Chchchchanges forthcoming

Jimmy Durkin is all over two changes in CA prep sports, one in basketball and the other regarding transfers.

A few HS & College basketball notes

Michael Coit has the scoop on the new boys basketball coach at Santa Rosa High.

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Jimmy Durkin writes about honors for Brandon Ashley and Brendan Keane, plus the statewide accolades.

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Former Salesian High baller Kenneth Farr, now at Cal State East Bay, has been honored with a scholarship for his off-the-court actions.

March 27 -- your northern California high school basketball report

Douglas Benton has all the boys game reports from yesterday as well as individual spotlights.

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Mitch Stephens reports on yesterday's DLS and BOD games -- aka Black Saturday --  up in Sacramento.

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Mitch is here with Salesian's loss.

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Jimmy Durkin also covered the BOD loss.

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Bill Paterson has the details on two of the championship games for the boys.

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From the southern California perspective, Eric Sondheimer has more on the MD - DLS matchup.

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Eric and Steve Galluzzo collaborate on the game reports for the LaVerne win over BOD and Windward triumph over Salesian.

Two losses for NorCal so far

So far, it's Windward over Salesian 63-57 and Lutheran topping BOD 64-59, despite a 26/8 by Brandon Ashley in the latter.

Jimmy Durkin and Doug Benton are both tweeting.

March 23 -- your Wednesday northern California hig school basketball report

Ben Enos has the scoop on how to purchase an early ticket to the DLS - MD championship matchup.

Jimmy Durkin provides the details on what is every media possibility if you wish to stay up to date on the various state championship contests on Friday and Saturday.

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Joe Davidson features ex-Sac High star Chase Tapley, now at San Diego State and enjoying being in the Sweet 16.

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San Fran Preps has its final poll out on the top 10 teams in The City.

That's it, at least for now.

March 20 -- Sunday's northern California high school basketball report

Mitch Stephens has all the scores and reports from yesterday's games in Sacramento and Folsom.

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Jimmy Durkin offers a De la Salle - Castro Valley game report plus Jimmy is all over the Bishop O'Dowd triumph against El Cerrito..

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Tony Gonzalez was present and accounted for in Salesian's win over St. Mary's. Tony also caught the St. Joseph Notre Dame victory versus University. Jeremy Balan c0ompletes the SJND - University coverage.

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Bill Paterson was uber busy yesterday -- here he reports on the DLS and Castro Valley, here is Mitty topping Woodcreek and here is BOD proving too much for E; Cerrito.

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Archbishop Mitty 67, Woodcreek 44

AM --  Kyle Toth 7-2-20 (four treys), Colin Wan 4-2-10, Aaron Gordon 5-0-10

WC -- Devin Murphy 5-3-13, John Peska 5-2-12

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Joe Davidson provides a little known or maybe unknown Frank Allocco - Pete Carrill connection.

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Brian VanderBeek writes that Logan Vos is the 2011 Modesto Bee Stanislaus District Player of the Year.

Here is the Bee's All-District Boys Basketball Team.

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Ryan Moses presents the Santa Cruz Sentinel Most Valuable Player and All-County team.

March 19 -- Saturday's northern California high school basketball roundup

Mitch Stephens goes Miss Cleo and predicts the outcomes of today's Nor Cal matchups.

Mitch also features DLS's Travis Pacos.

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Jimmy Durkin previews the DLS - Castro Valley game.

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East Bay Prep Corner will be liveblogging all the games today and tonight.

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Bill Paterson looks at the boys pairings.

Your Tuesday northern California high school basketball report

So which high school player enjoyed the best regular season? Mitch Stephens offers up a bevy of possibilities.

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Jimmy Durkin and Ben Enos offer up a piece on the realignment of the NCS.

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Jimmy also has the details about the home court decided upon for the Wednesday Castro Valley High - Newark Memorial High matchup.

That seems like it for today unless we come across further links.

Monday's northern California High school basketball report

Mitch Stephens is here with his weekly bests and games to watch.

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John Dugan delves into the background of the San Marin High starting five -- a very informative read.

Theo Fightmaster writes about San Marin's (and that of others) unhappiness with playoff placement.

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Jimmy Durkin has an article on some of the various selection and placements made yesterday.

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Courtesy of the Mercury News, here is the CCS playoff schedule.

Your northern California JC & HS basketball Saturday a.m. report

Diablo Valley 81, Cosumnes River 66

DV -- Brian (Mt. Diablo High) Goins 12 4-4 30, Jordan (De La Salle) Estrada 8 4-6 27 (seven treys)

CR -- JJ (Bradshaw Christian High) Mina 10 1-1 24, Gabe (Capital Christian) Strong 1 7-10 9

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Sacramento City 84, Modesto 83

SC -- Kiel (Valley High) Myers 10 5-5 29 (four treys), CJ (Kennedy High) Brown 6 10-12 22

Modesto -- Jordan (Sonora High) Sergent 7 8-11 22, Booker (Downey High) Hinton 6 6-7 20, Julian Green 5 3-9 15

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Mark Godi previews the Delta College - Santa Rosa Junior College matchup. Mark then offers the game writeup.

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Yuba College had no trouble defeating Napa Valley.

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Jimmy Durkin has the details on Las Lomas' win over DH plus the scoop on the Salesian High appeal outcome.

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Bonta Hill offers the SI over Riordan game report.

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Thomas Gase fills us in on St. Patrick - St. Vincent victory over Swett.

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Brian VanderBeek writes about Modesto Christian nabbing yet another title.

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Ryan Silapan covers an important game in the Santa Cruz County Athletic League, with Harbor High turning back Aptos High as the league playoff matchups are announced.

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Nick Wilson has the scoop on Sterling Smith leading Chico High over Pleasant Valley.

A load of scores, game reports and more from yesterday's games

Jabari Bird receives some major love from Mitch Stepens, who also reports on the game outcomes of the MLK Classic.

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Here is Jimmy Durkin on Salesian over Castro Valley.

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Here is a good Inside Bay Area combo report on Sacramento defeating BOD, plus other game reports.

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Check out yesterday's East Bay Prep Corner Live Blog of the MLK Classic.

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Here is Bill Paterson on Sac High's win over Bishop O'Dowd.

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Here is a three and a half minute video of Sheldon High battling Sac High last weekend.

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The Salesian High players out of Vallejo are featured in this Jose San Mateo article in the Vallejo Times.

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Stuart (San Marin High) Wesonga and Michael (Terra Linda High) Best are both averaging a double-double in Marin County play so far this season. Check out the numbers here.

Some pertinent scores and articles

Jimmy Durkin has the details on the current venue for the Martin Luther King ‘I Have a Dream” Classic.

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Here's a great article on the background of 7-foot-3 Ring Ayuel, now playing for Coach John Peterson at Ohlone College.

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Nick (hometown is Sacramento) Frazier led three Sea Warriors in double figures with 14 points to lead Hawaii Pacific to a 78-60 men's basketball victory over Academy of Art last night at the Blaisdell Arena.

Kyle (Yuba College) Allen added 13 points and Royal (Capital Christian High/Pacific) Edwards 11 for the Sea Warriors (5-8), who outscored the Urban Knights (3-10) 42-23 in the first half.

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Here are some Coast Conference scores and stats:

CCSF 82, Cañada College 63


CCSF  -- Colin (Archbishop Mitty) Chiverton 7 0-0 20 (including six treys) , Ivan (Riordan High) Dorsey 6 3-3 19 (including four treys), Jonathan (Kennedy High) Williams 5 2-2 12, Fred (Brainerd High) Sturdivant 5 0-0 10, De'End (Lincoln High) Parker 2 3-4 8

Cañada College -- Peter (Burlingame High) Pappageorge 5 8-9 19, Izzy (Mountain Creek High) Tueta 5 1-2 15, Josh (Mountain Creek High) Tueta 5 4-4 14

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SJCC 59, West Valley College 54

SJCC -- Shaheed (San Leandro High) Young 5 3-4 17 (including four treys), Quincy (McClymonds High Hill 4 2-2 10,

West Valley College -- Anthony (SJSU) Dixon 11 2-6 24, Brendon (Palo Alto High) Rider 7 0-0 19

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De Anza College 84, Gavilan College 60

De Anza College -- Eric (Cupertino High) Heslin 11 9-12 31, Jeremy (Fremont High) Allen 3 3-4 12

Gavilan College -- James (Anzar High) Henrard 5 0-0 14, Christian (Alisal High) Camacho 4 1-2 9.

Jimmy Durkin with a boys basketball bonanza

Jimmy Durkin has every score and report you could possibly want on boys basketball from last night's games:

Newark Memorial turns back Castlemont boys in NorCal basketball
Jimmy Durkin
Oakland Tribune
3/11/2010

Newark Memorial High survived Thursday, and that's just fine with the Cougars after their 48-39 win over Castlemont in this California Interscholastic Federation Northern Region Division I quarterfinal.

"We gutted it out," Newark coach Craig Ashmore said. "This time of year you've just got to survive."

The third-seeded Cougars (28-4) will host unseeded Sheldon-Sacramento, a 59-57 upset winner over No. 2 Bellarmine, on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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