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Burlingame Lions Tourney

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Here’s my stop for the day…

After spending midday helping Cameron’s Inn of Half Moon Bay make its presence known on the national leaderboards in Buzztime Trivia, I came back over the hill to Burlingame HS for a four-game set.

1st game features Palo Alto (3-0) vs. Pioneer HS (2-2).
 
Paly with a steal at halfcourt just before the buzzer, long triy cathes iron, but no go…. 19-12 Paly after 1 q.
 
Whatever the Paly coach did, it seems to have worked…. Paly jumps out to a 25-18 lead, 3:30 left in the half.
 
Paly finally gets a little seperation nearing the end of the half…. 33-22 Paly at the half.
 
1:55 left in the 3rd…. 42-29 Paly. They look like the better team, but can’t quite land the big punches and pull away.
 
Paly never seriously threatened, wins 60-49.

Next up, Stuart Hall vs Woodside Priory…

These two just played each other Friday, Priory taking the win by about 20.

Steve Emeneke, 6’9” Priory big, may be a player to watch. I saw him in the NorCal tip-off last year…. He looked like a guy who was sorta new to the game, but had promise…. Let’s see what a year has done for him.
 
Emeneke scores first…. 2-0 Priory.

A 3 and a 2 later, it’s 7-0 Priory…. Hall with a quick time out.
 
Hall finally on the board, 9-2 Priory.

Emeneke again.. Hall can do nothing about him at the moment.

But they get past him for a score…. and Priory answers…. 13-4.
 
Emeneke with a swat…. Can’t say he’s an all-everything type, but he has some promise…

Priory has a 6’4” forward named Rostand Olama Abanda (say that three times fast…) with some game, too…. 14-4 now, 2:06 left 1st.
 
I think the announcer said Emeneke just got his 3rd foul (hard to hear, too much echo), but if that’s true, it could change the nature of the game quite a bit. But right now, it’s 16-8 Priory after one quarter.

Wait, he’s back in after a very short break…. Must have been first foul.

19-13 now…. 6:30 left in the half.
 
Hall’s Sumner Estes blows right past Emeneke, hits layup, is fouled…. FT no good, but it’s 19-18, Priory still in front.
 
Haven’t seen him…. talked to Hall’s coach, he didn’t know…. but he said “Don’t count Crazy Ray out”. :)

MY guess is he’s rushing down here as soon as he gets off work.
 
Time out Hall, 349 left 3rd…. 34-28 Priory.

Hall got as close as one point, but couldn’t get over the hump.
 
Emeneke with his 2nd foul on a missed try…. Brett Jasper sinks a pair to take the lead.

1:25 left, Ryder Bush fouled, 2 FT’s for Priory…. First missed, 2nd good, tied at 35.
 
score for Priory with 51 seconds left in the 3rd…. 37-35 Priory, time out.
 
Two Hall tries in the last minute don’t fall…. 37-35 Priory after 3.
 
Ryder Bush hits a big 3 for Priory, 40-35.

(Note: Ryder Bush has to be in the “name hall of fame”…)

Another 3, this by Rehan Parwani, and Priory stretches it to 43-35. 5:30 left.
 
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Priory time out after a turnover…. Priory still up 43-35. Now 4:41 left. Emenke with a jump hook… 45-35.

Emeneke just got swatted by a 6-footer… but the got it back and hit another 3. 48-35…. A close game has turned into a bit of a runaway.
 
These teams will face each other at least twice after this…. They are in the same league.
 
Haven’t seen him…. talked to Hall’s coach, he didn’t know…. but he said “Don’t count Crazy Ray out”. :)

MY guess is he’s rushing down here as soon as he gets off work.
Per a close friend, he landed a assistant job at prolific prep, and I ain’t joking
 
39-36 Burlingame, 3:06 left…

I have an idea if these two teams had a 7-game series, it’d be 4 to 3. Two really well-matched squads.
 
42-38 Burlingame, Hillsdale has it and calls time.

DRive, fouled on a miss.. Dante Haser shooting 2 for Hillsdale…. both good. 42-40.

STEAL and score! Tied at 42…. 1:10 left, Burlingame has the ball, time out.
 
#10 Burlingame drives, fouled… Martin shooting 2…. 2nd one good. 43-42, Hillsdale has it, down 1 on their own end….
 
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