LAKEPORT — The Clear Lake High School boys basketball teams will hold their annual alumni games Nov. 21 at the Clear Lake High School gym in Lakeport.
All alumni are welcome to participate. The cost is $25 and includes a Cardinals basketball T-shirt.
Older alumni will play members of the 2018-19 junior varsity team beginning at 5 p.m. Younger alumni take on the 2018-19 varsity boys team at 6:30 p.m.
All alumni game proceeds benefit the school’s boys basketball program, which unofficially makes its season debut Nov. 20 at home against Ukiah in the annual North Coast Section Foundation Game beginning with JV action at 6 p.m. and the varsity to follow. Results of the Foundation Game do not count toward a team’s season record.
Clear Lake officially opens the season Nov. 30 in the opening round of the inaugural Paul Larrea Memorial Tournament, which runs through Dec. 1 at the Clear Lake High School gym. The tournament features four-team varsity and JV brackets. Varsity teams are Clear Lake, Vacaville Christian, Bentley School of Lafayette and The Bay School of San Francisco. JV teams are Clear Lake, Vacaville Christian, Bentley School and Rincon Valley Christian.
In addition to honoring the late Paul Larrea, a longtime counselor and girls soccer coach at Clear Lake, the tournament also will honor the memory of two of the school’s standout basketball players, the late Mark Elsa and Ryan Mayer, who shared the North Central League I MVP award following the 2001-02 season.
In addition to the Paul Larrea Memorial Tournament this season, the varsity Cardinals will compete in the Woodland Tournament on Dec. 6-8 and the Colfax Tournament on Dec. 27-29. They open league play Jan. 2 at Kelseyville.
