Lafayette-based AAU program Bay Area Blitz 2025 (sixth grade) won the largest youth girls AAU basketball tournament of the year in Southern California over President's Weekend, the SGV Invitational. The team had a dominating performance going 6-0 for the weekend beating the top AAU clubs from the entire state of California and Seattle-based Tree of Hope in the championship game. The smallest margin of victory for the girls was 15 points throughout the tournament. Lamorinda residents Addison Ames, Sophie Chinn, Natalie Frechman, and Dulcinea Vail represented our area well down south.