Foothill has no difficulty with LPC

Foothill 81, Las Positas 55

Foothill College

Saan Mustaers 4 4-6 13
Suhail (Carlmont High) Mohammadi 4 2-2 12
Stephen (Serra High)  Grosey 5 1-2 12

La Positas College

Steven (College Park High) Cazeres 4 3-5 16 (three treys)
Booker (Berkeley High) Shabazz 3 4-5 10

LPC tops MPC by three

Las Positas 61, Monterey 58

Las Positas College

Booker (Berkeley High) Shabazz 2 7-7 11

Monterey Peninsula College

Jonny (Valley Christian High) Parker 5 7-11 17
Zen (Santa Cruz High) Maki 3 1-2 10 (three treys)

Chabot and Alameda triumph

In one Chabot Classic tournament semi-final:

Chabot 70, DeAnza 56

Chabot College

Greg Brown 5 3-4 15
John (San Leandro High) Darwin 5 4-5 15

De Anza College

Dawson (Castro Valley High) Johnson 6 3-7 16
Stefan Demirovic 5 0-0 11

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In the other semi-final:

Alameda 59, Las Positas 58, OT

Las Positas College

Jacob (Amador Valley High) Contreras 6 1-1 15
Booker (Berkeley High) Shabazz 1 8-10 11

College of Alameda

Reggie (Fremont High) Henderson 7 6-6 20
Harold (Pinole High) Perry 4 3-7 11

SJCC tops Las Positas

San Jose 83, Las Positas 75

San Jose City College

Aaron Armstead 9 2-2 24 (four treys)

Andre (San Leandro High) Russell 8 3-4 19
Frankie (Rodriguez High) Johnson 5 3-5 14
Bobby (Nimitz High) Gray 5 1-5 13

Las Positas College

Booker (Berkeley High) Shabazz 5 5-5 17
Jacob (Amador Valley High) Conteras 3 2-2 11 (three treys)
Joseph (Monte Vista High) Viscuglia 3 2-2 11 (three treys)
Kapunohu (Hayward High) Sweetwyne 5 1-2 11
Julian (Bishop O'Dowd High) Redman 4 1-1 10

Delta over Las Positas

The Stockton Record offers the game report of San Joaquin Delta College's 96-93 double overtime victory over Las Positas College.

SJDC

Alex (St. Mary's High) Simmons 9 0-0 24 (six treys)
Dan (Union Mine High) Schwarzberg 6 0-0 17 (five treys)

Jamel (Edison High) Kelly 7 0-0 16
  
Las Positas
Booker (Berkeley High)Shabazz 7 4-5 21 (three treys)
Jauwnn (El Camino High) Springfield 6 6-9 19  
Julian (Bishop O'Dowd) Redmond 10 0-0 23 (three treys)

Hartnell 91, Las Positas 81

Hartnell College proved to be 10 points better than Las Positas College, 91-81.

Hartnell

Billy Giles 10 0-0 21 (plus nine rebounds)
Michael Salazar 4 9-10 20 (three treys)
Brad Kohler 5 0-0 13 (three treys)

Las Positas

Kapunohu (Hayward High) Sweetwyne 6 7-8 19
Julian (Bishop O'Dowd) Redmon 5 0-1 13 (three treys)
Uche (Granda High) Okpalaudo 3 5-7 11
Jauwnn (El Camino High) Springfield 4 2-2 10

Catching up with Las Positas College

Working backwards,here's the latest on Las Positas College hoops:

Close loss to Butte no consolation for Hawks
11/17/12

LPC headed home from Mendocino on Saturday after falling 71-67 to Butte in the consolation final of the Ed Boyle Classic in Ukiah.

B.T. (Berkeley High) Shabazz scored a season-high 27 points (11-12 free throws) to lead all scorers. Jacob (Amador Valley High) Contreras added 11 points for LPC.

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Hawks right ship, beat Siskiyous
11/16/12

LPC snapped its modest two-game losing streak Friday with a 70-69 victory over Siskiyous in the consolation bracket of the Ed Boyle Classic at Mendocino College in Ukiah.

Juawnn (El Camino High) Springfield led LPC with 16 points, B.T. (Berkeley High) Shabazz had 15, and Kellen (Hayward High) Sweetwyne added 12.

Los Medanos tops Las Positas

In the initial round of the Ed Royal Mendocino Classic, it was Los Medanos College 75, Las Positas College 52.

Los Medanos College

* Nick (Freedom High) Blount 7 1-1 19 (four treys)
* Marquis (Mt. Diablo High) Arron 5 1-2 11
* Stanley (Antioch High) Watkins 3 4-4 10 (12 rebounds, four assists)
* Drew (Antioch High) Cones 11 assists
* DeMahan (Antioch High) Miller 22 rebounds, six blocked shots

Las Positas College

* Booker (Berkeley High) Shabazz 4 2-2 12

The 2012-13 Las Positas College Hawks

Due to health reasons, Las Positas Assistant Coach Ward Farris is filling in for Tony Costello this season and has a very young but promising group (just three sophomores):

* Booker Shabazz, freshman, guard. 5-foot-11 185, Berkeley High

* Juawnn Springfield, freshman, guard, 6-foot-2 180, El Camino High

* Ikel McConner, freshman, guard 6-foot-1 190, Bear Creek High

* Jovante Evans, sophomore, guard, 5-foot-10 170, Granad High

* Jacob Contreras, freshman, guard, 6-foot-1 180, Amador Valley High

* Steve Cazares , freshman, guard, 6-foot-0 160, College Park High

* Michael Garza, freshman, guard, 5-foot-11 160, Granada High

* Uche Okpalaugo, freshman, forward, 6-foot-2 182, Granada High

* Julian Redmon, sophomore, guard, 6-foot-2 170, Bishop O'Dowd High

* Joseph Viscuglia, freshman, forward, 6-foot-4 200, Monte Vista High

* Kellen Sweetwyne, freshman, forward, 6-foot-2 223, Hayward High

* Justin Wolfe, freshman, center, 6-foot-8 240, Village High

* Cameron Womack, freshman, forward, 6-foot-5 210, Lincoln High

* Zac Atchison, sophomore, forward, 6-foot-5 245, JL Mann High (South Carolina)
   
Redshirting this season

* Nick Lacy, freshman, guard, 6-foot-1 170, St. Joseph High

* David Eplin, freshman, guard, 5-foot-10 150, California High

* Gerry Cooper, freshman, forward, 6-foot-4 185, Manteca High

* Devin Debrum, freshman, forward, 6-foot-3 210, Granada High

* Demetri Dartis, sophomore, forward, 6-foot-2 190, McClatchy High

CCC tops LPC

Contra Costa College took the Las Positas Tip-Off Classic championship from the hosts, winning 83-71.

For CCC, Jacob (Inderkum High) Monroe paced everyone with 18 points,  sophomore forward J'uan (Sacramento High) Parker contributed 13 points while Damian (Salesian High) Mize, Tyler West and Phillip Secrease all posted 11.

Frosh Backcourter Booker (Berkeley High) Shabazz led Las Positas College with 19 points with sophomore Julian (Bishop O'Dowd High) Redmon adding 11. Each nailed a trio of treys.

Las Positas versus Contra Costa for the title

Powered by 23 points from Booker Shabazz, host Las Positas College topped Columbia in the semifinals and now goes up against Contra Costa College for the championship. CCC beat Siskiyous 70-51 in the other semifinal.

Las Positas College wins opener

Host Las Positas offers the results of the opening round games from yesterday and the matchups today in the Tip-Off Classic.

The Las Positas Tip-Off Classic begins on Thursday

As Matt Schwab writes, Thursday afternoon in Livermore is the opening of the Las Positas College Tip-Off Classic.

Las Positas players go four-year

Matt Schwab writes about three Las Positas College players moving on.

The 2012-13 Las Positas College roster

Coming off a 19-7 overall, 7-5 conference record, Las Positas Coach Tony Costello has a freshman-heavy squad but one with a pair of solid returnees in Julian Redmon and Jarred Jourdan.

Here goes as of late July:

* Steve Cazares, 5-foot-10, freshman (College Park High)

* Jacob Contreras, 6-foot-2, freshman (Amador Valley High)

* David Eplin, 5-foot-10, freshman (California High)

* Jovante Evans, 5-foot-10, sophomore (Granada High)

* Jarred Jourdan, 6-foot-5, sophomore (James Logan High)

* Ikel McConner, 6-foot-3, freshman (Bear Creek High)

* Roy Nelson, 6-foot-4, freshman (Leadership High)

* Uche Okpalaugo, 6-foot-4, freshman (Granada High)

* Julian Redmon, 6-foot-3, sophomore (Bishop O'Dowd High)

* B.T. Shabazz, 5-foot-10, freshman (Berkeley High)

* Juwann Springfield, 6-foot-3, freshman (El Camino High)

* Justin Wolfe, 6-foot-9, freshman (Foothill High)

* Cameron Womack, 6-foot-5, freshman (Bear Creek High)

Yuba College 86, Las Positas College 83

Bryan DeMain was present and accounted for in Yuba College's three-point victory over visiting Las Positas College. His report indicates it was quite the matchup.

Yuba and Las Positas tangle tonight

The Appeal-Democrat has a pre-game look at the Yuba College - Las Positas College pairing taking place tonight.

Las Positas 71, Ohlone 66

Missed this Matt Schwab game report of the Las Positas College victory over Ohlone College.

Las Positas handles Chabot

Los Positas 85, Chabot 67

Las Positas College

Roy Rissas 9 2-2 20
Dylan Heath 6 1-1 18 (five treys)
Julian Redmon 7 0-0 17  (three treys)
Devonae Leach 4 3-4 11

Chabot College

Damarius Jones 10 0-0 25 (five treys)
Terrell Gates 7 3-4 23 (six treys)

SFCC tops Las Positas

San Francisco City 90, Las Positas 70

San Francisco City College

Ivan Dorsey 5 2-2 16 (four treys)
Delon Wright 6 2-2 14
Raysean Hairston 5 1-2 11
Myron Respress 5 2-5 12

Las Positas College

Jarred Jourdan 10 6-7 28
Dylan Heath 3 1-4 10