Cal States has come and passed for the boys and girls from the great state of California. It was a great tournament. Filled with Cinderella teams, great spirit, sweet layout D's, and smiles across every kids face, except for the boys from Thousand Oaks.
Two open (no women) teams from Pasadena and Thousand Oaks made the trip up to Pleasanton for the California Youth State Championship. Both teams made it to the semifinals, coming out of know where with athleticism and height to de-rail all of the teams from the bay area. The two favorites in the tournament, Castro Valley Redhand and Alameda (ACLC) Darkmeat, showed no sign of letting anyone have hope of an upset. They both went 3-0 in pool play. Darkmeat however did barely beat the boys from Thousand Oaks: 10-8.
Foothill, Berkeley and South Pasadena all went 2-1 in the same pool. Which made a nice boring game of point differential. The worst way to figure out placing; South Pasadena got 1st in there pool.
After sunday had finished itself out. It was down to Darkmeat v. Redhand. In a game that everyone saw coming. Alameda took an early lead, 3-1, and continued. The game was not as epic as most thought it would be, but there were a lot of skilled players on the field and the college scene in the bay area is about to get a lot better. A lot of seniors coming out of the Redhand and Darkmeat team.
It looks like Redhand will be very thin next year, but Alameda like always has there crop of kids ready to go and take charge in the bay area to take another championship.
The Final Standings:
1. Alameda
2. Castro Valley
T3. South Pasadena
T3. Thousand Oaks
5. Redwood (marin)
6. Menlo-Atherton
7. Gunn
8. Foothill
9. Kirby
10. Berkeley
11. Granada (I'm proud of you guys and gals)
12. San Ramon
13. Miramonte
14. York
15. Redwood B
16. Alameda B
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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