National:

Mitty beat Santa Margarita 43-38
Carlsbad beat Bishop O'Dowd

American:

Crespi beat Dougherty Valley 77-40

Clayton Valley Charter beat Fairfax 54-44
Monterey Trail beat Granite Bay 74-56
Canyon View beat Laguna Creek 66-50

Senator's:

Rancho Buena Vista beat Berkeley 84-77
Oak Ridge beat North Kitsap 69-59

Govenor's

Santa Fe Christian beat Acalanes 52-37
Monte Vista beat San Juan Hills 68-67

3:00 El Dorado vs Rosemont
4:30. Wood vs Chavez
6:00. Grant vs Burbank
7:30. Woodcreek vs Cordova

Day 1:

Montgomery beat Heritage 68-46
Miramonte beat Vintage 72-49
Ygnacio Valley beat Urban 65-61
St. Ignatius beat Archie Williams 82-56
University beat Priory 90-60
King beat Central Catholic 62-59
Arcata bet Lincoln 93-81

Still to Come:

Mills vs. Marin Catholic

Day 2 Results - Newark Optimist Club - Newark Memorial Girls Holiday Basketball Classic

JV Division:
Clayton Valley Charter 41
Foothill 27

American 47
Mt. Eden 25

Valley Christian 34
Irvington 21

San Leandro 46
Newark Memorial 18

Varsity Division:
San Leandro 45
Lowell 31

Santa Clara 63
Newark Memorial 54

Lynbrook 60
Aragon 39

Arroyo Grande 48
Foothill 37

Schedule for Saturday, December 30

JV Division:
9:00 am (Seventh Place) Mt. Eden vs. Foothill
10:30 am (Consolation) American vs. Clayton Valley Charter
12 Noon (Third Place) Irvington vs. Newark Memorial
1:30 pm (JV Championship) Valley Christian vs. San Leandro

Varsity Division:
3:15 pm (Seventh Place) Lowell vs. Newark Memorial
4:45 pm (Consolation) San Leandro vs. Santa Clara
6:15 pm (Third Place) Aragon vs. Foothill
7:45 pm (Varsity Championship) Lynbrook vs. Arroyo Grande

3:00 pm Chavez vs Rosemont
4:30 pm. Wood vs El Dorado
6:00 pm. Burbank vs Cordova
7:30 pm. Woodcreek. Vs Grant

Access Sacramento will be working the Games of the week,

Day 1 - Results at Newark Memorial High School - Thursday, December 28

JV Division:
Valley Christian 40
American 33

Irvington 53
Mt. Eden 11

San Leandro 43
Clayton Valley Charter 14

Newark Memorial 36
Foothill 29

Varsity Division:
Aragon 40
San Leandro 39

Lynbrook 64
Lowell 50

Arroyo Grande 49
Santa Clara 33

Foothill 70
Newark Memorial 23

Schedule for Day 2 - Friday, December 29

JV Division:
9:00 am Clayton Valley Charter vs. Foothill
10:30 am American vs. Mt. Eden
12 Noon. Valley Christian vs. Irvington
1:30 pm. San Leandro vs. Newark Memorial

Varsity Division:
3:15 pm San Leandro vs. Lowell
4:45 pm Santa Clara vs. Newark Memorial
6:15 pm Aragon vs. Lynbrook
7:45 pm Arroyo Grande vs. Foothill

I got a WHOLE YEAR OLDER yesterday….

Hard to get this ancient body moving…

Hoping I make it for the 2nd game after my linguisa and egg breakfast…. Country Skillet, Ripon. My go-to when Gold Dust Puzza isn’t open yet.

This week brings us one of the most competitive lower level tournaments for Freshmen and JV in Northern California. This weekend 12/21-12/23 (Thursday-Saturday) we will be hosting some of the top programs around at Clayton Valley Charter High School. We will have an 8-team Freshmen Bracket and an 8-team JV Bracket played throughout the day. Here are the schedules for the first day:

Thursday, December 21st
Freshmen Bracket
10:00 AM Clayton Valley Charter vs. Marin Catholic
11:30 AM Salesian vs. San Ramon Valley
1:00 PM Moreau Catholic vs. St. Ignatius
2:30 PM Bishop O'Dowd vs. De La Salle

JV Bracket
4:00 PM Salesian vs. De La Salle
5:30 PM Saint Francis vs. San Marin
7:00 PM Archbishop Riordan vs. California
8:30 PM Clayton Valley Charter vs. Granada

My present to myself.. Hoops all day at Modesto Christian!

First game features my Campolindo Cougars vs. the Downey Knights of Modesto..

Campo is 8-2 and Downey is 4-8 (2 and 1 with second-leading scorer Jayden Coelho)..

Nice pickup for the Cardinal. Cunningham gives them one of the best local defenders and a guy who projects to be a potential scholarship guy down the road.

Dec 28, 2023
Day 1
3:00 pm Chavez vs Burbank
4:30 pm. Wood. Vs. Woodcreek
6:00 pm. Rosemont vs Cordova
7:30 pm. El Dorado. Vs. Grant

53-49 YV in front of Moreau after 3 quarters, full speed 94 feet every second.

I’m glad I didn’t bring my keyboard, my fingers would be done for the season!

Montgomery was very fortunate to escape with a hard fought victory against cross town rival Cardinal Newman 47-45. For those thinking that Newman was potentially going to have a down year after last year's postseason run and graduating some studs, let me tell you right now...that's not the case, not the case at all! It was a battle! Vikings were down starting 3 year varsity player, Will Grafe due to injury and Newman is down their big and have a stud coming aboard in a couple days. Great game. The Viking Dome was packed! @northbaybbguru was in attendance and will verify that Newman is in good shape for another postseason run...and very young! I'm sure @larry legend33 and @winetot were watching from the comfort of their homes.......and who knows...maybe even @Bitter Branson Fan . The next rerun at Fitzgerald Gymnasium will be a grind for sure! Cheers to entertaining and well coached high school basketball!

Not very professional, but we have a spot in this bracket for teams with games available:


claykallam@gmail.com 925 935-7370

Can someone explain this to me. Most teams of Mittys caliber have a full slate of games. I believe 10 in the max, yet Mitty has only 7 non-league games scheduled.

Maybe they have some tournament later in the year, maybe they will be playing Crush in the Valley and need those slots open.

Who knows. But I just found it very strange they would only schedule 7 games.

Does anyone have a schedule for the event this week?

I just wanted to wish everyone here a Merry Xmas and happy holidays.

Last year was one of the best years of my life, as I got to travel the country helping Coach one of the top teams in America.

As crazy as this sounds, all that wouldn’t have been possible without everyone here on the message boards. Both the positive and negative comments.

Right now my Hall team is doing extremely well, and while I would love to be on the road right now, I’m happy and grateful to be at home here in SF. Getting to watch a really special Hall team come together and play some tough competition in the BCL West this year.

Whether we’ve interacted in real life (good seeing you yesterday Ethan), met at basketball games (I see you Marcskit) or even just the occasional comment….Hope this year and next are good to you.

Because life is way too short to be upset.

We have to have a number divisible by four or eight, and right now we don't.

If you have three games left, and Dec. 28-30 open,


If you have a game or two available on those dates, we might be able to work something out.

claykallam@gmail.com