Coaches Corner
Day 1 Recap of the Stockton’s McDonald’s Classic at Edison Senior High School was all it was hyped up to be. From the facilities to the hospitality room for coaches, players and Referees. Everything was first class about this event.
The games kicked off with Folsom taking on Central High school.
Folsom jumped out in front by executing and using Centrals speed and aggressive defense against them. Lead by Miles Macayan coming off the bench giving the Bulldogs great momentum in the first half. Halftime score 24-27 Folsom leads. The second half Central decided to change out of the man to man and go zone which turned out to be the deciding factor in the game. Central started getting stops and attacking the basket. Central’s Terik Streets with 17 points and multiple steals was a problem for Folsom defense and lead the charge for Central’s comeback. Marques Green (Central) didn’t have a great offensive night however he did a lot of the little things. Rebounding, steals and playing great defense. Game went back and forth until the end. Central pulls out a tough one. Final score 55-58 Central wins.
Game #2
Oakland Tech vs Grant High School.
Grant jumped out to a early lead and never looked back. Rishod Brown put his thumb print on this game from beginning to end. Rebounding, blocking shots as well as scoring from all three levels. Jayson Mathews also hit a few big 3’s to open up the game. Tech continued to fight and kept the game close however the speed and press of Grant seemed to be to much at least yesterday it was. To Oakland Techs defense they played and beat a very good top ranked team in Clayton Valley High school the day before by 1 point. Which may be the reason for them looking fatigued. Oakland Tech and Grant both will be in the running late this season. Two Very good teams
Final 66-59 Grant Wins
Game #3
Vanden vs inderkum
Boy oh boy was this a game to see. If you get a chance this season to see either one of these teams. Do yourself a favor and do so. Both teams are loaded with talent, size and great coaching. Vanden comes out the Gate on fire lead by Tyler Thompson (22points) and takes a 22-16 lead and they seemed to be running away with the game. Coach Wilson stayed with the game plan which was to out run and stay in the press and they continued to cut into the lead slowly. Vanden seem to struggle with the press at times even getting a 10 second call. Coach Wilson and inderkums planned worked as they came back and took the lead going into halftime 42-25. When Coach Wilson was asked about being down early he stated “we take conditioning very serious.” It showed. It seems as the game went on they got stronger.
Inderkum never looked back after taking the lead. The game was lead
Derrick Clayton with an impressive 33points. He seem to put the team on his back and lead them to victory. I’m sure we’ll be hearing plenty about both these teams as this season moves forward. Can’t take either of these teams lightly.
Final
76-51 Inderkum wins
Lastly The Host Edison vs Gregori High school
Edison came out with extreme focus and with a purpose. This is a well coached team With a bunch of size and speed with a lively crowd that follows. Edison had 5 players in double digits. A well rounded win for Edison. However not to be overlooked by guard Kyle Monk (Gregori) 31 points. Edison and Coach Diondre Hawthorne is doing things right over there and will be in many conversations as teams to look out for. Edison will play Grant High Friday night 8:00pm
Final 73-54 Edison wins.
Fridays games 12/10
Vanden vs Folsom 3:30
Tech vs Geegori 5:00
Central vs inderkum 6:30
Grant Vs Edison 8:00
Location: Edison Senior High school.
Stockton ca
Come out and support your local High school basketball.
Day 1 Recap of the Stockton’s McDonald’s Classic at Edison Senior High School was all it was hyped up to be. From the facilities to the hospitality room for coaches, players and Referees. Everything was first class about this event.
The games kicked off with Folsom taking on Central High school.
Folsom jumped out in front by executing and using Centrals speed and aggressive defense against them. Lead by Miles Macayan coming off the bench giving the Bulldogs great momentum in the first half. Halftime score 24-27 Folsom leads. The second half Central decided to change out of the man to man and go zone which turned out to be the deciding factor in the game. Central started getting stops and attacking the basket. Central’s Terik Streets with 17 points and multiple steals was a problem for Folsom defense and lead the charge for Central’s comeback. Marques Green (Central) didn’t have a great offensive night however he did a lot of the little things. Rebounding, steals and playing great defense. Game went back and forth until the end. Central pulls out a tough one. Final score 55-58 Central wins.
Game #2
Oakland Tech vs Grant High School.
Grant jumped out to a early lead and never looked back. Rishod Brown put his thumb print on this game from beginning to end. Rebounding, blocking shots as well as scoring from all three levels. Jayson Mathews also hit a few big 3’s to open up the game. Tech continued to fight and kept the game close however the speed and press of Grant seemed to be to much at least yesterday it was. To Oakland Techs defense they played and beat a very good top ranked team in Clayton Valley High school the day before by 1 point. Which may be the reason for them looking fatigued. Oakland Tech and Grant both will be in the running late this season. Two Very good teams
Final 66-59 Grant Wins
Game #3
Vanden vs inderkum
Boy oh boy was this a game to see. If you get a chance this season to see either one of these teams. Do yourself a favor and do so. Both teams are loaded with talent, size and great coaching. Vanden comes out the Gate on fire lead by Tyler Thompson (22points) and takes a 22-16 lead and they seemed to be running away with the game. Coach Wilson stayed with the game plan which was to out run and stay in the press and they continued to cut into the lead slowly. Vanden seem to struggle with the press at times even getting a 10 second call. Coach Wilson and inderkums planned worked as they came back and took the lead going into halftime 42-25. When Coach Wilson was asked about being down early he stated “we take conditioning very serious.” It showed. It seems as the game went on they got stronger.
Inderkum never looked back after taking the lead. The game was lead
Derrick Clayton with an impressive 33points. He seem to put the team on his back and lead them to victory. I’m sure we’ll be hearing plenty about both these teams as this season moves forward. Can’t take either of these teams lightly.
Final
76-51 Inderkum wins
Lastly The Host Edison vs Gregori High school
Edison came out with extreme focus and with a purpose. This is a well coached team With a bunch of size and speed with a lively crowd that follows. Edison had 5 players in double digits. A well rounded win for Edison. However not to be overlooked by guard Kyle Monk (Gregori) 31 points. Edison and Coach Diondre Hawthorne is doing things right over there and will be in many conversations as teams to look out for. Edison will play Grant High Friday night 8:00pm
Final 73-54 Edison wins.
Fridays games 12/10
Vanden vs Folsom 3:30
Tech vs Geegori 5:00
Central vs inderkum 6:30
Grant Vs Edison 8:00
Location: Edison Senior High school.
Stockton ca
Come out and support your local High school basketball.
