Now that the season is at a midway point, who are Norcal 2015 finest?

2018 Freshman Aquira DeCosta SMS - (starting on #4/#5 best team in the nation, playing/winning vs national powers on a routine basis this season)

2017 Sophmore Sierra Smith SMS - (starting point guard on #4/#5 best team in the nation, leading her squad to national success)

(Tough call here for 2016)

2016 Junior Sabrina Inosecu MM - (best scoring/shooting guard in the country, Team USA 2 time gold medal winner, can do everything on the court needed to win)

Or is it?

2016 Junior Aarion Mcdonald BC - (still under the national radar but becoming a force very quickly, already a 40+ game this season)

Seeing Inosecu and McDonald play for a few years in a 1 on 1 match up playing 10 games, they may split 5-5? Both very tough aggressive players)

2015 Senior Brijanee Moore WR (transfer from SMS) - (helped Team Taurasi to win NIKE EYBL 2014 National Championship)


Best in the State?

2018 Freshman Aquira DeCosta SMS - (starting on #4/#5 best team in the nation, playing vs national powers on a routine basis this season)

2017 Sophmore Ayanna Clark HS? - (helped LBP to State Open Title and won MVP of 2014 OPEN DIVISION)

2016 Junior Sabrina Inosecu MM - (best scoring/shooting guard in the country, Team USA 2 time gold medal winner, can do everything on the court needed to win)

Or is it?

2016 Junior Aarion Mcdonald BC - (still under the national radar but becoming a force very quickly, already a 40+ game this season)

Seeing Inosecu and McDonald play for a few years in a 1 on 1 match up playing 10 games they may split 5-5? Both very tough aggressive players)

2015 Katie Lou Samuelson MD - (Not just best in the state but best in the Nation as well)

Please chime in on your thoughts Clay, BD, Jazz.... Please talk your different players up not these players down. Thanks

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Current baseball coach Paul Rosa will become the new football coach at Wilcox starting in 2015. Rosa and Dave Currie will share coaching duties for Wilcox this spring with Currie taking over full time in 2016.

San Jose Mercury News

After four years, Dan Brown has stepped down at Wilcox HS. He will be replaced by Paul Rosa, the current baseball coach at Wilcox.

San Jose Mercury News

California 2015 TE Matt Snyder (Nebraska commit) has been offered by Michigan.

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St. Francis-Mountain View 2015 DL Thomas Toki had a disappointing year for the Lancers, but has held onto his 4-star ranking. He has held firm on his Washington State pledge, but Oklahoma State has entered the picture as the Cowboys look to add to its defensive line haul in this class.

OStateIllustrated.com

Grant 2015 OL Darrin Paulo has set three visits for this month to Utah (January 16), Oregon (January 23) and Nebraska (January 30). He visited Washington State in the fall.

Darrin Paulo

Another big loss in the coaching community this year. Built a quality program at Franklin.

Sat 1/17
8:30 Lincln vs Enterprise
10 Sac vs Mitty
11:30 Reno vs Lynwood
1 SMS vs Sierra Canyon
2:30 SMB vs Narbonne
4 Mater Dei vs Miramonte
5:30 Troy vs McClatchy
7 LJCD vs BOD
8:30Vanden vs Vista Murietta

Mon 1/19
8:30 Lynwood vs Christian Bros
10 Troy vs Vanden
11:30 Vista Murietta vs SHC
1 Narbonne vs Lincoln
2:30 SMS vs LJCD
4 SI vs Sierra Canyon
5:30 Clovis West vs SMB
7 BOD vs Bishop Manogue
8:30 Pinewood vs McClatchy

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Reports are DLS Alum Kevin Fordon has been named the new Varsity Head Football coach.

Just some random thoughts:

Private schools have advantages public schools do not when it comes to prospective athletesThey can offer a better education (based on test scores). Since the majority of the student body is paying $10K a year plus, they are obviously going to be more focused and goal oriented to achieve good grades and thus better test scores. If I am a parent of an athlete, I am absolutely putting the academic environment at the top of the list, and if I can get the majority if not all the tuition covered hell yeah!I would also like to see statistics regarding the denomination of the athletes. First instance at Central Catholic or DLS, how many of the football players are actually Catholic compared to the general population at the school. Remember these are religious institutions, and I bet you will find a large disparity between the football athletes and the general school population when it comes to belonging to the school's faith of choice.They can scholarship the athlete based on their ability. The fact that you can cut the tuition anywhere from 50% to 100%, how is this not considered a recruiting tool? I understand that scholarships are available for non-athletes, but every good to great athlete has the ability to get a scholarship. How many kids that came from Richmond to play at DLS ever paid a dime?

Just curious about other's thoughts on this subject. I admire the programs put together at the institutions, and I have no problem with families taking advantage of the opportunity, but I think they absolutely have a gigantic advantage over the public sector.

Packed House.

Game back and forth.

SMB leading @ half 31-26

I'm enjoying all this G-crap. But we all know what really happened... Well, if you didn't, here is the real story.


SJS commissioner Garrison and SJS former commissioner Saco were together celebrating the running clock victory of Folsom over Oceanside . They are sitting together in Garrison's den drinking the last of their beers.



Garrison says to Saco , "Man, that was a great move on your part to get rid of Regional Open. That way Folsom didn't have to get destroyed by DLS this year"

Saco replied, "I don't know Mike. I really think Folsom could have beat DLS this year."

Garrison stared at the floor for a moment before slowly shaking his head. "You really think so, Pete?'

"Pretty sure," replied Saco .



"Hmm - well, lets not worry about that now. At least everyone thinks Folsom is the best HS team in nation for the last 20 years or so." Garrison settled back into his seat with a satisfied grin.

About that time, Mrs. Garrison poked her head around the corner. She had a concerned look on her face. "Mikey dear. You left the television on in the living room."

"Yes Honey Muffin. We were planning to come back in there in a moment to watch those two loser teams play tonight."

"DLS and Centennial - that's the Open division teams playing tonight, right?" asked Mrs. Garrison.

"Yep, got it, Muffin!" Garrison paused with pondering downward glance. He looked back up at his wife. "But I don't get it, Sweet Muffin. You don't care much about Football - you never have. You don't go to any of the Folsom practices and you refuse to go to the Folsom games with me. So how do you even know who is playing tonight?"

"I'm sorry Mikey, you are right. you're always right. But while cleaning the kitchen, I happened to see a game on the TV. The two teams were playing the game so fast, I wasn't even sure it was football. I'm sorry Mikey, but I had to turn up the volume. The announcers said that they had never seen HS football teams play the game so fast - and - and - well a lot things like that. Then Mikey, I heard one of the announcers say it was De La Salle and Corona Centennial."

Garrison and Saco looked at each other with mild confusion. Saco broke the silence. "Well maybe your Sweet Pea is just mistaken. Lets go back in there and take a look."

For the next two hours, both men sat watching the game with horror. Garrison stared at the TV with glassy eyes. Saco had been noticeably crying earlier, but now he just held his head in his hands. His nose wouldn't stop running.

Shaking his head as if to clear his thoughts, Saco suddenly sat up straight. His eyes brightened. "Hey man," he said a little too loudly, "we need to call CIF President Thompkins. He'll know just what to do."

"Good idea," replied Garrison as he moved his eyes from the TV screen for the first time in an hour.

CIF President Thompkins answered on the first ring. "Hello!" came the booming voice.

"Hey Reggie, its Pete."

"Oh, hi Pete. Are you watching the DLS CC game?" Thompkins asked excitedly. "I've never seen anything like these two teams, although I think DLS may be cheating."

"Yeah, well..." Saco paused a second to clear his throat. "Ahh-hmmm... That's why I calling you. We were absolutely sure Folsom was the best team in the nation by a long shot. But now... " Saco stifled a sob and continued hesitantly. "Reggie, we need your help. Hundred of thousands of people are seeing these teams play and now they know the truth. Folsom is no where the as good as these two teams."

"Not so fast," boomed Thompkins. "First of all, never ever admit that, even though it may be true."

"OK - but…," Saco glance over at Garrison, "But what do we do, Reggie?"

"I was getting to that," boomed Thompkins. "Second, you know that stupid rule you pushed for so hard - that Folsom rule."

"Yeah?" replied Saco meekly.

"You have to spin it hard the other way. Let's say it was the Pac-5 rule," said Thompkins.

Saco 's eyes cleared a bit. He put hand over the phone's voice mic and said to Garrison, "Thompkins thinks my Folsom rule was a really good idea, but because of this DLS game he thinks we should temporarily call it the Pac-5 rule. You good with that?"

Garrison nodded agreement. After a brief thought, he said, "Or we could even call it the DLS rule."

"I wasn't finished." Thompkins yelled in the phone. "Listen up! Use what ever means it takes to make all of this stuff seem like DLS' fault. Tell everyone that DLS was scared of Folsom. That they are dodging a game or something like that. And that they are a private school - a religious one no less - make it sound really bad!!! Oh, and throw in some of that recruiting nonsense. That they are abusing Centennial, a poor public school, by scoring two extra points near the end of the game. Dang, I was so sure CC could have scored at least three more touchdowns at the end if only DLS wasn't so unsportsmanlike by keeping their starting defenders in the game. Hmmm... Anyway, spin it hard."

"OK, got it," said Saco . "Anything else?"

"Yeah, there is something else," boomed Thompkins. "Get someone the job right away - AND I MEAN RIGHT NOW - posting non stop on NorCalPreps, spinning all this crap. Got it?"

"Got it," smiled Saco as he hung up.

"Hey Mike," Saco said to Garrison, "Do you know anyone that can spin our angle non stop on NorCalPreps?"

"Actually I do," said Garrison. "I have perfect person. He's shy a couple bricks of a full load, if you know what I mean, but he'll say and do what we ask of him. His handle is G61."


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Shasta beat Enterprise 68-57 to snap Enterprise's 18 game league winning streak. Enterprise has lost as many games this year as they did all of last year. They play Lincoln-Stockton on Saturday.

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St. Mary's 1B/LHP Collin Ferguson (Santa Cruz) was named No. 9 for seniors in the country by Perfect Game.

Ponderosa beat Whitney 77-72 to pick up its first league win after a 0-2 start. Junior Saraya Smith, an Oak Ridge transfer, had 29 points. Junior Danielle Craft upped her 22 point per game mark with 26 points for Ponderosa.

Mike Blasquez is the Director Strength and Conditioning over at Cal. I know him from his days at De La Salle. I travelled to Cal and interviewed him in the Simpson Center for Student-Athlete High Performance, which he helped design. We talked about what he is doing now and also about his memories of building the strength and conditioning program at DLS in the 1990's and early 2000's. Hear stories about Derek Landri and Maurice Drew who went on to successful NFL careers using the techniques first learned in the weight room at 1130 Winton Drive in Concord. Also learn about guys like Chris Hesse, Dave Biller and Andy Briner who were the backbone of the program that allowed DLS to venture into Southern California and defeat bigger opponents like Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly. The interview is a bit long but if you are interested in DLS it is well worth watching. If you have time I would welcome your feedback. Thanks for watching.

Mike Blasquez interview

I ran my Clubsport of San Ramon Cobras 2015 team from the time the girls were in the fifth grade until the summer after tenth grade. Many fine players came and went and (sometimes) came back again, and not all stuck with basketball. But I am pleased that (by my count) there are still 14 of them playing hard and doing well for their varsity high school teams.

I want to wish them all good luck as they start league games this week. I am planning on seeing all of them play, hopefully more than once, before their senior campaigns are done.

Thanks to all of them and their parents for many hours in the practice gym and on the road. I hope all of them had as much fun as I did.

Coach Gary Beeler

PS Here's the list. I really hope I didn't miss anyone.



EMILY BARRETT - FOOTHILL



TYLORE BELL - AMERICAN



HALEY BITZER - COLLEGE PREP



MEGAN CAVALLO - SAN RAMON VALLEY



AMANDA DAILY - MONTE VISTA



KAYLA FRIERSON - VALLEY CHRISTIAN (DUBLIN)



RACHEL HERNANDEZ - LIVERMORE



ALYSSA LORENZO -VALLEY CHRISTIAN (DUBLIN)



ARIAH MACK - AMADOR VALLEY



SHOSHANA MERRIMAN - BISHOP O'DOWD



SYDNEY RAGGIO - ST. IGNATIUS



KATIE RATHBUN - CARONDELET



JENNA SPARKS - CASTRO VALLEY



ALLY WOO - CASTRO VALLEY

Valley Christian is improved under head coach Chris McSwain. The Warriors lost by 8 points to Sacred Heart Cathedral last week.

Mitty gets its second win over the Lancers this year. They also beat them in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic,

Just posted at NHSFB

Not sure what to make of this. OLu was the last place team in the best league in the country this year.

Need to see the whole schedule to decide how I feel about this game, but OLu I think would have been a top 5ish sort of team in NorCal this year -- they lost 3 Trinity League games (to JSerra, Santa Margarita, and Servite) by a total of 8 points and lost to SJB by 11 (Mater Dei hammered them).