The Bay Area Warriors went 3-2 at the Soldiers Extravaganza Tournament advancing to the Championship game of the Gold Brackets where they fell to a loaded Ground Up team from Los Angeles. The Warriors fell to the Oakland Soldiers 16s Elite then beat Nevada Wolverines, NorCal Warriors (Sacramento) and Coastside. Keith Hunter, Jr. (pictured) of Oakland HS hit a buzzer beating shot to beat the NorCal Warriors.
Both the Bay Area Warriors Gold and Bay Area Warriors Blue kicked off the season going 2-1 in the Oakland Rebels Tournament.
The Gold team beat Oakland Rebels Red and Elite and fell too Lakeshow- White. Gold got great contributions from Keith Hunter (Oakland), Terrez Blaylock (Lincoln). Jemiel King (Lincoln), Eric Gallindo (Riordan), Sam Esser (Balboa), Henry Feinberg (Branson), Belie Coleman (Skyline), Naod Sebhatlieb (University), Josh Tesfamarian (Oakland) and Micah Bessolo (Valley Christian).
The Blue Team beat the Oakland Rebels and NP Force but fell in a heated re-match with the Oakland Rebels. Blue got great contributions from Sean Gilmore (University), Jake Tulchinsky (University), Sepher Agnesse (Marin Catholic), Daniel Bessolo (Valley Christian) and the entire Gateway crew including Steven, Sterling, Yasim and Nick.
Both Warriors teams will be back in action next week-end at the Oakland Soldiers Extravaganza
The Bay Area Warriors were well-represented in the 2014 San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro selections which included:
Chiefy Ugbaja - Riordan - 2nd Team
Jiday Ugbaja - Riordan - 2nd Team
Danny Mahoney - Serra - 3rd Team
Rico Nuno - Half Moon Bay - 4th Team
Jack Gale - University - Honorable Mention
Julian Marcu - St. Ignatius - Honorable Mention
Deondre Otis - Sacred Heart Cathedral - Honorable Mention
Sean Watkins - Serra - Honorable Mention
Plus, San Francisco Player of the Year, Trevor Dunbar and Troy Rike (Honorable Mention) are both alumni of our annual 7th and 8th Grader winter league.
The Bay Area Warriors will be hosting the 7th Annual City Championship on 5/16-18 at CCSF for Elite 17U and 16U teams. The last 3 years the tournament has sold out and attracted top teams like the Oakland Rebels, Soldiers and Lakeshow. Last years Champion was the Oakland Rebels. Please contact us at CoachRandal@yahoo.com or 415 418 4568 if you are interested in securing a spot.
The City Championship
Seventh Annual
Elite 17U and 16U Boys’ Basketball Tournament
San Francisco, CA at CCSF
May 16th to 18th, 2014
Hosted By The Bay Area Warriors
Three Game Guarantee
$325 per team
The main gym will be the new state-of-the-art CCSF Community Center (Ocean and Phelan) that has three regulation full-courts side by side by side
For information or to secure a spot please contact;
Randy Bessolo
(415) 418-4568
2014 Bay Area Warriors Schedule (16U and 17U)
Dates Event Location
March 22 -23?? Work-out UHS
March 29-30 Work-outs UHS
April 5-6 Oakland Rebels Tournament Oakland
April 11-13 Soldiers Extravaganza Oakland
April 19 Work-out (Note Easter is 4/20) UHS
April 25-27 NorCal Spring Showcase Sacramento
(NCAA sanctioned)
May 16-18 The City Championship San Francisco (CCSF)
May 24-26 Hoop Review Memorial Day Various Sites
Please note that we are taking most of June off so everyone can spend time with their high school teams and/or go to basketball camps
????? Work-outs UHS
July 12-13 Hoop Review Event CCSF
(NCAA sanctioned)
July 18-20 Pangos Event Los Angeles
(NCAA sanctioned)
July 23-27 Las Vegas Live (or Fab 48) Las Vegas
(NCAA sanctioned)
Any questions, please call Coach Randy (415) 418-4568
The 2013-14 Season is now underway and it is a good time to look back and recognize the 2013 Class of the Bay Area Warriors and recognize the guys now playing in College.
Jeremy Dennis of St. Mary's High School is at Cal Poly Pomona (D2)
Jacqui Biggins of Serra is at CSU Dominquez Hills (D2)
Kenny Love of Cardinal Newman HS is at Whitworth College (D3)
Albert Waters, II of St. Ignatius HS is headed to Colorado State-Pueblo (D2) on a football scholarship
Harold Getz of University HS is at Lewis & Clark College (D3)
Owen Putz of Half Moon Bay HS is at Puget Sound College (D3)
David Medoff of University HS is at Haverford College (D3)
Mark Alexander of Marshall HS is at Sierra College (Juco)
Derius Johnson of St. Elizabeth, Contra Costa College (Juco)
Samson Donnick of Redwood HS is at Choate (Prep School)
The Bay Area Warriors Sunday League now has a long history of helping Junior High Schoolers get ready for their school season. While the host gym for the League has moved from Hamilton Rec to Ella Hill Hutch Community Center to UHS, competitive games and a lot of fun are constants. Many alumni of the League have gone on to Star at San Francisco High Schools and several have gone on the play in College. League Alums currently playing in College include Noah Springwater at Columbia, Steven Domingo at Georgetown, Taylor Johns at UC Riverside, Jonny Mrlik at Vassar, Ikenna Nwadibia at Kenyon, David Medoff at Haverford and Harold Getz at Lewis & Clark, Joe Slocum at Alaska Fairbanks. This years League had 6 teams (Red, White, Dark Blue, Gold, Light Blue and Black). The Championship game was played between Light Blue and Dark Blue with DB taking home the hardware (Note pictured in Gold). See photos of all the teams below:
The Bay Warriors travelled to Las Vegas and knocked off some good teams including Compton Hoops and Deron Williams Elite - Black in the super competitive Platinum Division of the NCAA Sanctioned Fab48 Tournament. In July the Warriors also competed in the NorCal Hoop Review Showcase at CCSF and the Pango's Cream of the Crop Showcase in Los Angeles, both of which were NCAA sanctioned. The Warriors competed against and beat some very talented teams, were scouted by NCAA and NAIA Division 1, 2 and 3 Coaches and had a lot of fun. Congrats to the Warriors on another successful season!
The Bay Area Warriors had a solid showing in the Memorial Day Classic going 3-2. They captured 2nd place in pool play beating Oregon Pump N Run and Play Hard Play Smart, but fell in a close game to Lakeshow Elite in game in which they led for most of the 2nd half. In Bracket play the Warriors beat Stanco Stampede but then lost to a hot shooting Lakeshow Seniors squad in a game that tipped off at 10pm.
The Oakland Rebels 17s won the 6th Annual City Championship at CCSF on 5/19. The Oakland Rebels 15s also won the 16s Division. The Bay Area Warriors went 2-1 in the event.
Oakland Rebels 15s
48 of the best teams in NorCal will be playing in the 6th Annual City Championship Tournament at CCSF (756 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco) this Friday Night. The Field which includes top programs including: Lakeshow, Oakland Rebels and Oakland Soldiers will be divided into a 17U Division with 28 teams and a 16U Divsion with 20 teams. Friday Night there will be 12 games at CCSF starting at 6:00pm. On Satruday there will be 36 games at CCSF starting at 8:45 am and 6 games at the Excelsior Boys & Girls Club (163 London Street) starting at 3:00 pm. Past Champions have included Lakeshow (3X), Bay Area Wildcats and Team 94.
The Bay Area Warriors hosted the 6th Annual City All Star Game last night at CCSF and brought the San Francisco basketball community together. The highlite of the evening was the brief memorial for the late Michael Gragnani who was represented by his parents Diane and Al Gragnani who were greeted by all of the players and coaches.
In the Girls Game Team City led throughout with a balanced scoring effort led by Chanel Malone of Balboa (13 pts), Tatiana Ranis of SI (12pts) pts and Sophia Nguyen of Lincoln with 12 pts on 4 3 pointers. Ashley Gainer of Sacred Heart Cathedral led Team San Fran with 14 pts. Chanel Malone was named the Girls MVP. Malayssia Basallo of Balboa was the Girls' 3-point contest Champion.
In the Dunk Contest the semi-Finalists were Kenny Anigbogu of Gateway, Ray Porter of Gateway, Albert Collins of Marshall and Matt Bergland of Lick with the Finals coming down to Albert Collins and Ray Porter. When Albert missed on his attempt to jump over a player and dunk, the 2013 Dunk Championship went to Ray Porter. In the Boys 3-Point Contest Daniel Maclean-Vernic of St. Ignatius brought home the hardware edging out Herman Pratt of Sacred Heart Cathedral.
In the Boys Game, Team San Fran jumped out to a 16 point lead with Matt Bergland scoring 12 first half points but Team City roared back to within 1 point on a long 3-pointer by Antoine Porter of Mission with less than a minute to go. But they did not score again missing or being blocked on several attempts in their final possessionss. Team San Fran got a great effort out of Albert Collins of Marshall who had a double double, several highlight drives from Harold Getz of University and 3 key blocked shots by Herman Pratt to preserve the win in the closing minutes. Team City was led by Nate Cohen of Urban with 17 points and Antoine Porter of Mission with 17 points. The Game MVP award went to Matt Bergland of Lick.
All the players had a great time and closed out their high school careers with a positive experience. Special Thanks to CCSF for hosting the event!
The Bay Area Warriors will be hosting the 6th Annual City All Star Game tonight at CCSF. The game will be held in memory of Michael Gragnani the former Lincoln, Berkeley and Redwood HS coach who suddenly passed away in 2011. Coach Mike was a great coach and person and we welcome the opportunity to keep his legacy alive.
6:00pm Girls Game
7:00pm 3-point Contests (Boys and Girls)
7:15pm Dunk Contest
7:30 Boys Game
The rosters for the teams
2013 Michael Gragnani Memorial City All Star Game
Girls Team San Fran (Red) - LaRyan Russell of Sacred Heart Cathedral
Lorna Tu'ufuli - Lowell
Hana Murphy - Lowell
Angie Ng - Lowell
Taylor Sui - Lowell
Katarina Lum - Lowell
Ashley Gainer - Sacred Heart Cathedral
Briannah Smith - Sacred Heart Cathedral
Jerrieza Enriquez - Sacred Heart Cathedral (injured)
Grace Brownrigg - Lick
Erica Crew - Lick
Isabella Borges - Convent
Kayley You Mak - Bay
Grace Wen - Mission
Girls Team City (White) - Coached by Jason Lee of Lincoln HS
Maggie Chen - Lincoln
Sophia Nguyen - Lincoln
Michelle Wong - Lincoln
Crystal Sun - St. Ignatius
Tatiana Ranis - St. Ignatius
Malaysia Basallo - Balboa Chanel Malone - Balboa
Grace Lui - Washington
Karah Butac - Washington
Nefertiti Rogers - Drew Victoria Verdan - Drew
Breonna Frierson - Leadership
Boys Team San Fran (Black) - Coached by Eliot Smith of Lick-Wilmerding HS
Matthew Bergland - Lick #26
Andrew Rauch - Lick #27
Benjamin Schneider - Lick #29
Aumen Holliday - Marshall #30
Albert Collins - Marshall # 36
Will Carroll - University # 34
David Medoff - University #31
Chris Mah - University #7
Harold Getz - University #33
Khalil James - Sacred Heart Cathedral #15
Herman Pratt - Sacred Heart Cathedral #20
Geru Mabrey - Riordan #13
Graham Gilleran - Riordan #32
Jonathan Li - Lowell
Lucas Knorr - Bay #30
Brion Gregerson - Galileo #35 Chris Lee - Galileo #10
Boys Team City (White) - Coached by Matt Jackson of Lincoln HS
Demetrius Williams - Lincoln #30
Mitchell Lee - Lincoln #29
James Gurr - Lincoln #27
Matt Brown - St. Ignatius #29
Daniel MacLean-Vernic - St. Ignatius #28
Andrew Vollert - St. Ignatius #33
Albert Waters - St. Ignatius #12
Kenechi Anigbogu - Gateway #35 Raymond Porter - Gateway #34 Nate Cohen - Urban #25 Matt Monges - Urban #26 Anthony Gumberg - Jewish Community #28 Andreas Peritos - Stuart Hall #32
Kevin Murray - Mission #4
Antoine Porter - Mission #17 Joseph Satariano - Washington #24
Derek Phan - Washington #26
The young Warriors travelled to the South Bay and played in the Bay Area Invitational last week-end where they advances to the Championship game but fell to Each One Teach One. The Warriors 17s played in Gerry Freitas' NorCal Spring Showcase, an NCAA sanctioned event that was attended by coaches from over 50 colleges. The Warriors took on some top teams including the Oakland Soldiers and E-Time Hoops. Jiday Ubaja, Chiefy Ubaja, Keith Hunter and Jared Nodar all turned some heads and were written up as top prospects in the NorCalPreps.com coverage of the event.
The Warriors travelled to Los Angeles to play in the NCAA sanctioned Pumps Hoop Fest at Cerritos Colllege and CSU Dominquez Hills. Before numerous college coaches the Warriors defeated IEBP Seniors 63 -62 Friday night on a Chiefy Ubaja (Riordan) free throw with 1.4 seconds to go. After falling to the SoCal All Stars, the Bay Area squad knocked off the Utah Bulldogs with a decisive second half effort. The Warrriors on the trip included: Jiday Ubaja - 6' guard Riordan
Chiefy Ubaja - 6'3" wing Riordan
Jack Gale - 6'5" wing University
Jared Nodar - 6'5" forward St. Mary's
Tony Caletti - 6'2" guard Branson
Sam Kreisberg - 6'6" post College Prep
Tristan Wentworth - 5'11" guard St. Ignatius
Keith Hunter, Jr. - 6'2" guard Oakland HS
Armani Reed - 6'2" guard Rodriguez HS
Coach Jeff Facter and the young Warriors opened the JV spring season at the North Peninsula Force Tournament at South San Francisco HS on April 20-21. The young Warriors led by Eric Gallindo (Riordan) and Gionni Brown (Oakland HS) won their pool and first two games handily but lost in the Semis on Sunday.
The Bay Area Warriors went 3-2 in Soldiers Extravaganza Tournament in the East Bay losing in the Championship Game of the Gold Brackets. The Warriors will go on the road next week-end to play in the Pumps Hoop Fest Tournament at Cerritos Community College in Los Angeles. The event is NCAA sanctioned.
The Bay Area Warriors opened the 2013 Season at the Oakland Rebels Easter Invitational in Oakland at McClymmonds HS last week-end. The Warriors played very well going 3-1 and advancing to the tournament Semi-Finals where the Warriors fell to the host Oakland Rebels. In the Quarterfinals the Warriors knocked of the Saints from San Jose. Jiday Ubaja from Archbishop Riordan HS was named to the All-Tournament Team. The Warriors will be back in action next week-end at the Oakland Soldiers Extravaganza Tournament in the East Bay
The City Championship
Sixth Annual
Elite 17U Boys’ Basketball Tournament
San Francisco, CA at CCSF
May 17th to 19th, 2013
Hosted By The Bay Area Warriors
Three Game Guarantee
$325 per team
The main gym will be the new state-of-the-art CCSFCommunity Center (Ocean and Phelan) that has three regulation full-courts side by side by side
For information or to secure a spot please contact;
Randy Bessolo
(415) 418-4568
