The victory over Lihua Middle School gave the Beiqiao Middle School basketball team a good start.
Time entered September, and Beiqiao Middle School began to train and play warm-up matches.
They started from immigrant middle schools around Chinatown, using games as training and fighting to support fighting. They discovered problems through games and improved them in training.
Bellman is a very comprehensive and strict coach. Coaching such a team starting from scratch is both tiring and full of accomplishment.
He rented a house near the school and started his new life.
He devoted all his life to basketball and taught these children, which to a certain extent healed the trauma that life had brought to him.
In daily life, he is becoming more gentle and humorous, but correspondingly, he is more strict and irritable on the court. He wants to lead Beiqiao Middle School to make a name for himself.
And with Gan Guoyang's Beiqiao Middle School, no one can match it in the East San Francisco area.
August 30, Beiqiao Middle School 58:48 Mary Brook High School, Gan Guoyang had 19 points, 24 rebounds and 10 blocks.
September 7, Beiqiao Middle School 53:47 Stewart High School, Gan Guoyang had 22 points, 20 rebounds, 7 blocks and 5 assists.
On September 16th, Beiqiao Middle School 67:30 Bluff Middle School, Gan Guoyang had 27 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists, showing his assist ability.
On September 25th, Beiqiao Middle School 60:55 French American International School, Gan Guoyang scored 33 points, 21 rebounds and 8 blocks. This was the most intense game so far.
Gan Guoyang's performance attracted more and more attention from the San Francisco basketball community. At the Beiqiao Middle School game, some college scouts and newspaper reporters began to appear and observe Gan Guoyang in all aspects.
To be honest, if Gan Guoyang were a black or white player, with his current performance, some college scouts would have contacted him privately and established a good personal relationship with him.
Although the NCAA prohibits schools from recruiting talented high school students through bribery of family members, liaison with friends, etc., such behavior has been repeatedly prohibited and has become an unspoken rule in the industry.
It's just that Gan Guoyang is Chinese, and there is no precedent for Chinese success in the basketball world. In addition, Beiqiao is a middle school with weak opponents. Therefore, all parties are keeping a wait-and-see attitude and will continue to observe and observe this new player who appears from nowhere. A new basketball star comes out.
Local newspapers in San Francisco also reported on Gan Guoyang. Chinese newspapers in Chinatown naturally praised Gan Guoyang, believing that he would be the new light of the Chinese people after Bruce Lee.
Other newspapers were skeptical, believing that basketball was not a sport suitable for Asians and that Gan Guoyang was just a flash in the pan and would soon disappear in the wave.
Gan Guoyang didn't care about this. He just focused on improving himself and didn't pay attention to the noise around him.
In one month's time, in November, the regular season of the CIF California Championship, the largest sports event in California, will begin. This is the time to truly test the team and Gan Guoyang.
However, just as the Water Bell team was fully preparing for the CIF championship, bad news came from the school: the San Francisco League Committee had some objections to the school's membership qualification review.
The full name of CIF is California Interscholastic Federation. It is California's high school sports management organization. It was established in 1916 and organizes the most authoritative and comprehensive high school sports events in California.
Because there are many schools in California and the state is vast, it is divided into 10 major regions. Most of the strong sports schools in San Francisco are in the San Francisco Division League in the Bay Area. Beiqiao Middle School also wants to join this division league.
Last season, the 1980-1981 season, CIF restarted the All-California Championship after a 50-year absence.
After each region determines the playoff teams, it will be divided into two regions, North and South, to determine the North and South region champions.
In the end, the North and South district champions battled to win the California championship.
Originally, the China Endeavor Association had already established a relationship. After the team was established, it would be inspected by the committee and if it met the standards and requirements, it would be able to join the league.
As long as the team passes the inspection, Beiqiao Shui Zhong will be able to participate in the regular season of the San Francisco League. If the record is excellent, it is possible to enter the All-California Championship, which will be a great honor for Beiqiao.
Gan Guoyang and the Shui Zhong team did not disappoint Huang Shaohua, winning consecutive games. Based on the team's record and appearance, it stands to reason that they should be recognized.
However, a member of the San Francisco League Committee said that the sports foundation of Beiqiao Middle School was too weak, and the basketball team was hastily established with insufficient numbers. The opponents they played were all weak teams. They were non-CIF interscholastic league teams, and their value was questionable. .
If they are allowed to join like this, they will be too weak and become weak, which will not help improve the quality of the league. Therefore, Beiqiao Middle School’s joining the CIF must be postponed.
Huang Shaohua was confused for a moment, money was spent, relationships were established, and at the end of the day, he suddenly found someone to mess with me?
Therefore, Huang Shaohua directly protested to the CIF Committee and asked the San Francisco League to allow them to join. If it is not possible, they can join the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL).
After that, the two sides had many arguments, and Huang Shaohua also used various connections, including money, to clear the way. Finally, CIF gave a condition: it required Beiqiao Middle School to play a game with a strong team in the inter-school league. If he won, he would join directly. CIF; if you lose, think again and suspend the process.
Huang Shaohua was so angry that his blood pressure was so high, but there was nothing he could do. In American territory, Asians would be suppressed everywhere.
Now the question arises, which high school they will play against, which determines the Water Bells' fate this season.
This opponent cannot be chosen by Beiqiao High School on its own and needs to be designated by the San Francisco League Committee.
In the end, the San Francisco League stated that out of fairness, it would not select a team from this league, but contacted Fremont High School in the Oakland League next door.
The game is scheduled for mid-October and will be held at Fremont High School's Tiger Stadium. The Water Bells will play away from home.
After receiving the news, Huang Shaohua was extremely angry, but had no choice but to tell the school the result and convey it to Bellman.
After learning the news, Bellman was very angry, but he said: "Since winning the competition can pass the application, then we just need to win the competition."
Teacher Liu, the physical education director of Beiqiao Middle School, sighed and said, "Mr. Bellman, it seems you don't understand Fremont High School at all. In away games, it's not about winning or losing, but whether we can leave Tiger Stadium alive." out of the question.”
"What? Is it that exaggerated?"
"Maybe it's not that exaggerated, but that's Oakland, and the basketball atmosphere there is much scarier than San Francisco. I'm worried about whether the kids can handle it and their safety."
Teacher Liu explained the situation at Fremont High School to Bellman.
This is a public high school located in a black ghetto in Oakland, and the players are all black.
The security situation there is very bad, and robberies and shootings on the streets are commonplace.
The Oakland League is the smallest of the CIF's Big Ten leagues, with only six schools registered in 1981.
But these six teams are all good teams, and Fremont High School is known for its fierce and domineering style of play.
It is said that at Tiger Stadium, some predominantly white teams were afraid to win against Fremont High School for fear of being beaten after the game.
"Coach Bellman, I think you'd better explain the situation to the players so that they can be mentally prepared."
