I don't think many here have heard of Emily Engstler, who was just released by the Indiana Fever after a decent rookie season. More may know of Chennedy Carter, a tremendously talented player chosen No. 4 overall in the WNBA draft, but now without a team.

Both were known as problems during their high school careers. Other players didn't like playing with them, despite their ability to win games, and coaches endured them. Both continued to have issues with others in college, and both wound up getting surprisingly cut, despite being in the 99.9th percentile of basketball players.

Two lessons here, at least:

1) If you don't get along with teammates, play tennis Team sports demand a cohesive group of individuals who can find a way to get along.

2) Talent is not enough. If you want to play basketball, you have to find a way to get along with people. It's not up to them to get along with you, no matter how good you are. If you have continuing issues with teammates and coaches, look in the mirror (no matter what your parents say).

The Eagles have won eight in a row heading into next week's two game set with College Park.

Their losses have come against Cardinal Newman and De La Salle (first two games of the year) as well as Bellarmine and Whitney.

Sierra Foothill League:

Whitney beat Del Oro 5-2: Jonathan Vavak had three RBI and Jace Gillmore threw a complete game, six hitter.

Rocklin beat Granite Bay 10-7: Rocklin led 6-0 after two innings. Cameron Castor went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and Jack Peterson had a triple and two runs scored.

Oak Ridge beat Folsom 3-2: Jake Fields had a home run and two RBI for the Trojans and threw a complete game with 11 strikeouts. Folsom's Collin Elmore went 2-for-3 with a double.

Delta:

Franklin beat Pleasant Grove 7-3: Franklin overcame a 3-0 deficit with five runs in the fourth. Jordan Lopez went 2-for-3 with three RBI. Pleasant Grove's Zach Von Miller and Cole Davis each had two hits.

Elk Grove beat Davis 14-0: The Thundering Herd won in five innings with home runs from Tanner McDonnell and Evan Gentil. Ned Frutchey gave up one hit over five innings with seven strikeouts.

Sheldon beat Cosumnes Oaks 6-5: Kyle Ottman had a double and three runs scored for Sheldon, which won in nine innings. Cosumnes Oaks' Brody Airoldi went 3-for-5 in the loss.

De La Salle beat Dougherty Valley 5-1: Max Ghiglieri had a home run and Jack Hershey and RJ Meyn combined on a four hitter. Dougherty Valley's John Wong went 3-for-4 with a double.

Dublin beat Livermore 12-1: Jaden D'Souza went 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored and Colin Glines got the win afer giving up one run over 3.1 innings.

California beat San Ramon Valley 3-1: California's Declan Casey threw a complete game with eight strikeouts. San Ramon Valley's Hudson Aber gave up three runs over five innings with seven strikeouts. At the plate, California's Elijah Cernak had a double and three RBI.

Foothill beat Monte Vista 2-1: Foothill's Tyler Gebb gave up one run over six innings with nine strikeouts. Monte Vista's Ronan French gave up two unearned runs over six innings.

Amador Valley beat Granada 3-0: Oliver de la Torre threw six shutout innings with eight strikeouts to power the Dons' win. Granada ace Joshua Morano gave up three runs over 5.2 innings.

Standings:

De La Salle 9-1
Granada 7-3
Foothill 7-4
Amador Valley 6-4
Dublin 6-5
California 5-5
San Ramon Valley 5-5
Monte Vista 3-8
Dougherty Valley 3-8
Livermore 1-9

From Moraga to Hawaii!

Branham beat Willow Glen 4-0: Evan Williams threw a six hit shutout to extend Branham's winning streak to five games.

Live Oak beat Westmont 4-0: Aidan Keenan struck out 11 batters over six innings and gave up just one hit.

Leigh beat Santa Teresa 5-1: Ollie Obenour had two doubles and Dom Panella had two RBI for the league leading Longhorns.

Standings:

Leigh 11-3
Live Oak 9-5
Pioneer 9-5
Branham 9-5
Christopher 8-6
Willow Glen 7-7
Santa Teresa 6-8
Leland 5-7
Westmont 4-10
Sobrato 0-12

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PROLIFIC SUMMER ACADEMY 2024 IS COMING UP

Prolific Prep has become the GOLD STANDARD for Basketball Excellence in developing the individual and team player. In just Nine years, PP was able to produce 4 NBA Players, 9 McDonald’s All-Americans, and over 65+ D1 Athletes. As a result, Prolific Prep is happy to announce the Prolific Summer Academy. Last year we sold out 4 out of our 7 weeks. This year we plan to continue to grow and be the top basketball camp on the West Coast!

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Prolific Summer Academy offers a place where athletes eat, sleep and train! The program starts JUNE 12th and runs till End of July. The program can (but not limited to) a boarding facility, in-house cook, and supervision, with a top basketball staff, all located on one campus. Our highly structured training schedule includes over 5 hours of player development each day, enabling athletes the ability to maximize their focus and their results. We also kid kids from all over the World now at our Summer Camps. Come enjoy a very unique experience.

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Montgomery High School (Santa Rosa) is looking for one team to complete the field for the 23nd Annual Viking Tip-Off Tournament. Dates of this years tournament are November 30th-December 2nd, 2023 with a traditional eight team bracket. Competitive field, nice tournament package and a trip to the North Bay make this a great early season tournament. Interested schools should contact Steve Arrow at either 707-322-9557 or email Steve.arrow52@gmail.com.

I am re birthing the lower level tournament. Starting with 1 division each level

Kimball is hosting its first lower-level tournament for JV and frosh programs.
We are looking for 8 JV and 8 frosh teams.
Fee: $375
Discount if you bring both programs.
Hospitality room for coaches and concessions will be available.
Spectators fee at the door.
All tourney, MVP 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and consolation given.
Will send flyer once you have expressed interest to process payment.

Please contact
Coach Dorvez Barnett
510-209-9269
dlbarnett24@yahoo.com

Coaches,

I have 2 spots remaining for our JV Girls Basketball Tournament also known as the Island Classic scheduled for December 28-30 at Alameda High School. This will be a standard 8-team bracket, all teams will be guaranteed 3 games, team awards & all tournament awards as well.

Please text or email if you would like to reserve your spot in this event.

(510) 610-4400
coachshawnhipol@gmail.com


-Coach Hip-

The former Bishop O'Dowd star has left Cal for Florida State.

Bonner averaged six minutes per game as a true freshman this past season

Rodriguez Girls Varsity Tournament! November 30th - December 2nd. We are Looking for 2 more teams to compete in our Inaugural Alexandria Robinson Memorial Tournament. Alexandria Robinson passed away in September 2022 from Sickle Cell at the very young age of 15 years old. She would've made her varsity debut this past season. We are hosting this tournament to keep her memory alive. Please reach out to me if you would like to have your team participate.

Committed teams:

Rodriguez
Riverbank
Pleasant Grove
Cosumnes Oaks
Elite Public
Will C Wood

Contact Coach Marcell to get locked in.

Marcellpalmer@icloud.com
707-208-2702

The MC Summer Shootout is on Friday June 23rd, Saturday June 24th and Sunday June 25th. Friday and Saturday is Pool play and Sunday is a single elimination tourney for the pool qualifiers and an out of bracket game for the non-qualifiers on Sunday.

Games will be played at Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward and Mt. Eden High School in Hayward. Current # of teams is at 42.

One of the top June high-school events with quality teams.

Schedules/Times/Locations will be posted at a later date.

Nor Cal High School Summer Classic will be held Friday to Sunday June 2-4 at Chabot College.. Open to competitive varsity high school teams. Everyone plays two games on two of the three days (four games total). Entry fee is $375. All games live streamed by Baller TV. email: gerryfreitas@hotmail.com for more info.

Pleasant Valley beat Foothill-Palo Cedro 3-2 and 13-2 on Tuesday to clinch the Eastern Athletic League. They are 17-3 overall.

Pleasant Valley had two early season wins over California.

After a very good run at UCSB, Ila Lane (Priory) is headed to Cal.

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This is a big pickup for Cal. Mafua has good size and a versatile skill set. She was an All-NorCal pick as a junior./

Mafua is playing this summer with Jason Kidd Select 17U

Nice pickup for coach clink and staff. They get a 6”7 long and athletic kid with range who can defend. Comes from a program that has great success last couple years. Congrats young man. @winetot, any news on Jackson?

Baller TV is looking to hire people to coordinate live stream operations for Bay Area/Nor Cal events. To inquire contact Branden Taylor with your email and phone number... branden@baller.tv

Here are a few of the 17U results from this past weekend. Feel free to add any I missed

EYBL: Oakland Soldiers 1-3

EYCL: Oakland Soldiers: 4-1 (Vanden 2024 Tyler Thompson was the division's leading scorer at 25 PPG)

Adidas 3SSB:

Jalen Green Elite 4-0
Team Lilllard 3-1 (was a 73-56 loss to Jalen Green)

UA Rise:

NBBA 2-3
Rose City Ballers 1-4

The Stage Act 1 Adidas Gold:

PHPS 4-0
Team Sac Pharoahs 4-0
SF Rebels 3-1
Team California 3-1
Lakeshow 17U Fuca 2-2
SF Work Hard Play Hard 2-2
Bay City 17U RB 1-3

Other Pools:

Bay Area Wildcats 4-0
Bay City Warriors Select 3-1
Lakeshow Gonzalez 2-2
Payton's Place 1-3

Moreau Catholic's Kellen Hampton is transferring to Southern California Academy. This is definitely the norm now

Good showing for Bay City, which has players like McKenna Woliczko (Mitty), Gabriella Kelly (University), Kianna Moniz (SHC), Belle Bramer (Mitty) and Leah Nelson (Grant)

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