MPC Tournament

Hartnell played in the Monterey Bay Classic tourney December 3-5 and did great. They started off rough losing to Santa Rosa 83-73. Blake had 29 points that game. The next day they played against Santa Barbara and won 102-80 with Blake having 24 points. They made it to the consolation game and won the #4 ranked Los Medanos 67-64 with Blake having 10 points. After the game the tournament director gave Blake an All- Tournament Award! :)

Blake's stats thus far:
Games: 8 FG:49 3FG:12 FT:44 Points:154 PPG: 19.3 High Game:29

Hartnell plays this Saturday in Redwoods City against Canada.

Hartnell vs. Foothill

The Panthers hit a rough patch and lost to Foothill College 63-81, making there record 5-2. They have the MPC tournament this week December 3-5. They have there first game against Santa Rosa.

Hartnell vs. Skyline

The Hartnell College men's basketball team got off to a sluggish start Wednesday night in the first half against Skyline College. But they came out strong in the second half to win 68-52, improving their record to 5-1.
They remain ranked in the top 10 in Northern California and the top 20 in the state.
The Trojans held a 31-26 advantage over the Panthers at the end of the first half. In the second half, Hartnell went on a 14-4 run. Blake had 28 points and Burgon finished with 21 points and 10 boards and Winn totaled four points. Blake is currently 2nd in leading by average points in the conference. They play Foothill College on the 1st of December.

Hartnell vs. Merced (4-1)

Hartnell played Merced College on the 21st at 7 p.m. and won 60 -58 with Blake hitting the 3 pointer to tie the game and the lay up to win. He ended up having 17 points. Hartnell plays again Wednesday the 25th against Skyline College at home at 5 p.m.

Hartnell vs. Las Positas

Hartnell had there season game opener against Las Positas College and won 61-52 which makes Hartnell's record 3-1. Blake had 22 points and 7 boards followed by Colton who had 18 points. Hartnell is currently ranked 9th in the north and 19th in the state.

Team Roster

# Name Pos. Yr. Ht. School

1 Eric Neal F Fr 6'3" Salinas/Salinas, CA

3 Edward Estavillo G Fr 5'10" Wilcox/Wilcox, AZ.

4 Tyler Stahle G Fr 6'3" Woodscross/Bountiful, UT.

5 Ryo Tanaka G So 6'0" Tokyo, Japan

10 Chris Lee G So 6'2" Box Elder/Brigham City,UT

11 Jonathon Benevente G So 5'10" Palma/Seaside, CA.

12 Dante Mosley G Fr 5'10" North Salinas/Salinas,CA.

20 Daryl Thomas G Fr 5'10" Monterey/Monterey, CA.

22 Colton Burgon C Fr 6'8" Jordan/Jordan, UT.

23 Brian Kiely G Fr 5'11" Pacific Grove/ Pacific Grove, CA.

24 DJ Harrison G Fr 6'0 Greenwood/ Greenwood, SC.

32 Beau Hunter F Fr 6'6" Provo/ Provo, UT.

33 Blake Francom F So 6'5" Payson/ Santaquin, UT.

34 Kraig Mitchell F So 6'7" Watsonville/ Watsonville, CA.

42 Darrin Winn F So 6'7" Emery/ Orangeville, UT.

Ohlone Tournament

Hartnell Men's Basketball opened their season with wins over Shasta College and Cabrillo College. They came up short in a hard fought game against the number 1 ranked team in California, Ohlone College. Blake had 15 points overall in the 3 games. 17 points against Shasta, 14 points against Ohlone, and 14 points and 7 boards against Cabrillo.
Home opener is November 13 7:00PM Las Positas College.

Brigham Young University Men's Basketball Assistant Coach was on campus one day to watch practice. Hartnell Panther players are also garning interest from UC-Riverside, BYU-Hawaii, Dixie State College, and Southern Virginia University and CSUMB.