A smiling high school basketball player wearing a white Salesian jersey with the number 2 stands with his arm around a coach or teammate dressed in a black Nike basketball hoodie. They pose on an indoor court while people in the background chat and gather after the game.
(R-L) Elias Obenyah stands with former coach Kevin Bonner in an undated family photo. (Obenyah family via Bay City News)

SAN LEANDRO, CA., 3/2/26 — Ukiah native Elias Obenyah starred in the CIF North Coast Section Open Division high school boys basketball championship over the weekend, getting a steal and go-ahead basket in the final minute of the game to win the title for Salesian College Preparatory from Richmond. 

Obenyah, a senior who is going to Stanford University on a basketball scholarship after graduation, had 13 points in the game on Saturday in San Leandro against Clayton Valley Charter High School, but the most important were his final two to put Salesian ahead 50-49 with a layup after a steal at midcourt and Salesian held on for the 51-49 win. 

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