Crush In The Valley Saturday Recap

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PH NorCal spent Saturday at Contra Costa College taking in the 10th Annual Crush In the Valley. The event started on Friday with prep school teams playing. Saturday was a 9 game slate with two prep school games, and 7 regular high school. Rosemary Anderson from Oregon, Dream City Christian From AZ, Albuquerque Prep from New Mexico, and the host Prolific Prep. Millennium from Arizona was also a participant. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Final Score and Standouts for 9 games</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 <strong>St. Mary's, Albany 85, Fortune Early 52</strong><br>[player_tooltip player_id='2352720' first='Donovan' last='Mikel'] 6'6 2027 Wing/Forward was outstanding player of the game with 24pts, 8r, 2a,2s, 2b. [player_tooltip player_id='2562277' first='Julian' last='Henderson'] 6'2 2027 G/W had 15pts, 5r.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fortune Early's top scorer was <strong>Kaden Bean</strong> a 5'9 2025 Guard had 21pts, 5-3's. <strong>Augustus Marweigh</strong> 6'0 2025 G, 12pts 8r.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 <strong>Albuquerque Prep </strong>recorded a victory over <strong>Rosemary Anderson</strong> from Oregon 81-80 in a prep school matchup. Player of the game was <strong>Christian Gilliland </strong>a 6'2 2025 Guard from Albuquerque was the days top scorer with 35pts. <strong>Brandon Mason Jr</strong> had 17pts, 4r,2a,2s. Rosemary Prep's top player was <strong>Hunter Carter </strong>a 6'3 Guard headed to Hawaii dropped 24pts, 9r, 5a, 2s. <strong>Shabol Barksdale</strong> a 6'5 prospect from Sacramento contributed 14pts, 14r, 4a.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 <strong>Bishop O'Dowd</strong> handed<strong> Benicia </strong>a 73-40 loss. [player_tooltip player_id='1572945' first='Josh' last='Green'] 6'1 2025 SG was named player of the game. Green from O'Dowd had 19pts, 5 made 3ptrs. , while <strong>Nas Griffin </strong>6'3 2026 F, chipped in with 13pts, 3r, 2a, 2s. [player_tooltip player_id='2406862' first='Ayden' last='Thompson'] 6'7 2025 Forward of Benicia led his team with 12pts, 5 rebs, [player_tooltip player_id='2615774' first='Zach' last='Barnes'] contributed 8pt.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 4 <strong>Redwood, Larkspur, </strong>held on to beat <strong>Moreau Catholic </strong>54-50. [player_tooltip player_id='1384451' first='Semetri' last='Carr'] 6'1 2025 Guard, and Cal commit was player of the game with 22pts, 14r, 5a, 3b, 2s. [player_tooltip player_id='1574746' first='Tyler' last='White'] 6'5 2025 SG/W10pts. Moreau was led by UOP commit [player_tooltip player_id='2503068' first='Kellen' last='Hampton'] 6'6 G/W, 15pts, 9r. [player_tooltip player_id='2136794' first='Isaiah' last='Clendinen'] a 5'10 2027 PG scored 11pts, with 4 assists.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 5 <strong>Clovis North </strong>took down <strong>Vanden </strong>69-49. <strong>Mckae Amundsen</strong> 5'9 2026 Guard was named player of the game paced CN with 23pts, 4-3ptrs. <strong>Elias Gish </strong>6'6 2026 a rising prospect from the Fresno Area scored 18pts, with 4-3's. [player_tooltip player_id='1703089' first='James' last='Carraway'] . 6'4 2026 Guard, had 16pts for Vanden</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 6 <strong>Millennium </strong>from Arizona defeated <strong>Destiny Christian</strong> 79-62. <strong>Kingston Tosi </strong>6'6 W/F was named player of the game. The Utah State commit was the games top scorer with 30pts coming in different ways. [player_tooltip player_id='2473949' first='Jayden' last='Valdez'] Destiny Christians Unsigned 6'3 Senior guard had 18pts, while rising forward 6'6 2026 <strong>Mohamed Kamara </strong>15pts played a good all around game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 7 <strong>Prolific Prep, Dream City Christian (AZ)</strong> was the top Prep game of the day Pro Prep took down Dream City 69-52. [player_tooltip player_id='2703014' first='Obinna' last='Ekezie Jr']. 10pts, 11rebs, 5b was player of the game. <strong>Ekezie </strong>is arguably the best 2027 prospect in the country with a #3 Ranking Nationally. One can't ignore <strong>Darryn Petersons</strong> display of basketball. The Kansas commit led all scores with 27pts, 3r, 3a, 3s. <strong>Ikenna Alozie </strong>6'4 2026 power guard of Dream City contributed 19pts, 13rebs, 4a, 4s.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 8 St. <strong>Joseph from Santa Maria, and Salesian College Prep </strong>was the marquee match up for regular high school teams. [player_tooltip player_id='1630616' first='Tounde' last='Yessoufou'] 6'5 Baylor commit, soon to be California's #1 scorer in total points for a career, was named player of the game. He's clearly one of the toughest player for any NorCal team to defend when he goes to the block. Salesian College Prep battled back to take a brief lead in the 3rd quarter before St. Joseph regained control to finish with a 76-67 Victory. [player_tooltip player_id='1956462' first='Julius' last='Price'] the 6'3 2026 underrated guard had 16pts, 8a, with 3 rebounds. For Salesian College Prep two top 2026 prospects [player_tooltip player_id='1703096' first='Elias' last='Obenyah'] 6'4 Guard, and [player_tooltip player_id='1707503' first='Carlton' last='Perrilliat'] both scored 20pts to pace the Pride.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 9 In what was the final game of the day<strong> Weston Ranch</strong> ran past <strong>St. Patrick-St. Vincent </strong>70-50. [player_tooltip player_id='1574796' first='Damien' last='Rease'] 6'2 2025 Guard was named player of the game with 12pts, while 6'5 2025 Forward [player_tooltip player_id='1384450' first='Darrion' last='Lilly'] continues his consistent play led all scorers with 14pts. For St. Pats guard <strong>Christian Trusclair</strong> a 6'2 prospect had 13pts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->