CAVS 12U Win 7th Annual Kenny Smith Christmas B-Ball Tourney

OMG. If you weren’t there, you should have been there, please believe. I am still highly upset that I’d forgotten my blasted video camera cord at home.  I’m STILL kicking myself for not having footage.  However, CAVS 12U had a GREAT weekend this past Saturday, December 18^th and Sunday, December 19^th at the Sports Complex in Anaheim. Yep. It is because they won the championship in the 7^th Annual Kenny Smith Christmas B-Ball Tourney. This marks the second consecutive large tourney this month where they brought home the championship. What a perfect way to close out the year! So, here we go….

On Saturday, CAVS 12U first defeated 5 on 5, 35-14 and then Pressure Basketball, 37-15. 

On Sunday, CAVS 12U met up again with the OC Panthers (we recently played them somewhere else, I can’t quite remember…) and won, 35-18.

 This set 12U to square off with Pressure for a second time, despite starting things off with a clock that didn’t seem to want to work no matter WHAT anybody did.  Refs moved our game to an empty court nearby and the game continued.  CAVS gained a 34-17 victory on the new court, with the working clock.

That’s when things got interesting.

The championship game went DOWN at 3:00pm. I know folks were tired from being around all day, since the morning (heck, I was one of em’) but you MUST know…THIS was the game of the day.  CAVS 12U faced off with I-Can All Stars.  For those of you who do NOT know the I-Can All Stars, I will be the FIRST to tell you NOT to sleep on them or misjudge them—especially because two of their main guards (Diggy and Journey) are short in height.  Let me stop you right there. Those two boys are quicker than water bugs scattering away from bright light and will be past you with the ball in the basket in the blink of an eye. Much love for those boys because they have heart and hustle! That’s much of what it takes. 

However, you know CAVS 12U are NOT to be slept on, either.  So…this game was a constant fight to the finish, from start to end, though it started as a spanking. Our coaches were flabbergasted. The I-Can All Stars had CAVS 12U locked up tight by at least ten points during the first half. The score was 6 to 16 at one point! In fact, the first half ended 23-29, with I-Can All Stars leading!  

Did I also mention the Pigeon that took center-court seats to watch the game with us?

We can't make this stuff up.  If this sounds intense, I think ALL the coaches needed Excedrin for the second half.

 It was then, that CAVS 12U turned up the heat.  In the second half, with 2:56 left on the clock, 12U led 46-39, but it was not good enough. I-Can then turned up their heat. The game was a constant push-pull, shot-for-shot. 

However, several bad fouls, a near-brawl experience and multiple free throws later placed the score to 51-48, with I-Can trailing behind by three points.  Wow. With I-Can holding the ball and all the parents from both teams tearing their hair out in sheer stress RIGHT as the clock was one second to 0.00, I-Can hit a three point buzzer-beater, tying the game up, 51-51. The crowd erupted; overtime.

Jeez.

By then, ALL the other games in the entire gym were over except for ours. In fact, the back of the building was completely dark. Even Kenny Smith, who was supposed to take a picture with the winners of each game, had long gone. It was on…down to the last two minutes of the night. A knife wouldn’t be sharp enough to cut the tension in the room—you’d need an axe.

By then, the janitors had come over to watch the rest of the game.

The last two minutes began with a scrappy tip-off, which resulted in I-Can traveling and turning the ball over to CAVS 12U. 

 Why’d they do that? It was then that CAVS scored and took the lead, followed by a foul in our favor and a free throw—which we missed. With 10 seconds left on the clock, someone fouled 12U again and we went to the line for two more free throws. 

 We made both of those. With only a few seconds left in the game, I-Cann tried, but couldn’t catch up, resulting in a 55-52 championship victory for CAVS 12U. PHEW!!!

What a game, what a weekend and what a way to wrap up the 2010 basketball season! Go CAVS 12U!!!

CAVS 2011…are you ready?

******Full game details for all divisions are always available on our main website: http://www.cavsyouthbasketball.org.  Check back often for updates, as they are posted at varied times by multiple staff members.

 

CAVS 9U Finish Second in the 7th Annual Kenny Smith Christmas B-Ball Tourney

Rain, rain go away.....

This weekend, many of us braved the flash floods, the ridiculous drivers (rain just gave them an excuse for their usual stupidity) and multiple traffic spinouts on the wet, slushy freeways to see it all go down at the Aim High/Kenny Smith Christmas B-Ball Tourney at the Sports Center in Anaheim. 

Man...don't we love our kids?

Since many of our 10U and 11U players were out SICK this time and couldn’t play in their divisions this  weekend (could folks PLEASE quit coughin’ and blowin’ germs our way, so we can stay well, please???), it was up to our 9U CAVS to represent the younger spectrum of things. 

Congrats go out to CAVS 9U for finishing as Second Place Champions this weekend!!  

It was a nail-biter (as nail-biting as a 9-year old basketball game can possibly be, realistically, without most of us thinking….gosh, they are SO little and cute!!) on Saturday, December 17^th, when CAVS 9U faced off with the Corona Lakers. 9U started off with mistakes and trailed 5-12 at the end of the first quarter. Then, the heavens opened and 9U showed some heart during the second half, earning them a VERY CLOSE victory of 15-14.  Way to fight, CAVS 9U!!

Later Saturday afternoon, 9U would meet up with WCA and would suffer a loss 30-12. However, that did not break their spirits. On Sunday, 9U handed it all back to The Coves Finest, earning a victory of 21-15. 

However, the effort still placed CAVS 9U in second place, because of Saturday’s loss. Hey…whatever…we’ll take it!  It was still a win.  9U enjoyed taking their winner photos with Kenny Smith, himself, in front of their large team trophy. 

We are proud of our 9U Champions!!! Go CAVS 9U!!!!

******Full game details for all divisions are always available on our main website: http://www.cavsyouthbasketball.org.  Check back often for updates, as they are posted at varied times by multiple staff members.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS OF CAVS CLASSICS - Results Posted!!!

Ha...you probably thought this day would never come, but it is here and WAS here, as of Thursday, December 9th.  Oh, STOP complaining, already! We know it’s been like…forever..but weren’t YOU busy, too? Okay, then.  So….

The complete winners’ list of results from our CAVS Winter Classic has been posted!!  Hail GLORY!! Click below to download the complete list.

CAVS Winter Classic Winners

*****We’d like to congratulate all winners!! We look forward to an even larger turnout for 2011!!!

****Please believe…in 2011…things will be MUCH different; on an entirely different level.  How? Keep it locked…..

CAVS 12U WIN CAVS HOLIDAY CLASSICS, 2010!!!

CAVS 12U Division swept through the CAVS Holiday Classics this past Saturday, December 4^th and Sunday, December 5^th, ultimately scoring the Platinum Championship (there was also a 12U Gold Division).

Things begun with CAVS 12U facing off with HD Crush at Grant High School on Saturday, where they picked up a 43-12 victory.   

The excitement moved to Highland Hall, that afternoon, where 12U would garner a 49-31 win against All City West, placing them in Sunday’s playoffs. On Sunday, 12U beat Harvard Westlake 57-48 to meet right back with All City West for the semi-final rounds. SCORE!!! CAVS 12U rounded up a 51-31 win to move them on to the Platinum Championship game later Sunday evening.

It would be a game none of us will probably ever forget for years to come. LAWD.

You ready for this? How to begin? Well…CAVS 12U found themselves once again face-to-face with Las Vegas Elite. See…last year in June, at our CAVS Summer Classics, 12U was acting like they didn’t care WHO won our own classics; therefore, we walked away as 2^nd place champions of our own tournament, while Las Vegas Elite won it all. ??????

Not this year.

In fact, not last season, either, when 12U (then 11U) turned the “out-to-lunch” sign around and brought home a 42-30 win against Las Vegas Elite in July. This past Sunday would be a bit different, with CAVS 12U taking the lead and bringing home the Platinum Championship with at least a 27-point victory (the clock was shut off at that point—we’ll get to that in a sec). The win was not just because of the gazillion technical fouls handed over to our friend/coach of LV Elite like Halloween candy, either. CAVS 12U pretty much had the victory in the bag. So  yeah….the 12U game was called on behalf of….irate “behavior”.  Many saw things that night that could’ve easily racked up millions of YouTube viewers, but we don’t take it there.   

See…with games running behind (as they tend to do in multi-team tourneys) rain coming down hard outside, folks freshly pressed hairdo’s quickly becoming hair don’ts….the general mood of the Chatsworth gym was met with overall irritation to begin with.  Coaches had wild hairs, parents wanted to bicker, etc. All this was before the game even began.  Apparently, when it DID begin, you could cut the thick tension in the air with a knife. How ironic for a KIDS GAME.  (Did anyone remember these things are supposed to be about the kids?) Anyway….reportedly…parents were just livid with the refs over “bad calls” and with other parents in the stands….and scheduling…and this and that…yadayadayada. The bottom line? MOST just wanted the entire game OVER with at that point.

And so it was.

Congratulations CAVS 12U for bringing home the Platinum Championship! We see you!

CAVS 12U L to R: Elijah Walker, Coach Sean Regans, Julius Rucker, DJ McDonald, Taj Regans, Chasen Pender, Coach Joe Pender, Mike Irving, Jr., Coach Mike Irving, Sr., Colden Davis, Pearson Parker, Brian Devereaux,  Cameron Townsend and Coach Darryl McDonald.

******Full game details for all divisions are always available on our main website: http://www.cavsyouthbasketball.org. Check back often for updates, as they are posted at varied times by multiple staff members.

CAVS 10U FINISH SECOND IN CAVS HOLIDAY CLASSICS, 2010!!!

Yep. Our CAVS 10U almost got em’, but finished second this past weekend, Saturday, December 4^th and Sunday, December 5^th, ultimately scoring the Platinum Runner-Up Title. It’s all good. We’ll take it….but just get em’ next time!

 10U began the weekend with a Saturday afternoon victory, 37-28, against Kenny “The Jet” Smith’s Aim High and topped it off with a 31-20 win over AVAC Hoyas. On Sunday, a 28-18 win over SGV placed CAVS 10U into the Platinum Championship game with Riverside Matrix at Highland Hall. 

10U truly almost had the championship at first, but Riverside Matrix turned the heat up to high, while our 10U started to waver between “simmer” and “medium heat”. 

Shots were not falling; we did not attack the baskets or grab all the rebounds and loose balls that we could. Honestly? It appeared that Riverside Matrix was a teeny-weeny bit hungrier to win and it showed with their relentless drives to the basket.  Nevertheless, we are proud of our 10U team, as they still walked away from it all as Second Place Champions. We’ll get em’ next time, baby!!!  GO CAVS 10U!!

 10U L to R:  Jonathan Daniels, Jordan Eason, Trystan Daggs, Kris Koon, Justin and Alex Korn, Coach Sean Regans, Anthony Spann, Isaiah Crooks, Kayla Wilder and Hazim Amirali

CAVS HOLIDAY CLASSIC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE IS UP!!!

*****UPDATED!!!!  Please click the following link below for the complete schedule (Saturday only) for the CAVS Holiday Classic Tournament. 

Click To Download UPDATED Schedule

The schedule is an Excel file and the various age divisions have separate tabs within the file. 

Also...remember that these schedules are always subject to change.  Please consistently check back for updates! Good luck to the 80+ teams coming out to compete!! 

Need directions?

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CAVS 11U and 12U Divisions: Second Place Champions in Impact Basketball Thanksgiving Tourney

The heat was on this past weekend (not literally, because it was like ANARCTICA inside the HAX Center) when CAVS 11U and 12U Divisions battled it out for their respective championships in the Impact Basketball Thanksgiving Tourney November 27^th and 28^th, in a five-game fight to the finish, each.

Both divisions finished second. Here are the final championship scores:

CAVS 11U Vs. Hoopmasters – 46-26 

 (Not pictured: Mike Irving and Pearson Parker)

CAVS 12U Vs. CSA – 65-55

Not bad for multiple division winnings two weekends in a row! Finishing second….eh….it was what it was. Mistakes and turnovers cost us the championship trophies---especially with CAVS 11U.  We carried the lead for a while, but then somehow gave Hoopmasters the mental ammunition to kick things into overdrive.

For 12U, I thought CSA played smart and confidently—and our CAVS were indeed dealing with it. 

A few less mistakes and turnovers (not to mention two of our players fouled out) from our 12U and we would have taken the championship. The score was close the entire game until the second half. More importantly, though…..we noticed that there was marked improvement from some of our 12U CAVS players on an individual level throughout the day.  ****It was improvement we had been looking for from those players, so we could still smile, despite the final loss. This improvement will lead us to many future championship wins!

Honestly? No offense, but by the time the second half of the 12U game geared up, everybody was beyond tired, starving and freezing and just wanting it all to be OVER! You see the dark background behind CAVS 12U in the photo above? We were literally the LAST to leave! Anyway....

The season has just kicked off (we're still expecting more of our players back from football) and CAVS Youth Basketball has begun it, overall, with a BANG. This “bang” mainly includes first and second place championship wins, so we don’t have much to complain about!

Congratulations to our CAVS 11U and 12U champions!!  

******Next stop…CAVS Classics this weekend! We will be posting the schedules/gym locations, admission fees and more right here, soon. If there are any questions on the CAVS Classics, please use the contact numbers in the photo below. Keep it locked…..

 

CAVS Classic Holiday Tournament...Will You Be There?

  
******Full game details for all divisions are always available on our main website: http://www.cavsyouthbasketball.org. Check back often for updates, as they are posted at varied times by multiple staff members.

The CAVS Youth Basketball Winner Photos from the CA Heat Thanksgiving Classic, 2010 Are Here!

The buzz is still on! Again, congrats to all of our CAVS Youth Basketball division winners who collectively earned a complete championship sweep at the CA Heat Thanksgiving Classic last weekend, November 20^th-21^st.   As promised, here are the final winner photos for last weekend’s CAVS Youth Basketball division winners 9U – 12U:

 9U Championship Winners:

  

10U Championship Winners:

  

11U Championship Winners: 

 12U Championship Winners: 

*****Full game details for all divisions are available on our main website: http://www.cavsyouthbasketball.org.

As we previously mentioned, please be patient, as we are restructuring the entire CAVS Youth Basketball brand (which includes all websites, hot new store, upcoming video channel and more!). Our organization is growing at the speed of light!

B-BALL SHOUT OUT: To our CAVS Select 13U team who also participated in the CA Heat Tourney last weekend and earned a 44-21 victory during their second tournament game. We look forward to you bringing home the championship medal next time. We SEE you, 13U!

 ****Coming soon……slideshow photos of all tournaments will be posted here and on our Facebook site at: http://www.facebook.com/cavsyouthbasketball.  Again, we’ve got a LOT going on right now; however, we are working as hard we can to bring you all the best we have yet to unfold.  Keep it locked….

CAVS Youth Basketball Divisions Sweep the CA Heat Thanksgiving Classic 2010

What a weekend! CAVS Youth Basketball divisions 9U – 13U headed to the gyms of Pasadena City College and Occidental College (Los Angeles) for the CA Heat Thanksgiving Classic, November 20^th-21^st, 2010.   

It was a complete sweep for all CAVS Elite Travel Team divisions 9U-12U, who all brought home championship medals, despite playing multiple games in one day!  CAVS Select 13U Developmental League even gave it a shot. Though they did not bring home their championship, they had a strong second game Sunday, earning a 44-21 victory over Foothill Hoops. Here are the championship scores at-a-glance:

Championship: CAVS 9U Vs. CA Heat 16-15 (close!)

Championship: CAVS 10U Vs. Playmakers 35-15

Championship: CAVS 11U Vs. WV Warriors 41-29

Championship: CAVS 12U Vs. CA Heat 47-21

See below for a complete breakdown of teams/games played and scores.

****We are waiting for game photos to come in for all of the divisions and for game details to be posted to our main website http://www.cavsyouthbasketball.org. In the meantime, enjoy the championship photos we currently have for 10U, 11U and 12U (9U championship photo is on it's way).

10U

11U

12U

Next stop…Impact Basketball AAU Tourney Thanksgiving weekend! It’s goin down!! 

We are proud of all our CAVS divisions!! Go CAVS!!  

CAVS Youth Basketball CA Heat Tournament Results -

CAVS Youth Basketball Open Tryouts This Saturday!! Don't Miss It!

CAVS Youth Basketball, will be holding its annual open tryouts for boys AND girls, ages 7-14, this weekend (Saturday, November 20th) from 9am-12:00pm. Don't miss it!

CAVS is currently seeking self-disciplined, young athletes who are loyal, open-minded, respectful and not afraid to work hard.  Players will be considered for CAVS Select Developmental Leagues (beginning, intermediate) as well as CAVS Elite Travel Team Leagues (advanced). 

***If players are unable to attend the scheduled open tryout date, parents are still encouraged to contact the organization for tryouts by appointment. 

Just so you know...

Your kids are not "put on the spot", embarrassed or made to feel apprehensive at any of the CAVS Tryouts – whether annually scheduled or by appointment.  Kids simply join CAVS regular roster of players in a usual practice session.  Coaches keep a close eye on all new kids and their skill levels for placement. It’s that simple! Your child will have fun and be made to feel welcome. 

If your son, daughter, relative, or even neighborhood child would love to reach their ultimate potential, learn to be successful on and off the court and become a better basketball player in a fun (but disciplined) safe, structured environment, contact us today! 

***Follow CAVS Youth Basketball on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cavsworld and visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cavsyouthbasketball.