SoCalHoops Non-Recruiting News
SoCalHoops Non-Recruiting News
Upcoming Local News, Notes,
Media Stuff & More--(Sept. 18, 2002)
This is just a bunch of miscellaneous hoops stuff we've picked up over the past few days.....Most of it will not be of any interest to those who follow high school and college hoops or recruiting, but what the heck, we have a lot of very diverse interests here on SoCalHoops.....
Oxnard & Santa Clara Alumni Tournament-- From the LA Times, we learn that a basketball tournament between the alumni of Oxnard and Santa Clara high schools will be held Sept. 28 as one of Oxnard's centennial events. The tournament will consist of games for three age divisions: 40 and older, 30 to 39 years and 18 to 29 years. Basketball alumni from both schools are invited to play. The tournament is from 6 to 9 p.m. at Santa Clara's Friedrich Pavilion, 2121 Saviers Road, Oxnard. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for students. Children 12 and under are free. For details about the tournament or centennial sporting events, call Richard Arias at 385-7998.
Looking for a place to play in Rancho Cucagmonga? The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin on 9/13 reported that the Rancho Cucamonga Family Sports Center, 9059 San Bernardino Road, offers drop-in open court basketball from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 7 to 9:45 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, A monthly pass may be purchased for $1.25 to $7.50 for players 17 and younger, $27.50 to $37.50 for adults, plus A $5 fee for non-residents. Information: (909) 477-2785.
Big West Conference Radio. Broadcasts of some Big West Conference basketball games, as well as some D-II Cal Poly Pomona games this season will be heard as far away as Corona this season on radio station KWRM (1370 AM), which by day features foreign-language programming, but which by night recently launched a sports programming block in the evening. The sports block includes a two-hour Big West show Tuesday nights (6:30-8:30 p.m.), according to Long Beach Press-Telegram Columnist Bob Kiesser, who reported on the Big West media news in his September 13, 2002 column. According to Keisser, Mark Roberts, who does play-by-play for UC Irvine basketball and baseball, and Rob Bruska, a Long Beach resident who is the voice for the same two sports at Cal State Fullerton, are the co-sports directors for the station and co-hosts of the show. While basketball is the obvious primary topic, it will also feature segments on other sports. In addition to hosting the Big West show, Roberts and Bruska also co-host a high school/college show on Wednesdays. KWRM is the home for Fullerton and UC Irvine basketball and baseball, and Cal Poly Pomona will also broadcast a dozen Friday night basketball games this season.
Some Local Youth League Stuff....
We think most of the youth league stuff which follows came from the Ventura County Star, but some of it could have come from the Daily News....who remembers anymore? Anyway, we collected some news which pertains mostly to Ventura County, Simi, San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys....
The Newbury Park Basketball Association will register players for the winter season at Borchard Park on Saturday and Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Divisions will be for boys and girls in grades 3-12.
The Spartan Basketball Club is registering boys and girls in grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. Practices will start the first week in October. All players are welcome and there will be no cuts. Practices will be in Newbury Park. Information: 901-7157.
The County Wide [Ventura] All-Stars will accept registration for personal instruction and development of basketball players. Information: 901-7157.
The Simi Valley Rebels, a boys' 13-under team, will hold tryouts for the fall season. The Rebels will be joining a league that runs from Sept. 28 to Nov. 16. Games will be
The Ventura Galaxy will hold tryouts for girls in grades 6-8 Thursday and Sept. 23 and 26. Information: Sam Triana at 654-8487.played on Saturdays. Information: Ken Zabel at 582-1302.
Newhall Varsity Academy: According to
Chris Cocoles at the Daily News, Master's College coach Dan Waldeck, with the help of
other Mustangs coaches, is starting a new basketball academy in the area with the
intention of improving local basketball players - on and off the court. The first
Varsity Academy meeting is Sunday at 2 p.m. at Bross Gym on The Master's campus. The
academy is open to boys and girls ages 9-18. Anyone can stop by on Sunday and get a
glimpse. Waldeck is the cross-country coach, but was previously an assistant women's
basketball coach at The Master's, and will be assisted in the Academy by Brian Holsinger
and by Master's head coach Ken Sugarman. For information, call Dan Waldeck at (661)
799-4980 or (661) 406-0607. He can be reached by e-mail at dan@nbccamps.com . There is
also
a Varsity Academy Web site (www.varsityacademy.com) with details of a planned
September-July program.
High School Hoops.....Pictures, Pictures, Pictures.....
While perusing some old issues of the Ventura County Star online, we discovered that they've got some great photos taken by the staff photographers for that paper from last season (2001-02). These photos are all archived into separate slideshows and can be found at this link (a general link, in case you are interested also in seeing photos of prep baseball, football, etc)... The general link is fine if you want to search for basketball photos yourself by date, but we'll make it easy for you....Here are the links with photos only of basketball action from last year, which can still be retrieved...There's no telling how long they will remain online, so if you're interested in archiving them for your own personal files, you'd better go check them out while they're still available:
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