After last weekend’s shocking loss for 12U at the Las Vegas Elite Tournament, 12U played UP this weekend against 13/14U. It was time to put up or shut up….go hard or go home and bring out those skills we all knew were in there somewhere. Swooosh!!! 12U buckled down and won the West Coast Warriors April Fool’s Classic Tourney in Pasadena, CA this past weekend!! Check out all of the photos on FACEBOOK site here.
It wasn’t a walk in the park, but our boys needed to work. CAVS 12U started the weekend off on Saturday afternoon, at Pasadena City College, against the 13U All-Time Ballers.
12U picked up a victory win of 54-42.
Next up, was 12U against 13U VBA, which is a pretty good, well-coached team. They should be. After all, the team is being coached by ex-NBA basketball point guard Jerome “Pooh” Richardson. Remember Pooh? He did his thing in the Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers and finally…the Los Angeles Clippers. Yep. CAVS 12U had their work cut out for them – that was for certain.
The game started out close, with CAVS 12U slightly ahead, but VBA turned up the heat to the point of a slow burn and defeated CAVS 12U 48-25. Woah.
Luckily, there was still one last game to determine who would even get to see the championship game on Sunday. CAVS 12U faced off with the 13U Cali Ballers on Sunday morning.
It was a very intense, interesting game, as Cali Ballers had a few players that were super-quick and loved to drive hard to the basket. It is always quite interesting to see the level of development with age differences. Players become smarter and stronger in skill with each year older. However….let’s just say….somebody got their groove back. CAVS 12U pulled it together and gained the win over the 13U Cali Ballers, 53-44, which placed them in the championship game with none other than---yep, you guessed it--VBA.
Oh, but things would be different this time.
First of all, a few of our players had to leave for another tournament. That meant that the remaining group had to pull things off in a major way. Did they?
You’d better believe it.
What a game! Did somebody sneak Wheaties into the group talk to give all the players before the game?
CAVS 12U played with an intensity that seemed to come out of nowhere! BTW….there was no drama at all with any of the parents at the gym, so the game went smoothly…but BOY was it intense!! Things just seemed to work out well for 12U.
Coach Darryl just let em’ all stretch out and work.
Make no mistake about it, the VBA players were no slouches and were bringing on the defense. However, most CAVS 3-pointers were falling all-net, "and one" shots were completed successfully and the boys also played their hard, steadfast CAVS defense just like they were supposed to.
Wow! With that kind of intensity, CAVS12U won the championship against 13U VBA, 50-34. GO CAVS 12U!!!
(From L to R: Coach Darryl McDonald, Taj Regans, Terrance McBride, DJ McDonald, Coach Joe Pender, Cameron Townsend, Isaiah Roby, Coach Sean Regans, Mike Irving III and Chasen Pender - Missing from photo when at additional tourney: Coach Kris Walker, Brian Devereaux, Pearson Parker, Isaiah Richardson and Elijah Walker)
Special shouts out to all the boys, who collectively brought home the overall win, but one player in particular, turned up the heat this weekend, to the boiling point. WE SEE YOU, TAJ REGANS!!! Yes!! This hard-working player on the court (and honor roll student off of it) took home the team championship trophy this weekend, for his noticeable efforts in the championship game. Congrats, Taj!! You deserve it!!!
Next stop for the CAVS divisions….it is back to Las Vegas, baby – April 21st-24th for the Starvision Easter Tournament.
This weekend’s West Coast Warriors Tourney victory was a bit of redemption, but the real deal has to be made up only in Vegas.
GAME ON, BABY!!!
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