CIF NorCal Regional DI Final: King’s Academy vs Folsom Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tuesday March 10, the CIF NorCal Regional DI Championship takes place in Folsom CA. #9 King's Academy vs #3 Folsom. The winner will play in the CIF DI State Championship game on March 13, at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento CA. against the SoCal winner St.John Bosco or Damien.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>#3 Folsom 28-6 vs #9 King's Academy 26-4</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>KIng's Academy is 9-3 on the road, Folsom is 14-1 at home.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Folsom played in in the SJS Division I, lost in the semifinals to Sheldon 72-65. Placed in Division I as a 3 seed</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>King's Academy played in the CCS Open Division Pool went 2-1 lost to Archbishop Riordan 77-46. Placed in Division I as a 9 seed.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Last Year</strong>:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Folsom was in the Open Division, lost in the semifinal round to De La Salle 47-38.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>King's Academy played in the 2025 CIF State Final Division IV Championship Game losing to San Gabriel 52-51.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Prospects:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Folsom: <br>[player_tooltip player_id='1707490' first='Joven' last='Dulay'] 6'4 SG averaging 16.7 pts, 5 rebs, is committed to Idaho St.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2967475' first='Alec' last='Day'] 6'4 G/F, 8.9pt, 4 rebs, 3a, is committed to Menlo College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2059712' first='Jack' last='Shull'] 6'4 SG, 14.2pts, 4.3 rebs, 2.6 stls, is committed to Southern Oregon</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Scott Nardelli 6'2 SG.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>King's Academy:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2710103' first='Claxton' last='Ladine'] 6'4 SG averaging 16.7pts, 5.3 rebs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1826998' first='Xavier' last='Barnett'] 6'1 Guard averaging 13.9pts, 6.4 rebs, 4.1</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2352692' first='Adrian' last='Barnett'] 6'4 Jr Forward, 9.9pts, 5.1 rebs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Notebook: </strong>NorCal's top ranked prospects in the Class of 2028 will play in this game: Both prospects have multiple Division I offers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 [player_tooltip player_id='2484356' first='Boss' last='Mhoon'] a 6'5 G/F/W from King's Academy, 13.6pts, 6.1 rebs, 3.1a 2.7stls</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#2 [player_tooltip player_id='2484218' first='Parks' last='Weaver'] 6'3 Guard for Folsom, 14.6 rebs, 4rebs, 3.1a</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Names To Know</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Folsom</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2879175' first='Will' last='Hakes'] 6'4 2027 W/F</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3149927' first='Jax' last='Kelly'] 6'0 2026 CG</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2879174' first='Kellen' last='Garcia'] 6'6 2027 F/C</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2879170' first='Shaan' last='Dulay'] 6'4 2027 Guard</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>King's Academy</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3551365' first='Nathan' last='Hong'] 5'11 Sr. CG</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2873106' first='Hezekiah' last='Sires'] 6'5 So. Forward</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2894463' first='Scotty' last='Beamish'] Jr. 6'2 Freshman Guard</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->