Bryan Van Groningen

Husband, father of 2, Christian, co-owner of a family farm, director of @RiponRoyals basketball, & sports junkie. All of the opinions expressed here are my own!

[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

@potatokmish Illinois playing 1-on-1 ain’t gonna cut it in the 2H; Wagler was a ball stopper all half

[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

@CodyBrownBets Congrats on being on the wrong side for the entire game minus the last 2 mins

[Ripon Christian Boys Basketball 🏀 @RCKnightsBball]

ICYMI: @RCKnights coach Mark Hofman gets doused 💦 by all the boys in the team locker room moments after the Varsity 🏀 Knights gain a thrilling home victory to capture the program’s 6️⃣th league title in a row this past Friday night‼️

It’s a real blessing to see all the joy & excitement after months of hard work day in & day out put forth by the players & coaches. To God be the glory‼️

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[Ripon Christian Boys Basketball 🏀 @RCKnightsBball]

Our entire Knights 🏀 program is off to a spectacular start to the 2026 league season 💯👀

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[Ripon Christian Boys Basketball 🏀 @RCKnightsBball]

🚨@cifsjs BOYS 🏀 GAME FINAL🚨

at Bud Castle Gymnasium:

@RCKnights 63
Sonora HS 61
Final

Knights leading scorers:

-C/O 2026 Chase Bunnell @chase_bunnell02 16pts (2 3FG’s) 8rebs 3asts

-C/O 2026 Jake Vander Veen @JakeVV24 14pts 5rebs 4asts 2stls

-C/O 2026 Amos Cady @famous_amos_4 14pts (3 3FG’s) 7rebs 6asts 3stls

-C/O 2026 Mason Tameling @MasonTameling 8pts (2 3FG’s) 4rebs 3asts

-C/O 2027 Josiah Van Vliet 6pts (2 3FG’s) 3rebs 2asts

-C/O 2027 Ben Bulthuis 3pts 3rebs 2asts

-C/O 2026 Luke Walton 2pts 4rebs 2asts

Knights withstand a furious comeback by host Sonora HS and escape with a 63-61 win in Sonora to catapult themselves into sole possession of 1st place in the TVL; Knights turned a 13-10 deficit late in the 1Q into a 33-17 lead by way of a 23-4 run which gave the Knights a comfortable lead at half; Knights then held a 43-27 lead midway thru the 3Q before Sonora HS mounted a massive comeback; Sonora took back the lead at 53-52 w/ 4:40 left in the 4Q on the strength of a 12-2 run and had all the momentum; Knights hung in tough then trailed again at 61-59 when SG Josiah Van Vliet hit the 2nd of his back to back 3FG’s to give the Knights the lead for good at 62-61 w/ 1:20 left to go; Sonora had 1 final possession down 2 points w/ 10 seconds to go but the Knights got the big stop to secure a massive road win; Knights enjoyed balanced scoring with 3 players in double figures plus for some very good bench play; Knights improve to 6-0 in TVL & 12-9 overall while taking over sole possession of 1st place in the TVL at the midway point of league

@209Hoops @frontrowpreps @westcoastpreps @NorCalPreps @NorCalSportsTV @MantecaSports @ASD_Sports @Quade1095 @cifsjs @wrightsbball @SacBee_JoeD @SacMaxPreps @recordpreps @recordnet @CalHiSports @KasselMedia @Prep2PrepSports @RonMFlores @simplyy_bball @Pdouble_33 @pagmeter @CalvinMensBball @WCPSacramento @J_Georgeson26 @A2J15 @heykevinjohn @nickhlozito @DylanAck10

[Ripon Christian Boys Basketball 🏀 @RCKnightsBball]

🚨@cifsjs BOYS 🏀 GAME FINAL🚨

at RCHS Gymnasium in Ripon:

Hughson HS 59
@RCKnights 67
Final - OT

Knights leading scorers:

-C/O 2026 Jake Vander Veen @JakeVV24 15pts 5rebs 3asts

-C/O 2026 Chase Bunnell @chase_bunnell02 15pts 8rebs

-C/O 2026 Mason Tameling @MasonTameling 13pts (2 3FG’s) 5rebs 2asts

-C/O 2026 Amos Cady @famous_amos_4 12pts (2 3FG’s) 8rebs 4asts

-C/O 2027 Josiah Van Vliet 6pts (2 3FG’s) 6rebs

-C/O 2027 Ben Bulthuis 6pts (2 3FG’s) 2rebs

Knights win an instant classic on Homecoming Night; Mason Tameling hits a contested corner 3FG as time expired in regulation to send the game into overtime; the Knights then used that bolt of energy to start the OT on a 9-0 run and win a dramatic thriller over Hughson HS on Homecoming Night; Knights started hot and opened up a 15-4 lead to start the game before Hughson chipped away at the lead all game long before taking their 1st lead of the game at 44-42 early in the 4Q; the game went back & forth and was tied late until Hughson scored a putback at 0:33 left before the Knights forced a turnover leading up to the last possession of regulation when Tameling knocked down the buzzer beater to send it to OT; Knights had balanced scoring tonight as 4 players were in double figures; Knights improve to 2-0 in the TVL and 8-8 overall

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[Ripon Christian Boys Basketball 🏀 @RCKnightsBball]

🚨@cifsjs BOYS 🏀 GAME UPDATE🚨

at RCHS Gymnasium in Ripon:

Hughson HS 54
@RCKnights 54
Overtime

@MantecaSports @ASD_Sports @Quade1095 @209Hoops @NorCalPreps @frontrowpreps @recordnet @RonMFlores @SacMaxPreps @SacBee_JoeD @wrightsbball @pagmeter @WCPSacramento @DylanAck10

[Mitch Riberal @Mitch_Riberal]

"That's what every football dreams about"- @luke_weaver2

"That was a hell of a throw by Luke" - @CoachTimmyChang

Luke Weaver with the biggest throw of the season for #HawaiiFB as they win the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl

@RobDeMelloKHON I @khon2SportsTV I @KHONnews

[Ripon Christian Boys Basketball 🏀 @RCKnightsBball]

🚨@cifsjs BOYS 🏀 GAME FINAL🚨

3rd Place Game of Ron Peterson Tip-Off Tournament at Riverbank HS:

River Islands HS 56
@RCKnights 72
FINAL

Knights leading scorers:

-C/O 2026 Jake Vander Veen @JakeVV24 40pts (6-10 3FG’s) 4rebs 7asts

-C/O 2026 Chase Bunnell @chase_bunnell02 10pts (2 3FG’s) 12rebs 4asts

-C/O 2027 Ben Bulthuis @Bennybuckets27 6pts 2rebs 3asts

-C/O 2026 Luke Walton 6pts (2 3FG) 5rebs 3asts

-C/O 2027 Jeremy Molloy 4pts 4rebs

-C/O 2027 Josiah Van Vliet 3pts (3 3FG’s) 3rebs 2asts

-C/O 2027 Dylan Segaar 3pts 2rebs

Varsity Knights opened up a slim 18-13 lead after the 1Q behind Jake Vander Veen’s 14 points in that opening quarter then built a comfortable lead at 35-23 going into halftime; however River Islands HS did not quit as they chipped away and cut the deficit down to only 2 points at 44-42 with less than 2 minutes to go in the 3Q; the Knights quickly responded with a 16-5 run over the next 4 minutes and stretch their lead out to 13 early in the 4Q and clinch the hard-earned victory; PG Jake Vander Veen was an absolute monster all night as he scored a career-high 40 points on 16-29 FG shooting including hitting 6-10 on 3FG’s plus played the point & dished out 7 assists to go w/ 4 rebounds; PF Chase Bunnell scored both inside & outside while registering a double-double w/ 10 points & grabbing 12 rebounds including 6 of them being offensive boards; Varsity Knights were hot from deep again tonight by knocking down a total of 10 3FG makes led by Jake Vander Veen’s 6 makes and Luke Walton’s 2 makes; Varsity Knights improve to 2-2 overall and will play next week in the Mark Gallo Invitational at Central Catholic HS versus Chavez HS of Stockton on Wednesday 12/10 at 5pm

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[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

@WCPSacramento @TommyOttoSutton @SonoraHigh @MasonTameling @RCknightsFB @eli_ingallQB26 @Cash_Byington7 @SpeerBrody2 Can we see a clip of the late hit put on by @SonoraHigh along the sidelines late in the 2Q which drew an unsportsmanlike 15-yard penalty and also knocked out the Knights starting QB? 👎

[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

@YahooFantasy Poor throw by Dak making it a difficult catch

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AVCA/NAIA National 🇺🇸 Player of the Year Braden Van Groningen @_bradenvg_ bringing the back row attack heat 🔥 for The Master's University Men's Volleyball 🏐 squad @TMUAthletics in the @NAIA National 🇺🇸 Semifinals match versus St. Thomas University of Florida back on 5/2/25 in Cedar Rapids, IA 💯

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Congratulations to Braden Van Groningen and Will Avera of @TMUAthletics on their specialty awards and the #NAIAMVB All-Tournament Team members on a great tournament!

Check out the full All-Tournament Team list here --> https://t.co/XYUBS7xUsl

#collegevolleyball

[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

Match 🏐 highlights of 2025 NAIA/AVCA National 🇺🇸 Player of the Year OH Braden Van Groningen @_bradenvg_ in The Master’s University Men’s Volleyball 🏐 @TMUAthletics elimination match victory versus Park University of Missouri on 5/1/25 played in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The #1️⃣-ranked @NAIA Men’s Volleyball 🏐 team in the country continued play in the 2025 National 🇺🇸 Tournament with their second 3️⃣-0 sweep in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to improve to a perfect 25-0 on the season 👀

Braden Van Groningen helped lead the TMU 🏐 squad to the victory by registering a team-high 1️⃣4️⃣ kills on a .444% hitting percentage to go along with 4️⃣ digs, 1️⃣ block and 1️⃣ assist for a total of 1️⃣5️⃣ points scored

[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

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[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

✅ Victory in the NAIA National 🇺🇸 Championship match for The Master's University @TMUAthletics Men's Volleyball 🏐 squad over #2-seed St. Xavier of Illinois to win the 2025 NAIA National 🏆 Championship on Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

✅✅ The #1️⃣-ranked @NAIA Men’s Volleyball 🏐 team in the country finished with a perfect 27-0 record on the season 👀

✅✅✅ Braden Van Groningen @_bradenvg_ was named the National 🇺🇸 Tournament Most Valuable Player this week in leading TMU to a men’s national 🏆 title

For the week, Braden finished with 5️⃣4️⃣ kills on a .350% hitting percentage while adding 3️⃣0️⃣ digs and 1️⃣0️⃣ blocks for a total of 6️⃣0️⃣ points scored across 13 sets played

Braden is a 2021 graduate of Ripon Christian HS located in Ripon, CA. Braden played for the @RCKnights boys volleyball program and finished as a @cifsjs runner-up in the 2019 season before COVID took away his last 2 years of HS volleyball. Braden also played club volleyball locally for Rage Volleyball.

Braden was also recently named as the 2025 AVCA/NAIA National 🇺🇸 Player of the Year

To read the full story about Saturday’s 🏐 championship victory click the thumbnail below ⬇️

https://t.co/iPG0xIZKkF

[Bryan Van Groningen @BVanGee]

@TMUAthletics @NAIA @MantecaSports @Quade1095 @Recordnet @modbee @ASD_Sports

[NAIA @NAIA]

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Congratulations to @TMUAthletics for winning their first #NAIAMVB National Title!

Check out the recap of the match --> https://t.co/XYUBS7xUsl

#collegevolleyball #BattleForTheRedBanner #RightWayToPlay

[Master’s Athletics @TMUAthletics]

The perfect ending to a perfect season!

27-0 ✅
@NAIA National Title ✅

"All glory to God," said tournament MVP Braden Van Groningen. "This is the spot we were put in, and falling short last year makes this all the sweeter."