Gridley, Championship Day!

[kiddman32]

Got into the gym a little late, listening to the St. Mary’s game. (St. Mary’s beat San Diego State, 68-61 behind Aidan Mahaney’s 20 points with 6 clutch FT’s in the last two minutes)…. Arrived and looked at the board, hoping for Gridley to be at least somehwt competitive with Oakland Tech…

Well, not so. It was 26-0 Tech when I walked in, and it’s 35-0 now.

 

[kiddman32]

Finally, Gridley gets on the board, Kiko Cassilo hitting a pair of FT’s. 38-2, 2:40 left in the half.


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I’ll stay quiet now.

 

[observer22]

Tech taking out some frustrations from losses to Salesian & Dublin the last 2 days.

 

[kiddman32]

60-19 after 3…

Found out that Gridley’s two best players are out sick today.

At least they’re showing a little fight now…

 

[kiddman32]

Gridley wins the 4th quarter, final total 67-32.

Next up, Dublin v. Branson for the Consolation title.

 

[kiddman32]

Semitri Carr gets Branson’s first six points…. 6-3 early on.

George Gale steals in the paint and goes all the way for a score…. 8-3.

Didn’t see who scored Dublin’s first 3..

Mehki Thomas tough on the Dublin offensive boards, gets a pair of FT’s..

Gale fouled, hits a pair…. 10-5.

Courtney Anderson with a drive and score…. 10-7.

Cooks takes a charge for Dublin…. still 10-7, 4:20 left…

then he sets a moving screen…

Carr nails another 3…. might have been Aquillion…. 13-7.

Dublin pass goes over the baseline…

GREAT pass, Butler to Gale for a bucket…. 15-7. 2:35 left, Branson gets it back…

3-ball from the corner by Aquillion! Brianson up 18-7…

Great backdoor pass to Cooks, he’s hacked by Gale. FT’s split…. 18-8.

1:55 left…

Carr fouled underneath…. FT’s both good…. 20-8.STEAL by Aquillion…. Butler with a terrific move to get a bucket…. 22-8, and Dublin turns it over…

Branson holding it for 1…. Butler with a nifty step-back 3, 25-8…. Dublin’s last-ditch try just misses.

Branson played a near-perfect first quarter.

 

[kiddman32]

Finley Keefe with a putback, Branson picking up where they left off. 27-8…. After a stop, Carr is at the FT line for 2. Makes one. 28-8.

Branson steal, drive, foul…. Aquillon at the stripe for 2. Hits both…. 30-8, Dublin in major danger of being blown right outa here.

Foul, Butler 1 and 1, miises the front end.

Cooks is whacked by Gale on a driving try…. FT’s both go. 30-10.

Steal by Butler, drive and layup…. 32-10.Stokes drives, scores, fouled, makes FT…. 32-13.

4:53 left, Dublin gets it back, fouled…. 1 and 1. Mehki Thomas makes front end, misses…. Another Branson foul, 1 and 1…. Clank. 32-14.

Butler with a nifty stop, spin, J…. 34-14. 4:15 left.

Butler gets it after a Branson steal, scores on a drive…. 36-14. Another Branson foul, Mehki Thomas again at the line, 1 and 1…. He makes the first, Branson calls time with 3:49 left in the half. 36-15. One more FT after the time out.

About the only thing Branson has done wrong this half is foul too much.

 

[kiddman32]

Thomas hits the 2nd…. 36-16.

Dublin rebound, pass to Cooks who scores…. 36-18.

Dublin steal of a pass that almost got thru the eye of a needle…. Dublin fouled, 2 shots for David Filopinas…. hits 1.

Butler into his bag for another score…. 38-19.

He has a ton of tricks in there…

Evan Bautista hits a 3 for Dublin…. 38-22

Butler answers right back with a 3, Dublin no time to get a shot off…. 41-22 at the half.

 

[kiddman32]

Branson scores right off the bat…. 43-22.

They get a stop, then a long pass beats the prees, Gale dunks it home. 45-22.

Gale hits a hook shot after a save/pass by Butler…. 47-22. Dublin goes backcourt…. Offensive foul away from the ball.

It is definitely NOT Dublin’s day shooting…

Meanwhile Branson can do no wrong. 49-22… another Dublin shot bounces out…. Semitri Carr on the board again…. 51-22. Wow.

Jalen Stokes hits one FT, then scores off a steal and pass…. 51-26 Branson, time out Dublin. 4:12 left in the 3rd.

 

[kiddman32]

Dublin’s going with a 100% full-on press now…

They need 125%, if ya ask me…

Courtney A gets inside for 2…. 51-28.

GREAT swat by Cooks…. but Branson gets a stop anyway.

Branson’s hot shooting quieting down, Dublin need to take advantage…

Nice pass down low, Gale scores…

Stokes hits a corner 3. 53-33.

And that’s the quarter.

 

[kiddman32]

Nice cut by Stokes, takes a pass off Bautista and lays it in…. 53-35.

Corbin McMillan scores off a cut, Dublin STEAL and score…. 53-39.

Branson with a bucket…. 55-39.

Dublin try rattles out. 5:34, Branson time out…. Momentum changing a bit, but it’s almost certainly too late…

GREAT pass, Butler to Gale for a score…. 57-39, and they’ve got it back…

Dublin rebounds a miss, pass to Stokes for a score…. 57-41.

3:59 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Foul, Branson 1 and 1 for Butler. Both go…. 59-41.

Terrific moves by Courtney A, draws foul…. FT’s go. 59-43.

Butler with a nifty set of moves for a score. 61-43, Stokes answers for Dublin…. 61-45. 2:52 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Steal and score for Dublin…. 61-47.

Branson travel.

Nice move by Filipova for a Dublin score…. They steal, but miss a bunny…. 61-49. (The bunny is happy they missed him).

1:07 left, Carr fouled, hits a pair. 63-49.

Stokes with a quick score, time out with 56.8 left. 63-51.

 

[kiddman32]

Gale fouled, double bonus…. 38.4 left. 1 of 2. 64-51.

Courtnay A hits a very quick 3…. 64-54. Still 29.1 left. Dublin with a steal, pass to Courtney A for a score…. 64-56, 16.7 left. No give-up in Dublin!

 

[kiddman32]

Obviously too late, but they’ve run the hack-n-hope very well.

66-58 final.

 

[kiddman32]

Riordan faces Clovis North for the 3rd-place spot, next up…

 

[kiddman32]

Riordan with the first 2 buckets.. 4-0.

Another stop…

Wise tips a slightly errant pass to himself and scores, is fouled… makes FT. 7-0.

3-ball for Espinoza of CN, but Riordan right back with a bucket inside…. a stop and a 3 for Riordan…. 12-3.

3-ball for Jones of Clovis…. 12-6.

3:37 left in the 1st…

Riordan wild pass into the bleachers…

Riordan with a swat and runout…. 14-6.

Another stop, King Jihsanni-Wilhite scores…. 16-6. Clovis needs to get rolling.

2:27 left 1st…

Riordan is EVERYWHERE defensively….

Clovis reduced to taking 3’s at the moment and they ain’t hitting.

Hilman hits, but Loukas Jones hits a 3…. 18-9.

51 seconds, Clovis has the rock.

Wise with a swat on a rare Clovis inside try…. White fouled on a driving shot. FT’s both go. 20-9.

Loukas Jones hits a 3 at the buzzer for Clovis! 20-12 after one quarter.

 

[kiddman32]

Wise with a big offensive rebound, and hits a spinning fadeawy on the putback…. 22-12, Espinoza his a bucket for Clovis. 22-14.

Riordan with a stop, but Rencher charges…

Fake handoff, and Jaylen Bryant goes past the faked-out D for a score. 22-16, 6:19 left in the half.

 

[kiddman32]

McKae Amundsen hits a 3…. (He’s a fresssshman….). 22-19.

23-21 Riordan now after a couple exchanges way too fast for my fingers…

Zachary Jones hits a Riordan corner 3…. 26-21.

Jones right back with an answering 3…. 26-24.

Wilhite puts back his own miss.. 28-24, Riordan in front, 2:57 left… but he earned a T, and Clovis gets 2 FT’s swishes…. 28-26. Steal and fast break for Riordan, 30-26.

Nathan Tshmala drives and scores… 6’5” over a 5’9”.. 32-26.

Espinoza scores for Clovis off a nice pass…. 32-28.

Wilhite fouled, FT’s both good. 34-28. 1:09 left in the half…

Espinoza with a great, twisting shot…. and Clovis with a steal! Chaudhary with the bucket…. 34-32 Riordan.

And that’s the half…

 

[observer22]

Wow, no telling how good Clovis North would be if they had their top player Connor Amundsen. Will he be back this season?

 

[kiddman32]

Wilhite nails a 3 to start things…. and another! 40-32.

 

[kiddman32]

I have heard Connor is out for the year, but no idea if that’s true.

 

[kiddman32]

Jaylen Bryant, nice move to the hole and scores…. and he’s fouled. FT is good. 40-35.

Wise scores, but so does the younger Amundsen…. 42-37. 4:12 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Wise off an impressive one-handed offensive rebound, puts it back…. 44-37.

Jones hits a Clovis 3! 44-40…

Wilhite is SO quick, balanced and strong…. he’s fouled after rebounding his own miss. FT’s both go…. 46-40.

SWAT by Musleh…. He’s getting more minutes today, they need his size. 48-42 now…. Under a minute, Riordan has it… but they lose it over the baseline after quite a collision…. 38.8 left, Clovis ball.

Musleh scores in the paint…

Clovis gets a stop, but their last-second try is swatted away. 48-44 Riordan going into the last stanza.

 

[kiddman32]

Clovis steal…. Foul on Rencher, his 3rd.

Loukas Jones hits a runner…. 48-46.

Clovis with a fullcourt press…. They almost get the steal, but Jones fouls…. THsmala eventually scores, is fouled and makes the FT.

Steal and score again for Riordan…. Espinoza with a quick score. 53-48. 5:42 left in the ballgame.

 

[kiddman32]

Clovis steal.. Jones 3 try goes awry…

Wilhite races in and scores… is fouled. FT good. 56-48.

He nearly gets a steal…. but he earns a whistle…. 4:52 left.

Chaudhary fouled, FT’s split. 56-49. Wise rebounds the missed one, is fouled immediately. FT no good, tho…. Clovis rebound, but can do nothing with it.. and Rencher hits a 3. 59-49. 3:53 left…. Clovis just can’t quite get over the hump.

Chaudhary fouled, FT’s good…. 59-51.

Clovis steal and score by Espinoza! 59-53. 3:40 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Rencher drives the lane and scores…. Espinoza answers…. 61-55.

Clovis rebounds a miss…. Bryant hits a Clovis 3… and charging on Rencher! 61-57. 2:33 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Bryant gets a wide-open lane and knows what to do with it…. 61-59. Clovis with a stop…

Riordan deflects a pass and steals, foul…. Woodson double bonus, hits both. 63-59.

Under a minute now… Espinoza fouled on a shot as a Riordan guy flies right over the top of him! FT’s both good, 63-61…

Wise with an AMAZING one-handed catch and dunk!! Holy. crappppppp!!! 65-61. 20.7 seconds left, Riordan has it back…. Foul on Clovis, but the handwriting is on the wall…

One Wilhite FT good, two long tries at 3’s by Clovis, and that it. 66-61.

 

[kiddman32]

That dunk should get on SportsCenter!

 

[kiddman32]

Here comes Campo…

Campo v. Salesian for the ‘ship.

 

[kiddman32]

Robeson baseline drive for 2…

Cougs take a charge! O’Reilly hits an elbow J…. 4– 0.

Salesian hits the board…. 4-2.

Naffziger hits a 3! 7-2 Cougs.

Bergren fouls trying to grab a board…

Cougs get a stop anyway…. Some problem with… um… something, Ref at table. 5:33 left, Cougs ball on their own end.

Cougs lose it over the baseline…. Pride ball.

Robeson steals a pass…

Cougs unable to score, Sanguinetti with a foul…. Pride ball. 4:30 left 1st…

Emerson JOnes scores inside for the Pride… they get a steal and runout, and score…. 7-6 Cougs. 3:45 left.

 

[kiddman32]

O’Reilly with a bucket.. 9-6 Cougs.

Perteete ties it up with a 3.

O’Reilly with a 3 from the top! 12-9.

Perteete drives, is hammered by Robeson, hits the shot! Robeson’s 2nd…. FT good. Tied at 12. 2:28 left 1st.

Mansour caught traveling…. Pride ball.

Goodwin drives and scores for the Pride, and then they cause a Coug turnover…

Wheeler drives and scores…

O’Reilly takes a 3… he’s fouled! FT’s 2 of 3…. 16-14 Pride.

Charge on Goodwin, Cougs ball…. 59 seconds left in the 1st.

Robeson hits a running hook…. tied at 16.

Perteete hits a 3 from the top.. steal…. and Goodwin hits a 3…. 22-16 Pride after one q.

 

[kiddman32]

I’d like to have a do-over on the last minute, please…. Anyway…

Pride ball to start the 2nd.

Pereteete long tries bounces over the baseline.

Sanguinetti hits a 3!

And Salesian throws it away…. 22-19.

four (or maybe six) empty possessions…. still 22-19, 6:15 to go.

Mansour drives into the lane, hits a shot, is fouled! Wait, they say it was on the floor.

O’Reilly fouled, FT’s split…. 22-20.

Claytor hits a long Pride 3…. 25-20.

Claytor again, this time a baseline driving runner…. 27-20, Cougs call time. 5”02 left in the half.

 

[kiddman32]

Coug foul, Naffziger, away from the ball…

Pride loses it over the baseline.

Robeson hits a jump hook…. 27-22.

O’Reilly rebound…. He’s fouled on the other end, FT’, front end no good.

Mansour foul, Goodwin at the line…. FT’s both good. 29-22. 3:28 left…

Robeson not hitting so far…. Needs to find the range.

Robeson with a nice move, hits one…. and he rebounds on the other end…. Pass to Robeson again, he hits inside! But the Pride scores…. 31-26.

Mansour hits a spinner shot…. 31-28.

Cougs STEAL… but pass to Bergren a little too far. 1:34 left, 31-28…

Isaiah Davis with a Pride corner 3…. O’Reilly right back atcha. 34-31, Cougs rebound…Naffziger 3, no go…. Pride holding for one.

Drive, nice pass to Wheeler for an easy one at the buzzer. 36-31 Salesian at the half.

 

[kiddman32]

four empty possessions to start…

Emerson Jones scores on a putback…

And another one on an insdie move….

Robson hits a hook shot. 40-33.

Loving hits a 3… Bergren gats all the way to the hole and scores…. 43-35, time out Cougs…. 5:17 in the 3rd.

 

[kiddman32]

{erteete is killling us…. 45-35. Robeson miss, but the offensive rebound is passed back to him and he scores!! 45-37…

Zander Jimenez hits a J for the Pride…. 47-37.

Bergren drives, is fouled…. FT’s both good…. 47-39.

2:32 left 3rd…

Armani Johnson spins inside and scores. 49-39.

Isaih Davis now with a bucket…. 51-39.

Pride steal…. Foul on Robeson.

1:10 left…. TRavel on Salesian. 42 seconds now…

Pass thrown to the wrong uni color, runout, score, foul.. FT is good. 54-39, 26 seconds left in the 3rd.

Robeson 3-ball at the buzzer, nope…. 54-39 going into the last quarter.

 

[kiddman32]

Robeson with a great driving score! 54-41.

Salesian answers…. 56-41.

Naffziger hits a corner 3! 56-44…

Cougs retrieve an airball, but unable to score…

Bergen steal! Cougs ball, 5:34 left…

Robeson 3-ball rims out…

Salesian hits a layup…. 58-44. 5:03 left…

Corner 3, no go…. Pride ball. Robeson rebound.

Just can’t hit ‘em. still 58-44…. 3:45 left. and Amani Johnson nails a 3.

Another Coug 3 bounces out, Pride rebound…

Great cut and pass…. O’Reilly layup rolls slowly… Out. 61-44, 2:51 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Robeson takes a 3, nope.. but he’s fouled. 3 shots…. Makes 2. 61-46…

Near steal, but held ball goes to Salesian.

They break the press, score…. 63-46.

Robeson hits a wild hook shot…. 63-48, time out. 2:09 left. We need the miracle of miracles…

 

[kiddman32]

O’Reilly stel!! He drives and scores…. 63-50. Foul, Salesian at the line…. Davis hits the 1st…. misses the 2nd.

Pride beat the press, score…. 66-50. Steal again, 68-50.

O’Reilly hits a 3…. 68-53, but that’s the ball game.

Salesian wins the Gridley title.

 

[ArmchairGOAT]

Congrats to Salesian! And as always @kiddman32, thanks for your play by play!

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