7th grade drops both tournament games

The 7th grade lost 35-19 in the CYO tournament championship game.

After a close first half, the other team got hot in the second half and ran away with it, hitting several 3 pointers.

In the night cap, the boys blew a halftime 20-13 halftime lead in the Flame Tournament and lost 35-28. They are eliminated with the loss.

About half of the 7th grade team including Jason H., Jonathan and Allen all did not play in either game.

Makeshift 7th grade team pulls off a win

With more than half of the regular 7th grade team on vacation, a team of Jason L., Justin, Spencer, Adam, Jia Jun and 6th grader Ethan won the first round of the Flame Tournament 33-20.

Justin scored a career high 10 points in the win and his Mom Wing is ecstatic.

Jia Jun added 4 points in his basketball debut.

They will play in an elimination game tomorrow night at 8 p.m. also at St. Ignatius.

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Boys Basketball Schedules

Instead of pasting the schedules, I will instead go with just text so it's easier to make changes as they happen.

**ALL SCHEDULES AS OF JANUARY 16, 2014**

3RD/4TH GRADE
December 7, 12 p.m. @ Mission Dolores
December 12, 7 p.m. @ St. Emydius
January 5, 1 p.m. @ Mission Dolores
January 8, 6 p.m. @ Mission Dolores
January 13, 8 p.m. @ CYO Serramonte
January 18, 12 p.m. @ St. Thomas More
January 26, 4 p.m. @ St. Emydius
January 27, 7 p.m. @ CYO Serramonte

5TH GRADE
December 6, 6 p.m. @ SVDP
December 7, 1 p.m @ Herbert Center
December 13, 5 p.m. @ St. Emydius
January 10, 7 p.m. @ Holy Name
January 12, 12 p.m. @ FAIS
January 18, 9 a.m. @ CYO Serramonte
January 25, 1 p.m. @ St. Brendan
February 1, 10 a.m. @ St. Emydius

6TH GRADE
December 7, 3 p.m. @ St. Emydius
December 13, 8 p.m. @ Mission Dolores
December 14, 11 a.m. @ West Portal
January 11, 6 p.m. @ St. Emydius
January 17, 6 p.m. @ Mission Dolores
January 18, 4 p.m. @ St. Brendan
January 24, 5 p.m. @ CYO Serramonte   ***NEW
February 1, 10 a.m. @ Mission Dolores

7TH GRADE
December 8, 3 p.m. @ Ryan Seacrest School
December 13, 6 p.m. @ Ben Franklin Gym
December 19, 7 p.m. @ Mission Dolores
January 4, 12 p.m. @ St. Emydius
January 10, 5 p.m. @ St. Peter Pacifica
January 18, 12 p.m. @ Holy Name
January 25, 11 a.m. @ St. Emydius
February 1, 4 p.m. @ St. Emydius

8TH GRADE
December 6, 8 p.m. @ St. Stephen
December 13, 6 p.m. @ St. Emydius
December 20, 7 p.m. @ St. Emydius
January 4, 4 p.m. @ St. Emydius
January 12, 4 p.m. @ FAIS
January 17, 7:30 p.m. @ West Portal
January 24, 5:15 p.m. @ St. Gabriel ***NEW
February 1, 12 p.m. @ Star of the Sea

7TH/8TH GRADE
December 13, 6 p.m. @ CYO Serramonte
December 15, 3:30 p.m. @ St. Ignatius
December 20, 8 p.m. @ St. Cecilia
January 5, 3 p.m. @ St. Stephen
January 10, 8 p.m. @ St. Peter Pacifica
January 19, 5 p.m. @ St. Ignatius
January 24, 5 p.m. @ Holy Name ***NEW
January 31, 8 p.m. @ St. Emydius

5th grade drops final tourney game

The 5th grade lost their final game of the preseason CYO tournament Wednesday night and went winless in all three games.

They did play in the upper division due to a CYO scheduling conflict.

4th quarter run propels 7th graders

A 10-0 4th quarter run aided the 7th grade in a 54-45 win Tuesday night at CYO Serramonte.

They will play Saturday for the tournament championship.

The trio of Jason L., Jonathan and Michael combined to score all the points with Jason leading the way with 24. Jonathan chipped in with 18 and Michael scored 12 points.

With just a three point lead early in the 4th quarter, Jonathan hit two straight 3 pointers and then another jumper for eight straight, which pretty much put the game away.

The 7th graders led from start to finish.

High School Football Championship Set

Last Thursday, for the first time, I had the opportunity to go out and shoot a high school football game. This is a lot different than standing in the corner of a gym for CYO games.

The camera for one, is a tad bigger, and cost thousands of dollars.

And this time, if I screwed up, it wouldn't be, "Oh well, we just won't have that shot for the blog." Instead, we would not have anything for our newscast.

Luckily, it turned out pretty well. You can watch the sportscast below and be the judge for yourself as well as some of the other highlights.

Pretty cool experience.

Be sure to pay attention to the newscast. I captured a very special moment of the Lincoln team singing their school hymn. Very cool. I should've joined in the singing...