Oakland High, BOD win

Jabari Brown and T.J. Taylor led Oakland High over over San Leandro while it was Brandon Ashley and Richard Longrus doing the same for Bishop O'Dowd versus McClymonds -- Tony Gonzales reports.

Mitch Stephens on Brandon Ashley and BOD

LINK NOW CORRECTED: Mitch Stephens offers the latest on Brandon Ashley's status and how Bishop O'Dowd is playing -- go here.

BOD versus Mack

O'Dowd wins rare battle of Oakland powers
Kyle Bonagura
Oakland Tribune
1/10/2010

For Bishop O'Dowd boys basketball coach Doug Vierra, coaching against McClymonds is nothing new. He opposed the Warriors at least two times a year for six years as the coach at Oakland High.

But until Saturday, it had been 15 years since O'Dowd and McClymonds met on the hardwood...

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Nor Cal earning some respect

The high school teams from this area who ventured south for the MaxPreps Holiday Classic are representing themselves and their home base quite well. Newark Memorial (Coach Craig Ashmore) whomped Fairfax 50-34 while Bishop O'Dowd (Coach Doug Vierra) got by Leuzinger 63-62.

We don't have the stats but Khion Sankey, Casey Norris and Kendall Andrews for the Cougars and Jordan Barton, Nick Capiti, Brandon Ashley and Richard Longrus for the Dragons must have contributed mightily.