2017 Mitty/Oakland Rebels SF Sebastian Much has received offers from Montana and Weber State.

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Eli with the big dunk over all-time epic draft flop Nikoloz Tskitishvili in Lebanon.

So it's May 1, and we're at 32 teams already. We will not take more than 128, and last year, some latecomers got lucky getting in because of the inevitable teams dropping out.

On the one hand, as Dave Jackson always wanted, it would be great to let everyone in and have the tournament be as big as needed, but the reality is that the very limited staff we have isn't really capable of handling the administration of a tournament with 144 teams. (In fact, I'd say we're pretty stretched to handle 128.)

So if you want to play in the 2015 Jamboree (Dec. 28-30), you might want to get your application in a little earlier than in years' past, just to make sure.

We hope to hear from you soon ...

San Ramon Valley knocks off Livermore, which lost both games this week. Here are the current EBAL standings. http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/ci_28032520/ebal-baseball-san-ramon-valley-beats-livermore

De La Salle 6-2
Monte Vista 5-3
Livermore 5-3
San Ramon Valley 5-3
Amador Valley 3-5
California 3-5
Foothill 3-5
Granada 2-6

Stealing this fact from Stu Jossey of tracyhighbaseball.com. Tracy sophomore pitcher Cody Bolton is 6-2 with a 0.77 ERA and has beaten every team in the TCAL.

Rancho Cotate WR Chris Taylor-Yamanoha has been offered by Colorado. Six of 12 schools in the Pac-12 have offered.

Rocklin DL Chase Hatada has nine offers after picking up one from Washington State. Remember seeing a quote from Troy Taylor last year saying he would have a shot at D1. It has proven true. https://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Chase-Hatada-176760

Oregon State has joined the party for 2017 Moreau Catholic/Oakland Soldiers PG Damari Milstead.

El Cerrito/Oakland Soldiers wing Carlos Johnson has added offers from UC Santa Barbara and Arkansas State this week.

UC Davis is the first offer for 2016 St. Francis/Lakeshow post Peter Hewitt. He played well last weekend in Oakland.

Modesto Christian/Oakland Soldiers 2016 post Robinson Idehen has picked up offers from UC Santa Barbara and San Diego.

2016 Valley Christian/Cal Stars forward Nina Bessolo committed to UC Davis after picking up an offer after Boo Williams.

Good pickup for the Aggies in getting Bessolo, who showed good development during her junior year.

Rivals.com National Analyst Eric Bossi broke down the 5-stars and their outlook for college. Here is the excerpt on Ivan Rabb:

Because he stayed home to be the face of the program and is the highest rated recruit that California has landed in some time, there will undoubtedly be pressure and perhaps inflated expectations. And, the No. 7 player in 2015 does need to get stronger. However, he has a great attitude, is a worker and his productivity on the offensive glass combined with his ambidextrous scoring make him a pretty safe bet to be live up to his ranking.

Joe DeMers of College Park is featured in this week's Sports Illustrated Faces In The Crowd section, highlighting his perfect game against Monte Vista earlier this season, and his 2 other no-hitters against Concord and Northgate. All 3 were home games.

He pitched at home again for the 4th time yesterday, and had a 4th no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 7th inning. He struck out 10 with no walks and hit a 3-run homer to aid his own cause, as if he needed it. He is now 9-0 with a microscopic ERA.

Looks like Erick Raich has nice visions of restoring some baseball dignity to De Anza. They surely suffered under some of the past regimes and due to the "incident" - allegations of rape.

Good for Erick and the boys from DeAnza.

https://www.deanza.edu/athletics/baseball/

https://www.deanza.edu/athletics/baseball/pdf/DeAnzaBaseballnewrendering.pdf

http://abc7news.com/archive/8300480/

This situation is more athletically motivated than academically. If you're grades slip...get them up. Don't transfer.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hsspor...to-transfer-from-fremont-to-archbishop-mitty/

After a racist rant caught on video after a game against St Marys this week went viral. Northridge rescinded the baseball scholarship. Lesson learned for young people that you better keep your emotions in check. Poof there goes 100,000 out the door.

Anyone know of good weekly passing leagues in NorCal? Or any one day events?

Thanks.

Boy's High School Summer Shootout
DATES & LOCATION: June 27th & 28th, 2015 - Chabot College (Varsity)
ENTRY FEE: $275.00 per team
TOURNAMENT Marshall 510-290-6914
ENTRY DEADLINE: Entries must be received by May 30, 2015. Taking up to 24 teams
ENTER EARLY LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE PER AGE GROUP
SCHEDULES: Posted by 10pm, June 20 exact times/ All games will be at Chabot
GAME GUARANTEE: You will be guaranteed (4) games in this event,
FORMAT/AWARDS: Pool Play/Bracket Play
RULES OF PLAY: High School Basketball Rules with 20 minute half/ 2 timeouts

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hsspor...er-from-fremont-to-archbishop-mitty/#comments

Phillip Tran is a rising Junior that threw for over 2k yards last season for Fremont. 6'2" 200+ with tools. Should be a pretty big jump in competition from SCAL El Camino to WCAL but the kid is pretty good and has D1 attention already

I went to De La Salle many years ago. When I have time I am conducting interviews with this year's team. This week I talked to Devin Asiasi about his Tongan and Samoan heritage and the college recruitment process. I spoke with Anthony Sweeney about rehabilitation from elbow surgery and leadership lessons learned from Simba Short. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/user/AlhambraValleyTV Thanks for watching.

(if you can follow)

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/artic...-to-try-new-playoff-format/1776425142535.html

SHP v. BHS http://www.smdailyjournal.com/artic...rs-5-1-win-over-burlingame/1776425142536.html

CHS v. Menlo HS - April 29, 2015 - PAL Bay League Game @ Menlo School
Carlmont 010 000 33 7 10 3
Menlo 000 040 00 4 2 2

WP: Giberton (6-1, 4-0) Save: Stewart (#3) LP: Cardozo
2B: Billot-2 (C) Gampell (M) 3H: Billot (C) 2H: Pleschner (C) 3RBI: Billot (C) Gampell (M)

In dramatic fashion Carlmont came back with 3 runs to knot the score at 4-4 in the top of the 7th with Julian Billot (1B) driving in the first 2, and Aaron Album's smash to short that was mishandled allowing the tying run to cross the plate. CHS scored 3 times after 2 were out in the 8th. With Mike McGill (1B) at 2nd base, Billot smacked his second double of the game to score McGill. Aaron Pleschner followed with a single to bring in Billot. Pleschner then stole 2nd base and raced home when Aaron Albaum singled to right. Starter Joe Pratt pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up just one hit and 3 walks along with the 4 unearned runs and 4 K's. Sean Yao threw an inning of relief in the 6th, followed by Ryan Giberton who pitched the 7th and started the 8th, picking up his 6th win of the season. With 2 runners on and nobody out in the 8th, Spencer Stewart took the mound. The first batter he faced was safe on a bunt single to load the bases, but he was able to retire the next 3 Knights, including 2 K's, and nail down his 3rd Save. Chs Record: 18-5, 8-3

The 5th annual Bay Area Memorial Day Classic will be held Saturday thru Monday May 23-25, 2015. Over 100 teams participate each year in the biggest and most competitive Memorial weekend event in the west. It will be held at three sites: San Francisco City College, Nor Cal Courts in Martinez and Jamtown in Oakland. Cost is $450 per team for direct payment or $475 for online payment. There is a four game guarantee. (Discount is available for three or more teams.)

There will be four high school divisions (17 elite, 17 varsity, 16u, 15u), with a championship in each division on Monday the 25th. Media in attendance will include: norcalpreps.com, californiapreps.com, ihigh.com, hoopreview.net. A post event report will be sent to these and various other web sites in addition to college coaches nation-wide. For more information contact Joe Fuca at 415-595-6203 or email: jfuca@aol.com or Gerry Freitas at 408-998-1327 or email:gerryfreitas@hotmail.com or visit the website: bayareamemorialdayclassic.webs.com.

They need to join for football only! Love to see of their teams make it to the Regional-State Games. I know...I know...just dreamin!