OMG. When I say CAVS 12U are on a roll, I am SERIOUS. This CAVS Division has been on a winning streak like WOAH. Let me put it into perspective for ya’. This latest win marks NINE championships in a row, JUST since April 2nd. For now, though, we are only going to go from April, 30th, 2011, because I want to actually get to what happened this past weekend.
So…back on April 30th-May 1st, CAVS 12u won the AVAC Hoyas Kyree Brown Memorial Day Tourney, then took Mother’s Day weekend off. Yep. The mothers weren’t having it. Coaches and dads alike would have all been nicely slathered with honey and hung next to hornets’ nests if there was a tourney that weekend. Okay. From there, CAVS12U won the Sixers 19th Annual Basketball Bonanza Tourney in Palm Springs, May 13th-15th, the Reno Jam On It Memorial Day National Tourney May 29th-30th, the CAVS Summer Classic Tourney June 4th-5th, and the Edge Basketball Summer Jam National Invitational June 10th-12th.
So…back on April 30th-May 1st, CAVS 12u won the AVAC Hoyas Kyree Brown Memorial Day Tourney, then took Mother’s Day weekend off. Yep. The mothers weren’t having it. Coaches and dads alike would have all been nicely slathered with honey and hung next to hornets’ nests if there was a tourney that weekend. Okay. From there, CAVS12U won the Sixers 19th Annual Basketball Bonanza Tourney in Palm Springs, May 13th-15th, the Reno Jam On It Memorial Day National Tourney May 29th-30th, the CAVS Summer Classic Tourney June 4th-5th, and the Edge Basketball Summer Jam National Invitational June 10th-12th.
YOU do the math.
For an at-a-glance look at all championships won for this season and last season, visit our Championship Records Page on our new CAVS Youth Basketball Event Site HERE. Moving along…..this weekend, CAVS 12U bulldozed through the All City West Pacific Coast Summer Invitational Tourney, June 18th-19th, 2011 and (again, for the cheap seats) brought home the 9th consecutive championship since April 2nd, 2011!!
The games took place at Loyola Marymount University, which is like….a beautiful school in a serene location. Can we please play there again? There were no games there on Friday. On Saturday, CAVS 12U met up with the West Valley Warriors at 10:00am and scored the victory, 60-26.
At noon, the battle continued with the Gymrats. CAVS 12U picked up that victory, as well, 53-27. Although the score was what it was, I must say that the Gymrats get after the ball. I rather like their hustle and intensity. They want to win…..they really do.
However, after CAVS 12U issued their “clamp-down” game strategies (pretty much after the game first started) things turned ugly for the Gymrat boys really quickly. It was an interesting game, though, to say the least. In a rare twist, several of our 12U boys headed over to the HAX Summer Jam right after this game to assist CAVS 13U and won against the 13U Phenoms, 53-22.
Ironically, the HAX Center would later be shut down for "issues", voiding the Summer Jam Tourney completely for both CAVS 13U and 9U. Go figure.
On Sunday, Father’s Day, CAVS 12U played Hooptown at 10:00am and won, 38-3. Okay, honestly, folks? This victory is not for bragging rights, because it was an obvious mismatch from the start. We don’t take pride in this kind of victory. However, we require our boys to play hard no matter what; to work on their game always. That is what we are most concerned with, at all times.
Nevertheless, this win gained CAVS 12U access into the semi-final game.
So, apparently some kid had an obvious brain fart and purposely tripped the fire alarm system – forcing the entire building to evacuate and all games to be delayed. I mean, Loyola is a cool school and all that, but jeez…..it’s not like anyone really wanted to be there all day. Most of the dads I spoke to wanted to go home, spread out on the couch, be served dinner and just lounge. For real.
Once the fire scare was over, CAVS 12U took it to the court for the semi-final game with Arizona Powerhouse.
It wasn’t a great start (must’ve been all the hot dogs eaten during the fire scare with nothing else to do) but it was a successful finish; 59-37. CAVS 12U moved into the championship game with…..
......YEP…you guessed it….All City West, front and center.
This game would prove to be somewhat intense, as All City West started the game gunning for the heads of CAVS 12U. It didn’t help that CAVS 12U made several mistakes in the process, bringing Coach Darryl (who is to the CAVS what Phil Jackson was to the Lakers) off the bench with a rather intimidating grimace. Ooh wee. I would not have wanted to be on the receiving end of what was said in that time-out huddle. No, sir!
However, once CAVS 12U shook off the “duh” moments, it was ON. All City West put up a fight that CAVS 12U indeed finished, 58-40. GO CAVS 12U!!! Way to work this season!!!
Next stop….…is the long-awaited battle at the Oakland Soldiers “Battle of The Bay” Tourney in gyms around the “Yay” area (as Oakland’s own E-40 so eloquently puts it). You’ve heard the rumors about the newly-recruited “tall” Soldiers team. Then again, you know the history of the CAVS. Okay…so then you also know that something’s gotta give.
It is only a matter of time that we will find out what. GAME ON, BABY!!!! Keep it LOCKED as this weekend approaches!!!
***Check out the Tourney Photos on our Facebook site HERE.
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