Official account of Ripon Christian High School boys basketball located in Ripon, CA; 4-time CIF Division 5/6 state champion & 13-time Sac-Joaquin Section champ
This is whatβs special about being from a small town & small school. Hereβs todayβs send-off for our
@RCKnights
team as we leave on a 300-mile trip for tonightβs
@cifstate
game. The entire student body K-12th & faculty all cheered on the team bus as we left campus this AM ππ
Our
@RCKnights
Class of 2019 Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
with the sweet turnaround baseline jumper in last nightβs NCAA Menβs Basketball π Tournament
@MarchMadnessMBB
East Region 2nd Round gameβΌοΈ
Cade and his
#5
seeded San Diego State University Aztec
@Aztec_MBB
teammates beat
#13
Congrats to senior Cade Alger for signing his National Letter of Intent to continue his basketball career in college at Division 1 school Seattle University. Cade has made Ripon Christian High & our RC boysβ basketball program very proud with this achievement!
@seattleu
πππ
Nothing like going on the road & getting a huge W in another schoolβs gym w/ the entire π season on the line! Our
@RCKnights
squad got to βring the bellβ after a 61-58 victory over
#2
University Prep of Redding in the
@CIFState
D5 NorCal Semis tonight! NorCal Finals on Tuesday!
Our
@RCKnights
boys have loaded up the charter bus for the 300 mile ride home right after our
@CIFState
Boys NorCal Championship title win! And itβs a bus party on the way home! Taylor Swift?? Weβll give them a pass b/c this team truly loves each other & likes to hang together
Congrats to
@RCKnights
C/O 2023 SG Eli Terpsma for scoring his 1,000th career varsity point last night in a road win at Hilmar HS. Eli has played 4 varsity seasons in an amazing HS career. Eli averages 19.4ppg, 5.8rpg, 2.5apg this season leading the Knights to a 9-0 league record
The brand-new gym floor resurfacing is near completion! New
@RCKnights
baseline & center-court logos are looking clean and sharp. Ready for the 2019-2020 sports season. Letβs go!!!
Thank you to
@CalHiSports
for the recognition of our
@RCKnights
athletic program! During the β22-23 school year we won a total of 6
@cifsjs
team banners including a
@CIFState
title, 2 NorCal finalists, & 1 NorCal semifinalist. A historic year for our school & Ripon community! π
One of our own from our Knights program has made it onto college π biggest stage!
Knights C/O 2019 Cade Alger
@cadealger
& his San Diego St squad have advanced to the Final π Four in Houston!!
Our entire Knightsβ π program wishes Cade & his teammates the best next weekend π―
Death.
Taxes.
Mark Hofmanβs π coaching staff winning 20 games in a season.
With Wednesdayβs win that moved the
@RCKnights
to 20-6 overall, it marks the 6th straight season that Mark Hofman
@MarkHofman5
& his staff has led the Knights boysβ program to a 20-win π season. π―π
Hereβs a great article about
@RCKnights
C/O 2019 Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
detailing his college π journey to date plus the outstanding news he received this past week. Congrats to you Cade! You continue to make our π program as proud as possibleβΌοΈπ―
Our Ripon Christian Knightsβ Class of 2οΈβ£0οΈβ£2οΈβ£4οΈβ£ just played the final π game of their HS careers tonightβΌοΈ
We sincerely thank Preston, Jace, & Luke for their years of effort, hard work, and dedication to our Knights π program.
These 3οΈβ£ young men were outstanding both on & off
Itβs every kidβs dream to win a
@CIFState
titleβ¦especially when you attend Ripon Christian HS. Our sports programs do not recruit players. We never have & never will contrary to some outside belief. As evidenced by all the very recent articles written about the βgenerational
Heard the Ripon Christian kids on TV on Friday talking about dream to win state. CIF took that one away from them by making them a No. 15 seed in D3. They were D5 last yr.
We'll say it again: Small schools tend to get screwed by competitive equity.
Our
@RCKnights
are the 2022-23 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section
@cifsjs
Boys π Division 5 champions!! π
This victory marks the 12th CIF-Sac Joaquin Section title π in our boys π program history. π―
Not much can surpass bringing home a blue banner for our school π΅π‘
Congrats to our
@RCKnights_Vball
girls π squad on their
@cifsjs
record 19th section title π in program history!
Winning a blue banner is not a simple task but this
@RCKnights
girls program makes it look easy. And a bump up to D4 this year didnβt stop their run of success π₯
Congrats to
@RCKnights
C/O 2019 Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
& his San Diego State
@Aztec_MBB
π teammates for their upset of top-seed Alabama on Fri night to advance to Sundayβs
@NCAA
Elite 8 Rd game. A former Knights player from our π program is just 1 win away from the Final Four!!
Our Knights
@rcknightsbball
π C/O 2019 Cade Alger
@cadealger
appeared in the NCAA π Tournament
@MarchMadnessMBB
on Saturday with his San Diego State Menβs Basketball squad! ππ
Cade & his
@Aztec_MBB
team won today in their 2nd Round game & have advanced to the Sweet 16!π₯ππ
Prayers going out for
@RCKnights
C/O 2023 Griffin DeAbreu
@DeAbreuGriffin
who is having surgery this afternoon to repair an ACL knee injury he suffered 2 weeks ago. Griffin was our leagueβs Most Outstanding Player last season as a junior & heβll be missing his entire senior year
Weβd like to welcome both Joey Vander Schaaf & Grant Terpstra as they take over the Freshman boys hoops team at Ripon Christian High this coming season! They are both 2006
@RCKnights
graduates & their love for the game of π will bring extra energy to our program. Welcome men!
What a spectacular night for these young men! This
@RCKnights
team is now headed to the
@CIFState
Boys NorCal Division 6 Championship Game on Tuesday night! Only 4 other boysβ teams in RCβs storied hoops history have advanced this far in the state playoffs! Proud of these kids π
π¨HS BOYS ππFINALπ¨
49th Annual Oakdale Tourney - Championship Gameπ
South Tahoe HS 57
@RCKnightsBball
59
FINAL w/ buzzer beater!!
Knights led by:
@_bradenvg_
26 pts
@jacobvg8_
8 pts
Lukas VG 8 pts
Reed VH 8 pts
@RCKnights
win on a last second putback w/ no time left!!
This is how we do it.....handing out commemorative championship rings! What a spectacular way to celebrate our
@RCKnights
hoops programβs
@CIFState
2019-20 NorCal Boys Basketball Championship πππ―
Thank you to
@RiponQBClub
for your generous support of youth sports in Ripon!
CongratsΒ to
@RCKnights
C/O 2019 alum Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
on his San Diego State University menβs basketball
@Aztec_MBB
Mountain West Conference championship. Cade plus the rest of his teammates will be headed to the NCAA Menβs Tournament as a top seed starting play next week!
Trans Valley League π Champs x 2 !
Congrats also to our Junior Varsity
@RCKnights
squad for finishing off a perfect TVL season w/ a 12-0 league record and winning a TVL Championship. This team ended the season on a 15-game win streak too! The future is bright here in Ripon π
The
@MarchMadnessMBB
Final Four locker space of our very own Knights Class of 2019 Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
inside NRG Stadium in Houston, TX πππ₯π
Just one more win away on Monday for the
@Aztec_MBB
& a
@RCKnights
alum from being crowned asπ NCAA Menβs National Champions!! π
Congrats to our
@RCKnights
Varsity π squad who capped off a perfect 12-0 league season. This team ran thru the TVL by only allowing its opponents a stingy 39.5ppg & an avg margin of victory of 21.9ppg. This team also creates dominant scoring runs that turn games in their favor
Death.
Taxes.
Mark Hofmanβs π coaching staff winning 20 games in a season.
With last Fridayβs win that moved the
@RCKnights
to 20-7 overall, it marks the 5th straight season that Mark Hofman
@MarkHofman5
& his staff has led the Knights boysβ program to a 20-win π season. π―π
And then there were 4!
Our
@RCKnights
squad is 1 of 4 schools left standing in the 2023
@CIFState
Boys π D5 Championship bracket
Our program has advanced to its 3rd NorCal π Final in the last 5 eligible years π
And weβre now hunting the 5th state π in program history! π₯
We are wishing both
@RHSSuperFan
@RiponHigh
and
@EscalonFootball
the best of luck tonight as your football teams play for
@CIFState
titles tonight. You definitely are making all TVL schools proud. Now go bring the championship home to our communities!
On the eve of the State Championship, it's difficult to express the excitement we're feeling - not only in Ripon, but in our county. All rivalries aside, it's a big day for us and our neighbors in Escalon. We wish
@EscalonFootball
and
@EscalonCougars
all the best!
#TVLStrong
Congrats to our
@RCKnights
who were named as All-League!
Derek Van Elderen - HM
Trey Fasani - HM
Luke Crivello - 1st Team
Jace Beidleman - 1st Team
Justin Hofman - 1st Team
Maddie Yonker - 1st Team (girls)
Eli Terpsma - MVP
Mark Hofman - Coach of Year
Weβve arrived to Mt. Shasta to face
#1
-seed Mt. Shasta High in the 1st rd of the 2019
@CIFState
NorCal Boys Basketball bracket! Conditions are a little worse than we imagined but the team bus & fans have arrived safely.
Game time set for 7pm. Follow our feed for game updates!
Congrats to our
@RCKnights
boys volleyball π team who won the
@CIFState
NorCal title π today for the 1st title in boys program history. Awesome work by HC Kevin Tameling
@kevintameling
in leading our Knights squad to a title π in only the 5th year of the programβs existence π―
π¨HS BOYS π FINAL SCOREπ¨
at the Cougar Dome:
@RCKnights
59
Escalon HS 46
FINAL
Knights led by:
@EliTerpsma
31pts (2 3FGβs)
@jacebeidleman
13pts
@lukecrivello
8pts (2 3FGβs)
Knights use a 21-0 run in the 3Q to take over the game; Knights improve to 7-0 in TVL & 15-7 overall
ICYMI: 10 year-old Camilla Munoz with an amazing rendition of the National Anthem before the Ripon Christian High vs Hilmar High basketball game earlier tonight...a simply awesome singing performance by a very talented young girl! πΊπΈπΊπΈπΊπΈ
@RCKnights
@TheEllenShow
@FoxNews
@espn
Congrats to our Knights
@RCKnights
head coach Mark Hofman
@MarkHofman5
for being named as Coach of the Year to the 2024 Trans Valley League π All-League selection list. This is the 4th year in a row and 5th overall that Mark has been named as Coach of the Year.
Coach Mark is
@reginitis257
@CIFState
The section blue banner has become the gold standard in NorCal. Anything else past a section title has now become a charade due to questionable brackets that defy logic
Check out this featured article done by
@modbee
writer Quinton Hamilton
@Quade1095
on our
@RCKnights
C/O 2019 π Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
Cade & his
@Aztec_MBB
will play in this weekendβs Final Four π in Houston w/ the chance to win a Natβl Championship
Congrats to
@RCKnights
C/O 2019 standout Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
for his very recent college transfer to perennial NCAA D1 basketball power San Diego State Univ! We wish Cade the best in the next step of his journey. God has big plans for you, young man!
Our
@RCKnights
go for their 11th
@cifsjs
Section title in boysβ program history tomorrow! Letβs revisit RCβs past 10 section champs:
1972-D2
1981-D3
1989-D5
1991-D5
1992-D5
1993-D5
1994-D5
1995-D5
1996-D5
2018-D6
Hereβs the 2018 celebration after winning a 10th title at UOP ππ
Congrats to our Knights
@RCKnights
Class of 2024 Jace Beidleman
@JaceBeidleman
for being named as Most Valuable Player to the 2024 Trans Valley League π All-League selection list. This is the 2nd time Jace has been named to the TVLβs All-League selection list as he was also
Congrats to
@AlgerCade
for being named to the
@NorCalSportsTV
2019 All NorCal Games. Cade is the 1st ever
@RCKnightsBball
player to be selected to this prestigious event!
This is event will take place on Sunday April 7th @ Las Positas College
Details:
Make that 1οΈβ£5οΈβ£ straight victories in CIF playoff π matches over the past 2 seasons for our girls π programβΌοΈ
And in 7 CIF π playoff matches played this year our girls have only dropped 1 single set π
Next up is the CIF State π D3 NorCal Final on Tuesday 11/14 ππ₯
CIF D3 State π ChampionsβΌοΈ
Back-to-back state π champions after winning at the D4 level then being bumped up a divisionβΌοΈ
And the 3rd state π title in girls π program historyβΌοΈ
Our girls π program has also won 1οΈβ£7οΈβ£ straight CIF playoff π matches over the past 2
D3 State Volleyball π Championship:
Ripon Christian wins their second straight
@CIFState
Championship π π with a final score of 26-24, 25-19, 25-15!
Our
@RCKnights
π program is excited to welcome in Calvin University
@CalvinKnights
of Grand Rapids, MI to our campus this week! On Thurs 9/14,
@CalvinMensBball
π head coach Bill Sall & Director of Regional Development, Mike LeFebre, will be coming to Ripon on a West Coast visit
Congrats to our
@RCKnights
C/O 2023 SG Eli Terpsma for being named Honorable Mention to the 2022-23 Max Preps All Sac-Joaquin Section Boys π Team earlier this week.
Eli is just 1 of 47 HS players recognized out of all active basketball players in the entire Sac-Joaquin Section
π¨
@cifsjs
CIF Foundation π Game FINAL π¨
at RCHS Gymnasium
@RCKnights
61
East Union HS 48
FINAL
Knights led start to finish as they jumped out to a 26-13 lead at the end of 1Q
Knights leading scorers:
C/O 2026 Jake Vander Veen 26pts
C/O 2026 Chase Bunnell
@chase_bunnell02
Congrats to
@RCKnights
C/O 2024 PF Jace Beidleman
@JaceBeidleman
and C/O 2024 SG Luke Crivello
@lukecrivello
for being highlighted in The Record
@Recordnet
βPlayers To Watchβ list for boysβ basketball in the San Joaquin County entering this upcoming π season π
Jace and Luke
Always great to see past
@RCKnights
players & alumni come out to support our program during the π season. Current San Diego State
@Aztec_MBB
& Knights C/O 2019 Cade Alger
@AlgerCade
was in the house last night! Cade was an
@CalHiSports
All-State selection for RC back in 2018-19
Also congrats to our JV team who came away with a hard-earned 69-60 win over McNair HS of Stockton in their 1st round tournament game. They play Calaveras tonight at 6:30pm too.
A special shout-out to freshman G Eli Terpsma who torched the nets for 40 pts in his HS debut ππ₯π
Knights Media πΈ Day for our 2023-24 Varsity π SquadβΌοΈ
Thank you to Leonard Photography and
@CmurrayDesigns1
for your always outstanding work and a super fun photo shoot πΈ earlier today of our
@RCKnightsBball
varsity π squad
Keep a look out π for all of the photo & video
Former Ripon Christian High boys basketball coach & current NBA Washington Wizards assistant coach Mike Terpstra was visiting the Ripon area this past week!
A million times thank you to Elev8SportsMedia for creating this amazing
@RCKnights
team photo banner commemorating our historic 2019-20 hoops season which resulted in a
@CIFState
Boys NorCal Championship title! Kudos to your entire team as this project turned out amazing πππ―
As the Knights begin their quest for the 11th
@cifsjs
Section title in boysβ program history, letβs revisit RCβs past 10 section winners:
1972-D2
1981-D3
1989-D5
1991-D5
1992-D5
1993-D5
1994-D5
1995-D5
1996-D5
2018-D6
Hereβs the β18 celebration after winning a 10th title at UOP
A great weekend for our
@RCKnights
boys π program at the St. Maryβs College Team Camp on the campus of
@smcgaels
. 14 games combined for our Varsity & JV squads over 48 hrs was an awesome way to kick off the summer HS season! Thank you to
@saintmaryshoops
for your hospitality!
Here is an excellent game recap done by Kevin John
@heykevinjohn
from ABC News 10 on Tuesday nightβs CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Semifinal Round victory over
#4
seed Bradshaw Christian HS of Sacramento.
Our
#1
seed Ripon Christian Boys Basketball π squad played well on both ends of
Tomorrow nightβs game vs
@RiponHigh
is a βwinner-take-allβ battle for the outright TVL championship! Both teams enter tied at 10-1 in league & the winner claims right to the league title. Itβs going to be some must-see basketball tomorrow at 7:30pm at the RCHS Gymnasium πππ
Congrats to
@AlgerCade
for being named to the 2019 Cal-Hi Sports Boys Basketball Division 5 All-State First Team. Cade was 1 of only 15 players to be honored out of all D5 schools in California. πππ
A great weekend for our
@RCKnights
boys π program at the St. Maryβs College Team Camp on the campus of
@smcgaels
. 12 games combined for our Varsity & JV squads over 48 hrs was an awesome way to kick off the summer HS season! Thank you to
@saintmaryshoops
for your hospitality!
Congrats to
@RCKnights
C/O 2023 CG
@EliTerpsma
for being named Athlete of the Week! Eli led the Knights to 3 wins last week to keep us at 6-0 in the TVL. In 3 wins, Eli averaged 24pts, 5rebs, 4asts, and 1.7stls, while shooting 52.9% (39% 3FGβs) & 73% FTβs
Great performance tonight by
@AlgerCade
in the
@NorCalSportsTV
2019 All NorCal Games tonight! Cade helped lead the Boys Stan-Joaquin Team 209 to a thrilling 95-94 win over the Central Section squad. Cade finished w/ 7 pts. (3-4 FG), 6 boards, 2 steals, 2 blocks in 16 mins. πππ₯
1 year ago today our
@RCKnights
boys hoops squad won its 11th
@cifsjs
banner in school history at the
@Golden1Center
. What a spectacular day for our school, our program, & especially our boys plus their families. Memories like these cannot be recreated & we miss them dearly!
Congrats to junior PF Braden Van Groningen
@_bradenvg_
for being named to the All-Tourney Team this weekend at the Ron Peterson Tip-Off. Braden recorded a double-double in all 3 games while averaging 19.3 pts & 11.0 rebs per game including a 27 & 12 performance in the semifinals
Trans Valley League individual awards handed out to
@RCKnightsBball
players:
Jacob Van Groningen (Jr.) = Honorable Mention
@brockenunes
(Sr.) = Honorable Mention
Will Gilbert (Soph.) = 1st Team All-League
Cade Alger (Sr.) = 1st Team All-League & TVL Most Outstanding Player
Check out the
@RCKnights
player photos created to commemorate the 2019-20 hoops season! These photos were designed via Tami Gutierrez & Elev8SportsMedia.
@CIFState
NorCal champs,
@cifsjs
champs, & TVL league champs. What a spectacular season it was for our hoops program! πππ―
Add another accolade to the HS career resume of our Knights C/O 2023 Eli Terpsma! Congrats to the 6β3βcombo guard for being named to the 26th Annual 6-County All-Star π Game to be played at Modesto JC on Sat April 29th at 8pm. A great honor for Eli & our
@RCKnights
π program!
@RCKnights
Boys π Basketball
BACK TO BACK TO BACK
TVL πππ CHAMPIONS
#ThreePeat
π΅π‘
Knights head into this final week of league play undefeated at 10-0 & winners of 21 of their last 22 TVL games
Looking to finish the regular season strong heading into
@cifsjs
D5 playoffs!
Join us tonight at 6:00pm inside the Ripon Christian HS Gymnasium for the 2023 CIF State Boys π D5 NorCal Regional π Championship Game!!
Our
@RCKnights
are just 1 win away from taking a 2nd trip this season to the
@Golden1Center
in Sacβ¦this time for the State π Championship!
π¨CIF-SJS D5 BOYS π PLAYOFF FINALπ¨
at RCHS Gym:
#3
Vacaville Christian 23
#2
@RCKnights
77
FINAL
Knights led by:
@EliTerpsma
17pts
@lukecrivello
11pts
Knights open up a 23-2 lead to start the game & make 10 3FGβs in 1H to advance to Saturdayβs
@cifsjs
D5 title π game
Congrats to our Ripon Christian
@RCKnights
Boys Basketball π Class of 2024 Power Forward Jace Beidleman
@JaceBeidleman
for being named the Martin Dentistry Athlete of the WeekβΌοΈ
Jace earned this recognition after leading our Knights to their 1οΈβ£3οΈβ£th CIF Sac-Joaquin Section
These 2 All-State basketball athletes from our 2 high schools in Ripon were spotted at a graduation party so they posed for a photo! On the left is C/O 2021 Braden Van Groningen
@_bradenvg_
of Ripon Christian & on the right is C/O 2020 Reina Sausedo
@reina_sausedo
_ of Ripon High
CongratsΒ to C/O 2020 PG Jacob Van Groningen
@jacob_vg8
for being named to the
@MantecaSports
All-Area Second Team earlier today! Jacob was 1 of just 11 players to be recognized as All-Area as he adds this to his TVL 1st Team & Modesto Bee All-District Honorable Mention awards
Our
@RCKnights
who are fresh off a
@cifsjs
D5 π title have been awarded the 3 seed in the
@CIFState
NorCal D5 π bracket today.
Next up is a 7pm home game on Tues 2/28 vs 14 seed Madera South. Winner advances to the Quarterfinals on Thurs 3/2 vs winner of the 6 vs 11 seeds
What a HS career for
@EliTerpsma
π₯
4-yr Varsity player
2x unanimous League MVP
All-Section HM
1200+pts 300+rebs 150+asts
2x Section Champ
1x NorCal Champ
1x NorCal Runner Up
+ more β22-23 season awards to come!
4-yr colleges need to pay attention!
Check the Hudl highlights π
π¨CIF NORCAL π GAME DAYπ¨
@RCKnights
seek their 5th
@cifstate
NorCal π title in boys π program history
π¨D5 NorCal Final
π vs Sierra HS
π Tues 3/7
β° 6:00pm
πΊ
πRCHS Gym
Knights (26-7) host Sierra HS of Tollhouse (30-5) in the D5 NorCal Final
Congrats to
@RCKnights
C/O 2023 Eli Terpsma
@EliTerpsma
for being named Tourney MVP this past weekend at the Ron Peterson Tip-Off Classic. The 6β3β guard averaged 16.7 pts, 4.3 rebs & 3.3 assists per game w/ 17 pts in the championship while leading the Knights to the trophy π