CAVS Youth Basketball Live Season Blog: June 2012

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GREETINGS FROM CAVS YOUTH BASKETBALL!!!

25^th Anniversary Season 2013

CAVS Prayers GO UP to the family of this darling, 6-Month Old baby slain 3/4/13 in Chicago:

R.I.P. Jonylah Watkins! STOP THE VIOLENCE!!!!

CAVS NEWS & HAPPENINGS:

3/15/13 (Friday)

Practice Status:

GOING DOWN - Monday 3/18/13

7-9 pm CAVS 7U-14U (Everyone)

*New Location=Granada Hills, CA

GOING DOWN - Tuesday 3/19/13

6-8 pm CAVS 7U-11U Only

Sherman Oaks, CA

GOING DOWN - Wednesday 3/20/13

6-8 pm CAVS 12U-14U Only

Sherman Oaks, CA

*THIS JUST IN!!!*

GO CAVS 8U!!!

****CAVS 8U brought home the Championship at the SGV Invitational 2013!!! GO CAVS 8U!!

These Smaller Ballers are on FIRE!!!

Wait, what?

No 8U Championship Pix?

Sucks, doesn't it? Maybe one will miraculously float in from somewhere....

Moving along....

****ALL the mighty CAVS Ballers will be in Garden Grove, this coming weekend, March 16th-17th, for the Dominators Young Stars Tourney.

Live updates on Twitter all weekend!!

Wait. You know what else is HOT?

****IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!!!

THE CAVS ANNUAL HOMECOMING WEEKEND goes down March 23rd-24th!! Homecoming Day kicks off on the 23rd, 8:00am-7:00pm at Cesar Chavez High School in San Fernando!!

*Food

*Music

*Shootout Contest - $$$$ (Better bring yo' A-GAME!!)

*Games

*Surprise Event

*Academic & Volunteer Recognition & More!

This exciting day will be followed by...

...THE AFTERPARTY!!!

GET YOUR BOWL ON!!!!!

It's the CAVS ANNUAL BOWLING DAY on Sunday, March 24th, 2013, 3-5pm at Brunswick Matador Bowl in Northridge, CA. Tickets are only $20 per person and includes 2 Hours of some rather cool COSMIC Bowling, Bowling Shoes, Food & Drink.

ALL THAT for $20!!! Woot!!!

For Tickets & More Information, please contact Marlene Davis ASAP: 818-521-7123

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The Very Latest:

*****WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN: The 2013 CAVS Youth Basketball Online Open House is coming soon...date TBA!!!

So much has gone down that we've had to reschedule this rather unique event.

REMEMBER: WE were the original creators of this and WE will continue the legacy!!!

Relax. Chill. It's on the way, baby!

DON'T MISS THE TOURNEY OF THE SUMMER!!!

If you've got teams to bring, are you on the list? You in?

O.M.G.

You CANNOT be last minute on THIS one. THIS one will sell out FAST!!!!

*****Visit the CAVS Summer Classic Tourney 2013 Official Event Page to get going NOW by clicking below:

Visit the CAVS Summer Classic Event Page HERE.

All under one roof, on June 1st-2nd, 2013, games will be held at the Map Sports Complex. A second location (TBA) will be added to help host all those new ballers (both girls and boys leagues) who will be joining us!

Coaches can only confirm their teams for now---and had better DO soon---again this tourney will completely sell out FAST!! Official Registration links will be provided soon on the Event Page. Keep it LOCKED!!

***Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Like/Friend us on Facebook to receive up-to-the-second-it-happens LIVE updates!!

Do it NOW:

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***LIKE US and keep current on our tourneys, news, new website launches & re-launches & MUCH more HERE.

AND NOW that this site is back in the saddle, you'd pretty much better keep it locked here, too.

Remember....WE tell you things on THIS site you won't get anywhere else!!!

And we're just gettin' started!

AGAIN.....

******Every last CAVS Youth Basketball website is currently receiving a social media/complete OVERHAUL.

HUSH. We know. Yeeep…we are a TAD little bit on the late side this year, but it will all be worth the wait.

We're talkin' NEWER...BETTER...HOTTER...

You know...stuff like that.

Please be patient with us as we transform into the very BEST we can be!!! Like #1, holdin' it all down for 25 strong years!!!! HOW would THAT work out for ya'?!!!!

Works for us!!!

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RUMOR HAS IT:

(The CAVS YB Raw Discussion Bowl)

***BYE BYE, BABY...HELLO SUNSHINE!***

Yeah. It's kinda crazy, really. Just when CAVS 14U loses yet another player, another player (quite a substantial one, at that) secures a spot on the roster.

Yep.

Business as usual.

And that's all we have to say about that.

***THE REAL CHAMPIONSHIP***

Um...we never talked about what happened with CAVS 14U at the SGV Tourney. Since they didn't come home with the trophy, the thought was chucked to the wind...or was it?

Dude, EVERYBODY watching knew the REAL Championship game was between CAVS 14U and West Coast Select. We're talking 14U Elite Division, here. What a game! WCS had CAVS 14U down by 20 points at one time. Next thing you know, the CAVS Boys pulled it all the way to a 1-point deficit, 56-55 (or something like that) but lost it in the end because of mistakes.

That is the short version, but you just had to BE there. It was like...NBA excitement and EVERYBODY was watching!

Rumor has it that West Coast went on to play the Arizona Crusaders for the Championship. The Crusaders took it all, 51-42, but we heard the game was...um...deflated....as in...VOID of excitement.

Oh well. Another time. Another place.

Game on.

***HOMECOMING: IT'S WHERE THE HEART IS***

You read right. No CAVS Homecoming 2013 this year at Chatsworth--where it has been for like, ever.

However...

Since life is what you make it...

...and home is where the heart is...

...and all that rest of that good ole' cliche stuff--

Homecoming will be right at home in San Fernando=home of the best darned Flea Market in the area!

Enjoy some games. Get in the Shootout Contest. Get a stamp. Walk over to the Flea Market. Grab some bargains. You can't do that in Chatsworth. Return back to Homecoming for more games and fun. Sounds like a weekend!

Will there be an Alumni/Celebrity Basketball game this year?

Hmmm....

Time will tell.

****Stay tuned...we WILL be discussing all of the subjects of the season you've been merely just THINKING about.

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****Don't forget!! If you'd like to contact us and be a part of the CAVS, our Tryouts are every Monday during our regular practice sessions. Gone are the days of our once a year, annual tryouts. This is an all-new SEASON 25, baby!!!

Just come and bring it---no pressure. Simply work out with us and we'll go from there!!!

****Please contact us right away HERE.

Oh...and please give us some time to get back with you! We will!

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What's UP Next:

(Top 5 Upcoming CAVS Events & Appearances at-a-glance)

1. Dominators Young Stars Invitational - March 16th-17th

2. CAVS HOMECOMING - March 23rd

3. THE AFTERPARTY - CAVS ANNUAL BOWLING DAY - March 24th

4. SWOOSH Tournament - April 6th-7th

5. Oakland Rebels Tournament - April 6th-7th

*****KEEP IT LOCKED FOR MORE!!!!

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Thank you for visiting our Live Season Blog!!

MUCH LOVE FROM ALL OF US HERE AT CAVS YOUTH BASKETBALL!!!

Back at ya', shortly....KEEP IT LOCKED!!!!

Friday, June 1, 2012

RENO ROUNDUP: CAVS 8U Finish as 2nd Place Champions, CAVS 9U Finish 3rd in Jam On It Memorial Day Tourney

We've told you before that great things come in small packages--yes?

CAVS 8U fought their way to the championship game in the Jam On It Memorial Day Tourney, May 25^th-28^th, 2012 and finished as 2^nd Place Champions!! Go CAVS 8U!!

In the meantime, CAVS 9U went undefeated on Saturday and Sunday, until the final rounds, where they lost one game.

This---just like it did to CAVS 13U---sent them flying down into the 3^rd place bracket. So, yes…CAVS 9U took home the 3^rd Place Title.

Nevertheless, we are proud of our small-but-mighty tykes, who will be ballin’ out this coming weekend at the SOLD-OUT CAVS Summer Classic Tourney 2012!

GO CAVS 8U and 9U!!!

And....

Shouts out to CAVS 11U who didn’t go undefeated, but balled out in the end!!

CAVS 13U Finish 3rd at Reno Memorial Day Jam On It Tourney

3^rd? Yep…you read right. CAVS 13U---the mighty squad that has won this tourney multiple years lost ONE game out of four & wound up finishing 3^rd for 2012.

Don’t ask. I am about to tell you.

How’s this for irony? CAVS 13U battled BOTH the 13U and the 14U All-City West teams in a shootout over Mother’s Day Weekend and defeated them both.

All-City West returned the favor this past Memorial Day weekend and beat CAVS 13U by two points. TWO POINTS, darnit! CAVS 13U was then catapulted into the 3^rd place bracket, while All-City West went on to win the Championship vs. the Elite Shooting Stars in the Reno AAU Jam-On-It Tourney.

U gotta be kiddin’ me.

Seriously? I have to be honest. All-City West hustled ALL weekend long like they were hungry. I can’t lie. They deserved the championship. There are those who disagree (simply because they know what CAVS 13U can really do) but it is what it is. I can't take away what really went down. CAVS 13U could have taken it all, but PLAIN AND SIMPLE, they didn’t hustle as hard in the All-City West game as they should have. Some say that CAVS 13U would have responded differently if their main coach, Coach D was there (he was coaching our 8U squad). While it is true that the head coach brings the energy and inspiration out of CAVS 13U (and every other player) like no other, the will to win is the will to win.

Either you are gonna BRING YOUR "A" game, or you are not---no matter WHO is there or not there!

So....

First things first.

CAVS 13U began on Saturday with a victory against the Enterprise Junior Hornets, 75-34.

You already know that on Sunday, CAVS 13U met up with All-City West (and even maintained a lead, but lost it through mistakes) and lost 56-58.

With no other choice but to play for 3rd Place (doggonnit!!!) CAVS 13U faced off with the Grizzlies, at 9:20pm that night, at the Grand Sierra Hotel (yeah...I guess that late game was the premiere punishment for losing).

You want to know something, though?

CAVS 13U played the BEST they'd played ALL WEEKEND at this game. Coach D was back in effect and the boys were hyped and BALLIN' OUT!!! It turned out to be quite fun to watch. Despite the Grizzlies not exactly being the easiest team to beat, the CAVS boys landed the victory, 56-42.

Luckily, Monday's originally-scheduled 4:00pm game was rescheduled to 10:40am and CAVS 13U battled the Yellow Jackets (also not a pushover team) garnering the 3rd Place Title, 65-61.

Meh.

It sickens us, really. CAVS 13U is a LOT better than what they played, actually. It feels strange, but it is an eye-opener. In this life, you MUST give everything competitive 100%, or what is the point in doing it? GO HARD OR GO HOME!!!! Shouts out and much love to All-City West for taking home the championship, because they truly deserved it. We don't hate; we congratulate....when true credit is due.

However....(and you KNOW there had to be a "however") this coming weekend, June 2nd-3rd, 2012, at our very own SOLD-OUT CAVS Summer Classic Tourney, the CAVS 13U boyz and All-City West will most definitely face off once again.

THAT, my friends, is going to be the game of the century.

You can take that and deposit it.

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3/15/13

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