The Saturday report on last night's northern California high school basketball games

The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat has the details of the Ben Freeland-powered Montgomery victory over Dublin.

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Dave Curtis reports on San Marin's takedown of Albany.

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The Sac Bee's Bill Paterson has everything you would want to know about the scores  and highlights of games up that way.

Bill also offers the scoop of Jesuit's win over Burbank with Joe Davidson doing the same about the Franklin triumph versus Turlock.

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Aaron Finley fills us in on Bishop O'Dowd's hard fought win over Del Norte.

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Nick Wilson says it was Sterling Smith power that led Chico over Red Bluff.

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It was the firm of Giusti and Tollefsen who led San Ramon Valley to an 11-point success against Deer Valley -- check out Jimmy Durkin's article.

At the Inside Bay Area site, Mike McGreehan covers the Oakland - Oakland Tech and Castlemont - McClymonds contests.

Jim Bucci writes that Castro Valley had no trouble downing Antioch. 

Bill Kolb tells us Las Lomas held on against Redwood.

Scott Strain caught the El Cerrito victory over San Rafael.

Chace Bryson covered Northgate edging past Pinole Valley.

Head here for a ton of box scores on the various games.

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Joe Chappell, at age 69, is still in the coaching box at Salinas High as George Watkins reports.

Scores and more from last night's northern California high school basketball games

Alex Pavlovic look at the youth powering Leigh High, plus the co-MVPs of the Mount Hamilton Division.

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Bonta Hill is all over Mission getting past Washington.

Mitch Stephens corralled a bunch of scores from last night plus notes.

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Steve Herendeen reports that Mark Tollefsen's 25 points plus 21 from Jordan Giusti powered San Ramon Valley over James Logan.

Jimmy Durkin does the same about Newark Memorial's squashing Freedom.

Damin Esper was there for Berkeley's win over Foothill.

Nick Bender tells us about Las Lomas' triumph against Arroyo.

Matt Schwab fills us in on Deer Valley overpowering Amador Valley.

Ben Enos writes it's Campolindo by five over Acalanes.

Joe Wolfcale provides the scoop on Pinole Valley's getting past Windsor.

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Dave Allen offers an in-depth recap of San Marin's win over Terra Linda.

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Michael Coit has the details of Montgomery holding Concord to 31 points.

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It will be a battle of the saints as St. Patrick - St. Vincent faces St. Helena tonight as Thomas Gase previews.

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Ryan Moses witnessed Watsonville High topping Wilcox behind Ivo Basor's 19 points and 16 boards.

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Bill Paterson goes in-depth on Woodcreek High's surprising season.

Friday night high school and junior college basketball scores

Here's an update on the Las Positas College team.

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Mark Tollefsen led San Ramon Valley to a very solid win over Amador Valley and Dom Taplin's double-double powered Oakland High over Oakland Tech as Jimmy Durkin reports.

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Diablo Valley College 82, Modesto Junior College 65

DV -- Brian (Mt. Diablo High) Goins 25, Rafael (Ohio HS) Carter 14, Jordan (De La Salle High) Estrada 12

Modesto -- Jordan (Sonora High) Sergent 19, Julian (Natomas High) Green 13

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Archbishop Mitty 63, St. Ignatius 52

AM -- Aaron Gordon 7-2-16, Colin Wan 4-6-14, Brent Younger 4-4-12

St. Ignatius (14-7, 6-5) -- Johnny Mrlik 7-3-21 (four treys) , Stephen Domingo 5-0-13 (three treys)

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Sacred Heart Cathedral 76, St. Francis 72

SHC -- Joshua Fox 10-6-26, Herman Pratt 5-4-15,

SF -- Ivan Margaretic 7-2-20 (four treys), Kenneth Harris 6-2-16, Vince Miles 5-0-11

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Serra 64, Valley Christian 40

Serra -- Henry Caruso 6-4-16, Connor McGrath 6-2-14, Sam Leahy 4-2-10

VC -- Jonny Parker 5-0-13 (three treys)

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Bellarmine College Prep 55, Archbishop Riordan 48

BCP -- Grant Vermeer 4-4-16 (four treys), Kristoffer Olugbode 3-7-13, Steven Karr 3-5-11,

AR -- Anthony Castillo 5-3-15, Aaron Anderson 5-3-13

Tollefsen and Guisti powering SRV

Ken Silman/Danville Patch covers the latest on the San Ramon Valley High duo of Jordan Guisti and Mark Tollefsen -- go here. Are we going to be talking about co-MVPs?

Mark Tollefsen signing his national letter of intent

Here is Lakeshow and San Ramon Valley star frontcourter Mark Tollefsen signing his national letter of intent, making him a USF Don next season. He remains the best outside shooter in the NorCal prep ranks and his defensive effectiveness is underrated. Like Angelo Caloairo a few years before him, Tollefsen is going to provide Coach Rex Walters an inside-outside game offensively.

A Mark Tollefsen feature

Kyle Bonagura offers a feature on San Ramon Valley's Mark Tollefsen committing to USF:

Boys Basketball: SRV's Mark Tollefsen Commits to USF
Kyle Bonagura
Danville Patch
October 13, 2010

San Ramon Valley High senior Mark Tollefsen will continue his basketball career at the University of San Francisco.

The versatile 6-foot-9 forward verbal committed to USF last week after taking an official visit to the campus the previous weekend...

Go here for the remainder.

A few brief Rumble In The Bay player evaluations

The Rumble In The Bay tourney was held this past Memorial Day weekend. We certainly didn't see all the D-1 prospects but here are our notes from the players we viewed:

Juan Anderson, Oakland Rebels, (Castro Valley High, CA, 2011)

It's not really a dilemma (but if you so consider it, then it a great one to face) -- does Anderson go to the PAC-10 and be a definite rotation guy/starter with the possibility of developing into a star or play at the next league level and be an all-conference star? Anderson is still on the slim side, very quick and gets off the floor in a blink. His handle can be tightened but it's solid in either direction. He works as a rebounder and displayed a strong defensive effort over the three-day weekend. His range is the three-point distance but his shooting consistency waxes and wanes. We don't see him leaving the west coast area (but let's include Arizona), possibly not even California. Utah State has offered.

Brendan Keane, Oakland Rebels (St. Joseph's, CA, 2011) 

You want a banger? Keane shows excellent form and footwork on moves offensively and also nailed a pair of 15-footers facing the basket in games we witnessed. He isn't a high-flyer but he gets the job done rebounding and defendingt. Watching Keane, we were reminded a bit of a couple of the foreign 'bigs' Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans have utilized the last few seasons. We could certainly see a lot of WAC teams vying for this young man.

Chris Read, 6-foot-4, Lakeshow, (Castro Valley, CA, 2011)

Read is a superb athlete who can run and jump with the best. His to-do list includes upgrading his ballhandling so he can create more opportunities and displaying a consistent 15-18 foot jumpshot. We also saw someone who could develop into an ultra defender if he desires to do so.

Mark Tollefsen, 6-foot-8, Lakeshow (San Ramon Valley, CA, 2011)

How badly does he want it? There are multiple assets to his game -- great range facing the basket, extra long arms for defending and also scoring inside but he must add better ballhandling/creating skills and greater rebounding prowess to his repertoire. Developing the necessary strength to play at the college level will aid in facilitating his progress. Tollefsen is on the edge of being an impact player.

Jacari Whitfield, 5-foot-8, Lakeshow, (St. Joseph's, CA, 2011)

We didn't see anybody able to keep Whitfield from penetrating over the weekend as he is a blur, equally proficient going to his left and right. His height is going to deter some and others will want to witness more playmaking ability for his teammates but he needed to score --that seemed his role -- this weekend.