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RE: Capital City League

Gordon Gottschalk — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:56:52 GMT

I talked to rawdawg and he said my prediction was not flawed because it is all MP2's fault.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:51:00 GMT

Gordon Gottschalk (6/25/2009)

I know I'm going out on a limb here, but I am highly confident that he (Sean Jones) will have more rebounds and blocked shots in 09-10, than he did in 08-09.

Bump

RE: Capital City League

Gordon Gottschalk — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:44:55 GMT

DUBulldog (11/25/2009)

Gordon Gottschalk (6/25/2009)

Dawg_tired (6/25/2009)

Mecha_Bulldog (6/24/2009)

[quote]Gordon Gottschalk (6/24/2009)

I'm in the minority on this board, but I think SJ has improved.

I don't think enough people have seen Jones play this summer for you to be in the minority on anything.

Once we have statistically significant scouting, he'll be like a Republican at an Obama worship service.

We are talking about "improvement", not "production." There are no significant statistics that measure footwork improvement, understanding where to set up, etc. The closest stats would be rebounds and blocked shots since these are probably the most closely related by-products of improved footwork and positioning. I know I'm going out on a limb here, but I am highly confident that he will have more rebounds and blocked shots in 09-10, than he did in 08-09.

That's not looking like a sure thing right now. [/quote]

He got a rebound against Upper Iowa.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:18:29 GMT

Gordon Gottschalk (6/25/2009)

Dawg_tired (6/25/2009)

Mecha_Bulldog (6/24/2009)

Gordon Gottschalk (6/24/2009)

I'm in the minority on this board, but I think SJ has improved.

I don't think enough people have seen Jones play this summer for you to be in the minority on anything.

Once we have statistically significant scouting, he'll be like a Republican at an Obama worship service.

That's not looking like a sure thing right now.

RE: Capital City League

Dawg_tired — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:46:57 GMT

Sean Jones didn't win anything? What a travesty.

RE: Capital City League

Keita44 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:37:39 GMT

Terrible article about the league championship on the Rag website.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090712/SPORTS/90712010

I would hope a summer intern could have written something better than that.

RE: Capital City League

Mecha_Bulldog — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:23:36 GMT

Granite is making a comeback, but they might be in too deep of a hole to recover. If MOHA wins, I don't know who would get the MVP. Palo?

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:21:19 GMT

Mecha_Bulldog (7/12/2009)

Looks like it's Young's team vs. Hawley and Jones' team in the final.

When I left at halftime, it was MOHA (Hawley, Jones) 71, Granite (Young, Wiseler, Duff) 41.

MOHA had started the season 1-6 with Diante Garrett.....then Garrett got hurt, and they didn't lose the rest of the way.

RE: Capital City League

Mecha_Bulldog — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:46:15 GMT

Looks like it's Young's team vs. Hawley and Jones' team in the final.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:54:12 GMT

Two games tonight.....

CIO (White, Smith, Wedel) blew out Peak (Van Deest, Uhlenhopp, Heemskerk)

MOHA (Jones, Hawley, Grant) beat YMCA (Templeton) by 3.

I didn't see the first game, so no idea how anybody looked.

In game 2, Hawley looked real good, probably had 20+ points, including 4 or 5 3-pointers. He also hit both end of a 1 and 1 with about 15 seconds left and his team up 3. Jones barely played. Templeton hit three 3's very early, then hardly touched the ball the rest of the game. He did hit a big 3 with less than a minute left to cut the lead to 1. Interesting that MOHA was 1-6 when Diante Garrett was there, and are now 2-0 without him. He's a dominating scorer in this league, but I think he dominates the ball too much.

On Sunday, it's CIO vs Granite (Young, Simons, Wiseler) in one semi-final and Coke (Emmenecker, Calvin, Clarke, Eaddy, Baryenbruch) vs MOHA in the other. I personally think Granire and CIO are the two best teams in the league, so I think the winner of that game will win it all. Games start at 5:30 at Valley High School.

RE: Capital City League

4Bulldogs — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:44:35 GMT

Friday’s playoff games will feature Peak Performance vs. Capital City Orthopaedics at 6:45 p.m. and YMCA vs. MOHA at 8 p.m. There will be no 5:30 game. Site is the Valley High gym.

Sunday, July 12 at Valley High School: 5:30—Semifinal game; 6:45—Semifinal game; 8:00—Championship game.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:13:14 GMT

Overview of yesterday's games....

link

I did not see any coaches there.

Playoffs start at 6:45 tomorrow (Friday)....semi-finals and finals will be on Sunday.

RE: Capital City League

Keita44 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:43:21 GMT

SVD will have to start (out of a lack of viable big men). He won't be a great player this year, but will not hurt us. He is a solid player, even as a freshman. As long as he can rebound and alter some shots in the paint, we will be fine.

Simons or Hawley (depending on who coach likes more) will be starting. Simons right now looks to be the option, but there is still a lot of time left before games, lot of change could happen. Depending on how AT looks (if he goes on a shooting slump), we could get a lineup with both starting. Both are very good for freshmen.

RE: Capital City League

Drakey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:03:57 GMT

I finally got to see some games. To me Smith looks like he could be a good player, but it is going to require him to completely scrap his shot and start over. I saw him take one outside shot and his form was ridiculous. He can pass and drive. Kinda Nick Grantish right now.

Simons looks like he can do everything well except maybe rebound. Looks to me like he has the potential to be a 15-20 ppg player if he develops as expected. He didn't get the ball much.

Hawley looked OK, but not ready to contribute. Jones was the same, but he's way too skinny still. Uhenhopp looked OK, but not ready to play significant minutes. Wedel, Wiesler and Van Deest were no shows.

Will Simons and Van Deest have to start?

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:13:08 GMT

Drake player stats from the Register:

Uhlenhopp.....19 points
Smith......18 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists
Emmenecker.....2 points, 9 assists
Calvin......26 points, 10 rebounds
Grant.....16 points
Hawley......4 points
Jones.....2 points, 2 assists
Young.....33 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists
Houston.....9 points
Simons.....10 points
Wiseler.....0 points

Looks like there were a lot of Drake guys who weren't there.

This is the last week of games. Regular games on Wednesday, 2 playoff games on Friday (3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5), then semi-finals and championships on Sunday.

RE: Capital City League

CharlesW — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:45:59 GMT

Drakey (7/3/2009)

Are there games this weekend?

The original schedule calls for three games at Valley Southwoods starting at 4:30, Sunday, July 5th.

RE: Capital City League

PositiveEnergy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:40:36 GMT

DUBulldog (7/3/2009)

[quote]Gordon Gottschalk (7/3/2009)

That sounds like the Smith I saw. He was very successful in taking the ball to the hole.

Just curious.....was Wiseler the one guarding Smith? If so, that tells me a lot about his defense.[/quote]

Have you watched the league this year? They don't play defense. So it's highly unlikely you can make any judgments on whether someone plays good defense...

RE: Capital City League

Drakey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:51 GMT

Are there games this weekend?

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:06 GMT

Gordon Gottschalk (7/3/2009)

That sounds like the Smith I saw. He was very successful in taking the ball to the hole.

Just curious.....was Wiseler the one guarding Smith? If so, that tells me a lot about his defense.

RE: Capital City League

Gordon Gottschalk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:53:54 GMT

[quote]DUBulldog (7/2/2009)

According to a blogger from the Ames Tribune, here are some of the Drake stats from last night.....
Andre Calvin (ex-Drake) 27 points, 7 rebounds.

Jordan Clarke (Drake) 23 points, 9 rebounds.

Adam Emmenecker (ex-Drake) 4 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals.

Nick Grant (Drake) 18 points, 9 rebounds.

Notes: Emmenecker apparently made it a goal not to shoot the ball (I kid you not), but proved that it’s really an unnecessary part of an overall great game. He’s missed the past few sessions, but Coke could win it all if he sticks around through the rest of the season.

Ben Simons (Drake) 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

David Smith (Drake) 36 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

And Granite point guard Josh Young, from Drake, missed both Sunday and Wednesday’s games, but should be back this weekend.
If it's not a misprint, Smith had a helluva game.
link
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That sounds like the Smith I saw. He was very successful in taking the ball to the hole. In my other post the "hes" did get confusing. You are right. Smith presented problems for Simons. Based on the stats it looks like Simons had many more scoring opportunities in the second half.

I saw AE shoot one shot, a 3 and it went in. When he took it he gave the bench a look and they were all laughing, so it sounds like something must have been going on about his shooting (or lack thereof). And yes, AE looked fabulous. I hope Wiseler is taking notes.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:33:50 GMT

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:50 GMT

Thanks for the input, GG....always enjoy your breakdowns.

Only place I was a little confused.

Gordon Gottschalk (7/2/2009)

Simons: I only saw him for a half and he hardly touched the ball. He was guarded by David Smith and he presented a problem for him the few times he did get it.

Who is "he" that created problems for "him"? Did Smith create problems for Simons, or vice versa?

RE: Capital City League

Keita44 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:07:36 GMT

Stanley should be back soon.

Thanks for the info GG

RE: Capital City League

Gordon Gottschalk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:58:37 GMT

I went to the games last night. I have no idea who beat who or what the scores were because I was watching only the Drake players. Here's what I saw:

Hawley: His team only had six players and he played most of the game. He took a number of shots but few went in. His shot looks good, it just does not consistently fall. He is primarily a base-line type of player. He handles the ball well, sees the floor and looks to drive base line from the wing and will often shoot a 3-4 foot tear drop over the bigs on the drive or pivot away from the defense and shoot a 10-12 foot fade away. He tried posting up a few times, but needs to work on how to establish and hold his position. His base is small and he does not give a good target. He stands too straight so it is easy for a defender to step in front of the passing lane. He also has the high school habit of drifting around the floor instead of moving to spots with strength and purpose so it is easy for him to be guided by the defender. On rebounding, he keeps his hands at his side and waits for the ball to come to him. He also has a tendency to get caught under the basket. These are all things that can be addressed in practice, but I don't see him even close to being a starter ahead of AT.
Jones: He also played lots of minutes. He still has a lot of room for improvement. There are some things that look much better than last year though. He is showing a bit of a nose for the ball on the offensive glass. He anticipates the carom and has decent timing in getting to the rim. He had a nice tip in and a couple of times was right there for the tip if the shot had missed. On the defensive glass, he tries to screen out, but does not use his upper body to keep opponents away from the ball. His hands are soft as well and so lots of balls that he could get are tipped away. He has a nice shooting touch and knocked down a 15 footer from the free throw line when he was left alone. His defensive positioning is improving, but he tends to wave at the ball instead of going up strong to block it. I think he can get to the point where he can give 3-5 backup minutes a half.
Clarke: He is in that "tweener" spot where he is too short to be a big and too slow to be a small. However, the flip side to him presents match up problems for defenders. He is very strong and can mix it up inside. Smaller defenders will struggle with his post up game. He also can take bigs out to the three and if they give him some space he can knock it down. I saw him take advantage of both type of defenders last night. His release tends to be slow, so I think it will be very important for him to develop a quick first step move to get open looks against defenders who are closing out on him at the three.
Van Deest: He is my favorite player this summer. I love his fundamentals. He screens out every single time. Even though the summer league guards rarely pass the ball he sets up in the post and gives a big target every single time. When smalls drive he flashes through the key with both hands giving a target at his chest every time even though no one passes him the ball. When his man tries to slide past him for rebounds, he gets low and puts a body on them every time. I love watching him play. He has a very nice touch. He can knock down open 10-15 footers from the baseline and the free throw line. He has multiple step and up and under moves that can get him close to the rim when there does not appear to be a lane to get there. He passes well out of the post. He does not have a one-step quick power move and needs to develop this. He also uses his hands too much on defense. He sets up well initially, but as his man makes his move he tends to put his hand on the guy's back and extend his arm. He'll get lots of holding and pushing fouls if he keeps this up. He needs to get closer to his man when the ball enters the post and use his forearm and upper body to hold his position. The coaches will work with him on all of this. I think the 5 is going to be in good hands the next four years.
Simons: I only saw him for a half and he hardly touched the ball. He was guarded by David Smith and he presented a problem for him the few times he did get it. Smith took away open looks from the 3 and Simons struggled to drive the two times he tried. He let the ball get too high in his dribble and too far away from his body so it was stolen both times. Good learning opportunity because the Valley is full of this kind of defender.
Smith: He played a lot of point and showed some nice driving ability. He goes strong to the hole and can get a shot off against bigs. He also likes to rebound. In Dr. T's system, I can see him being used a lot of ways. I don't know where Coach P sees him.
Wiseler: He sees the floor and delivers the ball. He had a number of half-court passes down the center of the floor to create fast breaks. This was an Emmenecker specialty and I did not see any of this from Stanley last year. Wiseler took maybe one shot, but I don't think scoring is a priority for Coach P's PG.
No Wedel, Young, Stanley, Templeton, or Eaddy.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:49:16 GMT

Keita44 (7/1/2009)

Are there games tonight?

Yes. I think they are at Valley tonight at 5:30.

RE: Capital City League

Keita44 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:44:24 GMT

Are there games tonight?

RE: Capital City League

Mecha_Bulldog — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:32:53 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKI7Q5Ttbaw

There's a video from the Ames Tribune with highlights from Sunday's games. It's hard to tell who's who and pretty much all of the highlights are ISU players, but it'll give you an idea of what the games look like.

RE: Capital City League

Dawg_tired — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:24:50 GMT

[quote]Gordon Gottschalk (6/29/2009)

[quote]Dawg_tired (6/29/2009)

[/quote]

You know what it's like to be reminded how wrong you were? Don't worry, come November you'll know.[/quote]

We'll see. I say you don't know S.H.I.T.[/quote]

I know when someone's trying to shine a turd.

RE: Capital City League

Gordon Gottschalk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:16:10 GMT

[quote]Dawg_tired (6/29/2009)
[/quote]

You know what it's like to be reminded how wrong you were? Don't worry, come November you'll know.[/quote]

We'll see. I say you don't know S.H.I.T.

RE: Capital City League

Dawg_tired — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:54:57 GMT

[quote]Gordon Gottschalk (6/29/2009)

[quote]Mecha_Bulldog (6/28/2009)

Jordan Clarke reminds me of Eaddy, except Eaddy is quicker.

[Yikes!]

Aaron Hawley had a good game. He looked like an athletic 3/4 type player. He hit some jumpshots and played good defense in the post, so maybe he'll play some minutes at the 5 this year.

[I like Hawley too, but if he has to play the 5, Drake is in trouble.]

Sean Jones was definitely better than when I saw him in the summer league last year.

[Yeah, another member of the DT is Wrong and Sean Has Improved Tremendously This Year Club ("DT Is Wrong and S.H.I.T.T.Y. Club".]

Uhlenhopp played a lot like Hawley except Hawley is more athletic and Uhlenhopp is thicker. He made some athletic moves and hit a few shots from out to ten feet, but that looked like the end of his range.

[He's the third option for the 5. It sounds like he is working hard this summer. I hope he keeps it up and develops an inside presence. Drake needs this and he will get minutes if he improves his interior game.]

Seth Van Deest rebounded well. He definitely needs to add weight, but his fundamentals look good and he has good quickness for a big guy.

[/quote]

[He screens out on every single play and it is amazing how many boards a person can get when they do that.]

[/quote]

You know what it's like to be reminded how wrong you were? Don't worry, come November you'll know.

RE: Capital City League

Mecha_Bulldog — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:05:12 GMT

Dawg_tired (6/29/2009)

Any body super athletic?

Ajay Calvin? Phelps definitely isn't recruiting for athleticism.

RE: Capital City League

Gordon Gottschalk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:54:35 GMT

[quote]Mecha_Bulldog (6/28/2009)

Jordan Clarke reminds me of Eaddy, except Eaddy is quicker.

[Yikes!]

Aaron Hawley had a good game. He looked like an athletic 3/4 type player. He hit some jumpshots and played good defense in the post, so maybe he'll play some minutes at the 5 this year.

[I like Hawley too, but if he has to play the 5, Drake is in trouble.]

Sean Jones was definitely better than when I saw him in the summer league last year.

[Yeah, another member of the DT is Wrong and Sean Has Improved Tremendously This Year Club ("DT Is Wrong and S.H.I.T.T.Y. Club".]

Uhlenhopp played a lot like Hawley except Hawley is more athletic and Uhlenhopp is thicker. He made some athletic moves and hit a few shots from out to ten feet, but that looked like the end of his range.

[He's the third option for the 5. It sounds like he is working hard this summer. I hope he keeps it up and develops an inside presence. Drake needs this and he will get minutes if he improves his interior game.]

Seth Van Deest rebounded well. He definitely needs to add weight, but his fundamentals look good and he has good quickness for a big guy.
[/quote]

[He screens out on every single play and it is amazing how many boards a person can get when they do that.]

RE: Capital City League

Dawg_tired — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:41:13 GMT

Any body super athletic?

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:03:49 GMT

Stats per the Register:

Templeton 24 points, 12 rebounds
Smith 10 points
White 5 points
Calvin 30 points
Clarke 14 points, 8 rebounds
Simons 25 points
Wiseler 13 points
Uhlenhopp 8 points
Van Dees 7 points
Hawley 20 points
Jones 7 points

RE: Capital City League

Mecha_Bulldog — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:06:30 GMT

My thoughts from the first night of games I saw:

Adam Templeton looked a lot like he did during last season; he did a lot of little things that don't always get noticed. His game winning tip-in off a missed free throw was pretty as he darted behind the defender with position and tipped it in over him.

Craig Stanley was in the stands. He didn't look hurt, so hopefully his injury isn't serious and he's just sitting out as a precaution.

David Smith has great size for a freshman guard. He's looks like a legit 6-3, and he looks fairly strong for a freshman. Defensively he played in the post a lot, and did a good job challenging drives to the basket. Offensively he didn't have a lot of chances. He mostly played off-guard with Sears playing point. He had a couple decent drives, but didn't look very quick. He didn't look very active tonight, not really going after loose balls or moving much without the ball on offense. I don't know if he needs to get more aggressive or if he just wasn't trying hard because it's the summer league, but he definitely increased his effort in the final few minutes when the game was on the line.

Ajay Calvin is a lot of fun to watch. He was the most athletic guy out there, and he's improved a lot since his time at Drake.

Jordan Clarke looks like a post player. He reminds me of Eaddy, except Clarke is thicker, and Eaddy is quicker and a better shooter. He's got a lot of work to do if he's going to play on the perimeter. He's not quick or a good ball handler. I think he shot about 1-4 on 3's. He spent a lot of time matched up with ISU's post Justin Hamilton (who's about 3 inches taller than Clarke), and Hamilton usually outplayed him. Clarke seemed a little soft and didn't tolerate much contact, but that could just be his summer league effort. He keeps finding ways to score, so that's a good sign.

Ben Simons is a very good jumpshooter. He hit jumpshots when he was set, he hit a pull-up 3, and he hit a nifty catch and release jumpshot after coming off a screen. He's not going to beat many people off a drive, but he did manage to beat a juco guard tonight and finished with a dunk. He showed good aggression and willingness to rebound, although he disappeared offensively in the second half. He's skinny, so hopefully he puts on weight.

Frank Wiseler ran point, but it's hard to tell how effective he was at running the offense in the summer league. His team fell apart offensively in the second half, so that's probably not a good sign. His offensive style reminds me of Emmenecker (although certainly not as effective). He didn't shoot well from outside, and took some bad shots too. He wasn't quick or shifty, but he was effective at forcing himself to the basket like Emmenecker was. I don't know if that will work against a college defense, but it worked in the summer league. I don't see him replacing Stanley in the starting line-up, but he could surprise me.

Aaron Hawley had a good game. He looked like an athletic 3/4 type player. He hit some jumpshots and played good defense in the post, so maybe he'll play some minutes at the 5 this year.

Sean Jones was definitely better than when I saw him in the summer league last year. He's stronger, quicker, and more aggressive, but he still has a long way to go. It's not a good sign that he played limited minutes when his team only had 7 guys there. I'm still hopeful that he can play limited minutes this year. Drake doesn't have any other long shot-blockers like him, so maybe he can be effective merely as a change of pace guy.

Reece Uhlenhopp played well in limited minutes. His team had about ten guys there and he had to share playing time. Uhlenhopp played a lot like Hawley except Hawley is more athletic and Uhlenhopp is thicker. He made some athletic moves and hit a few shots from out to ten feet, but that looked like the end of his range.

Seth Van Deest also had to share playing time, but looked good in limited minutes. He didn't have much chance to shoot, but he rebounded well. He definitely needs to add weight, but his fundamentals look good and he has good quickness for a big guy.

I took some pictures tonight. I'll look at them tomorrow and post anything that looks worthwhile.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:44:55 GMT

Cap City League, 6/28:

Game 1, YMCA (Templeton) beat CIO (Smith, White) by 1. Templeton scored on a rebound of a missed free throw with 7 seconds left in overtime to give YMCA a 1 point victory. Templeton looked pretty much the same as last summer....I hope he can continue the good 3-point shooting into the regular season. I'm guessing he finished with about 20, including 8 in overtime. Smith had 8-10 points, including 4-4 free throws down the stretch as CIO was protecting a small lead. He also played pretty good defense, including a couple of blocks against Templeton. Didn't do too much offensively, but he also didn't have the ball in his hands much. Wedel was a no-show for CIO.

Game 2, Coca-Cola (Calvin, Clarke) blew out Granite (Wiseler, Simons). It was a close game at half, but Granite completely stopped passing the ball in the 2nd half. Calvin had big game....I'm guessing he had 20+ points at the half, including a couple of rebound dunks. Clarke probably had 15-20 points, but I'm still not sure where you play him. Wiseler started well, but had a very poor 2nd half, and took a lot of bad shots. Simons started a little slow, then scored 13 points in about 5 minutes late in the 1st half. He didn't see the ball much in the 2nd half, and probably finished with about 20. Emmenecker, Eaddy and Baryenbruch were no-shows for Coke, Josh Young and Leonard Houston were no-shows for Granite

In game 3, it was tied 75-75, but it was all MOHA (Hawley, Jones) down the stretch, against Peak Performance (Uhlenhopp, Van Deest). Hawley probably had 20-25 points, including at least one 3, a couple of dunks, some drives and some mid-range jumpers. He moves real well, has a nice shot and knows how to play the game. Jones had 5 points, I think, in limited minutes. He seemed to be a little more aggressive tonight. I hope to see continued progress from him. Uhlenhopp and Van Deest each had 5-10 points for Peak. Uhlenhopp shot a little bit better, but still struggles with his outside shot. Van Deest hit a 3, and had a couple of nice post moves. I'd like to see him a little more aggressive on the offensive end, but he doesn't make many mistakes out there. Despite his thin frame, he had close to 10 rebounds in the game. Nick Grant and Sean Duff were no-shows for MOHA, and Heemskerk was a no-show for Peak.

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:39:20 GMT

The Big Guy (6/27/2009)

I noticed some games are at the Valley High Field House. Where is it located?

On Woodland (just north of Ashworth), and just west of 35th St in West Des Moines.

RE: Capital City League

The Big Guy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:59:15 GMT

I noticed some games are at the Valley High Field House. Where is it located?

RE: Capital City League

Mecha_Bulldog — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:43:49 GMT

Games of Friday 6/26

Coke 112
Med. Onc. 111

Granite 87
Capital Ortho. 118

Peak 109
YMCA 80

Drake players
Jordan Clarke (Coke) 18 pts
Sean Jones (Med. Onc.) 8 pts
Ryan Wedel (Captial Ortho.) 24 pts
David Smith (Capital Ortho.) 9 pts
Josh Young (Granite) 25 pts
Ben Simons (Granite) 12 pts
Frank Wiseler (Granite) 2 pts
Reece Uhlenhopp (Peak) 5 pts
Seth Van Deest (Peak) 9 pts

ex-Drake players
Andre Calvin (Coke) 21 pts
Alex White (Capital Ortho.) 12 pts
Brent Heemskerk (Peak) 11 pts

Other notable scores
Tavarins Gray (DMACC, Coke) 23 pts
Scott Christopherson (ISU, Coke) 21 pts
Diante Garrett (ISU, Med. Onc.) 25 pts
Jamie Vanderbeken (ISU, Med. Onc.) 25 pts
Bill Freeman (Ellsworth, Med. Onc.) 20 pts
Marquis Gilstrap (ISU, YMCA) 41 pts
Harrison Barnes (Ames HS, Peak) 40 pts(!)

RE: Capital City League

DUBulldog — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:26:06 GMT

1st game tonight, Peak (Uhlenhopp, Van Deest, Heemskerk) beat YMCA (no drake guys). Van Deest looked pretty good, had some nice post moves, and even hit a 3. Uhlenhopp rebounded well and seemed to shoot a little better. Harrison Barnes played for the first time (he's on Peak) and he absolutely dominated the game.

Game 2, Granite (Young, Simons, Wiseler) beat CIO (Wedel, Smith, White) in the battle for first place. JY was matched up against Ryan Sears, and more than held his own. Several very nice drives to the hoop, some long 3's and some nice pull up j's off the dribble. Simons was a little off tonight, but hit a couple 3's in a row in the 2nd half. Wiseler looked to score more and hit a couple of floaters in the lane. Still haven't really seen his point guard skills. Granite led the whole game, but CIO staged a huge comeback behind Wedel in the 2nd half. I think he hit five or six 3's just in the second half. Guy can flat out fill it up. Smith had several nice drives and played some good defense.

Game 3, at halftime, Coca-Cola (Clarke, Calvin) was leading MOHA (Jones). Clarke hit a couple of 3's early, not much after that. Jones had 2 points.