Check out the sweet hoops in the OC

January 14, 2012 By Frank Burlison 1 Comment

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VILLA PARK, CA – Are you craving some quality high school basketball action to watch, up close and personnel, today?

Then I suggest out make the trek to north Orange County to visit Villa Park High (18042 Taft Avenue in Villa Park) to watch Coach Kevin Reynolds’ Coaches vs. Cancer Showcase.

The first of five games gets underway at 2 o’clock, when Huntington Beach Edison takes on Redondo Beach Redondo.

The next four games: 3:30, Anaheim Canyon vs. Huntington Beach; 5, Palm Springs vs. Cerritos Gahr; 6:30, Villa Park vs. Los Alamitos; 8, Mission Viejo vs. Victor Valley.

Edison is led by one of Southern California’s most underrated seniors in 6-foot-3 Dreon Barlett while Redondo is paced by a jump-shooting specialist in 6-1 junior Derek Biale.

Canyon has a freshman point guard in Nick Anderson – the brother of UCLA’s Jerime Anderson and the University of San Diego’s Chris Anderson.

The Palm Springs-Gahr clash could be a dandy.

Palm Springs has a highly underrated – for now – junior in 6-2 Quentin Taylor while the Gladiators are paced by 6-1 Anthony Martinez and two solid juniors in 6-4 Brian Nebo and 6-6 Kyle Benton.

Villa Park has a very good sophomore in 6-3 Luke Selway while Mission Viejo has one of the better juniors in Orange County in 6-3 Evan Zeller.

If you have a Twitter account, follow by updates from the event at FrankieBur.

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