CORONA, CA – There was no shortage of “point guard-types” on hand at the Players Edge facility Saturday during the Fullcourt Press All-Frosh/Soph Camp.
Come to think of it . . . there were plenty of impressive post players – and wings – as well.
Sedrick Barefield (Corona, CA/Centennial), Kahill Simplis (North Hollywood Campbell Hall) and Kendall Small (Huntington Beach, CA/Ocean View) came into the two-day event with already well-established reputations for being among the West’s best at point guard in the Class of 2015.
Each of the three Southern California residents more than played justified the hyperbole with his play Saturday afternoon and evening in his two games.
But they were far from the only standouts at the position over the course of the 18 games played during the first two rounds of competition Saturday (note: action resumes Sunday morning at 8:45, with Rounds 3 and 4 to be followed by the Top 40 and Top 20 all-star games at 3 and 4 p.m., respectively).
Among the other sophomore point guards who also played extremely well during their two opportunities were Cameron High (Redondo Beach, CA/Redondo), Ke’Jhan Feagin (Long Beach, CA/Poly), Devon Colley (Las Vegas High) and Jesse Wade (Kaysville, UT/Davis).
High (who transferred from Playa del Rey St. Bernard) and Feagin (a starter on a team likely to go into the season top-ranked in California) were outstanding as both penetrators/playmakers and jump shooters Saturday.
Colley is among the most underrated (at least he was before Saturday) of an exceptional group of 10th graders in Las Vegas and Wade demonstrated why he could be the top prospect in Utah’s Class of 2015.
The freshman class of point guards was well represented as well.
Among the Saturday standouts in 2016 were Milan Acquaah (Pasadena, CA/La Salle), Leland Green (Redondo), Eric Monroe (San Diego St. Augustine) and Dykembe Martin (Riverside, CA/J.W. North).
Sophomore “bigs” who impressed Saturday included the Las Vegas Bishop Gorman trio of Stephen Zimmerman, Chase Jeter and Nick Blair.
Zimmerman continued to look like the most skilled near-seven footer in the class (regionally and nationally, as well); Jeter did his best “Grant Jerrett imitation; and Blair continued to play as if he is vaulting off a trampoline.
Among the other 2015 big men (of sorts) playing assertively Saturday were 6-9 Chimezie Metu (Lawndale, CA/Lawndale), 6-8 Jonathan Ross (Long Beach St. Anthony), 6-8 Nnamdi Okongwu (Chino, CA/Chino Hills), 6-6 Jeremiah Headley (Redondo), 6-7 Kendall Lauderdale (Orange, CA/Lutheran).
Wing-types who stood out from the Class of 2015 included 6-6 Cameron Walker (Santa Maria, CA/Righetti), 6-2 Ty’Rek Wells (Las Vegas Clark), 6-6 Roman Davis (Los Angeles Windward) and 6-5 Lance Coleman (Richmond, CA/Salesian).
If Wells wasn’t the top scorer Saturday, he certainly was the most prolific – and emphatic – dunker.
Among the other freshmen standouts Saturday were 6-3 Jordan Griffin (Corona Centennial), 6-7 Vance Jackson (Pasadena La Salle), 6-6 Devin Young (Sacramento, CA/Charter) and 6-7 T.J. Leaf (El Cajon, CA/Foothill Christian).
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