Riki’s RUHS team finished an uneven Swish tournament this weekend with an 18-16 offensively-challenged victory over St. Mary’s of Inglewood this afternoon at University High School in Irvine. Riki hit the game winning 3-pointer with 10 seconds left.
Riki had an 11-pt game yesterday in a 17-point loss to the Arizona Fire club team. Included in her 3 for 3 3-point shooting day was a shot from beyond half-court at the buzzer ending the first half. Swish!
RUHS defeated Mercadel, another club team, by 15 on Friday night but lost earlier in the day to a club team from the Bay Area.
RUHS split two games on Wednesday during its summer league, defeating Harvard-Westlake and losing to Serra (Inglewood). These two games followed their early morning flight back from Portland where they took their share of lumps en route to an 0-3 performance in the End of the Oregon Trail national tournament’s Gold bracket. Along the way, they lost to teams from Minnesota, Seattle and the Bay Area.
RUHS continues playing tomorrow and Wednesday in their summer league before traveling on Thursday for the San Diego Classic tournament. Their first game is Thursday at 6 p.m. at Alliant University versus San Diego Mater Dei.
On a side note, Riki was named to the 10th Grade Southern California squad for the annual North/South game for Japanese American and Asian players from N. and S. California. We will travel up to Pleasanton, CA on August 1-3 for the games.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
End of the Oregon Trail
Dear Friends:
We’re off to Oregon today for the “End of the Oregon Trail” tournament that starts on Sunday. Riki’s Redondo team is playing as the “Redondo Hawks” in the Gold Division at this mostly club/travel team tournament. You can follow the Gold bracket at http://www.eotbasketball.com/brackets/allstar/gold.htm. Their first game in Sunday morning at 9 a.m.
We’re not expecting much from Redondo as they will be starting 4 sophomores (including Riki at point) and one junior, but it is exciting to go to a national caliber tournament like we have the past three summers (there are teams from up and down the west coast - and beyond like Michigan and Iowa - and even Alaska and Hawai’i). In particular, we will be trying to take in some Platinum and Diamond bracket games which will feature some of the best teams/players in the nation. This is a tournament where players get “noticed” by colleges.
Christine and I are tagging along for a mini-vacation without the task of driving a team van or having to hang-out with the team (for which Riki is glad, I’m sure).
Once back, we head down to OC for a tournament next weekend and then down to San Diego for another big tournament: the San Diego Classic. Squeeze in Redondo league games on Monday and Wednesday and we’ll be hearing basketballs dribbling and sneakers squeaking in our sleep.
It’s all very exciting…
We’re off to Oregon today for the “End of the Oregon Trail” tournament that starts on Sunday. Riki’s Redondo team is playing as the “Redondo Hawks” in the Gold Division at this mostly club/travel team tournament. You can follow the Gold bracket at http://www.eotbasketball.com/brackets/allstar/gold.htm. Their first game in Sunday morning at 9 a.m.
We’re not expecting much from Redondo as they will be starting 4 sophomores (including Riki at point) and one junior, but it is exciting to go to a national caliber tournament like we have the past three summers (there are teams from up and down the west coast - and beyond like Michigan and Iowa - and even Alaska and Hawai’i). In particular, we will be trying to take in some Platinum and Diamond bracket games which will feature some of the best teams/players in the nation. This is a tournament where players get “noticed” by colleges.
Christine and I are tagging along for a mini-vacation without the task of driving a team van or having to hang-out with the team (for which Riki is glad, I’m sure).
Once back, we head down to OC for a tournament next weekend and then down to San Diego for another big tournament: the San Diego Classic. Squeeze in Redondo league games on Monday and Wednesday and we’ll be hearing basketballs dribbling and sneakers squeaking in our sleep.
It’s all very exciting…
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