Here are the games for this week. Picks are due by 12:00 PM on Friday. Please note which games you are taking for Jesuit and Capital Christian if you take them in both games

Friday

Dougherty Valley-Granada
Dublin-Monte Vista
Monterey Trail-Laguna Creek
Berkeley-Alameda

Saturday

Cardinal Newman-Windsor
Jesuit-Folsom
Inderkum-Capital Christian

Monday

Campolindo-Oakland Tech
Riordan-Jesuit
Salesian-Capital Christian

How come we don't have a 2023 ratings for girls bball? Shouldn't it be out by now. REx

14 minutes before tip of the Campo-Oakland Tech game…

Campo comes in at 11-5, O Tech at 8-9.

Don’t be fooled by Tech’s not-so-pretty record…. They have played a very tough slate, with competitive losses to powers such as Salesian, Dublin, and Dougherty Valley.

St. Mary's Berkeley beat Francis Parker 54-51

Pinole Valley beat Priory 50-37

Bishop O'Dowd beat St. Patrick-St. Vincent 59-53

Salesian beat Moreau Catholic 57-43

Mitty beat Oakland Tech 68-60

Battle tested teams that have separated themselves with clutch free throws, buzzer beating 3 pointers, rim rattling dunks, full court pressing, traps and timely play are bearing Open possibilities.
If we analyze each section and then look at the Best overall Northern California 8 teams that might be selected from the C.I.F., we can start projecting what teams are likely to be selected. Each section can place 4 teams, granted some listed will win league and perhaps the loser will be placed in Divisional playoffs. I see this year as one of the few years where 8 teams should be selected to the 8-team bracket. if the C.I.F. chooses to add Central to So-Cal then it might be only 7 team Open bracket. When comes to the Open who do you think will be the top 8 teams selected from the listed sections, if I missed a school you think is worthy then add them to your list.



Central Section Candidates
Saint Joseph of Santa Maria
Clovis North of Clovis
Clovis West of Clovis


Central Coast Section Candidates
Archbishop Mitty of San Jose
Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco


North Coast Section
Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa
Montgomery of Santa Rosa
De La Salle of Concord
Dougherty Valley of San Ramon
San Ramon Valley of San Ramon
Salesian of Albany
Branson of Ross
Clayton Valley Charter of Clayton
Dublin
Campolindo of Moraga


Northern Section
Pleasant Valley of Chico


Sac-Joaquin Section
Modesto Christian
Folsom
Jesuit of Carmichael
Inderkum of Sacramento
Vanden of Fairfield
Atwater

Once again the Crush in the Valley Basketball Showcase returns to
Northern California the weekend after MLK day in January.

The Crush in the Valley Basketball Showcase will be held for the 2nd
year in a row at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA on:

Saturday January 21st and Sunday January 22nd, 2023

Game Schedule for “Crush in the Valley” 2023
Saturday January 21st, 2023

9:15pm Redondo Union HS (CA) vs. Vanden HS (CA)

7:30pm Salesian College Prep (CA) vs. Centennial HS (CA)

5:45pm Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (CA) vs. Dream City Christian (AZ)

3:45pm Clovis North HS (CA) vs. Monterey Trail HS (CA)

2pm Bishop O’Dowd HS (CA) vs. Grant HS (CA)

12:15pm Folsom HS (CA) vs. Moreau Catholic HS (CA)

10:30am Our Saviour Lutheran (NY) vs. Trinity International (NV)

8:45am Albuquerque Prep (NM) vs. Veritas (CA)


Sunday January 22nd, 2023

4pm Veritas Prep (CA) vs. Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (CA)

2:15pm Dream City Christian (AZ) vs. Our Saviour Lutheran (NY)

12:30pm Trinity International (NV) vs. Albuquerque Prep (NM)

10:45am Golden State Prep Black (CA) vs. College Prep Academy (CA)

9am Golden State Prep Grey (CA) vs. TBA

Folsom beats Capital. The bigger story. What happened to Virgil with Sheldon?

Can anyone post the St. Mary's Stockton MLK Showcase schedule?
Based on MaxPreps team schedules, I see the following so far:

Saturday, 1/14
Cardinal Newman vs. Antelope 7:30 pm
Bonita Vista, 11-7 (Chula Vista) vs. Vanden Time TBD
Folsom vs. TBD
St. Mary's vs. TBD

Monday, 1/16
Clovis West vs. Monterey Trail (Sacramento) 12 noon
St. Mary's vs. Centennial (Las Vegas, NV--not Corona) 3:30 pm
Cardinal Newman vs. McClatchy 6:30 pm
Folsom vs. TBD

Most of the Bay Area powers are playing in the Bishop O'Dowd MLK Classic.
St. Francis, 12-3 (Sacramento) vs. Christian Brothers, 14-0 (Sacramento) play Saturday, 1/14 in Holy Hoops

Going to post some updates throughout the college season.

California beat Cal State Northridge 86-56. Peanut Tuitele (Pleasant Valley) had a team high nine rebounds. Karisma Ortiz (Mitty) had six points, four rebounds, two assists and three steals.

Washington beat Utah Tech 87-74. Hailey Van Dyke (Campolindo) had 15 points and five rebounds. Elle Ladine (Pinewood) had seven points, four rebounds and five assists in her college debut.

St. Mary's beat Nevada 67-58 behind 14 points and 17 rebounds from Ali Bamberger (Carondelet). Clair Steele (Miramonte) added 12 points. For Nevada, Lexie Givens (Alameda) went for nine points and eight rebounds.

Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa is looking to host a home game on Saturday, January 28th or Friday, February 3rd (Varsity only).

Interested, please contact me at mcladypumasbasketball@gmail.com

Thanks,

Coach Jeff Paul
Maria Carrillo High School

I arrived just before halftime of the Davis-Liberty game…. Liberty is taking care o’ business. They lead 54-34, 5:28 left in the 3rd.

In a strange defensive, low scoring game, Vista del Lago (12-4) defeats Christian Brothers (14-1), 34-29. Christian Brothers (CBS) suffers its first loss of the season.

CBS is ranked #3 in the Sacramento area by the Sacramento Bee newspaper, primarily due to its soft schedule strength.

Vista del Lago's (VDL) four losses this season came from McClatchy (SacBee #4), Whitney, Oak Ridge, and Colfax -- all strong Sacramento power teams, which is reflected in VDL's much stronger "strength of schedule" of 14.0 versus CBS' strength of schedule of only 8.8.

Number 1 vs Number 4….
Here we go

Juju vs Jdon number 1 player vs number 3…
Juju starts the game with a and1

MLK VARSITY MEN'S SHOWCASE @ BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL!

11:00 AM El Cerrito Vs Castlemont-Oakland

12:30 PM Skyline-Oakland Vs. De Anza High-Richmond

2:00 PM Sage Ridge-Reno, NV Vs Head Royce-Oakland

3:30 PM Santa Cruz Vs. Justin Siena-Napa

5:00 PM Saint Mary’s-Berkeley Vs Piedmont

6:30 PM Central Catholic-Modesto Vs. Northgate-Walnut Creek

8:00 PM California-San Ramon Vs Berkeley

TICKETS: https://berkeleyunified.hometownticketing.com/embed/event/134?es=04i9ksfe6ttatf4ko7bvdns5oe&single=0

Trivia question:

I am at Las Lomas, the alma mater of which famous TV actress? The show she’s most famous for was a sitcom that took place in New York City.


Anywayyyy… Right now, it’s halftime of the frosh game, and the Cougs are holding onto a 19-15 lead in a game that looks like it could be close all the way to the buzzer.

Monterey Trail went on a 11-0 run in the third and outscored Laguna Creek 20-8 overall in the third quarter for a 70-60 home win. Laguna Creek led 9-5 after the first quarter and 27-25 at the half.

The game shifted with the play of Damarion Vann-Kelly in the third quarter. Unoffically, Kentrell Kelly had 19 points, Brandon Gibson had 13 points and Varick Lewis had 14 points and at least four assists.

On my notes, KJ Ramey had 22 points to lead Laguna Creek. Dante Wells finished with 18. Ja'len Flenory brought energy and made a couple of key shots in the fourth quarter.

With this result, Monterey Trail has beaten Laguna Creek which beat Grant which beat Monterey Trail.

Going to try and keep a running thread of some of the standout performances from NorCal players in College Basketball this season. @kiddman32 already noted the excellent debut of Aidan Mahaney for St. Mary's.

Mike Mitchell (Mitty) had 14 points and eight assists in Pepperdine's win over Rice.

In San Diego State's win over Cal State Fullerton, Darrion Trammell (St. Ignatius) had 18 points and three steals and Keshad Johsnon (San Leandro) had four points and three rebounds.

San Francisco beat Texas Southern 90-77 behind 17 points, four rebounds and three assists from Tyrell Roberts (Woodcreek). Isaiah Hawthorne (Tracy) had 10 points and six rebounds in 17 minutes.

What time does this game start?
Mitty vs SHC

I’m up high in the stands at Clayton Valley Charter, watching Campo frosh put the finishing touches on a 26-point win…. The score was 27-25 Campo at the half, but the Cougs did everything right in the 2nd half to run away with it.

JV’s got next…

Just arranging myself here…

I have an idea all three games I see today will be excellent!