Looking like Jayden Machado won the quarterback competition for Elk Grove in beating out incumbant starter Tyler Vander Waal. Heard through a friend last night that Vander Waal, a junior, is transferring out of Elk Grove.

Can anyone confirm?

Being just a 14 year old sophomore, Tracy quarterback Josh Alvarado will have to sit out the next three games until he turns 15.

This is the frontrunner for best quote of the season:

“I’m sitting here telling Josh that he can’t play because he’s too young,” Shrout said, “and he’s sitting here looking at me with a mustache and a goatee.”

http://stocktonpreps.com/news/107/breaking-tracy-qb-must-sit-until-15th-birthday/

Saint Francis Highschool in Mountain View needs one more team for their Girls Basketball Holiday Tournament.

Dates: December 28, 29, 30.

If interested contact either Head Coach Brian Harrigan brianharrigan@sfhs.edu or Athletic Director Michael Pilawski michaelpilawski@sfhs.edu.

There has been talk of Cardinal Newman and Marin Catholic participating in NCS Division 4 this year and not petitioning up as in years past. Does anyone know if that is the case. The NCS website still has both Cardinal Newman and Marin Catholic in higher divisions.

winning every week is not a birth right......

I must admit I am surprised to see this result as I understood St. Mary's is one of the favorites heading into TCAL-Rock this season. Did anyone attend the game and offer an assessment?

The wildcats on the opening kickoff saw Peterson fire off a 40 yarder and then a 13 yard pass as MC marched down the field at what looked like a scoring drive only to stall on the seven yard line....now the wildcats had a later drive stall the same way and in the final minutes the Wlofpack put up one more goal line stand on the one yard line as time ran out....Now both teams were plagued with penalties that hurt drives and in the early going, the Wolfpack had a hard time getting started due to a stubborn Wildcat defense, but Davis, McFarland,Haden Jr. and Griffin Jr. began finding holes in the wildcat defense late in the first Quarter and then the Wolfpack offense began to open up as a 27 yard TD run was called back on a holding penalty. But McFarland got Cosumnes Oaks on the board with 5:31 left in the second quarter with a seven yard run and then thru the third quarter both teams were grinding away at each other but nothing was happening, but the fourth quarter saw McFarland pull in a 10 yard pass for a TD and Davis with a seven yard run and the Wolfpack held the Wildcats scoreless.

Cosumnes Oaks.....00.....07.....00.....13.....20
Marin Catholic........00.....00.....00......00.....00
JV.
Cosumnes Oaks.....06.....07.....07.....14.....34
Marin Catholic.........00....00.....00......14.....14
Now the wildcats have a QB on the JV's named Spencer Petreas at 6-4 and 182 with a strong arm who can fireoff a pass at a good 40 to 50 yards, so this kid may be next years QB.

For Marin catholic, the wildcats racked up 12 first downs. punted twice , picked off one Wolfpack pass carried the ball 25 times for 83 yards and thru 23 passes for 169 yards and seven penalties for 50 yards that took their toll on drives...Peterson got off passes of 40,13,14,46,15 and 18, but a bend but don't break defense held MC in check.
For Cosumnes Oaks....The wolfpack ran up 19 first downs punted four times were intercepted once but took a beating on nine penalties for 75 yards that killed possible drives...The running game saw the Wolfpack rack up 37 carries for 198 yards and fired 21 passes for 162 yards ..

More off the field stuff to start the season

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article32909856.html

Week 0 has all non-league games for the seven SFL teams. How do you see the match-ups and final scores?
1) Folsom vs. Clayton Valley
2)Del Oro vs. Pleasant Grove (Utah)
3)Granite Bay vs. Jesuit
4) Rocklin vs. Pleasant Grove
5)Woodcreek vs. Vintage
6)Oak Ridge vs. Whitney
7)Nevada Union vs.Placer
My pick SFL wins all except Woodcreek & NU.

Class of 2017 game: South 135, North 114
Player of the game: Remy Martin of Sierra Canyon
Leading Scorers: South- Brandon McCoy of Cathedral Catholic with 20
North: Alfred Hollins of Sacred Heart Cathedral with 25
Leading Rebounders: South- Brandon McCoy of Cathedral Catholic with 17
North: Alfred Hollins of Sacred Heart Cathedral with 7

Class of 2016 game: South 135, North 132
Player of the game: Devearl Ramsey of Sierra Canyon
Leading Scorers: South- Devearl Ramsey of Sierra Canyon with 20
North- Jordan Ford of Folsom with 28
Leading Rebounders: South- Ike Anigbogu of Centennial and Mubashar Ali of St. Bernard with 10
North- Peter Hewitt of St. Francis and Donovan Mitchell of Buchanan with 6

I need 1 team to round out the shootout, here are the teams that are in:

Pittsburg, Oakland High, Edison, Jesse Bethel, College Park, Rodriguez, Foothill, Castro Valley, McClymonds, Madera, St. Bernard’s, Skyline, Antioch, Hercules, Bear Creek



Please contact me by email or cell
garnettgivans@hotmail.com or (510) 387-3868



Thanks,
Coach Garnett Givans

Twitter news:

Thomas Lawrence‏@RecordPreps
Raziya Potter, one of our All-Area 1st-team girls #basketball picks, is now enrolled at St. Mary's High #RecordPreps

None of them are Brody Angley either.

National team mainstays Marco Ramos (North Salinas/Monterey Peninsula JC/Weber State/Grand Canyon) and Adrian Zamora (Watsonville/Gavilan JC/Montana State) returned and are joined by Juan Anderson (Toscano) (Castro Valley/Marquette). Anderson had a good game in their opening day win over the Dominican Republic. Mexico City is hosting the tournament and the top two teams automatically qualify.
http://www.americas2015.com/en/box.asp?g=A&n=2&r=11755

Elite I.Q. Hoops put on the 1st Annual Nor Cal Select game this past weekend in Hayward, Ca. Talk about tough, there was no easy buckets in this game. Close all the way until the very end but Team Chosen ended victorious.44-43

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Sydney Fadal
Mylah Andrada

Team Select
Sierra Smith 5’5 PG ‘17-- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Jordan Hobson 5’11 F ‘16 -- SALESIAN
Stephanie Moore 5’10 F ‘16 -- GOLDEN VALLEY
Sydney Fadal 6’0 F/P ‘16 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Ariel Johnson 5’8 G ‘18 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Ambreece Gaskins 5’6 G ‘18 -- STEVENSON
Carolyn Gill 5’9 G ‘17 -- ST. MARYS BERKELEY
Taki Brandon 5’9 F ‘16 -- BERKELEY

Team Chosen
Julia Blackshell Fair 5’7 G ‘17 --VANDEN
Namiko Adams 5’8 PG ‘17 -- WEST CAMPUS
Angel Johnson 5’8 G ‘16 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Katie MacKenzie 6’3 C ‘16 -- DIXON
MiCole Cayton 5’9 PG ‘16 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Raziya Potter 6’0 F ‘18 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Naje’ Murray 5’6 PG ‘17 -- ST MARYS STOCKTON
Mylah Andrada 5’7 G ‘16 -- BISHOP ODOWD

http://www.eliteiqhoops.com/

Elite I.Q. Hoops put on the 1st Annual Nor Cal Select game this past weekend in Hayward, Ca. Talk about tough, there was no easy buckets in this game. Close all the way till the end but Team Chosen ended up winning.44-43

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Sydney Fadal
Mylah Andrada

Team Select
Sierra Smith 5’5 PG ‘17-- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Jordan Hobson 5’11 F ‘16 -- SALESIAN
Stephanie Moore 5’10 F ‘16 -- GOLDEN VALLEY
Sydney Fadal 6’0 F/P ‘16 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Ariel Johnson 5’8 G ‘18 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Ambreece Gaskins 5’6 G ‘18 -- STEVENSON
Carolyn Gill 5’9 G ‘17 -- ST. MARYS BERKELEY
Taki Brandon 5’9 F ‘16 -- BERKELEY

Team Chosen
Julia Blackshell Fair 5’7 G ‘17 --VANDEN
Namiko Adams 5’8 PG ‘17 -- WEST CAMPUS
Angel Johnson 5’8 G ‘16 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Katie MacKenzie 6’3 C ‘16 -- DIXON
MiCole Cayton 5’9 PG ‘16 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Raziya Potter 6’0 F ‘18 -- ST. MARYS STOCKTON
Naje’ Murray 5’6 PG ‘17 -- ST MARYS STOCKTON
Mylah Andrada 5’7 G ‘16 -- BISHOP ODOWD

http://www.eliteiqhoops.com/

A conflict between two tournaments with one team has made a possible opening in the Cupertino Tournament December 3-5. If you are interested please contact one of the emails below. Thanks.



craig_ellegood@fuhsd.org
coachmack95120@yahoo.com

At this link:

http://bayareahq.com/2015/08/26/buster-posey-body-armor/

I know it's a little early for football talk, but can someone help me understand this matchup. Trinity is not ranked very high and seems to be in a bit of a rebuilding year. Why take on DLS, who might boast the top team nationally in 2015. Trinity top teams are gone. I'd like to hear from the Trinity coaching staff, if they don't mind filling me in on the reason for playing DLS. I'd also like to hear from the DLS Fans, supporters and other football fans concerning this post. I really don't like to watch blowout games and it could be a waste of time traveling far away, spending money that could be used to play power teams, including Miami Central, Miami Booker T. Washington, STA, Bishop Gorman

Oakland High is looking for some JV boys basketball games to fill out our 2015-2016 schedule. Please email ohighbasketball@gmail.com if interested.

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MM, MD, SMS, Palisades...
Only Sades vs SMS is the real game

Ahem. Gentlemen. Streak. Anyone. Excuse my high tech ignorance, but how do I sign-out or log-off from this site? I promise to return. Really. But it doesn't feel right not being able to sign-out. Muds