Shalhevet v San Domenico

Domenico won last year, who’ll getit this year?

Upset of the year

D4: Valencia over HMB. Possible blowout.

D2: Pacifica Christian…. Should be a good one..

Open: I’ll go out on a limb and pick Saint Joseph in an upset… Hoping I don’t saw off said limb while sitting away from the trunk.

Assuming they both win the semi games
This will be the last game of the HS season and they will be the top two teams in the country

Are any of the games on Xfinity? Or are they all NFHS? If the latter, can you record those games for viewing at a later time?

My stab at the games d1-d4.

Open
Harvard Westlake 70
Saint Joseph’s 60

I think St Joe’s hangs around but the overall depth and talent from SoCal power is too much to overcome.

D1
ND Sherman Oaks 74
Granada 55

This game I feel could get away from Granada. Lots of Fire Power on other side. Hope I’m wrong and they play slow and keep it in 50’s. Gotta have monster games from 7fter.

D3
SJM 63
Pacifica Christian 62

Looks like a great matchup. Both teams have played really tough schedules and are battled tested.

D4
Valencia 65
HMB 55

Cinderella ends here.

I think the girls do better than the guys this weekend from the north.

Master P's son beat the sons of Lebron and Penny Hardaway.
ND beat SC 4 times this season.

SoCal's Lynwood, aka "Weird Al HS" has 2500 kids, give or take... Yeah, Weird Al went there, as well as Duke Snider and Pete Rozelle..

Sierra has a little over 300, isn't even a private with any perceived advantages that might entail.

They are playing each other in D5.

I know, play whomever they put in front of ya... But this seems a little silly.

Seems like there should be an enrollment floor in the lower divisions, such as maybe a school with 500 or more can't be placed in D5, and maybe a school with 800 or more not allowed in D4. Otherwise, "competitive equity" sort of mostly works, kinda...

Anyway, Lynwood wil be interesting to watch. They started FOUR freshmen in the SoCal title game last night! And one of them, Jason Crowe jr., is averaging 36 points per game!

Mitty's performance last night against Salesian was utterly dominating. How dominating, you ask?

According to West Coast Preps, Salesian got a total of ONE defensive rebound for the game. According to the Max Preps box score, Salesian got only FIVE rebounds total for the game.

Good grief.

If interested, check your listings...

Will be posting updates here tonight!

Open: #3 St. Joseph (5 team field)

D1: #9 Granada

D2: #6 San Joaquin Memorial

D3: #9 Oakland

D4: #10 Half Moon Bay

D5: #5 Sierra

Open was the only Division where a Top 2 seed made the finals

The kid bet on himself, took his talents to the Big East and did that.
Town Biz

Beyond super proud as 4 alumni were selected to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team.

Pac 12 Freshman Team: Prolific Prep has 3 out of the 5 players on that team (never been done). Adem Bona, Jordan Pope, and Tre White.

Mouhamed Gueye was picked first team all-Pac 12 as well.

More big news to come......

Mitty beat Menlo-Atherton 14-0

Sacred Heart Cathedral beat Gunn 13-6

Serra beat Los Gatos 9-8

Willow Glen beat Santa Clara 7-3

Riordan beat Hometead 4-0

Bellarmine beat Pioneer 3-1

St. Ignatius beat Carlmont 9-1

Palo Alto beat St. Francis 4-0

Menlo beat Moutain View 3-2


De La Salle beat Clayton Valley Charter 8-3

Acalanes beat St. Patrick-St. Vincent 4-1

Monte Vista beat Logan 4-3

Northgate beat San Ramon Valley 7-3

Marin Catholic beat Branson 12-6

Redwood beat San Marin 5-1

Mountain House beat Livermore 5-0

Granada beat Irvington 5-0


Whitney beat Vacaville 4-1

Christian Brothers and Folsom tied 5-5

Manteca beat Los Banos 10-0

St. Mary's beat Jesuit 12-1

Franklin beat Granite Bay 3-2

Pleasant Grove bea Oak Ridge 5-2

Oakmont beat Del Campo 5-1

Centennial lost to HArvard Westlake 80-61
And in girls #1 in country Sierra Canyon goes down to Etiwanda 55-54

Open - Modesto Christian over St. Joseph: Should be a really good game, but I'll go with MC's size being able to control St. Joseph enough inside and their guards will make plays down the stretch.

D1 - Salesian over Granada: Salesian has had a lot of recent disappointments in NorCals in recent years, but they are rolling right now.

D2 - Vanden over SJM: Toughest one on the board for me. Vanden seems to be getting healthy and have home court.

D3 - Oakland over Oakland Tech: Was impressed with Oakland against King's Academy and if it's hard to beat a good team three times, how hard is it to do four times?

D4 - Chico over Half Moon Bay: I have been way off on the D4 picks this year LOL. I'll go with Chico, which has beaten two CCS teams that were seeded higher than Half Moon Bay.

D5 - Sierra over Ripon Christian: In the smaller brackets, I like to go with a standout player and Sierra has one in Logan Kilbert.

Tough made 3 pointers by OTech
Impressive

I heard from a MC coach immediately on arrival that there are LOTS of GoFan tix available at the door…. Modesto JC seats some 2000 or more, they’ve sold only 900 at last count….

COME ON DOWN!

Who does everyone have?

My thoughts
Mitty 62
Salesian 51
Salesian's post season run has been as impressive as any I can remember. This is a true team that finds a way to win. I think they can match-up better with Mitty than CW did. Mitty's size and depth are probably too much to overcome. Salesian keeps it close throughout. Mitty just has too much.

SMS 62
Tech 59
At this point I think Tech is the better deeper team. Going with the home court and the best player on the floor to get it done for SMS. Great match-up.

I see Oak Ridge Girls knocked off Cal High and Carondelet easily on the road a week ago. I imagine they will be the top Sacramento girls team. Who are the bay area teams expected to make noise on the girls side?

Boys side . . .Vista Del Lago in Sac area and DLS and SI in the bay? Others will contend?

Sacred Heart Prep (4-1-1) beat Burlingame (3-1) 5-4: Tyler Wong had a home run and three RBI for SHP.

Branham (4-1) beat King's Academy (2-3-1) 6-0: Jacob Rinehart had a home run and Evan Williams struck out seven batters over six innings,

Ponderosa (2-0) beat McClatchy (1-2) 7-5: Ponderosa trailed 4-2 before scoring five runs in the fifth. Ricky Larsen went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.

Elk Grove (3-0) beaat Turlock (1-2) 11-0: Elk Grove scored four in the first inning nad six in the seventh inning.

Davis (1-2) beat Oak Ridge (1-1) 6-3: John Churchward had two RBI and Brian Chin threw three shutout innings with five strikeouts for Davis.

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