Gridley Tournament Day 2 Recap

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 70th Annual GIBT is under way in Gridley CA. PH NorCal is here for Day 2, and 3. The tourney began on Thursday and will end Saturday with the Championship game. 8 teams, Clovis North, Clayton Valley, Archbishop Riordan, Branson, Salesian Prep, Destiny Christian San Ramon Valley, and the host Gridley. Here's a recap from Friday games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Game 1: Clayton Valley 73, Branson 39</strong><br>Clayton Valley led from the start, then coasted to victory against a young Branson team. Clayton Valley was led by Elijah Perryman. A 6'3 guard headed to Utah St. He had 22 points, 9 rebounds. Branson's [player_tooltip player_id='1707443' first='Chase' last='Robertson'] 6'5 2026 wing scored 16 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Game 2: Destiny Christian 59, Gridley 36</strong><br>Destiny Christian had no problems running through Gridley. [player_tooltip player_id='2473949' first='Jayden' last='Valdez'] 6'3 2025 guard scored his 1000th career point led all scorers with 13 points. Gridley's top scorer Luis Murillo, a 5'10 2025 Guard, put up 11 points</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Game 3: Archbishop Riordan 54, Clovis North 52</strong><br>It doesn't matter who plays Clovis North, you can expect to be pushed to the limit. This team doesn't beat it self. Clovis North took a half-time lead 27-24. Riordan got the wake up call, tightened its defense, found some mismatches late in the game to get the victory over a battle tested Clovis North. <strong>Loukas Jones</strong> a 6'3 Unsigned Senior dropped 4-3's for 17 points, <strong>Elias Gish </strong>the rising and still growing 6'7 2026 Forward had 3-3's for 11pts. <strong>McKae Amundsen </strong>2026 had 15pts. Riordan Led a balanced attack with 3 scorers in double figures. <strong>Nes Emeneke </strong>6'10 2025 Center scored 15 points, [player_tooltip player_id='1384447' first='Jasir' last='Rencher'] (Texas A&amp;M) and [player_tooltip player_id='1702936' first='Andrew' last='Hilman'] had 11 points apiece.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Game 4: Salesian College Prep 70, San Ramon Valley 68</strong><br>[player_tooltip player_id='1703096' first='Elias' last='Obenyah'] 6'5 2026 guard (23 points)powered his way in, missed, got his own rebound for a put back 2 at the buzzer to pull out the victory after trailing most of the game. [player_tooltip player_id='1384452' first='Mason' last='Thomas'] a 5'10 2025 guard put together a quality game. He did a good job running the offense, he scored 13 points. [player_tooltip player_id='1530585' first='Luke' last='Isaak'], [player_tooltip player_id='1572968' first='Thomas' last='Conley'] both scored 15 points for San Ramon Valley. Salesian got 19 points from rising 2026 [player_tooltip player_id='1707503' first='Carlton' last='Perrilliat'], and 17 from Yale commit [player_tooltip player_id='1140161' first='Alvin' last='Loving'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Championship Saturday Games</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1: 2PM: Branson vs Gridley<br>Game 2: 3:30 PM: Clayton Valley vs Destiny Christian<br>Game 3: 5:00 PM: San Ramon Valley vs Clovis North<br>Game 4: 6:30 PM: Archbishop Riordan vs Salesian College Prep</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->