the huge win over then undefeated Salinas by 44-41 and yet lost to Palma 24-21. St. Ignatius big win was an upset over Mitty by 24-21 and played solid vs Serra losing 21-7.

"SOS" Strength of Schedule favors WCAL teams in regards to projections:
While the win-loss records seem to indicate possible "mismatches" it is not likely in the upcoming games: ie: Bells 5-6 vs Wilcox 10-1 and S.I. 5-6 vs Aptos 9-2. Of the 8 teams playing in the semi finals here are their "SOS" ratings in order:
Serra 32.7
St. Francis 32.3
Mitty 25.8
S.I. 25.7
Bells 24.4
Salinas 14.0
Aptos 6.0
Wilcox 2.9

Conclusion: of the 4 games it certainly looks like the possibility of 1-2 upsets: SF did not look great last week while Mitty came through with the upset vs Los Gatos. Bells have one of their best players back and played solid vs M-A. I see the Bells vs Wilcox game as a toss-up. If S.I. could upset Mitty then I see them having a good chance vs Aptos - S.I. has been an "up & down" team week to week so just depends which S.I. team shows up [the S.I. defense will have to contain the Aptos offense to have a chance at the upset].

Felt this needed its own thread. I am almost in disbelief. Someone earlier this week predicted that Turlock would score 45 points and no one believed them. This truly was a game where the last team with the ball wins. Both offenses were almost unstoppable, and as frequently happens in high school games the predictability based on prior performance sometimes flies out the window. Lest there be some spinning against St. Mary's remember that they beat De La Salle and crushed Central Catholic. This has to be one of Turlock's biggest win ever. Certainly they have a chance next week against Oak Ridge. They've come up short against them a couple of times in the playoffs recently. Will this be the year they get to them?