Bay Area Warriors - Blue Win Championship at Soldiers Extravaganza

Coach Jeff Facter led the Bay Area Warriors to the Championship of the JV Division at the 2015 Soldiers Extravaganza.  The Warriors were lead by great efforts by Sterling Biard of Gateway and Arjun Gujral of St. Ignatius.  The Blue team will be back in action at the Oakland Rebels Tourney 4/10-12.

Bay Area Warriors Ready for the Spring

The Bay Area Warriors will be playing in Double Pumps' Spring Hoopfest in Anaheim 4/10-12 and in Gerry Freitas' NoCal Spring Showcase in Oakland 4/24-26.  Our first game in Anaheim will be at 9:30 pm vs. Arizona Flight (court D1).  The second game will be Saturday at 12:30 pm (court tbd).

Here is our roster of student athletes, the majority of whom are very good students looking for good academic schools

Class of 2015:

Robert Colton, 6'6" wing, Riordan - Australian national who is strong, tough and athletic.  Can score inside or out.  Very good shooter.  Robert's transfer was not approved by the CCS so he did not play last year and is completely under the radar. very good student.

Tareez Blaylock, 6'2" guard, Lincoln - scorer with great motor who may be even better on the defensive side of the ball.  AAA Player of the Year.  Juco prospect.

Class of 2016:

Will Emery, 6'8" forward, St. Ignatius - very versatile, can play inside or out.  Great 3-point shooter on O and shot blocker on D.  All-WCAL as Junior.  Great Student.

Sean Gilmore, 6'7" forward, University HS - very versatile, can play inside or out and good shot blocker on Defense.  Hit 35% of 3's this HS Season.   Had dunk in D5 State Championship Game. All-League.  Very Good Student.

Eric Galindo, 5'11" point guard, Riordan - very skilled with great feel for the game.  Can score and distribute including being a great shooter.  Two year starter in WCAL.  very good student.

Andrew Panicacci, 6'5" wing, Marin Catholic - great competitor on both sides of the ball with long and quick arms.  Very good shooter.  Very good Student

Sepher Agnese, 6' guard, Marin Catholic - quick and fast.  Unselfish creator who can also really shoot it.  Very good Student

Jushan Samra, 6'4" forward, Dougherty Valley - tough and strong with good skills.  Very good student

David Saadnezhadi, 6'1" guard, St. Ignatius - tough, skilled guard.  Very good student

Adam Davidoff, 6' guard, St. Ignatius - tough smart player.  Very good student

Ryan Lipton, 6'1" guard, University HS - great shooter.  Hit 3 -3s in D5 State Championship Game vs. Sierra Canyon.  Very good student

Mattie Mrlik, 6' guard, University HS - Tough do it all player.  Hit 42% (62) of his 3's this season.  All-League and Chronicle All-Metro recognition. Great Student (mostly playing club soccer in spring). Very good student

Ishaaq Muhamed, 6'6" forward, Marshall - Athletic forward, good student

Class of 2017:

Will Baumbacher, 6'2" guard, St. Ignatius - smart, skilled and tough.  Significant contributer in rugged WCAL as soph.  Very Good student.

Daniel Bessolo, 6'3" guard, Valley Christian - fast and athletic big guard who can really get to the rim, defend and rebound.  Very Good Student.

2015 Schedule Announced

 2015 Bay Area Warriors Schedule (16U and 17U)

Dates                           Event                                                   Location

March 22                     Work-out                                             UHS

March 28-29                Work-outs                                           UHS

April 3-5                      Oakland Soldiers Extravaganza          Oakland  

April 10-12                  Double Pump Hoopfest                      Anaheim

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)

                                    Oakland Rebels Tourney                    Oakland

April 24-26                  NorCal Spring Showcase                    Oakland

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)

May 15-17                   The City Championship                      San Francisco (CCSF)

May 23-25                   Hoop Review Memorial Day              Various Sites

Please note that we are taking most of June off so everyone can spend time with their high school teams and/or go to basketball camps

?????                           Work-outs                                           UHS

July 10-12                   Hoop Review Event                           CCSF

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)               

July 17-19                   Pangos Event                                      Los Angeles

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)

July 22-26                   Las Vegas Live (or Fab 48)                Las Vegas

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)

Any questions, please call Coach Randy (415) 418-4568

coachrandal@yahoo.com

Red Team Wins Sunday League Championship

 

The Red Team coached by League alum Brian Palmigiano survived tough challenges from the Gold and White Teams to win the 10th Annual Sunday League Championship.   The Final game was an overtime thriller with big buckets by Reid Little and Max Fried down the stretch after Selascie Smith's bucket with 3 seconds to go sent the game into overtime.  The Jacobsen brothers had some impressive games leading the Gold Team.  Congrats to all the players from the Red, White, Blue and Gold Teams and best of luck to all in your school seasons.

10th Annual City League for 7th and 8th Grade Boys

The Bay Area Warriors will again host a Mini-League for 7th and 8th Grade Boys starting November 16th and continuing November 23rd and 30th in San Francisco.  This league is a great way for players to prepare for their upcoming school season, meet other ballers and have fun.  The league is typically very competitive with many of the players going on to play in High School and several going on to play in college (see League Alumni list below).  If you are interested in signing up your son please contact Coach Randy Bessolo at 415 418 4568 or coachrandal@yahoo.com

League Alums playing in College:

Noah Springwater - Columbia

Stephen Domingo - Georgetown and Cal

Taylor Johns - UC Riverside

Jiday Ugbaja - Sacramento State

Trevor Dunbar - Washington State

Troy Rike - Wake Forest

Johnny Mrlik - Vassar

Harold Getz - Lewis & Clark

David Medoff - Haverford

Jack Gale - Middlebury

Joe Slocum - Alaska Fairbanks

Harrison Golding - Pomona

Ikenna Nwadibia - Kenyon

Warriors End Summer in Vegas

 

The Bay Area Warriors-17s finished their Summer AAU season in Las Vegas going 2-2 including an especially good win over the Dallas Pacers to secure 2nd place in their pool.  The Warriors went a respectable 9-7 in the 4 NCAA sanctioned events they participated in during the Spring and Summer and 18-13 overall.  Bay Area Warriors-Blue also finished their summer in Las Vegas and closed out on high note with two wins in bracket play.  More significantly all the guys on both teams improved their games, were scouted by numerous college coaches and had a lot of fun.   We wish all the guys a lot of success in the 2014-15 high school season.

July Roster and Schedule

This week-end we will have two Bay Area Warriors Teams in Gerry Freitas' NorCal Summer Tip-off at CCSF on 7/12-13.  Both Teams will also be in the Pangos Cream of the Crop in LA 7/18-19 and in Hal Pastner's Bigfoothoops Las Vegas Classic from 7/23-27.

Bay Area Warriors -17s (Will play Saturday at CCSF at 9:30 and 11:30 and on Sunday at 1:30 (CCSF) and 3:30 (Lick))

Jemeil King - Lincoln HS (2015) - 6'3" guard.  Great speed and motor.  Very skilled with good feel for the game.

Demar Dunn - Salesian (2015) - 5'11" guard.  Great motor and competitor.  Older brother (Mario) is D1 player at Montana

Tarrez Blaylock - Lincoln (2015) - 6'2" guard.  Great motor, defender and shooter

Henry Feinberg - Branson (2016) - 6'4" guard.  Very skilled and athletic.  Great student

Ben Pust - California HS (2015) - 6'3" wing.  Very skilled and versatile with great feel for the game.  Good student

Darren Ho - Washington HS (2015) - 6'6" long and very skilled post player

Will Emery - St. Ignatius (2016) - 6'7" very long and athletic.  Can play inside or out.  Good shooter.  Great student

Devan Fore - Leadership (2015) - scorer with shooting range

Hunter Patterson - Salesian (2015) - Very skilled point guard

Sam Esser - Balboa (2015) - 5'10" shooter with NBA range.  Can create own shot.

Matt Chodish - RL Stevenson (2015) - 6'3" Wing.  Good skills.  Good student.

Ishaaq Muahmmed - Marshall (2016) - 6'4" long and athletic

Case Dufrane - Half Moon Bay (2015) - 6'7" skilled forward who can play inside or out.  Good defender.  Good student.

Bay Area Warriors - Facter (Will play Saturday at CCSF at 8:30 and 10:30 and on Sunday at 9:30 (Lick) and 2:30 (CCSF))

Ikenna Anigbogu - Gateway HS (2016) - 6'7" power forward with strength and good athleticism.  Good defender and rebounder with upside.

Clayton Ladine - Riordan (2016) - 5'11" pg with great skills, good shooter and good motor

Liam Dwyer - Salisbury Prep School (2015) - 6'3" athletic scorer.  Good skills and motor.

Sean Gilmore - University (2016) - 6'6" wing.  Long versatile and real good shooter. great student.

Brandon Lew - University (2015) - 5'10" pg, great shooter, skills and feel for game.  Can create shot with range. Great student

Brian Palmigiano - University (2015) - 6'3" Long limbed guard with good skills, shot and feel for the game.  Great student

Naod Sebhatlieb - University (2015) - 6'5" Big and Agile with nice skills and feel for the game.  Great Student

Ethan Lampert - University (2015) - 6'5" forward.  Good athlete and competitor. Great Student

Micah Bessolo - Valley Christian (2015) -6'4" forward.  Good strength and versatile skills

Jack Ryan - Deerfield (2015) - 6'3" forward. Good athlete.  Great student.

Sepher Agnesse - Marin Catholic (2016) - 5'11" guard.  Good skills and motor

Daniel Bessolo - Valley Christian (2017) - 6'2" guard.  Great athlete and defender.  Slasher on Offense

Nick - Gateway (2017) - pg. good skills

Warriors Close-out Spring and Prepare for July

The Bay Area Warriors 17s went 2-2 at the Memorial Day Classic finishing the Spring with a 12-7 record.  The 16s also won two games in the event.

Both Bay Area Warriors teams will take off all of June so the guys can play with their HS teams and then regroup after the 4th of July week-end.

In July both teams will play in the following events:

July 12-13 in HoopReview NorCal Classic at CCSF

Jul7 18-19 in Pangos Cream of the Crop Classic in Los Angeles (Garden Grove)

July 24-27 in the Bigfoot Las Vegas Classic

Congratulations to Evan and Shiku

Bay Area Warriors founder and long-time coach Evan Jones and Shiku Ngigi were married on 5/31.  Congrats from all the Warriors!

Warriors Roll through the Spring Evaluation Period

The Warriors went 3-1 in Sacramento during the NCAA Evaluation Period Tournament run by Gerry Freitas.  The Warriors knocked off the Nevada Wolverines, Fast Break (from LA) and NorCal Warriors before falling by 3 points to Lakeshow Black.

In the City Championship Tournament Both Warriors teams went 2-1 advancing to the QuarterFinals.  The 17s lost to eventual Champion Greenline by 1 point and sport a 10-5 record to date in the Spring season

Both Warriors teams will be in action this week-end at the Memorial Day Classic.

Pictured above Deondre Otis who starred in Sacramento and was the MVP of the City All Star Game

City Championship Tournament includes 64 Teams

On 5/16-18 the Bay Area Warriors hosted the 7th Annual City Championship Basketball Tournament at CCSF and Riordan HS.  64 teams participated on two 32  team brackets (16s and 17s).  This was the largest field of teams ever in the tournament.  

Greenline was the 17s City Champions

Oakland Soldiers 16s Blue and Oakland Soldiers 15s Elite were Co-City Champions in the 16s division.

Thanks to all the teams that participated.

City All Star Game a Success

The 7th Annual City All Star Game attract several hundred fans who came to send off the Senior All Stars from the AAA, WCAL  and BCL.  The game was again held in memory of the late Lincoln coach Michael Gragnani and his mother Diane was welcomed by all the players before the Boys game tipped off. Girls Game MVP was Danielle Palmer of International HS (Red Team)

Girls 3 Point Champion was Jaime Hum-Nishikado of Convent

Boys 3 Point Champion - Nik Inalsingh of Bay

Boys Dunk Contest Champion - Liam O'Reilly of SHCP

Boys Game MVP - Deondre Otis of SHCP

Rosters are Announced for 7th Annual City All Star Game on 5/2 at CCSF

City All Stars,

We are less than a week away for the 7th Annual City All Star Game.  This will be a fun way for Seniors to end their high school career and to bring the San Francisco basketball community together.  It is also important because the game is in memory of Coach Mike Gragnani who was the Lincoln Head Coach and sadly passed away during the 2010-11 season.

You will just need to show-up at least 30 to 45 minutes prior to your game time.  The Girls will play at 5:30 and the Boys at approximately 7:00 pm.  We will provide a t-shirt uniform that you can keep as a thank you for participating.  You will need to bring your own shorts, shoes and game.  We will select an MVP of each game and provide an award.

We will be having a 3-point shooting contest for both the Girls and Boys.  Each participant will get 1 minute to make as many 3-pointers as they can with 2 balls and a rebounder.  The first round of the Girls contest will be before the Girls game at 5:00 and the Final round will be after the Girls Game.  If you want to participate just show up by 5:00.  Both rounds of the Boys 3-point contest will be after the Boys Game.  There will be a trophy for the winners

We will also have a Slam Dunk Contest before the Boys Game.  We will let the Boys teams warm-up in lay-up lines and then anyone who wants to participate will be given 30 seconds to score a dunk which will then be scored.  We typically have 3 rounds.  There will be a trophy for the winner.

Note, we do not charge you anything to participate in this event, but we do charge $5 for admission which is used to off-set our costs.  We typically break even but if there is a surplus it goes to our non-profit, Bay Area Warriors .  Please spread the word to your family, friends and teammates so we can get a supportive crowd

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We have divided the All Stars into Red and White Teams.  We keep players from the same schools together.  We reserve the right to make last minute adjustments, if necessary to balance the rosters.  Note I have been able to reach almost all of the invitees but please make sure your fellow HS teammates get the word just in case I have not been able to reach them.

If you have questions, feel free to contact me.

Randy Bessolo

University HS and Bay Area Warriors

415 418 4568

Boys Red Team - Coached by Matt Jackson of Lincoln HS

Seth Snoddy - Lincoln

Da'vion Telfor - Lincoln

Kylan Jones - Lincoln

Tyree Marzetta - Lincoln

Evan Louie - Lowell

Sam Pollard - Lowell

Isaac Armstrong - Galileo

Abai Asmelash - Galileo

Troy Rike - St. Ignatius

Jack Gale - University

David Allen - Lick-Wilmerding

Kaneem Thorton - Lick-Wilmerding

Jiday Ugbaja - Riordan

Chiefy Ugbaja - Riordan

Zach Masoli - Riordan

Robert Valencia - Riordan

Justice Skolnik - Bay

Nik Inalsingh - Bay

Boys White Team - Coached by Dezebee Miles of Marshall HS

Jason Smith - Marshall

Mizell Parker - Marshall

Ibraheem Muhammed - Marshall

Lamar Anderson - Balboa

James Woods - Balboa

Armond Caradine - Mission

Khristian Chiles - Wallenberg

Malcom Bell - Washington

Ricky Lee Johnson - Washington

Harrison Golding - Urban

Alex Seutin - International

Elliott Beilin - International

Deondre Otis - Sacred Heart Cathedral

Liam O'Reilly - Sacred Heart Cathedral

Trevor Dunbar - St. Ignatius

Jaren Yang - St. Ignatius

Julian Marcu - St. Ignatius

Tristan Wentworth - St. Ignatius

Girls Red Team - Coached by Charlene Murphy of International HS

Natalie Kelly - International

Dannielle Palmer - International

Kassie Encinas - International

Veronica Henry - Burton

Alyssa DelaCruz - Burton

Annie Zhao - Burton

Cassidy Chan - Galileo

Sarah Lim - Galileo

Kim Fung - Galileo

Jane Marie Gunn - Galileo

Nancy Yu - Marshall

Tracy Yu - Marshall

Kayla Symanovich - University

Gabby Chua - University

Kim Tom - St. Ignatius

Quinci Mann - St. Ignatius

Paige Marquez - St. Ignatius

Girls White Team - Coached by Nate Lundy of Lick-Wilmerding HS

Aki Shurelds - Lick-Wilmerding

Toby Harris - Lick Wilmerding

Kelly Wong - Lowell

Kelly Eshima - Lowell

Mandy Che - Lowell

Triana Anderson - Lowell

Mari Kuwano - Washington

Amy Luong - Washington

Yvonne Faasavalu - Balboa

Ezra DeAsis - Lincoln

Cheray Piper - Lincoln

Alyssa Wu - Lincoln

Jaime Hum-Nishikado - Convent

Nicole Segura - Mercy

GeAnna Summers-Luaulu - SHCP

Kai'ree Howard - SHCP

Cassandra Friedrich - SHCP

Angela Dailey - SHCP

Jiday Ugbaja Signs Letter of Intent with Sac State

 

Jiday Ugbaja of Archbishop Riordan became the 12th Bay Area Warrior to go D1 when he signed his letter of intent with Sacramento State of the Big Sky Conference.  Jiday was a two time All-WCAL player.

Some other Bay Area Warriors who have committed to colleges recently include:

Jack Gale of University HS to Middlebury

Tony Caletti of Branson to Vassar

Tristan Wentworth of St. Ignatius to Vassar

Samson Donnick of Redwood, Choate to MIT

We expect other Warriors of the Class of 2014 to make commitments over the remainder of the Spring and Summer

Warriors 17s Fall in Championship of Soldiers Gold Brackets

The Bay Area Warriors went 3-2 at the Soldiers Extravaganza Tournament advancing to the Championship game of the Gold Brackets where they fell to a loaded Ground Up team from Los Angeles.  The Warriors fell to the Oakland Soldiers 16s Elite then beat Nevada Wolverines, NorCal Warriors (Sacramento) and Coastside.  Keith Hunter, Jr. (pictured) of Oakland HS hit a buzzer beating shot to beat the NorCal Warriors.

Warriors Start Strong in Oakland Rebels Tourney

 

Both the Bay Area Warriors Gold and Bay Area Warriors Blue kicked off the season going 2-1 in the Oakland Rebels Tournament.

The Gold team beat Oakland Rebels Red and Elite and fell too Lakeshow- White.   Gold got great contributions from Keith Hunter (Oakland), Terrez Blaylock (Lincoln). Jemiel King (Lincoln), Eric Gallindo (Riordan), Sam Esser (Balboa), Henry Feinberg (Branson), Belie Coleman (Skyline), Naod Sebhatlieb (University), Josh Tesfamarian (Oakland) and Micah Bessolo (Valley Christian).

The Blue Team beat the Oakland Rebels and NP Force but fell in a heated re-match with the Oakland Rebels.  Blue got great contributions from Sean Gilmore (University), Jake Tulchinsky (University), Sepher Agnesse (Marin Catholic), Daniel Bessolo (Valley Christian) and the entire Gateway crew including Steven, Sterling, Yasim and Nick.

Both Warriors teams will be back in action next week-end at the Oakland Soldiers Extravaganza

Bay Area Warriors Clean-up in Chronicle All-Metro Selections

The Bay Area Warriors were well-represented in the 2014 San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro selections which included:

Chiefy Ugbaja - Riordan - 2nd Team

Jiday Ugbaja - Riordan - 2nd Team

Danny Mahoney - Serra - 3rd Team

Rico Nuno - Half Moon Bay - 4th Team

Jack Gale - University - Honorable Mention

Julian Marcu - St. Ignatius - Honorable Mention

Deondre Otis - Sacred Heart Cathedral - Honorable Mention

Sean Watkins - Serra - Honorable Mention

Plus, San Francisco Player of the Year, Trevor Dunbar and Troy Rike (Honorable Mention) are both alumni of our annual 7th and 8th Grader winter league.

City Championship on 5/16 to 18 at CCSF

The Bay Area Warriors will be hosting the 7th Annual City Championship on 5/16-18 at CCSF for Elite 17U and 16U teams.  The last 3 years the tournament has sold out and attracted top teams like the Oakland Rebels, Soldiers and Lakeshow.  Last years Champion was the Oakland Rebels.  Please contact us at CoachRandal@yahoo.com or 415 418 4568 if you are interested in securing a spot.

The City Championship

Seventh Annual

Elite 17U and 16U Boys’ Basketball Tournament

San Francisco, CA at CCSF

May 16th to 18th, 2014

Hosted By The Bay Area Warriors

Three Game Guarantee

$325 per team

The main gym will be the new state-of-the-art CCSF Community Center (Ocean and Phelan) that has three regulation full-courts side by side by side

For information or to secure a spot please contact;

Randy Bessolo

(415) 418-4568

coachrandal@yahoo.com

2014 Schedule Announced

2014 Bay Area Warriors Schedule (16U and 17U)

Dates                           Event                                                   Location

March 22 -23??           Work-out                                             UHS

March 29-30                Work-outs                                           UHS

April 5-6                      Oakland Rebels Tournament              Oakland

April 11-13                  Soldiers Extravaganza                                    Oakland

April 19                       Work-out (Note Easter is 4/20)           UHS

April 25-27                  NorCal Spring Showcase                    Sacramento

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)

May 16-18                   The City Championship                      San Francisco (CCSF)

May 24-26                   Hoop Review Memorial Day             Various Sites

Please note that we are taking most of June off so everyone can spend time with their high school teams and/or go to basketball camps

?????                           Work-outs                                           UHS

July 12-13                   Hoop Review Event                           CCSF

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)               

July 18-20                   Pangos Event                                      Los Angeles

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)

July 23-27                   Las Vegas Live (or Fab 48)                Las Vegas

                                    (NCAA sanctioned)

Any questions, please call Coach Randy (415) 418-4568

coachrandal@yahoo.com

Class of 2013 Goes to College

The 2013-14 Season is now underway and it is a good time to look back and recognize the 2013 Class of the Bay Area Warriors and recognize the guys now playing in College. Jeremy Dennis of St. Mary's High School is at Cal Poly Pomona (D2)

Jacqui Biggins of Serra is at CSU Dominquez Hills (D2)

Kenny Love of Cardinal Newman HS is at Whitworth College (D3)

Albert Waters, II of St. Ignatius HS is headed to Colorado State-Pueblo (D2) on a football scholarship

Harold Getz of University HS is at Lewis & Clark College (D3)

Owen Putz of Half Moon Bay HS is at Puget Sound College (D3)

David Medoff of University HS is at Haverford College (D3)

Mark Alexander of Marshall HS is at Sierra College (Juco)

Derius Johnson of St. Elizabeth, Contra Costa College (Juco)

Samson Donnick of Redwood HS is at Choate (Prep School)