The 2013 Bay Area Warriors

Coach Randy Bessolo has his latest version of the Bay Area Warriors assembled for this spring and summer. His roster includes (with notations by Bessolo):

* Jiday Ubaja, Archbishop Riordan - 6-foot-1 point guard.

"super strong and quick All-West Catholic Athletic League Second Team"

* Jack Gale, University - 6-foot-5 shooting guard

"good athleticism, great skills and feel for the game, great student"

* Sam Kreisberg, College Prep - a thick 6-foot-6 and possibly still growing.

"Sam's older brother Jeremiah Kreisberg (6-foot-9) plays and has been a regular starter at Yale, great student

* Chiefy Ubaja, Archbishop Riordan - 6-foot-4 super athletic.

"great shot blocker and rebounder, was First Team All West Catholic Athletic League, good student"

* Jared Nodar, St. Mary's - 6-foot-5 wing

"a very good shooter and smart player being the son of a coach (Manny Nodar at St. Mary's HS), very good student"

* Tristan Wentworth, St. Ignatius - 5-foot-11 guard

"very skilled and very good shooter, great student"

* Tony Caletti, Branson - 6-foot-2 point guard,

"very good shooter, great student"

*Jaren Yang, St. Ignatius - 5-foot-9 point guard

"super quick"

* Liam Dwyer, SF Waldorff - 6-foot-3

"good skills and athleticism"

* Keith Hunter, Oakland High - 6-foot-2

"a versatile guard"

The Warriors will be on display at multiple events this month:

* April 19-21 at the Pumps Hoopfest at Cerritos College and California State University Dominguez Hills

* April 26-28 at Gerry Freitas' HoopReview event at City College of San Francisco

Besides that, the Warriors finished with a 3-1 record in the recent Oakland Rebels tournament, losing in the semifinals to the host team and will also be playing this weekend in the Oakland Soldiers tournament.