Varsity Blue-April 23

Game #1
We came out playing Team Sage, they were a team of Freshman, but they had good size. Even though it was a 9:00am early game we got after them early defensively. We forced them into bad shots and this allowed us to win by 20.

Game #2
Our second game was against Bishop-Manogue, from Nevada. They were second in the state last year. They were bigger then us. We came out pressuring these guys full court to wear them down. We forced them to turn the ball over. Eventually, even though they were bigger then us we began to out rebound them. We had to come back from being down. This was a great win. I'm very proud of this win.

Game #3- The Championship Game
This game was against the Mighty Play Hard Play Smart from Sacramento. This was a great Championship Final. It pitted two teams against each other that have similar styles, pressuring, running, getting down the court and transitioning, getting layups and trying to speed the other team up. We went back and forth the whole game. We were winning the back and forth battle for most of the game. We went down at a crucial point in the fourth quarter, but after regrouping we got back at it defensively, turning them over, getting layups and stops. Jeremy eventually, after two timeouts and 35 seconds off the clock, hit a game winner with three seconds on the clock.

Great team chemistry and comradery is what holds us together down the stretch in tough games and allows us victory. This was a great weekend guys!!! Thank you.

Stevie and Steph were great team leaders this weekend.
Lawrence get defensive player of the weekend
Jeremy gets best offense this weekend

JV-April 23

A good weekend for the Dawgs despite missing Cole, Daniel, & Nathan, as we finally got a tournament championship win. We played well and won by 13, 32, & 7. It was a complete team effort as we finally got contributions from every player on the team.


Dawgs 49 Dreamers 36
In a game we controlled throughout, the one time it was close (38-32) in the 2nd half, Lawerence stepped up and hit back to back threes from the wing to push the lead back out over 10. Kameron had a big game with 6 points and STRONG defense and low post work. Matt was outstanding rebounding and had over 10. Lawrence led the way on Offense with 4 threes and close to 20 points.

Dawgs 65 Irish 34
A game that was never close as we started out on a 13-0 run and led 26-6 after one quarter. Matt led the way with somewhere near 26 points (including 12 in the 1st quarter), 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks & 2 steals. The whole team looked very good and Tariq played outstanding Defense and made several big plays throughout. Ryan played well on both ends (surprising us both) and had several nice assists. Kameron continued his push to become a "banger" down low and out muscled several of their players in the game.

Dawgs 57 Nuggets 50
Not quite the Defensive performance that we showed the previous two games, but that can be attributed to it being our 3rd game (2nd in a row) and we only had 6 players. We led by 10 almost the entire game and our defense and team play was outstanding. We did a great job of switching Defenses and confusing them. We also battled them down low and I think a key for us was that our 2 posts outplayed their buff man. It was a complete team effort that secured our victory and made me proud of the basketball that we played this weekend. This tournament was the closest to the style I want to play in terms of our unselfishness, 1/2 court defense, and having everybody play consistent, hard nosed basketball.

The awards are as follows;

MVP: Matt, closely followed by Lawrence
DEFENSIVE MVP: Lawrence, followed by JR and Tariq
TEAM PLAY: JR, followed by Ryan and Tariq

Coaches Thoughts...

Let's build on this weekend, continue the unselfish play and move the ball quickly. We're entering our big push before Reno and I like the way we're heading... Our Defensive communication is improving but needs to get much better... We did an amazing job (comparatively) of getting back in transition, keep it up, it's easy to remember, either we're pressing or we're daring them to beat our 1/2 Defense...

7th Grade Blue-April 23

6th Grade Black-April 23

The 6th Grade DAWGS Black team welcomed back Alex Schneider who was out with a knee injury for 3 months. Although Alex was limited in his time, he was glad to be back and the DAWGS were glad to have him back!

In the one day tournament, the DAWGS played in the 7th grade division. Without their "Big Man" in the middle, they knew they would have their work cut our for them early. Facing an E-Time Hoops 7th grade team that beat the DAWGS on a last second 3-pointer weeks back, the DAWGS were ready for the challenge. With outstanding defense and great fundamental boxing out, the DAWGS went up by as many as 20 and ended up winning the game by 13.

The second game of the day was against an unknown Each One Teach One 7th grade team from the Bay Area. The DAWGS were clearly outsized in this match up, and played intimidated early on. The DAWGS found themselves down 14-2 early and things were not looking good. But an adjustment on defense, and with their outside shots heating up, the DAWGS came from behind early to win by 11. As a team, the DAWGS shot 11/24 (45%) from three point range, and used swarming defense to presure their guards into turnovers. Both Keys to their wins.

Beginning the day at 10:00AM, and finally getting to their last game at 6:45PM, the DAWGS had a long day! In what was their Championship game, they faced a very gritty Davis Wildcats 7th grade team. The DAWGS proved they still had some "gas in the tank" and turned up the pressure on the Wildcats. Led by Jashon's 10 points and 13 rebounds, and using all-around great play from every team member, the DAWGS won by 13.

Playing a grade up is physically demanding, and though the DAWGS are overflowing with talent, they worked VERY hard for these wins, and the coaches are very proud of them. We always say we are in preparation for the Reno tournament, and what better way to prepare than beating older, bigger teams? GREAT JOB!!!

5th Grade-April 23

4th Grade-April 23

April 16-17 6th Grade Champions!

9th Grade Black-April 9-10

The YBA Dawgs Black 9^th grade team wins big in first bay area tournament!  The team traveled to Hayward and won four games to clinch the JV division.  In their first game versus Stanco, the team dominated from the start.  At halftime the score was 37-17.  The defense played a big roll in the second half, holding Stanco to just 6 points.  The YBA Dawgs went on to win 54-23!  The boys played the Mirage in their second game, winning 54-43.  The third game of the weekend was the biggest challenge for the Dawgs.  It was a very aggressive game versus the Hoopsters and the Dawgs won by a narrow margin: 61-59.  In the championship game, the Dawgs ended the tournament like they started it.  They came on strong in the beginning and stayed strong throughout the game.  They beat the Bay Area Magic 40-23, giving them the first place title in the JV division.  Congratulations YBA!