Dinos Trigonis on some Bay Area players

SoCal club team basketball figure Dinos Trigonis offered some evaluations recently about a trio of NorCal ballers

"There were several outstanding players in that contest, but three that stood out were 5’10” junior Dominic Artis (Salesian), 6’5” soph Jabari Bird (Salesian) and 6’7” junior David Andoh (St. Mary’s). Artis is emerging as California’s top 2012 point guard prospect and his play that night gave me flashbacks of a young Baron Davis. Dominic is extremely crafty and his basketball IQ is off the charts.  Combine those intangibles with an excellent reaction to the ball and his ability to create for himself as well as teammates makes him a growth spurt away from being a special player. Bird is a skywalking athlete with a jump shot to match and his upside is scary to say the least. Andoh is one of the West Coast’s top 2012 high-major sleepers and his potent inside-outside scoring skills make him a versatile prospect worth taking a long look at this upcoming summer..."

Sunday's report of yesterday's northern California high school basketball games

John Jackson reports on Casa Grande's Friday night win over Dougherty Valley, the victory powered by the outstanding play of Joey Rodriguez.

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Howard Senzell tells us it was Kenny Love behind the Marin Catholic OT victory over Cardinal Newman.

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Thomas Gase has the scoop on St. Patrick - St. Vincent topping Arcata behind the efforts of Robbie Herndon who put up a 26/10 double-double.

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Jeremy Balan fills us in on the St. Ignatius triumph over Riordan by the score of 60-53. Also check out Mitch Stephens' account.

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Joe Davidson writes about the upcoming matchups throughout the Sacramento area.

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Missed this one from yesterday: Jimmy Durkin and Phil Jensen on Newark Memorial taking down Berkeley 65-62 plus St. Mary's beating Berean Christian respectively.

Newark Memorial High 65

Kendall Andrews 10 4-7 24,. Casey Norris 4 4-4 12

Jalil Eppenger 10 13-13 35, B.T.Shabazz 6 5-6 18

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Salesian High 98, McKinleyville High 56

Dom Artis scored 25 points and Jabari Bird contributed 21.  

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Santa Teresa High 65, Bellarmine College Prep 53

Here is Alex Pavlovic with the details.

ST -- Tim Priest 9-3-21, Daniel Karnes 4-1-11, Spencer Koopmans 3-2-11

BCP -- Kristoffer Olugbode 7-1-23, Steven Karr 5-1-11

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Serra 60, Homestead High 39

S -- Henry Caruso 6-4-16, Jason Barsucchini 5-0-13, Dalyn Pacheco 4-2-10

H -- Momir Gataric 3-7-13

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Oak Grove High 55, Salinas High 49

OG -- Nate Viera 5-5-15, Oscar Reynosa 3-4-13, Donald Rodriguez 4-4-13

S --  Frank Rogers 7-4-19, Mitchell Johnson 3-3-10
 
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Piedmont Hills High 54, Watsonville High 34

PH -- Andy Anderson 7-1-16

W -- Ivo Basor 2-6-10 (plus 14 rebounds)

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St. Francis 65, El Camino 49

SF -- Vince Miles 6-1-14, Ivan Margaretic 1-8-10, Kenneth Harris 4-3-11 
EC -- Anthony Knight 9-4-22, Allan Santos 3-4-10

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Archbishop Mitty 67, Pioneer High 45

AM -- Aaron Gordon 6-0-13 , Kyle Toth 5-0-12

P -- Brian Hikido 5-2-13

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Palma High 55, Menlo School 46

P -- Noah Allen 9-9-31 (four treys)

M -- Halprin 6-4-16, Osborne 4-0-11 (three treys), Lacob 2-6-10

Tuesday's northern California high school basketball report

Love 'em or hate 'em, here are Mitch Stephens' playoff picks, plus more.

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Here is Joe Davidson doing the same for up Sacramento way.

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San Fran Preps has University High in the top spot this week.

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What do you call it when a player not only averages a double-double but is very close to being in the 20s in scoring AND rebounding? San Marin's Stuart Wesonga is at 21.5 ppg. and 18.4 rpg. Head here for all the Marin County basketball stats.

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Dom Artis took Bay Shore Athletic league top player honors -- head here to read more selections.

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Brian VanderBeek of the Modesto Bee looks at the upcoming playoff pairings and makes some interesting predictions.

Dom Artis with his initial diary

Saleisna's Dom Artis has agreed to do a diary this school year for the Northstar Basketball blog site. Here's the beginning of first entry:

Dominic Artis Player Diary Entry #1
Dominic Artis '12 of Salesian (CA) is not the most intimidating player, standing just 5'7, but the point guard helped lead his school to a state title last year. He recently sent me his first player diary entry, and he chose to go the route of an overview of his day. Here it is:

8/28/09
Mr. Avis gave us so much homework today it was ridiculous. We had a workout after school at 3:00. Before I walked in the housed I checked the mail and saw I got a couple letters...

Go here for the remainder.