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SoCalHoops Tournament News

Mel Goode Yuba City Tourney:
Upland Wins It--(Dec. 20, 1999)

We obviously weren't up in Yuba City, but some of our friends were, including the guys from Upland High School, who won the tournament. We don't have all of the game details, but we can give you a general overview of what happened and how Upland performed, and which other teams won and lost. The Championship game in this tournament was played Saturday, December 18, and we just got the report late last night. Here's the recap:

Championship Game
Upland 65 - Berkeley 60-- Sheldon Pace, who was named the MVP of the tournament had 14 ponts and 11 assists in the game. Kirk Snyder, who was selected to the All-Tournament team had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Prentice Harris had 9 points, 6 steals and got one of those steals with just 30 seconds remaining and Upland holding on to just a two point lead; he managed to pass up to Pace, who hit a layup which gave Upland the game. Berkeley, which had entered the game with an 8-0 record, including a huge win over defending Division I State Champion Oakland Fremont, played a great game.

To get there, here's what Upland had to do in the first rounds:

Thursday 12/16
Upland 72 - St. Mary's Stockton 57
Other Games:
Will C Wood beat Carson City Nev.
Bellarmine Prep beat Elk Grove
Berkeley beat Yuba City

Friday 12/17
Semifinals
Upland 78 - Vacaville Will C. Wood 52 (Kyle Bechler hit a tournament record 7, and shot 7-8 from three point range)
Berkeley 64 - Bellarmine Prep 57
Consolation
St. Mary's beat Carson City
Elk Grove beat Yuba city

Saturday12/18
3rd place
Bellarmine beat Will C. Wood
Consolation
Yuba City beat Carson City (Mamo Rafiq is a great point guard for Yuba City; he's signed with Idaho State)
St. Mary's beat Elk Grove for Cons Champ