There are no breaks in the Delta River League. No time for rest.
No easy games to circle on the schedule.
The Sheldon High School boys basketball team had seemingly seen
just about everything in the preseason, from playing in national
tournaments to neutral-site games against teams from the Bay
Area.
Constructing the toughest schedule of any Sac-Joaquin Section
team was expected to prepare them for the rigors of arguably the
top basketball league in Northern California.
Chico State senior point guard Jay Flores, a 2007 Jesuit
graduate, has made the Capital One Academic All-West Region team
for his excellence in the classroom and on the court.
Only athletes with cumulative GPAs of 3.30 or higher who have
played in at least 75 percent of their team’s games are eligible
for Academic All-Region honors.
Flores, a business major, is now eligible for Academic
All-America honors as well. That announcement will come on Feb.
22.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — Thirteen
student-athletes from Jesuit High School signed letters of intent
to play college sports on National Signing Day, adding to a long
list of others who preceded them at the school.
“This is a big deal. I’ve waited a long time for this,” said
Christopher Macasaet, who accepted a golf scholarship from the
University of Pacific.
Student-athletes who signed letters of intent at Jesuit High
School added to the school’s tradition of athletic excellence.
In case you missed KCRA 3’s Noon News… check out
their recap of our Letter of Intent Signing Day by clicking
here!
Jesuit Drama’s fall play Imago Dei: Journeys of
Courage, Hope & Home is now being offered
nationwide by the Jesuit Refugee Service USA. Pictures of
our students along with video excerpts of their work is on the
JRS/USA
webpage.
TUCSON, Ariz. – For New Mexico’s John Catlin, it was pretty much
like taking a calm stroll in the park.
For host team Arizona, it was an intense, nail-biting,
down-to-the-wire thriller in the desert.
When it was all said and done, Catlin and the Wildcats walked
away from Arizona National Golf Club on Tuesday carrying the
first-place trophies from the 32nd Arizona Intercollegiate.
Jesuit (Division I), Antelope (D-II), Foothill (D-III), Modesto
Christian (D-IV), Capital Christian (D-V) and Victory Christian
(D-VI) are the top seeded boys basketball teams in the first
Sac-Joaquin Section power ratings released today.
In D-I, Sheldon is seeded No. 2, Bethel of Vallejo No. 3 and West
of Tracy No. 4. Other area teams ranked among the top 16 are No.
5 Franklin, No. 6 Burbank, No. 7 Pleasant Grove, No. 8 Kennedy,
No. 10 Oak Ridge and No. 14 Granite Bay.
The Jesuit basketball team was too fast and too strong for
Pleasant Grove of Elk Grove on Wednesday in Carmichael.
The Eagles, ranked No. 3 in the region by The Sacramento Bee,
played a great first quarter but let the rest of the game go to
the No. 2 Marauders. With a final score of 75-57, Jesuit was too
much for Pleasant Grove.
At one point during tonight’s Delta River League boys basketball
showdown between No. 2 Jesuit and No. 3 Pleasant Grove, a
Pleasant Grove fan bellowed, “Where’s Uu!”
It wasn’t in the form of a question.
It was a frustrated plea to Pleasant Grove’s on-their-heels
defenders to keep their eyes on Jesuit senior sharpshooter Parker
Uu.
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound guard seemed to be everywhere on the
floor, hitting bombs from long range or using his sturdy frame to
score inside.
BERKELEY – Former California All-Americans Blaine Scully and
Colin Hawley have accepted contracts funded by the United States
Olympic Committee to train full-time at the Olympic Training
Center in Chula Vista, Calif., with the U.S. National 7s Team.
By accepting these contracts, Scully and Hawley have placed
themselves among the first-ever players to sign such deals with
USA Rugby.
If there is one Sacramento-area high school basketball team that
has been a top contender almost every season, the Jesuit
Marauders are usually in the conversation.
During the last five of seven season, the Carmichael school
earned winning records and playoff appearances, including
Sac-Joaquin Section titles during the 2005-06 and 2006-07
seasons.
Jesuit (13-3), Sheldon (11-3) and Pleasant Grove (15-1) – The
Bee’s top three ranked teams, respectively – excelled in the
preseason despite each taking on top competition throughout the
state and beyond.
Their reward?
More white-knuckle games with the start of Delta River League
play, which, with No. 12 Oak Ridge (9-6) and No. 14 Folsom
(10-7), should really be called the Delta “Super” League.
Saturday’s 10th annual Father Kelly Tribute at Jesuit High School
will feature four games involving some of Northern California’s
top boys basketball players and six teams ranked in the NorCal
Top 20 by NorCalPreps.com.
The Father Kelly event has become a good midseason barometer of
how some of the area’s teams stack up with those from the Bay
Area.
It’s Colin O’Connor, Patch’s Teacher of the Month for December.
O’Connor is a 2004 Jesuit graduate and is in his third year at
Jesuit, teaching English to freshmen and juniors. He is also an
assistant coach for the Marauders varsity water polo and swimming
teams.
“It made it very comfortable for me,” O’Connor said of returning
to teach at Jesuit. “I knew the educational model and it’s a very
supportive administration.”
Jesuit senior guard Parker Uu has been on the other side of the
rivalry with Rio Americano.
Uu played for the Raiders as a freshman before transferring to
Jesuit, located less than a mile away, in his sophomore season.
So when the Marauders student section erupted as if it witnessed
Jesuit capture a state title when Uu hit the first two free
throws in the first quarter on Friday night, the now senior felt
the full force of what this rivalry means.
With next weekend’s bowl blitz officially capping the high school
football season, is it too late to peek ahead to next year?
Here’s a look at who should be some of the top teams coming into
the season and some top players, too. As for returning players,
we invite input from readers. We have only so many eyes and ears,
and some coaches down play their returning guys as to keep a low
under-the-radar profile.
A look at The Bee’s top 20 high school boys basketball teams.
TOP 20 TEAMS
1. JESUIT (4-0)
The 2010-11 Sac-Joaquin Section Division I runners-up have depth,
talent and experience, led by top returners Parker Uu, Bryce
Pressley, Akachi Okugo and Brian Glodowski. The Marauders beat
Texas power Strake Jesuit of Houston in Saturday’s Father Barry
Christmas Classic title game.
Two parochial basketball powers will meet tonight for the
championship of the 38th Annual Father Barry Christmas Classic
tournament at Jesuit High School in Carmichael.
Host Jesuit will play Strake Jesuit of Houston, Texas, in the
6:30 p.m. final, the last of four games on the day.
Strake Jesuit is led by college scholarship signees John Gillon
(Arkansas-Little Rock) and Rasheed Sulaimon (Duke).
Parker Uu scored 22 points, Akachi Okugo 15 and Bryce Pressley 13
in leading Jesuit past Strake Jesuit of Houston 68-55 in
tonight’s Father Barry Christmas Classic basketball tournament
championship game at Jesuit.
Duke signee Rasheed Sulaimon led the Texas team with 21 points.
Sheldon defeated Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland 73-65 in the third
place game. D’Erryl Williams and Armani Hampton each had 21
points for the Huskies.
The 38th Annual Father Barry Christmas Classic Basketball
Tournament continues today and Saturday at Jesuit High
School.
In first round results Thursday:
Jesuit beat Bishop Manogue of Nevada 98-46; Strake Jesuit of
Houston downed Oakland Tech 80-52; Sheldon topped St. Ignatius of
San Francisco 67-44; and Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland beat Eisenhower
of Rialto 83-72.
After a season last year in which the Jesuit basketball team made
the section finals and the Northern California playoffs, the
question is how do you top that?
The answer: hope to come out on top in those games after the
Marauders fell to Sheldon in sections and at Oakland in Nor Cals.
Two major boys basketball tournaments, each offering something
special, will be held in the same neighborhood Thursday through
Saturday.
Jesuit hosts its 38th annual Father Barry Christmas Tournament in
Carmichael. Rio Americano, less than a mile from Jesuit on
American River Drive, is putting on its 37th annual Jack Scott
Tournament.
Among the teams entered in the Father Barry tournament are:
Jesuit and Pleasant Grove looked impressive while Sheldon
struggled offensively yet still won in their NorCal Tip-Off
Classic boys basketball games Saturday in Newark.
Defending Sac-Joaquin Section Division I champion Sheldon shot
39.5 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from the foul line
in holding off McClymonds of Oakland 45-43 in the nightcap of the
seven-game event at Newark Memorial High School.
This is right around the time of the year when Dudley Adair’s
side business starts to get busy.
The Carmichael native and his wife, who moved from Carmichael to
Lincoln about four years ago, are weight loss coaches with Take
Shape for Life, a company whose “coaches” sell meal replacements
and provide weight loss plans and advice.
“We talk to people starting now with the holiday season upon us,”
Adair said. “People seem more willing to listen at this time of
the year than any other.”
Early Thursday morning, before partaking in Thanksgiving meals,
Carmichael residents will join their teams in the 18th Annual Run
To Feed The Hungry race.
Having run the race before, I can tell you it is a good way to
work up an appetite while helping a good cause. The event
benefits Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.
Carmichael Patch asked team captains from Carmichael teams to
tell us about their team and why they run. These are their
stories.
1. Del Dayo Elementary School- Captain: Mary Kessler
Picture Aretha Franklin timidly answering a cattle call for
“America’s Got Talent” or Robert De Niro deigning to do community
theater.
That, at first blush, seems to be what former Olympic middle
distance runner Michael Stember will be doing when he pins on a
race bib for the 18th Run to Feed the Hungry in Sacramento on
Thanksgiving.
As captain of the Yale football team, Jordan Haynes ’12 knows
what is required of him this Saturday as the Bulldogs face the
Crimson.
Entering his junior year at Jesuit High School in Sacramento,
Calif., Haynes had little idea Ivy League schools even supported
football programs. But now, more than five years later, Haynes is
prepared to leave his mark on the conference’s most-storied
rivalry as he leads his teammates into the 128th edition of the
Harvard-Yale football game.
Oregon State announced Thursday the signing of 12 players for the
2013 season, perhaps the most balanced class to enter OSU,
associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Marty Lees said.
It’s about 7:30 in the morning on a chilly Friday in November.
A handful of women and children are waiting outside Wellspring
Women’s Center in Oak Park for the doors to open.
Precisely at 7:30 the door is unlocked and the smiling face of
91-year-old volunteer Pat Trippet welcomes each guest with a warm
“Good morning,” and a hug for any that would like one.
Coming from a private high school in Sacramento, Ian Donahue
knows a thing or two about small class sizes.
The 21-year-old UC Merced senior who attended Jesuit High School
has been having flashbacks to his high school days lately,
especially in courses for his materials science and engineering
major, which often have as few as 10 students per class.
The small size of the newest UC campus was a major reason for
Donahue’s decision to attend UC Merced, as well as the people on
campus.
Four talented student athletes affiliated with Arden Hills Swim
Team signaled their intent or made a verbal commitment to attend
school and participate in competitive swimming at the collegiate
level during the early signing period [November 9 – 15, 2011] of
National Letter of Intent week.
Arden Hills USA swim team is nationally ranked and recognized by
USA Swimming as a Silver Medal team, which is in the top 2% of
all teams in the United States. Several current Arden Hills
swimmers are nationally ranked.
The two high schools on American River Drive can now call
themselves section champions in boys water polo.
The Jesuit Marauders defeated Davis 6-4 on Saturday in the
Division I championship. The win gives Jesuit the school’s 100th
section title in all sports.
Senior Phil Cozens, the son of the Jesuit coach of the same name,
led the Marauders with two goals and the team got one goal each
from sophomore Keegan Shuping and seniors James Boschkin, Nick
Zanobini and Jack Reilly.
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