Sunday, February 24, 2019

2019 NOLL/SOLL (North Oakland/South Oakland Little League) Opening Day

The season of 2019 for NOLL/SOLL (North Oakland/South Oakland Little League) finally opened up and we had a parade in Oakland Skyline High school.  Luke continues playing baseball in the highest recreational level, Farm B with his team, Colosseum Dogs.  Daddy decided to coach Isaac in the Major s as Head coach this year and earned his own team with Coach Jeff, the Cubs.  

Isaac was skipping the higher level of Minor, AAA, but I was pretty confident that he would do fine in Majors, even though many people warned us that many kids struggle in Majors when skipping AAA.  Isaac had outstanding records while in AA, about 0.800 batting average and only a few batters hitting his ball when he was pitching.  He was also in coach freeze, which means that he was unable to be drafted by AAA coaches last year.  

Anyway, Isaac ended up the best hitter in the team, above 0.600 batting average throughout the season /playoffs, became one of the pitchers who threw the fastest ball and a one of the best catchers in the league.  The Cubs ended 5th place in the division in the regular season, but beat the team in the 4th place in the playoffs 1st round.  Isaac was the closer in the game and closed the game in the 6th inning with 3 strikeouts with 13 pitches for to 3 top hitters.  Unfortunately, we lost the 2nd round against the team in the 1st place and went to the losers' division.  In the losers' division, we have a game against the team in the 2nd place against which we had 1-1 record during the regular season.  It was really exciting game, but we lost by 1 run.  That was the end of the season for the Cubs.  

Luke continued playing games until June and made great progress.  He was unable to catch a ball a little over a year ago, but mow he is one of the best pitcher and hitters in his team.  He is one of the youngest players in his division too, but he might be ready for AA, in which Isaac played last year.  













Sunday, February 10, 2019

2019 San Jose Buddhist Judo Invitational Tournament





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrt2tPnJpQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYK_je-Nio
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Saturday, December 8, 2018

Ski Season has come!

We had some good snowstorms in past 2 weeks in the mountains and the ski resorts are in good conditions.  We went up to Boreal last Saturday and Soda Springs today!  It was really cold and we have to place tire chains on our car last Saturday, but it was really nice today.  It is Luke's true 2nd year of skiing season.  Luke has no fear, although he needs to lean more skills before he seriously gets hurt.  I started have Isaac practice higher skills, turns without using wedge turns (AKA Pizza slice).  He fell several times, but is willing to learn the new skills.  We have already 2 trips to the snow this winter.  I hope we can make a few more trips so that boys can improve their skills more. 





 
 

Monday, November 19, 2018

2018 San Francisco CC Invitational Judo Tournament

Luke, unlike the previous week, did great and clinched the 1st place in his division, 6 year-old, Yellow/White Belt Division.  It is his first time to get the gold medal.   Isaac also placed himself on middle of the podium with all "Ippon".  There is one kid in Isaac's division, 10n  year-old, Orange/Yellow Belt Division, from Vallejo judo, Gabriel, who beat Isaac in the East Bay Invitational in this past September.  Isaac beat Gabriel this time, although it was a close match.  Great job Luke and Isaac!  We are so proud of both of you! 







2018 SFCC Invitational Judo Tournament
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Sunday, November 11, 2018

2018 Palo Alto Invitational Judo Tournament

We were not going to show up this event originally; however, Isaac and Luke decided to participate in this even because all outside events, soccer and baseball games, were cancelled due to unhealthy air quality from the Wild Fire.  Isaac did well, but Luke ended up winless 3rd place.  Mommy was not happy bout it 









2018 Palo Alto Judo Tournament
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Sunday, November 4, 2018

Coompetitive Soccer and Fall Ball

Isaac played soccer competitively and played Fall Ball baseball this fall.  Luke continues to play recreational soccer, but did not have an opportunity to play baseball this Fall, although Luke has helped Isaac's team once as a designated Right fielder for one game!  Luckily, a ball did not go to the Right field when Luke was on the field.  Isaac continued showing strong numbers in batting, batting average 0.813 (13/15 batting opportunities) and pitching.  When pitching, Isaac either struck batters out or gave a walk.  Isaac pitched total 6 and 1/3 innings with 19 strikeouts and 13 walks.  When playing for soccer, Isaac was always placed as a goalie for 1/2 of a game.











2018 NOLL/SOLL Fall Ball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEJOlVa4zc&feature=youtu.be