Elite Division:
3 Ball Academy 74, Lunardi's 17 Blue 54
MVP: Quinton Adlesh of 3 Ball Academy

Varsity Division:
Above & Beyond 17 Varsity 63, JT Elite 38
MVP: Gabe Adzich of Above & Beyond

16u Division:
Team Superstar 15u 62, West Coast Phenoms 16u 58
MVP: Jovon McClanahan of Team Superstar

15u Division:
Top Flight 15 Red 50, 3 Ball Academy 49
MVP: TC Wegner of Top Flight

Mike LeDuc is the new head coach at Damien, taking over for Matt Dunn, who left for St. John Bosco. LeDuc was the head coach at Damien from 1979-86 before leaving for Glendora where he had coached ever since.

Damien State Championship winning head basketball coach Matt Dunn is the new coach at St. John Bosco. Dun, who has had a long standing relationship with SJB Principal Casey Yeazel from their 8+ years at Damien was simply an easy choice for the Braves. Dunn was chosen over a reported 162 applicants.

The St. Thomas-St. John IAA (Virgin Islands) is preparing to host the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational basketball tournament slated January 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2016. We cordially invite you and your basketball team (s) to participate in this exciting event. The STT-STJ IAA has determined the following information will apply to this tournament: There will be an open boys and girls varsity team (s). We are asking those teams that are serious about participating to give us your response no later than Monday December 14, 2015. Send an email to David at daddytis@hotmail.com for further information. PASSPORT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TRAVEL TO THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS.

The St. Thomas-St. John IAA (Virgin Islands) is preparing to host the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational basketball tournament slated January 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2016. We cordially invite you and your basketball team (s) to participate in this exciting event. The STT-STJ IAA has determined the following information will apply to this tournament: There will be an open boys and girls varsity team (s). We are asking those teams that are serious about participating to give us your response no later than Monday December 14, 2015. Send an email to David at daddytis@hotmail.com for further information. PASSPORT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TRAVEL TO THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS.

I've linked an article on the front page that includes the exploits of Bobby Wagner. As some of you know, our own Brian Goad ("gaper") did some coaching of Wagner in Wagner's high school days.

What do you think of the article, gaper?

https://californiapreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1760896

The 5th annual Bay Area Memorial Day Classic will be held Saturday thru Monday May 23-25, 2015. Over 100 teams participate each year in the biggest and most competitive Memorial weekend event in the west. It will be held at three sites: San Francisco City College, Nor Cal Courts in Martinez and Jamtown in Oakland. Cost is $450 per team for direct payment or $475 for online payment. There is a four game guarantee. (Discount is available for three or more teams.)

There will be four high school divisions (17 elite, 17 varsity, 16u, 15u), with a championship in each division on Monday the 25th. Media in attendance will include: norcalpreps.com, californiapreps.com, ihigh.com, hoopreview.net. A post event report will be sent to these and various other web sites in addition to college coaches nation-wide. For more information contact Joe Fuca at 415-595-6203 or email: jfuca@aol.com or Gerry Freitas at 408-998-1327 or email:gerryfreitas@hotmail.com or visit the website: bayareamemorialdayclassic.webs.com.

Aram Tolegian of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper has report that 4 star wide receiver Dylan Crawford will be eligible on October 5th at Santa Margarita. He will miss the entire non-league schedule and be ready for Trinity League play which starts on October 9th. Crawford and 4 star Stanford commit KJ Costello form the top passing duo in Southern California.

http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvfootb...le-until-oct-5-at-new-school-santa-margarita/

Rohrer is gone..

who's next?

this will make 3 coaches in four years at E hi

The City Section has finalized its football playoff divisions for 2015 and 2016.

Division I is adding South Gate, Sylmar, Eagle Rock and Hamilton, four of the top teams from Division II.

There will be 20 schools in Division I, 22 in Division II and 26 in Division III.

Division I: Arleta, Banning, Birmingham, Carson, Crenshaw, Dorsey, Eagle Rock, El Camino Real, Garfield, Hamilton, Narbonne, Palisades, Roosevelt, San Fernando, San Pedro, South East, South Gate, Sylmar, Taft, Venice.

Division II: Bell, Bernstein, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Cleveland, Fairfax, Gardena, Washington, Granada Hills, Grant, Hawkins, Huntington Park, Jefferson, Lincoln, Locke, Los Angels, Poly, Rancho Dominguez, Santee, University, Verdugo Hills, View Park, Westchester.

Division III: Animo South, Belmont, Chavez, Contreras, Douglass, Franklin, Fremont, Hollywood, Jordan, Kennedy, Legacy, Manual Arts, Marquez, Marshall, Monroe, North Hollywood, Panorama, Reseda, Rivera, Roybal, Sotomayor, Torres, Van Nuys, West Adams, Wilson.

So one of the biggest features of the new boards is the ability to embed all kinds of media. You can now embed tweets, vines, instagrams, youtube vids, vimeo vids and more.

Literally all you have to do is copy and past the tweet's url into the body of your post and the tweet will appear. That's it.

Login to view embedded media
Same holds true for YouTube videos. Simply cut and past the video's url into your post and voila!

Login to view embedded media
Tweets and videos will also be mobile responsive so you will be able to easily read all of them whether on your computer, iPad or phone.

One other cool feature is that you can now simply drag and drop pictures into a post. No looking for the url or finding the picture icon. Literally just find a pic you like somewhere and drag it into the post box. I haven't tried this yet.

So one of the biggest features of the new boards is the ability to embed all kinds of media. You can now embed tweets, vines, instagrams, youtube vids, vimeo vids and more.

Literally all you have to do is copy and past the tweet's url into the body of your post and the tweet will appear. That's it.

Login to view embedded media
Same holds true for YouTube videos. Simply cut and past the video's url into your post and voila!

Login to view embedded media
Tweets and videos will also be mobile responsive so you will be able to easily read all of them whether on your computer, iPad or phone.

One other cool feature is that you can now simply drag and drop pictures into a post. No looking for the url or finding the picture icon. Literally just find a pic you like somewhere and drag it into the post box. I haven't tried this yet.

The change over to the new message boards will take place tonight (Monday) between 9 pm and 3 am PDT. During that time the boards will be READ ONLY.

Hit me with questions and I'll try to answer. I've tried out many of the features and they're pretty awesome. Here's a copy and paste of what to expect:


Here are some of the new Features & Benefits[/B]
for the new Rivals.com Message Boards:





1. They are a responsive design[/B]; meaning, they were designed for desktop, tablets and
mobile - all in one design and all at the same URL. No need to go to a different
address to get the proper version for your device



2. They have a modern, secure and actively maintained
framework built for speed & stability

3. There will be no[/B] limit on Thread History, so you can reference old
topics or replies at any time

4. There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and
Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc

5. You now can set up alerts[/B] and follow
users [/B]so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss
great posts from your favorite users. In yourNews
Feed[/B] you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you
wish to follow.

6. Dynamic
quoting system [/B]so what you select within a thread can be quoted without
copying and pasting any code. You select what you want to quote and click Reply
over that selection, and it will be put automatically in your reply. You can
quote multiple posts[/B] and automatic
quoting[/B] is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user
forgetting to quote.



7. Improved navigation[/B] and search[/B]: quickly jump to the first unread post in a
thread or to the top and bottom of each thread. Advanced search features include
by keyword, date or thread title.


This post was edited on 4/20 5:24 PM by Dave Keefer

The change over to the new message boards will take place tonight (Monday) between 9 pm and 3 am PDT. During that time the boards will be READ ONLY.

Hit me with questions and I'll try to answer. I've tried out many of the features and they're pretty awesome. Here's a copy and paste of what to expect:


Here are some of the new Features & Benefits[/B]
for the new Rivals.com Message Boards:



1. They are a responsive design[/B]; meaning, they were designed for desktop, tablets and mobile - all in one design and all at the same URL. No need to go to a different
address to get the proper version for your device



2. They have a modern, secure and actively maintained
framework built for speed & stability

3. There will be no[/B] limit on Thread History, so you can reference old
topics or replies at any time

4. There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and
Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc

5. You now can set up alerts[/B] and follow users [/B]so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss great posts from your favorite users. In your News
Feed[/B] you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you
wish to follow.

6. Dynamic quoting system [/B]so what you select within a thread can be quoted without copying and pasting any code. You select what you want to quote and click Reply over that selection, and it will be put automatically in your reply. You can
quote multiple posts[/B] and automatic quoting[/B] is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user forgetting to quote.


7. Improved navigation[/B] and search[/B]: quickly jump to the first unread post in a
thread or to the top and bottom of each thread. Advanced search features include
by keyword, date or thread title.

This post was edited on 4/20 5:26 PM by Dave Keefer

Who is he and what's the word on him? Do you have any info doc?

One more team is needed to fill out the 14th Annual Clash on the Coast at Pacifica HS (Oxnard)

Varsity only.

Dates Dec 16-19, 2015.

4 games cost $475.

Please contact Abel Morales at

abel.morales@ouhsd.k12.ca.us or 805 278-3022

Teams already in:

Pacifica
Ventura
Oxnard
Santa Clara
St. Bonaventure
Brighton (Utah)









This post was edited on 4/16 3:49 PM by Dave Keefer

Rivals has started changing over to new message boards on some of the national boards and soon Californiapreps will be getting a makeover too.

Here's some info I copied and pasted:


Here are some of the new Features & Benefits for the new Rivals.com Message Boards:


1. They are a responsive design[/B]; meaning, they were designed for desktop, tablets and mobile - all in one design and all at the same URL. No need to go to a different address to get the proper version for your device


2. They have a modern, secure and actively maintained framework built for speed & stability

3. There will be no[/B] limit on Thread History, so you can reference old topics or replies at any time

4. There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc

5. You now can set up alerts[/B] and follow users [/B]so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss great posts from your favorite users. In yourNews Feed[/B] you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.

6. Dynamic quoting system [/B]so what you select within a thread can be quoted without copying and pasting any code. You select what you want to quote and click Reply over that selection, and it will be put automatically in your reply. You can quote multiple posts[/B] and automatic quoting[/B] is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user forgetting to quote.


7. Improved navigation[/B] and search[/B]: quickly jump to the first unread post in a thread or to the top and bottom of each thread. Advanced search features include by keyword, date or thread title.

2015 Southern California Spring Showcase


The 5th annual
Southern California Spring Showcase will be held Saturday May 9, 2015 at
Marina High School in Huntington Beach from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. It
will be open to individual players in all high school grades (including
seniors), and teams from high school and AAU programs.

This exposure event is designed to provide all players an opportunity to
demonstrate their talents/skills in highly competitive games for the
college coaches, scouts, and media expected to attend. A report on the
event will be done by the Hoop Review scouting service that will be sent
to college coaches and various internet sites.

Cost is $80 for individuals and $235.00 for teams. Every team/individual will play two
games. For more information contact Gerry Freitas at 408-998-1327 or via
email: gerryfreitas@hotmail.com.

Heard that Steinberg is out as Santiago head coach and is rumored to take over at Rancho Verde?

Any clue on who would take over? There's a lot of kids attending CS, but with CC right up the street...

I read the recent Rivals article (linked below) on Jaylon Redd who was at USC's Junior Day. He's only a sophomore this year but is getting offers from major D-1 schools.

I see he's only 5-9, 170 so he must be quite an athlete to be drawing all this early interest. Where do you project him at the next level? Has he been playing offense, defense, and special teams at RC?

Redd excited after USC visit

Looking for a couple juniors to play on our 17u team. We will be playing at Double Pump on April 10-12. Please contact norcalpanthers@gmail.com with any questions.

GIRLS AAU TRAVELING TEAM!!!

3rd-5th Grade[/B]

Date & Time:

Friday: March 6th 5:30PM-6:30PM
Saturday: March 7th 1PM-3PM
Monday: March 9th 5:30PM-7PM

6th-8th Grade

Date & Time:

Friday: March 6th 6:30PM-8:30PM
Saturday: March 7th 3:00PM-5:00PM
Monday: March 9th: 7:00PM-8:30PM

ALL TRYOUTS WILL BE AT MISSION REC CENTER LOCATED AT 2450 HARRISON ST SAN FRANCISCO 94110

Any questions feel free to contact Wilson Stephens, Ass. Program Director at 510.715.1173

2015 Southern California Senior Showcase


The 6th annual
Southern California Senior Showcase will be held Sunday March 29, 2015
at Cerritos College in Norwalk from 12 noon to 7:00 pm. It will be open
to individual players and teams who are unsigned seniors in the class of
2015.

This exposure event is designed to provide all players an
opportunity to demonstrate their talents/skills in highly competitive
games for the college coaches, scouts, and media expected to attend. A
report on the event will be done by the Hoop Review scouting service
that will be sent to college coaches and various internet sites.
Cost
is $80 for individuals and $235.00 for teams. Every team/individual
will play two games. For more information call the tournament director,
Gerry Freitas at 408-998-1327 or contact via email:
gerryfreitas@hotmail.com.

The National Federation of High School Associations (NFHS) football rules committee has added some new rules, focusing on reducing injuries mainly. The linked article below discusses six rule changes that were approved and will be effective for the upcoming season (2015).

Also noted in the article: "According to the 2013-14 NFHS High School Athletics Participation Survey, football is the most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 1,093,234 participants in 11-player football."

New rules set by NFHS