My Top 30 “All-Post Christmas” selections

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – OK’s here’s my New Year’s Treat for all of those of you want to see who impressed me the most during:

*My two days at Torrey Pines High (for the National Division of the 24^th Torrey Pines Holiday Classic);

*My one day at Carlsbad La Costa Canyon High (for the American Division of the above event) and;

*My one day at Rancho Mirage High (for multiple championship and third-place games in the Max Preps Holiday Classic).

What follows are the 30 players who, more or less, most impressed me when I watched them over those four days. This isn’t a list of the 30-best college prospects – it’s just those who played the best, from my perspective, on the days I was in the gym watching them. Guys I didn’t watch play at either site were not considered, obviously, based upon the above criteria.

The selections break down, by site, thusly: Torrey Pines (16), La Costa Canyon (four) and Rancho Mirage (10)

Here you go . . .

 

SENIORS (12)

  Parker Jackson-Cartwright (L.A. Loyola/5-8); Iman Chatman (Chula Vista, CA, Mater Dei/6-1); Joe Covarrubias (Montebello, CA, Cantwell Sacred-Heart/6-3); Victor Joseph (Rancho Cucamonga, CA/6-1); Trey Kell (San Diego St. Augustine/6-4); Jared Nickens (Westtown, PA/6-6); Deontae North (Corona, CA, Centennial/6-4); Theo Pinson (High Point, NC, Wesleyan Christian/6-5); Elijah Stewart (Los Angeles Westchester/6-4); Jason Todd (Mill Creek, WA, Jackson/6-5); Devin Watson (Oceanside, CA, El Camino/6-0); Thomas Welsh (L.A. Loyola/6-11).

 

JUNIORS (seven)

  Sedrick Barfield (Corona, CA, Centennial/6-2); K.J. Feagins (Long Beach Poly/6-0); Matt Hauser (Thousand Oaks, CA/6-1); Max Hazzard (L.A. Loyola/6-1); Ivan Rabb (Oakland Bishop O’Dowd/6-9); Justin Simon (Temecula, CA, Temecula Valley/6-4); Kendall Small (Lakewood, CA, Mayfair).

 

SOPHOMORES (seven)

  Bryce Aiken (Elizabeth, NJ, The Patrick School/5-9/So.); Lonzo Ball (Chino Hills, CA/6-5/So.); Brandon Cyrus (San Diego Torrey Pines/6-3/So.); T.J. Leaf (El Cajon, CA, Foothills Christian/6-8/So.); Dikymbe Martin (Riverside, CA, JW North/6-1/So.); Ian Miller (Sacramento Sheldon/6-4/So.); Deveral Ramsey (Chatsworth, CA, Sierra Canyon/5-9).

FRESHMEN (four)

Jaylen Hands (Chula Vista, CA, Mater Dei/5-11); Damari Milstead (Hayward, CA, Moreau Catholic/5-11); Cody Riley (Chatsworth, CA, Sierra Canyon/6-7); Matt Mitchell (Riverside, CA, Martin Luther King/6-5).