Not bad for someone who is the second best player on her own team
and Who was outplayed by a young lady who is 5 foot nothing in the NCAAs
she must be the right skin tone

Sell that complexion

Such an exciting time of the year! Here's how I can see things unfolding for all divisions:

Here are the games for this week's pick'em. Picks are due at 7:00 PM on Friday. This is the final week with a mix of regular season and playoff games

St. Francis at Serra
Salinas vs. Palma
Burlingame at San Mateo
Las Lomas at Benicia
Monte Vista at San Ramon Valley
Windsor at Rancho Cotate
Woodcreek at Monterey Trail
Roseville at Grace Davis
Colfax at Woodland
Ponderosa at Dixon

Any thoughts

We just had a school cancel our scheduled JV scrimmage so we are now looking for a replacement game for this Sat Nov 13. Granada JV would need to travel to your gym. Feel free to reach out. 925 784 9460 Thank you.

With the regular season concluded and some shuffling taking place for next year amongst and within these two leagues, particularly with the two Gilroy schools (Gilroy and Christopher High School) moving over to the BVAL from the PCAL, I’m going to predict where they fit and how these two respective leagues could approach realignment.

BVAL: Total teams- 26; 8 Autos | ‘21 Playoff Teams- 8

The BVAL is essentially inheriting two playoff-caliber teams who will undoubtedly compete with their “A-League” teams if not right away then within the second year of competing. I love that they are bringing the Gilroy schools in because I can see a rebirth of a South County rivalry amongst the Gilroy and Morgan Hill schools. Giving these young folk a minor taste of the TCAL days. Here is where the realignment comes in, does the BVAL stay with three divisions? Or do they expand to 4 a la PCAL and create what is a more expansive and developmental 4 tier division? I looked at the potential for both and they aren't too bad.

The Three-Tier System is by far the most competitive, Limiting nonleague games and requiring teams to fight for an automatic bid or schedule a top-tier nonleague. This model only allows for 2 nonleague games so scheduling will play a factor for at large points. Especially in the B League.


The 4 tier model provides a lot more in terms of scheduling and leeway, however the divisions are smaller so naturally the Autos may be dispersed:


I’m pretty intrigued by this model for two reasons 1) The competition between the two top leagues is very compelling; they seem as if every matchup could be competitive. And 2) The bottom two leagues provides room for Them to compete intradivision and for programs to slowly build and compete and (hopefully) provide them annual opportunity to prove themself for advancement into the higher leagues over time, rather than thrown to the wolves immediately every year following a short stint of success.

Team Notes

Salinas will host Menlo-Atherton in the CCS Division I playoffs with the Bears’ offense and Cowboys’ defense being a really good matchup. The Cowboys held Aptos (14) and Palma (0) to a season low in points and limited Half Moon Bay to 14 points below its average in a season opening 42-22 season opening win. Menlo-Atherton is averaging 38 points per game.

Player Notes

St. Vincent 2022 OLB Dante Antonini (6-foot-2, 200 pounds) is a classic football player. He runs well and makes plays coming around the edge. He also makes plays as a receiver. He was the North Bay League - Redwood Division Player of the Year.

JUCO Notes

On Friday, Chabot (2-7) will take on Laney (4-5). Laney has a pair of receivers to watch in Ta’ir Brooks (27 catches for 448 yards and five touchdowns) and Maurice Lloyd (26 catches for 399 yards and three touchdowns). They prepped at McClymonds and Oakland Tech respectively.

Alumni Watch

Fresno State quarterback Jake Haener (Monte Vista) has been named a semi-finalist for the Davey O’Brien award for top quarterback in the country.

Video to Watch

In a final look at this past week, Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area had the highlights from Rancho Cotate’s exciting win over Windsor.

Story to Read

Folsom quarterback Tyler Tremain is expected back for this week’s game against Lincoln-Stockton, according to the Sacramento Bee. He has been out since leaving the De La Salle game.

Come out and support if you can!




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Got a late cancellation -- if only one team is available, that works too.

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I think the D1/Open bracket is accurate. It doesn’t say if the championship games will be at Dublin HS again. Wonder if it will just be hosted by the lowest seed. Pitt against De La Salle and then Pitt against Clayton will be fun to watch.

I think San Ramon rolls through the D2 bracket

Sol Henik is no longer the Varsity basketball coach at Acalanes high school, after 6 years of being the head man. The search begins for his replacement.

This is a good pick-up for Cal in adding Stevens as a walk-on. She is a rising prospect in the region.

Good lineup to get the season started

9:00am Swett vs Oakland High

10:30am St Patricks-St Vincent vs Head Royce

12:00pm Alhambra vs Eureka

1:30pm San Leandro vs Moreau Catholic

3:00pm Pinole Valley vs Campolindo

4:30pm Miramonte vs Cardinal Newman

6:00pm Oakland Tech vs Bishop O' Dowd

Team Notes

Menlo quarterback Sergio Beltran has helped propel the Knights to a 10-0 regular season and average 44 points per game. Their first round opponent in the CCS Division II playoffs, Half Moon Bay, will be their toughest test to date. The Cougars’ four losses have come to Top 20 teams (Serra, Los Gatos, Salinas and Menlo-Atherton). Half Moon Bay has won five of six games with the only blemish being a one point loss to Menlo-Atherton.

Player Notes

St. Mary’s-Stockton 2022 center Hayden Jones (6-foot-3, 260 pounds) is quick off the ball and plays until the end of the play. He has offers from Bucknell and Valparaiso and recently visited San Diego.

JUCO Notes

Hartnell quarterback Juan Pablo Garcia has thrown for 2,335 yards and 21 touchdowns in eight games. His season high in yards (425) and touchdowns (5) came in a loss to Feather River on October 9. Hartnell (3-5) will play at Merced on Saturday.

Alumni Watch

Eastern Washington wide receiver Talolo Limu-Jones (Grace Davis) had six catches for 94 yards and a touchdown in a 23-20 loss to Montana State. This year, he has 717 yards and three touchdowns. Limu-Jones has 2,317 yards and 18 touchdowns in 49 career games.

Video to Watch

Elk Grove 2023 offensive guard Simione Pale has some of the best film I’ve seen from a junior year prospect. He visited Notre Dame this past weekend. Elk Grove will take on Vacaville on Friday. The Bulldogs also have a good group of linemen.

Story to Read

Mitch Stephens gave some much deserved recognition to the St. Francis offensive line that helped open holes for a league record setting attack. The line is at least 255 pounds at each spot.

2021 Damian Lillard Classic Silver Division Dec 27th to 29th at Albany High School
SPSV, Burlingame, Mack, Douglas, Pittsburg, Hayward LPS, and Albany High. Great field, played at a great venue!!! If interested please email me at damianlillardclassic@gmail.com

This is my annual plea to all coaches to post complete rosters and schedules on maxpreps.com. Don't forget JV and frosh teams.

Of course stats would also be great, but I don't want to get too crazy.

Truly disappointing. The failure on so many accounts.

Delta College won its Jocelyn Mancebo Classic with wins over Feather River (100-45), Sequoias (68-65) and Moorpark (74-62). Alicia Jones, Donja Payne and Breeana Grigsby all averaged in double figures. Delta is the top ranked team in NorCal.

Sierra won the tournament at Mt. SAC with wins over Long Beach (69-61), Rio Hondo (60-41) and Mt. San Antonio (81-37). Christina Oliva averaged 13 points, four rebounds and two steals.

PROLIFIC PREP IS BACK IN NAPA THIS WEEKEND!!!

Come check out one of the top 5 teams in the Country this weekend at Napa Valley College November 6-7th. This is one of the rare times to catch the team in Napa this season before the Holidays. All 4 of our teams play so will be 4 great games of basketball each day. Prolific Prep is the night cap and plays at 6pm on Saturday (also 3 games before), and plays at 3pm on Sunday (3 games before as well).

ADMISSION: Just walk up to the gym. No pre-tickets needed unless getting courtside Seating (See Below).

COURTSIDE SEATING: Please email ProlificPrepInfo@gmail.com for Courtside Seating. We have around 15 left for this weekend ($30).

15 pts In his 1st game in 3+ years or so. Good to see him back out there playing hard.

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Stopped by East Union Manteca vs Del campo to see nephew who plays for EU. Del campo got spanked by 50. Del Oro very poor sportsmanship. Fighting on field, late hits , cussing at refs. It was all bad. Del campo did not shake hands after game and players wanted to attack East Union coaches. Terrible situation at Manteca. Del campo parents fighting after game with students at snack bar. Most of all, several Del campo players arrested by local police. All East union players, coaches , students and faculty and parents had to stay on the field until all of Del campo fans and players and coaches were police escorted off school premises. This was a terrible scene. I'm sure there will some discipline and firings happening at Del campo . Terrible situation for just a high school football game. Friday night fights. Thanks to EU fans for been a class act and not get involved.

Team Notes

The story for Edison-Stockton usually centers on a defense that has given up 67 total points, but it also has gotten 773 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns from senior Jaylen Blacksher (5-foot-9, 197 yards) in eight games worth of stats. This week, the Vikings will play fellow Stockton school St. Mary’s in a Top 15 matchup. The Rams are averaging 244 rushing yards per game.

Player Notes

Rocklin 2022 WR/DB Elias Mullican (6-foot-1, 175 pounds) has been one of the best players in the region this season. He is a smooth runner and plays the ball well in the air on offense and defense. Mullican is very good at covering in space and driving on routes. Mullican has 498 receiving yards and seven touchdowns and a team high five interceptions. The SFL MVP recently picked up an offer from Sacramento State.

JUCO Notes

Sierra (5-3) beat American River (5-4) 42-34 in overtime as Qyntyn Pilcher-Colbert connected with Matt Smart for two touchdowns. Sawyer Merrill led American River with 155 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Alumni Watch

Sacramento State running back Cameron Skattebo (Rio Linda) rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-9 win over Cal Poly. In the past three games, Skattebo has rushed for 324 yards and four touchdowns.

Video to Watch

McClymonds continued to roll through the OAL in a 61-10 win over Skyline. Cal Hi Sports Bay Area has the highlights of the win.

Story to Read

Sonora will host Hilmar in the SJS Division V quarterfinals. One player to watch is Sonora 2023 lineman Roger Alderman. Front Row Preps has a good look at Alderman and the game.

NorCalSportsTV is streaming a pair of events:

San Jose City College Tip-Off Classic
CCSF Tip-Off Tourney

Division I - http://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/21-22/Football_D1_2021.pdf

Division II - http://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/21-22/Football_D2_2021.pdf

Division III - http://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/21-22/Football_D3_2021.pdf

Division IV - http://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/21-22/Football_D4_2021.pdf

Division V - http://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/21-22/Football_D5_2021.pdf

This should be one of the best weekends we've had so far.