WHAT?!!! CAVS 13U Finish As 2nd Place Champions in Best-Of-The-West Tourney

Hey---don’t even ASK ME. I wasn’t there. Doesn’t change the fact that the mighty CAVS 13U battled it OUT this past weekend, April 21^st-22^nd, 2012, only to finish as 2^nd Place Champions in the All City West Best-In-The-West Tourney in Los Angeles, CA.

2^nd?

Second?

Segundo?

Some late basketball legend is turning over in his/her grave right now over this. Look, I’m not saying it like it couldn’t happen. Never that! It’s not even like that. However…turnovers and mistakes in excess of 50-75 TIMES (OMG!!!) during the entire weekend warrant the following expression:

WTH? 

Were we being “punked”? 

There are no photos this time, folks, sorry. Well, not really, unless you count the cell-phone (supposed SmartPhone) enabled grain/blur-infested photo below.  I mean, really. WHO takes a photo with NOBODY looking at the camera? That is simply amazing. On top of the bad photo, the boys look like they’ve just endured WAR, don’t they? Poor boys….but all’s fair in ball and war!

From what I hear, the weekend begun on Saturday with the first game against Inland Force, only to be followed up with a game against the Playmakers on Sunday.  As for the other teams, I cannot tell you who they were at this time. BTW…if any of this information is wrong or misleading, please act like you didn’t hear it from me.

Who will you believe…me or your lying eyes?

So yes…CAVS 13U battled it out all the way to the Championship Game. Who with? Oh, YOU KNOW who with! Why, it was none other than our in-house favorites...California Heat. I know, right? Hey—you know we love the Heat. They do their thing...but seriously...how many doggoned times will this SAME rivalry go down? 

Anyway…CAVS 13U just handed California Heat (they worked for it, but for OUR standards, things were handed over) the championship on a shiny gold platter complete with whipped cream and strawberries on top. Can you say “over 75 turnovers in ONE WEEKEND”, boys and girls? We know. There had to be something in the water. Or better yet, CAVS 13U had grease on their fingers. That’s it. It MUST be because someone fed them some chicken before the games. Jeez. Whatever explains it...

…and “it” gets worse.

California Heat not only snagged first place, but THEY WON BY TEN POINTS!! The horror!!

I don’t know what to say on this one, since I wasn’t there to witness the expulsion. OMG. All I can say right about now is a giant, Flavor-Flav-sounding “WOWWWWW!”

So, yeah! CAVS 13U finished as 2^nd Place Champions. GO CAVS 13U!! 

Next stop…the Vegas Elite Invitational Tourney, April 28^th-29^th, 2012. 

GAME ON!!!

Gosh, I hope so.

ALL THE LATEST CAVS WINNINGS - YOU KNOW!!!!

Yep. You know we normally do the separate posts for CAVS 13U and the other divisions, but right now, we're gonna give it to you ALL AT ONCE. 

This is because you probably don't care to hear game-for-game details that happened weeks ago.  We're sorry. We usually give it to you faster than that. However, things got a little busy. It's okay. For that reason alone, we are going to spare you the heartache (and eye ache).

Ready? Let's go.

Here is all you've missed since April 2012 rang in:

CAVS 8/9U have been BALLIN' OUT like nobody's business! These small-but-mighty ballers took matters to the Oakland Bay Area and brought home the championship in the Dominators Young Stars Invitational Tourney, March 31st - April 1st, 2012. YEAH, BABY!!! Go CAVS 8/9U!!!

During the same weekend.....  

CAVS 13U, currently ranked #1 of all 13U Southern CA Basketball Teams and #2 in the country (next to Cali Style's #1) brought home the championship in the CAVS/Impact Basketball Spring Spectacular Tourney in Garden Grove, CA, March 31st-April 1st, 2012. Woot!

The talented ballers followed that up with a championship win at the Bigfoot Hoops Las Vegas Easter Showdown, April 5th-7th, 2012. 

By the way....

The Bigfoot Hoops Las Vegas Easter Showdown, April 5th-7th, 2012 was the CAVS 13U squad's 6th, consecutive championship win...and counting!! GO CAVS 13U!!!

CAVS 10/11U also brought home the championship at the CAVS/Impact Basketball Spring Spectacular Tourney in Garden Grove, CA, March 31st-April 1st, 2012, while CAVS 9U finished as 2nd Place Champions!! GO CAVS BALLERS!!! Way to represent!!!

 

Last, but certainly not least (gosh, don't you get tired of hearing people say that phrase???) CAVS 9U brought home the championship in the Oakland Rebels Finest Basketball Tourney, April 14th-15th, 2012. GO CAVS 9U!!!

Til' next time....the CAVS Travel Season is in FULL EFFECT!!! GAME ON!!!

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CAVS 10/11U Win the CAVS/Impact Spring Spectacular Tourney

The mighty CAVS divisions banded together to ball out in the CAVS/Impact Basketball Spring Spectacular Tourney, March 31^st-April 1^st, 2012 at the new facilities in Garden Grove, CA and ended up bringing home the championship!! 

 Official championship photo coming soon!!

No full scores or specific team info at the moment, but we DO have photos!

*****Check out the young ballers in action on our Facebook site HERE.

Next stop….Bigfoot Hoops Tourney in Vegas, baby!! Travel season is in session!! GAME ON!!!

CAVS 13U WIN CAVS/IMPACT BASKETBALL SPRING SPECTACULAR TOURNEY

THE NEW Garden Grove facilities are niiiiice. 

The floors resemble the nice, shiny, colorful, rented ones they use in the Reno Jam On It National Tourney each year, there are cool areas for volleyball and an AWESOME (did I say AWESOME?!!) indoor soccer field.  I must've spent about 20 minutes just walking up and down that artificial grass! SWEEET!! 

And....

While everyone (I'm so SURE) must be sick to death of chilli dogs, nachos, chips and candy as the main highlights at all tourneys,  in Garden Grove, there are actual healthy thick-bun sandwiches (turkey or ham--a choice!!) ACTUAL SALADS (unbelievable!!!) and flavored shaved ice delights (lemon, mango, etc.) which have real fruit in them! Imagine that!

The prices are the norm for basketball facilities. $5.00 for a sandwich and chips, etc. Heck, at least the chips were included. We've previously encountered $5.00 for just a sloppy sandwich pieced together with 99 Cents Store bread. Really? Somebody should've been slapped for that.  Seriously! There is no need to gouge people after $10 admission and $5 parking!

I just wish Garden Grove was in the Valley. The Valley desperately needs one of these facilities for all the teams on the other side of Earth. Oh well…until we get that, we’ll all just make the hauls to Garden Grove and Anaheim Sports Complex and hopefully visit Disneyland on the way, if we perhaps have an extra $400 just to get in the park.

Anyhoo….

The 13U CAVS Boyz did it again....oh AND girl, too! Meet Mina...the wonder girl who was takin' it to the RACK and goin' after her own rebounds (IF rebounds had to happen at all--she scored most of the time):

Just so we're clear....I am officially a MINA fan!!!

Anyway....CAVS 13U brought home the championship in the CAVS/Impact Spring Spectacular Tourney, March 31^st-April 1^st, 2012. However, I am going to comment on this tourney as if I were Randy Jackson from American Idol. 

(Pointing that long finger) Eh…it was just okay for me, dog.

This tourney was used basically as practice/preparation for all of the mighty CAVS divisions for the upcoming Vegas Tourney, but things just seemed to be a little off with many of the CAVS ballers. Was it the rain and cold the first day, yet sunshine and cold during the second? 

We don’t know.

There was something, though. 

However, CAVS 13U played back-to-back games in both the 13U and 14U divisions and went undefeated in both, on Saturday. CAVS 13U even battled the 14U Kings team, of which a former CAVS Baller was among the competition. That's always fun, isn't it?

Honestly? We love our former CAVS Ballers. There's always respect and love when we see each other.

On Sunday, CAVS 13U battled the 14U Wildcats in a semi-final game that went toe-to-toe the entire time; leaving CAVS 13U in the rear by 3 points by the last of the 2^nd half. At just seven seconds left, CAVS 13U tied the game up with a quick 3-pointer, causing the Wildcats to call a time out. 

It was frustrating, though, because ultimately, mistakes and turnovers throughout the entire game cost CAVS 13U the 14U semi-finals by a mere two points, 54-52, with only 0.2 seconds remaining on the clock. 

Only a two-point game for a 13U team playing up would normally not be considered as “that bad”, but for CAVS 13U? It was that bad.

If every CAVS 13U baller were INDEED on their proper game, the game would not have been close. The coaches knew that, too and were frustrated to the ultimate hilt. 

I just don’t know how they keep it together. Of course we would love every player ballin' out at the top of their game every single time in a perfect little world with roses and flowers and smiles and hugs and dewdrop kisses.  However, in the REAL world? NO WONDER why most coaches are bald. If I had to deal with this kinda stuff every weekend, I’d either pull my own hair out, or it would just fall clean OUT from all the stress.

However, on the positive tip, CAVS 13U did go on to win the Semi-Finals vs. Impact, 51-34.....

 ....and ultimately won the Championship against the 13U Wildcats,  60-20, making this the FOURTH, consecutive championship for 2012.  GO CAVS 13U!!!

What's even MORE amazing is that everyone was facing the camera at the same time! Can you believe it?

Yoohooo!!****Check out the tourney photos on our Facebook site:

HERE.

Next stop….Bigfoot Hoops Tourney in Vegas, baby!! Travel season is in session!! GAME ON!!!

P.S. Things that make you go "hmmmm": Many of us bought $3.00 raffle tickets (yes, PLURAL) on Sunday at the gym for a 4:00pm "raffle" that never happened. Prizes "to be won" were supposed to be Laker Tickets, Clipper Tickets, or Aquarium of The Pacific tickets.

Hmmmm............

Can't knock the hustle.