Trying to do my thing at Dublin tournament…

[kiddman32]

Phone signal is horrible today, for some reason…

Halftime of the Placer v. California HS game…. 30-29 Calhi.

 

[kiddman32]

Placer is undefeated, but hasn’t faced anyone at this level yet…

CalHi has a couple guys out, and Placer is giving them fits…. Calhi didn’t lead until late in the half…

Funny moment: Halfway thru the 1st, Calhi was behind by a few buckets…. Calhi coach yells out to his players, “Yuo guys are looking like you drove 3 hours to get here…. THEY did!”

 

[kiddman32]

Placer isn’t very athletic, but they REALLY run their stuff…. and take advantage of any mistakes made by opponents in trasition D.

 

[kiddman32]

and #2 of Placer, quite skinny and not the smoothest of movers, has a ton of skill to make up for that.

 

[kiddman32]

Right now, it’s 39-34 Placer, midway thru the 3rd.

 

[kiddman32]

Calhi runs off 7 straght…. 41-39 Cal before Placer scores… 41-all, now 43-41 Cal…. #2 of Placer with an and-1 on the break…. FT misses…. 43-all.

 

[kiddman32]

Yet another pretty fast-break score by Placer…. 45-43, FT missed, tipped back in…. 47-43 Placer.

47-45 Placer after 3 quarters.

 

[kiddman32]

PLacer’s #2, btw, is Garret Dutro…. He now has 21 points, Placer is up 51-45, 5:51 left in the 4th.

 

[kiddman32]

Sam Herlehy has 17 for Placer.

5:23 left, 54-45.

 

[kiddman32]

Placer has taken this thing over…. 65-50, 2:30 to go.

 

[kiddman32]

Placer hold on, 68-58. Their two top players, Dutro and Herlehy, scored 23 apiece.

 

[kiddman32]

Next up, Las Lomas v. Foothill of Palo Cedro.

3-2 Foothill early on.

 

[kiddman32]

8-5 Las Lomas, 3:51 left in the 1st.

 

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17-13 Foothill after one q.

 

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22-15 Foothill, 4:51 left in the half.

 

[kiddman32]

32-19 Foothill at the half…. Not as close as I thought this one might…. but then, we do have 16 minutes left…

 

[observer22]

Placer is undefeated, but hasn’t faced anyone at this level yet…

CalHi has a couple guys out, and Placer is giving them fits…. Calhi didn’t lead until late in the half…

Funny moment: Halfway thru the 1st, Calhi was behind by a few buckets…. Calhi coach yells out to his players, “Yuo guys are looking like you drove 3 hours to get here…. THEY did!”

Kiddman, any idea who the guys out for Cal were?

 

[kiddman32]

LL with a good start in the 2nd half…. 34-28 Foothill, 5:52 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Nope, dunno who the Cal guys were.

 

[kiddman32]

50-38 Foothill after 3…. Foothill guy sank a bomb at the quarter buzzer…. Didn’t see his number, P.A. not clear enough in here, wayy too much reverb…

I still like this gym, echoeyness or not.

 

[kiddman32]

Las Lomas runs off eight stratight…. 5:05 left, 50-46…. and LL is at the line. 2 more…. 50-48. 4:59 left…. Now Foothill at the line…. Both teams in the bonus, almost 5 minutes left…. 52-48 Foothill, 4:52 left…. yet another foul, LL t at the line. Both good. 52-50.….

 

[kiddman32]

4:22 left. Corner 3…. Edwards, for Foothill…. I think he was the one that sank the halfcourt shot at the end of 3.

 

[kiddman32]

Foothill suddenly back up 7…. LL scores, time out LL. 57-52, 3:29 left.

 

[kiddman32]

Foothill puts back a missed shot for 3…. 59-52.

LL corner 3…. Bam! 59-55.

Wild Foothill pass over the baseline. 2:37 left, LL ball down 4.

 

[kiddman32]

Foothill with a steal at halfcourt, drive, fouled…

0 for 2 on the FT’s. 2:18 left, LONG 3 good for LL, Jake Davis!! 59-58.

Steal…. LL time out. 1:48 left, 59-58 Foothill.

3 straight steals, Foothill has it up 1. 1:13 left, LL foul. FT’s for Foothill, up and good. 61-58 Foothill, 1:13 left. LL will have it after a time out.

 

[kiddman32]

LL drives baseline…. traveling.

Time out again, 47.9 left…. Foothill has it after a held-ball when we come back…

LL rebounds a miss, loses it, but they get it back with a steal…. LL gets it back, three tries at the bucket, nope…. Foothill finally rebounds, fouled…. FT made, LL calls time. 62-58 Foothill, 7.8 seconds left, one more Foothill FT coming.

 

[kiddman32]

that FT drained, LL races downcourt…. throws pass out of bounds. 63-58 final, Foothill wins.

 

[kiddman32]

Dublin faces Fairfield next…. Not likely to be a close one…

 

[kiddman32]

Dublin has a guy in crutches…. trying to determine who that is.

I don’t think it’s a starter….

 

[kiddman32]

Mehki Thomas with a midcourt steal and thunderous jam to open the scoring…

 

[kiddman32]

fanTAStic alley-oop to Anderson! Steal and pass to Thomas for a third jam…. 6-0…. a very LOUD 6-0.

 

[kiddman32]

well…. 6-1. Fairfield made a FT, I didn’t even notice.

 

[kiddman32]

Cooks steal under the bucket, long pass to Aderson for a layup…. and he’s fouled, makes the FT.

I have an idea Dublin could score 150 if they had some grudge or something…. But as far as I know, they don’t.

 

[kiddman32]

Total ambush thus far…. 26-7 Dublin, 1:27 left in the 1st.

 

[kiddman32]

58-19 at the half…. Dublin has close to a dozen dunks.

 

[kiddman32]

86-28 after three quarters…. reminds me of the name of Guns n Roses’ big album…. “Appetite For Destruction”. Dublin’s main rotation has played only a couple minutes this half, and they’re having a lot of fun cheering on the end-of-bench guys.

 

[kiddman32]

Rolling clock (obviously) to start the 4th.

 

[kiddman32]

98-33 final…. On to the nightcap…

 

[kiddman32]

Heritage faces Castro Valley in said nightcap…

 

[kiddman32]

Heritage is 2-4, Castro Valley 3-1. Other than that, and the fact their one common opponent, Castro beat by double digits, and Heritage lost by about the same…. Sounds like a non-close matchup, but ya know…. yada yada yada…