CAVS 12U Win Championship in All City West Pacific Coast Summer Invitational Tourney

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 30^th-May 1^st, 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 19^th Annual Basketball Bonanza Tourney in Palm Springs, May 13th-15^th, the Reno Jam On It Memorial Day National Tourney May 29^th-30^th, the CAVS Summer Classic Tourney June 4^th-5^th, and the Edge Basketball Summer Jam National Invitational June 10^th-12^th.

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 18^th-19^th, 2011 and (again, for the cheap seats) brought home the 9^th 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.

******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 11u and 10U Both Finish As Second Place Champions in All City West Pacific Coast Invitational Tourney

I don’t have the full reports of the entire weekend, but I’ll give you what I can. Bottom line? CAVS 11U and CAVS 10U both brought home the second place championship medals in the All City West Pacific Coast Invitational Tourney, June 18^th-19^th, 2011.

On Saturday, CAVS 11U defeated the West Valley Warriors 39-34 and Impact Elite (in a very close game to the finish) 37-35, placing them in the semi-final rounds with TTB on Sunday.   

 11U vs. Impact Elite

Yo….I don’t know if anybody told you, but even though TTB (in those attention-grabbing red uniforms, no less) has mostly "less-than-tall" team members, they play “in your face” ball! It was an exciting game to watch! CAVS 11U had an intense time keeping TTB from scoring and/or stealing the ball. I think Coach Mike Irving most definitely strained his vocal chords expressing himself about it…..which brings me to my next point.   

Is it just me, or do all of the coaches seem angelic and full of smiles when you speak with them in the hallway, but then turn into the EXORCIST on the courts?  Would this be considered a bipolar disorder, or just a form of Tourette’s syndrome?  Anyway, CAVS 11U worked it out and triumphed, 45-38.  Maybe I should add that 11U fought their way through the weekend with only 5-6 players at any given time. Can you say “TIRED”, boys and girls?

Tired or not, CAVS 11U entered the championship game versus Impact Elite, once again.  Okay. Um…this is SO not the team to be playing if you are already worn out.  If you recall, the first time 11U beat them, the score was only 37-35. I personally know the Impact Elite team practices hard, so if you are not on your game, they will get you. Our 11U boys fought with all the strength they had left (one of them was also playing up with CAVS 12U, on his 5^th game of the day) but fizzled out in the end to Impact Elite’s victory of 54-43.  It’s okay, though. Under the circumstances, it was what it was. Besides….the last time I checked, 2^nd place was still considered a championship!!  GO CAVS 11U!!! GAME ON!!!!

On to CAVS 10U…..

Please be advised that I usually only see these smaller tykes in our practice sessions. They practice hard, but take things up a notch in actual games.  I will be the first to let you know……the CAVS 10U team is NO JOKE. Okay…I will just go right ahead and say it: THEY BE BALLIN’!!!! There was just no other way to express that. They do.

This weekend was no different. 

On Saturday, CAVS 10U scored the victory over CTS 46-10 and defeated TTB (the red team I previously described to you in 11U format) 39-20, placing them in the semi-final game on Sunday, versus the 10U Gymrats. Phew. That was a long sentence. At 9am, Sunday morning, 10U defeated the Gymrats 45-35 in a thrilling, nail-biting finish. It was like watching NBA players....only 1/16 the size.

CAVS 10U moved on to the championship against TTB that afternoon. I have already told you about TTB.

Their 10U team is just as intense as their 11U team.

I don’t know how 10U Coach Sean Regans (pictured above) does it, but he brings out 10U’s best and they are just as intense, if not more-so, than TTB. This was simply a sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat, stop-talking-to-me-so-I-can-watch-the-darned-game battle to the very end; literally. The game could have gone either way at any time, as both teams played hard. However, TTB would garner the championship this time, with only one point of difference, 33-32.  

Honestly? This was a second place championship that no one could be mad at. We’ll take it! Our boys played hard (despite mistakes) and played well.  It was just the luck of the draw.  For those watching the game, we know the real deal.  GO CAVS 10U!!!

***Check out the Tourney Photos for both divisions on our Facebook site HERE.

******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.

GAME ON!!!!