Friday, March 1, 2024

CYBA 2024 Playoff Madness Begins in Earnest


Mon.-Thur., February 26-29, 2024

Just another sports week in peaceful Camarillo with some really good news on the Las Vegas sports front as well . . .

Grandson Kevin representing his
Las Vegas team in an Orange County
tournament last Summer

We received word on Monday night from his proud parents that Kevin, a 6th grader, had tried out for the Boys 6th-7th-8th Grade Soccer Team at his middle school.

He was still on the roster after the first round of cuts, no small feat in a mega-sized middle school comprised of a whopping 1,700 students.

We are optimistic that he'll make it through the final rounds of roster trimming while facing the long odds vs. the older, more mature 7th and 8th graders.

Go Kevin, GO!

Yes indeed, we had another great
lunch at Ruby's on Tuesday

Wednesday night Mary warmed up
at Camarillo H.S. to start a night
of Camarillo Cosmos Track practice

Jacob on his first Long Jump try

The CYBA Grade 6 Basketball Playoffs
started on Thursday night

Round 1 of the double elimination tournament featured Jacob's Orange club (5-3, #3 seed) vs. the Bruins (2-6, #6 seed) team at the Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts gymnasium.

Jacob checking in to start the game

As always, lots of running was involved

It is physical down low

Defending is his role . . .

. . . he is getting paid the big bucks
for his rebounding abilities

Double teaming the ball

Challenging a layup

He shoots, he
SCORES!

At long last, Jacob's first bucket of the season.

Back to the dirty work

Battling for another carrom

Not to be denied the ball

Fighting for position

Anticipating his leap

He brought down another rebound . . .

. . . and started a fast break

Getting another errant Bruins shot
 
At the Charity Stripe

FINAL SCORE
#3 Orange (6-3) - 38
#6 Bruins (2-7) - 30

It was a solid win for the Orange who never trailed at any point during the game.

Up next for the Orange is a Saturday afternoon game against the winner of last night's Trojans (5-3, #2 seed) vs. Boilermakers (2-6, #7 seed) game that was played after the Orange's win.

On to other news . . .

Laurie still faces this problem daily

Philippe's is one of Los Angeles'
most iconic dining spot

Bring back those face masks!

That is the Los Angeles Rams #35 RB, Paul "Tank" Younger, toting the rock against the San Francisco 49ers in 1955.

The Murcia Cobras have a Serie B
game in Spain this weekend

The 1-2 Cobras are in need of a victory on Saturday at home against the 2-1 Valencia Giants.

The entire Serie B schedule for
this weekend

Our old friends, the Guadalajara Stings (2-1) travel on Saturday to face the Telde Canes (2-1).

The ELF is gearing up for their
fourth season of operation

Meanwhile in football tournament news . . .

A South American Men's Tournament

In November, clubs from four nations will meet in Mendoza, Argentina for what should be an interesting set of games. 

The four teams that are invited to play are:
Paraguay's Black Dragons
Argentina's Sudaca
Costa Rica's Sharks
Chile's Chiguayante Nativos

Mendoza, Argentina is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range about a six hour drive east of Chile's capital city of Santiago.

Road trip anyone?

Reading Is FUNdamental!

As it turns out, the Nazis were not at
all like the fun loving group depicted in the
old Hogan's Heroes TV show of the 1960s

WHAT A WATCH!

I want one.

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