Sabrina Matchups 1/4/25

[TheHillZ]

Always a great event. Should be especially special this year. I don't have a list of all the games, but the one I know about is a doozy.

Ontario Christian (incredibly talented, but young group led by Special K) v. Mitty. Not crazy to imagine this as the state final this year or next, though Etiwanda, Sierra Canyon and Mater Dei will all have a say in that.

Regardless, I'd buy tickets (early) to see it.

 

[Norcal_Fan]

Always a great event. Should be especially special this year. I don't have a list of all the games, but the one I know about is a doozy.

Ontario Christian (incredibly talented, but young group led by Special K) v. Mitty. Not crazy to imagine this as the state final this year or next, though Etiwanda, Sierra Canyon and Mater Dei will all have a say in that.

Regardless, I'd buy tickets (early) to see it.

It'll be interesting to see how Mater Dei looks post Kevin Kiernan. Wynn was a decent basketball coach, but coaching HS is WAY different than college.

 

[kiddman32]

Yeah, I've watched Special K and her mates quite a few times now. Truly excellent team led by one of the best high-school girl PG's I've ever seen lace 'em up.

And the other companies out there that make mixtapes, highlights, etc. should watch and learn from the tapes, too. They have a scoreboard up at nearly all times and show almost all the plays in the game. This way you get to see the good and not-so-good moments (Kaleena has very few bad moments, but they do happen occasionally, and you get to see 'em.).

Few coaches on the recruiting trail get any eval. help or enjoyment out of a five-minute "full-game" mixtape that shows none of the bad stuff.

Anyway, I'm hoping to go to this event, and really hope Ontario Christian plays Friday, not Saturday. Saturday is already locked up on my calendar...

 

[kiddman32]

After a peek at Maxpreps, it looks like Mitty plays St. Joseph (Santa Maria) on the Friday and Ontario Christian on the Saturday.

Ontario also plays on the Friday of the event, vs Millenium (AZ).

btw, Kaleena is just a sophomore, so there should be a lot of chances up the road to get your eyeballs on this terrific player!

 

[TheHillZ]

Another good matchup: Carondelet hosting Etiwanda on Friday 1/3 at 630 pm

 

[ClayK]

As always, matchups are tentative. Teams have cancelled the week before in the past, but here are some highlight matchups:

January 3

@DLS

8:30 a.m.: Carondelet JV vs. Salesian JV (OK, maybe not ... but it's a highlight for me)
2 p.m.: Marin Catholic vs. Pinole
3:30 p.m.: St. Mary's Stockton vs. Los Gatos
8 p.m.: South Medford (OR) vs. Acalanes

@Carondelet

5 p.m.: Mitty vs. St. Joseph (Santa Maria)
6:30 p.m.: Etiwanda vs. Carondelet
8 p.m.: Millennium (AZ) vs. Ontario Christian

January 4

@DLS

5 p.m.: Pinewood vs. Folsom
6:30 p.m.: McClatchy vs. Riordan

@Carondelet

3:30 p.m.: Ontario Christian vs. Mitty

Again, everything's written in sand ...

 

[kiddman32]

Again, everything's written in sand ...

Good one

 

[TheHillZ]

Worth noting that OC played and beat Mitty a few months ago during one of the viewing periods. Mitty's transfers played. OC's new, highly-touted 6'5 center did not. I'm sure Mitty will have learned from that experience, but they don't match up very well.

 

[ClayK]

I never trust such matchups. Every coach approaches them differently ...

 

[carsonjrt]

Another good matchup: Carondelet hosting Etiwanda on Friday 1/3 at 630 pm

I don't know that it would be close, but definitely fun to watch.

 

[GBBall4L]

Worth noting that OC played and beat Mitty a few months ago during one of the viewing periods. Mitty's transfers played. OC's new, highly-touted 6'5 center did not. I'm sure Mitty will have learned from that experience, but they don't match up very well.

Interesting but you can bet by the time they play Mitty will be rolling. We will see how Ontario Christian is as the season rolls. They've yet to live up to a hype but maybe this is a breakthrough season for them. Plus coming out of SoCal is tough.