The upcoming Foothill College Juco Summer Slam

 Foothill Coach Shanan Rosenberg

The Foothill College JUCO Summer Slam is fast approaching -- July 9 and 10 -- with some of the top teams in the Bay Area and northern California participating. Games begin at noon on July 9 (Friday) and at 11 a.m. on July 10 (Saturday). Admission is $5.

Coach Shanan Rosenberg has assembled a quality collection of teams, including his own. After graduating Matt Christman (Serra High) to Fresno Pacific, Marseilles Stewart (Sequoia High/ISA) to Kentucky Wesleyan and Bobby Macias (Thousand Oaks High) to Biola University, Rosenberg has reloaded.

Besides Shawn Grant (listed below), he has added Ben Neves (Westmont High), Suhail Mohammadi (Carlmont High), Jordan Ruedy (Serra High), Jimmy Renneke (Willow Glen High), Brendan Carroll (St. Lawrence Academy) and A.J. Hannely (Santa Teresa High, most valuable player of the Mt. Hamilton Division) to his roster.

Here are some of the scheduled teams:

* Alameda
* American River
* Cañada
* Chabot
* Contra Costa
* DeAnza
* Diablo Valley
* Foothill
* Irvine Valley
* Merritt
* Modesto
* Monterey Peninsula
* Sacramento City
* Santa Rosa
* Shasta
* Solano
* Yuba.

Here are some of the highlight players:

* Canada's 6-foot-1 Peter Pappageorge (Burlinghame High), 6-foot-3 Steven Sanders (Lynbrook High)

* Chabot is definitely one to watch because of these players:  

    * 7-foot Kyle Luckett (sophomore, headed to the NBA draft after next season)
    * 6-foot-11 Jason Silsdorf (redshirt sophomore, Encinal High)
    * 6-foot-9 Colin Chadwick (Justin Siena High, Brewster Academy and UC Riverside)
    * 6-foot-8 Jacob Noisat (sophomore, Elsie Allen High, Cal State East Bay)
    * 6-foot-6 Christopher Gray (freshman, Weston Ranch High)
    * 6-foot-6 Jourdan Demuynck (redshirt sophomore, Castro Valley High)
    * 6-foot-5 Ifeanyi Ezeofor (redshirt freshman, Newark Memorial High)
    * 6-foot-2 Damon Jones Jr (freshman, St. Elizabeth High)
    * 6-foot-0 Howie Manzo (sophomore, James Logan High)
    * 5-foot-9 Terrel Gates (freshman, James Logan High)
    * 5-foot-9 Randy Newell (sophomore, Washington Prep, Los Angeles)

* DVC's 6-foot-4 Tyerelle Phillips (Monte Vista High), 6-foot-1 Jordan Estrada (De La Salle High)

* Foothill's 6-foot-4 Shawn Grant (St. Francis High), 6-foot-1 Kyle Hypes (St. Francis High)

* Irvine Valley's 6-foot-6 Travis Fulton

* Merritt's 6-foot-3 Roman Robinson Rodriguez High), 6-foot-3 Saajid Polite (Grant High)

* Modesto's 6-foot-7 Julius Brazzel (Modesto High)

* Sacramento's 6-foot-1 C.J. Brown (Kennedy High)

* Santa Rosa's 6-foot-1 Tony Baldocchi (Cardinal Newman High)

* The Yuba squad is loaded and deserving of extra highlighting:

    * 6-foot-3 Mike McChristian (sophomore, Will C. Wood High, the most valuable player of the Bay Valley Conference and an all-state selection)
    * 6-foot-3 Julian Welch (sophomore, Franklin High/UC Davis, the Big West Freshman of the Year)
    * 6-foot-3 Spencer Butterfield (freshman, Del Oro High)
    * 6-foot-7, 240 Julian Scott (sophomore, Inderkum High/Columbia College)
    * 6-foot-9 Caleb Johnson (El Camino High, grayshirt freshman)
    * 6-foot-8 Kevin Crabb (Roseville High, grayshirt freshman)
    * 6-foot-1 Tyler Frye (Yuba City High grayshirt freshman)