Monday, January 5, 2026

Callahan - Basketball in 2026

It's a new year ... what is in store for Callahan?
This will be a post in progress ... updating throughout the year.

Some snapshots from Q1/2026 (Jan/Feb/March)

Cal and Co started the year by packing up and taking a little trip to Idaho. They dominated ... two games on Friday, January 16, and another game Saturday January 17 ... and then the championship. They got the win. 



Back home in Utah ... Cal and Co were signed up for the 

He also played in a Thursday Winter League at South Jordan.

They took 2nd at SJ, but got the top spot at T-ville!

Cal played in a weekend tournament too (at Alta and Jordan) and I was able to watch/video the three Saturday games ... 2nd place there, so close! It was a very full week, with 10 games in 8 days (between three different leagues/teams).  I have highlights from the first game on Saturday/March 16, Game 1. 



As the Spring Leagues opened up, Cal&Co missed making it into the Monday league, so Ben&Jerrys is back on Wednesday nights. Cal's Elevate made the deadline, so they (and Cal) are playing Mondays as well. He's also hitting some Sunday games in Herriman. 



The championships for this Spring League happened while we were on a family vacation to Hawaii, so Cal (and I) missed out on them. Elevate didn't make it to the end, but Ben&Jerrys did, and they won it!

On to the Summer season ...
So many late games! I made it to the 6:00 game, but that was the only one I hit. Even then first playoff game (Aug24) was at 9:00.  In addition to the Taylorsville league, Cal played in the Herriman/Sunday league again too. 



Check back for updates and links to highlights. 
All things BlackhamBall are posted on Facebook and Instagram.
Highlights posted on the BasketballCal YouTube channel. 







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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Clackamas Colton ~ Sophomore(2nd Year)

 

This will be a post in progress, but I like a location where I have all the info and links for my own reference as well as sharing with friends and family ... Colton's second year at Clackamas, his sophomore season, 2025-2026. I'll be updating along the way!


There are several sites I check throughout the basketball season ... 
  • The Clackamas Basketball ~ 2025-2026 schedule, which also shows scores/stats from the previous games. Links to the roster and other info about the school as well. 
  • The NWAC (NorthWest Athletic Conference) oversees thirty-six (36) community colleges located in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. They have a website full of information on the basketball season; schedule, standings, stats, regions, results...
  • The NWAC Sports Network provides streaming for the games, so check that out for live action! I like to mirror from my phone to the larger television. 
  • To follow the family social media, there will posts on Facebook and Instagram, and there is a YouTube playlist/highlights for these college games.  I'll update with links here as well.

Some of the game photos ...







Here's a live look at #mycoltonclips ... his highest scoring game, with 31 points ...

Colton was featured as NWAC Athlete of the Week ...


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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Clackamas Colton - Sophomore Preseason

Colton is back at Clackamas for his second/sophomore season. 

The schedule is out ... I'm putting dates on the calendar.
There is already one change (the Nov 5 game switched to Oct 24).

There was a Celebration of Life for Coach Wegs in September, and many/most of the former players came out for the memorial. The school paper did a write up on Coach Stamme, moving up to the head coach position (see it HERE). 

The first preseason scrimmage was at Centralia on October 12, 2025. The mini-games were streamed, but required purchase of a pass ($40) for BallerTV. I was just happy I could watch! I was also able to make some highlight videos (Game 1/Lower Columbia, Game2/Centralia, Game3/EliteAcademy, Game4/GraysHarbor).  Then Clackamas hosted a jamboree on November 2 ... these mini-games weren't streamed, but Colton was able to get me footage after the fact. Five games. Colton hit the hardwood in the third game and ended up needing stitches (but he played the fourth/fifth games first). 



The game against CorbanGold was more of a scrimmage - no stream, and no public (Grayson was actually in Portland that day/weekend). When there was no news of a stream to the Bellevue jamboree on November 8th, I suggested to Hubs that we fly out to catch the mini-games in person. And we did. So I have in person highlights Game 1, Game 2, Game 3. 

Now for the real season to start ...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Callahan - Basketball 2025



This will be a post in progress ...
updating throughout the year.

Cal still LOVES basketball ... he plays in several different Men's Leagues and Tournaments, sometimes heading up the team, other times being asked to play on various teams with players he's met along the way.  If I can make it out to a game, I try to. I still enjoy watching and videoing, and the boys seem to enjoy seeing the highlight reels. 

Cal hadn't gotten his usual team together at Taylorsville since summer last year. They had been playing in the Wednesday night league, but there hadn't been enough teams signed up for Fall, and then they didn't make it in for Winter. Cal's basketball buddy Rowland had a team playing on Mondays at Gene Fullmer, and he joined them. Nice and close for me to drive to. 

Winter Gene Fullmer League 2025
I remember I got the first text from Cal on January 6, at 6:00 saying he had a game at 7:00. He said this league had some teams that weren't as challenging, and that it would likely be a blowout ... several of the games turned out that way, although they lost one I watched, and then Cal was out of town for the finals/championship.  I made it to four games. January 6. January 13. January 27. February 3.  With all of Colton's Clackamas games going on, I wasn't getting to all the highlight videos in a timely manner. Cal stepped up and said he'd go through his game clips (saving me some time and repetition).



Cal was also playing in a league at the South Jordan Rec Center. He hadn't mentioned this one to me until it was over. I really wish I'd made it to their semi/championship game, as they won it! A couple of the guys (JoJo Elliot and Austin Evans) I know from previous years.  It wrapped up in March. 


... and back to Taylorsville/Spring Semi-Comp, now playing on Mondays with a mixed team. Several from the previous Wednesday team and the Bolman Brothers. Going with the "Chillers" name and Rowland as "Coach".  I didn't hear about the first game until about an hour before (and I wasn't able to pull together and get there in time).I made it the next week, so there's a video of the April 21 game. Then Cal and Kate went on a trip to Italy and he missed two weeks. Highlights from 04/28, 05/19 and 06/02.  There was a playoff game June 9, but they didn't make it to the championships. 


There have also been games at The Training Zone in Herriman on Sunday afternoons. When Colton was in town for Spring Break, he played with Cal in a game (and that provides me with a ride). March23. The brothers played together again at a game when Colton was home for the summer. July 13. Another tournament together (highlights from just one game, Aug 17 although they had a later game too. The team had Saturday games, but Colton was injured and Cal had other plans). 

With Spring season over, the Summer League at Taylorsville started up ... still Chillers for the team name. I didn't make the 9:00 games, and I missed game 4 ... Cal missed game 4, as that was the semi/championship for a different league he was playing in (see below). Colton filled in for Cal at the August 18 game, and they got the win, and I wished I could be at both! 


I have highlights from Game 3, Game 5, Game 6 and Game 7 and then from the Playoffs on 9/22, and the Semi-Finals and Championship on 9/29. The first game was at 6:00, with the other two top teams battling it out at at 7:00 (and the lower seed won) then the championship game at 8:00. 


Got the win!



As mentioned, Cal played in another summer league ... Copper View in Midvale. I didn't know any of the other guys on this team, and didn't find out about the league until the end, Monday/August 18, when the playoffs (semi-finals and championship) happened. I went out to watch, and video, and caught my favorite photo of Callahan (the one with his hair sticking up, which was also my doing).  Highlights from the Semi-Final game HERE, which they won, and the championship game HERE, which they unfortunately lost. Very close, and I recall one of Cal's teammates quite unhappy about it (there was some swearing). 

Bring on the final leagues of 2025 ... Fall season at both  Taylorsville and South Jordan (links to the schedules, I'm not sure how long they last). Both leagues ended up with 2nd place in the Championship ... they still get a t-shirt. Cal seemed fine with the loss in the SJ league, but not in the Tville one. 

Taylorsville Season Schedule and Standings
Back to Ben and Jerrys for the team name... 

I have highlights from Game 1, Game 3, Game 4 ... I have video from Game 7 and the Semi and Championship on December 8.  The South Jordan league started and ended a bit earlier ...

Again, Cal hadn't let me know about this league until a little later in the season, so the first game I attended was Game4 (here's highlights). Cal didn't make it to Game 5 (family trip to Wyoming) so I didn't either.  I have video from Game 6 and Game 7 and from the Semi and Championship. 

I got a little behind in my highlight videos ... even with Cal's help going through the clips, although he got a little behind on doing that too. If/When I turn video into highlights, I'll update here. 








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Saturday, November 16, 2024

Colton at Clackamas ~ Freshman Year



  • The NWAC (NorthWest Athletic Conference) oversees thirty-six (36) community colleges located in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. They have a website full of information on the basketball season; schedule, standings, stats, regions, results... 
  • The NWAC Sports Network provides streaming for the games, so check that out for live action!
  • Colton decided to attend Clackamas Community College. Here's the game schedule, and there are additional pages with stats, box scores, play by play, etc ...
  • To follow the family social media, there will posts on Facebook and Instagram, and Twitter ... there is a YouTube playlist/highlights for these college games and I'll update with links here as well. 




There were some early scrimmages. Short "games" ... 20min matchups. Then pre-season games from around the region, then the season, home and away against region teams. 


As 2024 ends ... out of all the players in all the schools in the NWAC, Colton is the assist leader. Keeping control of the ball until he finds the open man. The magic touch as he passes and they make the shot. He set the school record for assists at West Jordan and is continuing in college play ...




Highlight Videos ...

 A collage from the Jan15 Linn-Benton game - Credit ManicMedia

February 22, 2025 ... Clackamas vs Lane


... as the season ended, they said goodbye to the three seniors (Gray is going on to play at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology) and had some Spring training. Colton returned home at the end of June (after pulling 4.0 GPA the last two trimesters). 

In July, the team had a Zoom call with the sad news that Coach Clif Wegner had passed away. He'd had some health struggles during the Spring, surgeries and hospitalizations, but it was still unexpected. 




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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Colton at Clackamas (Preseason Scrimmages)

 


At the end of August, Colton moved to Oregon to attend Clackamas Community College and play on their men's basketball team in the NWAC (NorthWestAthleticConference). The first few weeks of September they had a camp, and then practices every Monday-Friday. School started at the end of September. The official season is still a little ways away ... you can check out the schedule on the Clackamas Athletics website (schedule), first official (still pre-season) game will be November 15. There are a few "jamboree" round robin events before that. Here's the full schedule (although there's already been an update on the website) ...



The first Juco Jamboree was October 13 in Centralia. There was a live stream available with a subscription to BallerTV, which I paid, so that I could see the action. The video wasn't the best quality, but it was better than missing out!  The set-up was interesting. Round robin, four teams, three games. The games were a single period (26 minutes?), no quarters/halves or even switching sides. A shooting foul got one point, then a single second shot. The Clackamas crew was playing in their pink practice jerseys as the team hasn't been finalized yet. Colton started all three games, scored each game (and had quite a few assists) and got good playing time (considering there were three full teams and the reduced clock). I was able to make highlights ...


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Next up, was another jamboree, this time hosted by Clackamas.



There wasn't live streaming, but Colton was able to get me some video after the fact, so there are highlights! These were quick matchups, just 20min/running clock games. Clackamas had five games, they won two, lost three. Colton wrote "South Puget Sound and Tacoma are possibly two of the better teams in the NWAC so we weren't too upset with those losses. Blue Mountain was rough, we did not play well. I was happy with how many assists I was getting, especially for how short the games were.  The game against Tacoma was awesome, it was the last game of the night and we had some of the other teams watching too."

Off the court - refueling!


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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Cal (&Colton) Men's League 2024

Basketball Brothers
Cal and his crew have been playing in the Taylorsville Men's Semi-Competitive League for a few years now. Wednesday nights, a league for each season. Guys from the old Copper Hills basketball team along with whoever else they add (Colton comes during the summer season). This is a Semi-Competitive league (they once accidentally signed up for a rec league ... they need the higher level!)
 

WINTER
Winter season was January - March. Colton had his high school games going, and Wednesday nights are book club, so I only made it to one of the games this season. You can see the highlights HERE. Cooper went through the clips for me and laughed, as Cal had an open layup that didn't finish. Cal's face reflected the feeling, and Landon and Colton thought it was pretty hilarious too (Landon even made a little GIF of it). I asked Cal about the team name ... They are Ben and Jerrys (as Ben and Jared are two of their players). 

SPRING

Semi-Finals/Championship June 19
They lost in the semi-finals by five ... so no Spring T-shirt. I guess I never got around to making a video of that final game. I was there watching and got video. It is so fun to see both Cal and Colton playing together (for the May game, Colton was available, but Cal had a full team. Other times they struggled to field five players!) 



SUMMER


For some reason Cal couldn't sign up as Ben&Jerrys, so they were Hoopers Only for this season. I was able to attend all but week 6, which of course was their double header (so I missed two games). Colton was available for all the summer games, and won an award at the end of the season for being the leading scorer in the league.  He was off to college for the playoff though ... Cal was gone for the semi-finals, but the team got the win ... and it was on to the championship game!


September 18, 2024 


They got the T-Shirt!

Callahan (he's kind of the "coach" or at least the one in charge of getting them signed up) got the team registered for the Fall season ... but the rec center didn't get enough teams for the semi-comp Wednesday night league. There is also a Monday option, but by the time Cal found out the Wednesday night league wasn't happening, the Monday league was filled. No Fall Ball :(   We joked that they'd scared all the other teams away, and Colton chimed in that they really didn't want to play without him anyway. 





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Saturday, May 18, 2024

Clackamas Colton ~ Signing Day

 As Colton progressed through this high school seasons, he knew he wanted to continue to play at the next level. We worked with a recruiter, and Colton was talking to about four colleges with real possibilities. Many video calls and discussions, and a trip to visit several colleges in the Pacific NorthWest. 
Ultimately, Colton decided to commit to Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. The official "signing day" was Friday, May 17, 2024 at the high school. It was a combo signing, with Colton's buddy Q committing to Centralia (also in Oregon).  Lots of friends and family, coaches and school staff came out to support and celebrate the boys. 

Colton will be leaving at the end of August, for a pre-season basketball camp with the school, and school starts September 30. I'll be sure to update here when we have more info on games and such. There is a college page that I'll be watching for updates on ... ClackamasCougars. 

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

Allstar Game

 


The season was done, and several boys across all teams at all levels had made themselves known. In 5A the championship had come down to Alta and Olympus (Olympus took the crown). As the "Allstars" were selected, both Alta and Olympus had three stand-outs each. Colton was pleased to represent West Jordan in the traditional 6A vs 5A game.  It took place March 29, 2024 and was held at Olympus High School. It wasn't the only activity the school was hosting that night, so parking was packed.

The boys hadn't played or practiced together, this was a little more of a "fun" game, similar to the NBA Allstar showcase. As 5A was the underdogs (coming from the smaller schools) they were "away" and each wore their own school jersey. It was much more apparent (and fun) for 5A I thought, as 6A all had shades of white, not as distinct. 

Here's a listing of the 5A Allstars  ...





Highlights ...

https://youtu.be/cMGjv0Y4raE?si=if0laSq0ewrH6gaP

6A got the win, but Colton had a pretty good game.

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

Colton ~ Varsity (Senior Year) 2023-2024


It's Colton's (#5) senior year! Once again, he'll be starting Varsity for the West Jordan Jaguars.  Game highlights will be uploaded to the BlackhamBall YouTube - check that out HERE. Follow the BlackhamBall Instagram for #mycoltonclips and new photos. BlackhamBall has a Facebook page as well. Stats can be seen on the DeseretNews and MaxPreps websites.

Here's the schedule ... check the WJ Youtube for live streams of home games. I'll try to see if away games offer a live stream and will post on FB if I find them. While I plan on attending all the games in person, I really appreciate the live streams, so family&friends can peek in on games too. I'll update these game with links to the game highlights. 




HOME - (Friday, November 17) Intro to the team ... WJ Black & Blue game

HOME (Tuesday, November 21) WJ vs Davis
AWAY (Thursday, November 30) WJ vs ArborView/NV at Corner Canyon (4:40)
AWAY (Saturday, December 2) WJ vs Layton Christian at Corner Canyon (12:20)
HOME (Tuesday, December 5) WJ vs Mountain Ridge
AWAY (Friday, December 8) WJ at Bingham
HOME (Tuesday, December 12) WJ vs Alta
HOME (Friday, December 15) WJ vs Skyridge
AWAY (Tuesday, December 19) WJ at CopperHills
AWAY (Thursday, December 28) WJ at Riverton
AWAY (Friday, December 29) WJ vs Syracuse at Riverton (1:45)
AWAY (Friday, December 30) WJ vs Snow Canyon at Riverton (1:30)
***  (Region Begins)
HOME (Wednesday, January 3) WJ vs Cyprus
HOME (Friday, January 5) WJ vs Juan Diego
AWAY (Tuesday, January 9) WJ at Hunter
HOME (Friday, January 12) WJ vs Granger
AWAY (Tuesday, January 16) WJ at Kearns
HOME (Friday, January 19) WJ vs Taylorsville
AWAY (Friday, January 26) WJ at Cyprus
AWAY (Tuesday, January 30) WJ at Juan Diego
HOME (Friday, February 2) WJ vs Hunter
AWAY (Tuesday, February 6) WJ at Granger
HOME (Friday, February 9) WJ vs Kearns
AWAY (Tuesday, February 13) WJ at Taylorsville

State Playoffs
HOME (Tuesday, February 20) WJ vs Hunter
AWAY (Wednesday, February 21) WJ @ Orem

Here's a peek at the highlights of the highlights ...

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Colton Collages - Senior Season

Getting good pictures of basketball games is a challenge! The action, the low light, the distance ... I'm always busy behind a video camera for live highlights anyway. I can't even express the joy I felt when I found out that a professional photographer had been contracted to cover a majority of the games (Nicci Dean Photography). Because of this, we have priceless pictures from Colton's senior season. 

The season opener was an intro to the team, with the boys divided up and playing against each other. Sophomore girls faced JV girls in the 1st quarter, Sophomore boys challenged the JV boys in the second. Girls again, Varsity (pulling a couple up to get 10 players) for the 3rd, then (who I was excited to see) the Boys Varsity. Black and Blue.  This game was played on Friday, November 17, 2023.
 

Pictures from the first game  (WJ vs Davis) 11/21/2023

Game #4 (West Jordan vs Mountain Ridge)  Tuesday, December 8, 2023

Game #8 (WJ vs CHHS) Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Game #9 (WJ vs Riverton) December 28, 2023

Game #15/Region Game #4 (WJ vs Granger) Friday, January 12, 2024

Game #17/Region Game #6 (WJ vs Taylorsville) Friday, January 19, 2024

Game #18/Region Game #7 (WJ vs Cyprus) Friday, January 26, 2024

Game #20/Region Game #9 (WJ vs Hunter) Friday, February 2, 2024


Game #21/Region Game #10 (WJ vs Granger) Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Game #22/Region Game #11 (WJ vs Kearns) Friday, February 9, 2024
This was also the Senior Night celebration, and the game that guaranteed the Region win.

While I captured almost all the games on video, and the highlights are fun to watch, there's something special about photos. I'm so grateful for these pictures! There were occasionally other professional photographs at the games, and there were some pictures available for a price (MaxPrepsPictures). I bought a couple, but didn't feel like I needed to grab as many as I had all these ones already. 

Nicci Dean Photography also covered the team photos/pictures for the program ...



Check out Cal's collages from his senior/Varsity year.

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