In Division II, No. 16 seed Laguna Creek beat No. 1 Woodcreek 4-3!

Also in D2, No. 12 Rio Americano beat No. 5 Rocklin 6-3

In Division I, No. 14 seed Central Valley beat No. 3 Elk Grove 3-2

A lot of guys have announced their decisions recently. If I missed anyone, feel free to add:

Derrick Claxton Inderkum (Cal Poly Pomona)
Jojo Murphy Piedmont (Chico State)
Sean Quanico St. Ignatius (George Fox)
Brady Cook Northgate (Cal Baptist)
Nick Medeiros St. Pats (Sonoma State)
Justin Yasukochi Campolindo (UC Santa Cruz)
Caden Breznikar Miramonte (UC Santa Cruz)
Austin Moore Modesto Christian (Pacific Union)
Troy Crighton Sheldon (William Jessup)

Zander Esty (6-foot-5, 275 pounds) is the latest lineman to watch out of the Hillmen's program, which has produced five Division I linemen since 2013. He has good size to draw college attention, gets off the ball quickly and shows power in driving defenders up the field. He has recently offered by Cal Poly.


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Division I:

#1 Foothill beat #16 Monte Vista 6-2
#9 Heritage beat #8 Berkeley 10-0
#4 California beat #13 Alameda 4-3
#12 Granada beat #5 College Park 3-2
#2 Clayton Valley Charter beat #15 Dublin 5-3
#7 Liberty beat #10 Acalanes 3-2
#3 De La Salle beat #14 Freedom 10-3
#6 San Ramon Valley beat #11 Pittsburg 7-5

Division III:

#1 Cardinal Newman beat #16 Miramonte 2-1
#8 Las Lomas beat #9 Eureka 3-0
#4 Campolindo beat #13 Pinole Valley 6-3
#12 Novato beat #5 Moreau Catholic 1-0
#2 Bishop O'Dowd beat #15 Sonoma Valley 8-4
#7 San Marin beat #10 Kennedy-Fremont 10-0
#3 West County beat #14 Alhambra 7-6
#11 Albany beat #6 Archie Williams 5-3

Division V:

#1 Berean Christian beat #16 Upper Lake 20-0
#9 Bay School beat #8 Urban 11-5
#4 University beat #13 Cloverdale 11-1
#5 St. Vincent beat #12 International 12-2
#2 Fremont Christian beat #15 Technology 13-2
#7 Stuart Hall beat #10 Sonoma Academy 8-2
#3 Branson beat #14 Clear Lake 12-6
#11 Athenian beat #6 Head-Royce 6-3

Newark Memorial is looking for one (1) girls basketball JV home game on Friday, December 16, 5:30 pm, at Newark Memorial High School, 39375 Cedar Boulevard, Newark.

Open to hosting a girls JV, Frosh / Soph, or Frosh team. Open until filled.

If your team is available, contact Coach Darryl Reina at darryl14r@aol.com

Thanks!

Big pickup for the Tigers in landing Sangster, one of the top returners in NorCal, early in the process.

Please help me understand the thought process of determining the #1 seed in Division 4….

The VVAL had the #3, #4 and #8 teams in NCS D2. Justin-Siena did lose to each of those teams during the season but beat Casa Grande and Petaluma in the league tournament, beating Petaluma to win the championship Friday night(Petaluma was the league champion 11-1 and JSHS beat them 2x including the championship game). Justin was 9-0 versus D4, all other games versus higher division teams.

The Big 5 had the #9 seed in NCS Division 3 and the #11 and #13 seeds in Division 4. Arcata lost once to Eureka(#9 D3)and to Fortuna(#11 D4). They were the league champions and won their tournament.

My confusion comes with how they ranked other teams in the VVAL versus how the Big 5 teams were ranked in their NCS Divisions,

Please let me know what I’m missing …

Foothill beat DLS tonight 4-1 in the league playoff final to take the EBAL title. The visiting Falcons limited the regular season champion Spartans to just 2 hits. NCS pairings due out Sunday.

If your girls aren’t playing 3x3 they should be. USA basketball is investing time and money to the sport.

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A few years ago Mitty was wining (I think) league. Going to the play offs and doing well. They had some good players and strength Center. It’s like they vanished.

Whitney scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat St. Mary's-Stockton 5-4. Shane Saunders had two RBI for Whitney, which drew seven walks as a team.

Max Ortega had a home run for the Rams, which got four shutout innings from starter Michael Quendes.

Division I - https://cifsjs.org/sports/bsb/Playoffs_Baseball_D1

Division II - https://cifsjs.org/sports/bsb/Playoffs_Baseball_D2

Division III - https://cifsjs.org/sports/bsb/Playoffs_Baseball_D3

Division IV - https://cifsjs.org/sports/bsb/Playoffs_Baseball_D4

Division V - https://cifsjs.org/sports/bsb/Playoffs_Baseball_D5

Division VI - https://cifsjs.org/sports/bsb/Playoffs_Baseball_D6

Division VII - https://cifsjs.org/sports/bsb/Playoffs_Baseball_D7

Alright guys......we argue a lot on here about how the CIF isn't doing the best job making a "fair" tournament.

The "wrong teams" from Norcal ended up winning State Titles according to many posters on here.

So instead of argue, I decided lets fix this. or at least float some ideas. This is my first idea.

Ok so Idea 1 is probably the most expensive, but also possible. A Statewide Tournament:

Top 64 from Norcal
Top 64 from Socal

Similar to NCAA's have pre-decided sites to host the games.

Norcal Potential Host Sites: Spanos Center, Kezar Pavilion, Oakland Arena, USF War Memorial Gym, CCSF Gym, St. Mary's The Pavilion, Fresno St. Save Mart Center, Sac St. The Nest....etc.
Socal Potential Host Sites: LMU Burns Center, Pepperdine Firestone Field House, LBSU Pyramid....etc.

What would some of the first round matchups looked like on the Norcal side?

Campo vs. Mountain View (The Pavilion Moraga, CA)
Clovis West vs. Carlmont (Save Mart Center Fresno, CA)
Modesto Christian vs. Urban (Spanos Center Stockton, CA)
De La Salle vs. Lowell (SF) (Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA)
Riordan vs. Justin- Siena (CCSF San Francisco, CA)
Sheldon vs. Liberty Ranch (The Nest Sacramento, CA)
Sacred Heart Prep vs. University Prep (Redding) (Leavey Center, Santa Clara, CA)

I will conclude by saying the other teams could be in an NIT-like tournament where the Championship gets played before the State Title Game

As Marc says....here's wishing you great hoops even in May!

SHC beat Mitty 10-3.
Bellarmine beat S.I. 7-2.
St. Francis beat Riordan 10-1.
Valley Christian beat Serra 3-2.

#6 seed Chico trailing 48-47 to #3 Augusta with 12 minutes to go. You can watch online at: https://www.ncaa.com/game/5958308

With Valley Christian's 3-2 win over Serra, John Diatte has reached 700 career wins. Great accomplishment that highlights the success and longetivity of Diatte.

Israel Polk (6-foot-1, 170 pounds) is one of the many talented WR/DBs returning for the Pirates. On offense, he is dangerous catching the ball short and making plays in the open field. Defensively, he plays well on the outside and uses his receiver skills to play the ball well in the air and tracking routes. He has offers from Yale, San Diego State, Air Force, Nevada, Army, Columbia, Washington State, Utah State, UNLV and Colorado State.

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San Ramon Valley led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 5th and 7-3 going into the bottom of the seventh when De La Salle scored four runs to force extra innings. Both teams scored two runs in the eighth inning and the Spartans added the winning run in the top of the 9th for a 10-9 win.

Anthony Martinez had a home run and three RBI for De La Salle. Donny Crook went 2-for-5 with three RBI for the Wolves.

De La Salle moves on in the EBAL tournament and will host Foothill-Pleasanton, which beat California 3-0 on Wednesday.

Newman vs Maria Carillo Friday for league tourney title. Carillo routed Windsor 11-0 in a major upset. Newman held off a scrappy Ukiah team 3-2.
NCS starts next week.

Anyone (heat?) know the status of this young man? Seems odd that he has been hurt for almost two years at Arizona State. Obviously the family has always handled things uniquely to say the least. His size, athletic ability and shooting range really elevated him in the national rankings his senior year and he was even on some mock drafts last year but he is a ghost now.

Come join us with our SUNDAY BREAKFAST CLUB WORKOUTS at Napa Christian (2201 Pine St). We are back on every Sunday here in Napa. The workout will be Sunday, April 24th from 10am-11:30pm. The cost is $40.

Those looking for private training (Small Group of 1-2 kids), we will have a sessions starting at 11:45-12:35pm and potentially a second from 12:45-1:35pm. The cost are $80 per session (depending upon numbers).


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St Mary's -Berkeley announced the hiring of new Head Coach, John Trotman to replace last year's Coach Javid Best, Cal standout, who is leaving to slip over to B-O'Dowd as their running backs Coach. Trotman has done stints as Head Coach at San Lorenzo & Albany High before herding the Piedmont Highlanders from April 2018 till August 2019. In between he has served as the O.C. & Qb Coach for Piedmont High and San Leandro.

I've had this question now for years which I've been asking on other forums, chatrooms, and the YouTube comment section for CLA Sports and UTR. What's going on with NorCal football compared to down south? It can't just be the population size because NY and IL both have a comparable population as SoCal. Is it because of the demographics in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and parts of East Bay like Berkeley where parents don't want their kids playing contact sports? And would rather have them play e-sports or non contact sports like rowing or tennis? It's gotten to the point that multiple skill players are leaving the Bay Area to play football in the Trinity league now.

Part of my theory has to do with the nature of football itself. It's a working class sport and SoCal has an abundance of working class areas such as the Inland Empire, South LA, and of course inner city LA. All three geographic areas are major feeders into the Trinity League/Cen10/ Serra Gardena and the up and coming schools like Alemany and Sierra Canyon. I've been to Silicon Valley, SF, and Moraga/Walnut Creek and those places are the polar opposite of working class. They generally have those extreme liberal minded families that don't want the kids to play sports or at least try to discourage them. In contrast to the areas I listed in SoCal, if it wasn't for sports, they wouldn't be going to college. It's their way out, where in contrast the Silicon Valley families don't prioritize contact sports since they're just focused on getting their children into ivy leagues or expensive private schools. This all leads to a major dilution and gulf in talent, all on top of private schools not allowing recruiting, which I personally think is perposterous. No one likes to lose and the weak admin needs to take the leash off these coaches and let them compete.

Just my 2 cents.

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