LYNWOOD – Much of the best from the Southern California – and beyond – high school boys basketball classes of 2022 and ’23 were on hand Saturday and Sunday for the Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp at Lynwood High.
And the event, which drew approximately 250 players, wrapped up mid-Sunday afternoon with a rousing Top 30 all-star clash that ended with the team wearing white jerseys prevailing, 118-115.
Brentwood High sophomore Christian Moore was selected the Most Outstanding Player for the victorious team after scoring 15 points and grabbing seven rebounds.
And 6-foot-5, multiple-skilled sophomore JoJo Hunter (San Joaquin Memorial in Fresno) was the MOP for the black jerseys after racking up seven points, eight assists and six rebounds.
Sharing the over Camp Most Outstanding Player designation were sophomores Kijani Wright (L.A. Windward) and Aidan Shaw (Blue Valley High in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park).
The 6-9 Wright was already a consensus Top 10 or so in the national Class of 2022.
And the 6-7 Shaw – who played for the MOKAN Elite 15s squad on the EYBL circuit over the spring and summer – pushed himself into that same “conversation” after his weekend trip to SoCal.
Wright and his Windward classmate, guard Dylan Andrews (another camp standout), are scheduled to visit the University of Arizona this coming weekend.
Notable among the Class of 2023 presence at the camp were the extraordinary number of superb backcourt prospects, not just from Northern California but from Alaska, Washington, Utah and Nevada, as well.
And the guy who may be the No. 1 big man in California in the class, Jalen Lewis (Bishop O’Dowd in Oakland), did a nice job of showing that could be the case over the weekend, as well.
The next stops on the Pangos All-Frosh/Soph road are Dallas (Oct. 5&6), Chicago (Oct. 19&20) just outside of Philadelphia (Oct. 26&27).
My Choice as the Top 25 Camp Performers
(based upon how they played when I watched them, not upon “college potential”
Alpa listing; unless noted otherwise, players are from California)
2022
Dylan Andrews 6-3 Los Angeles Windward
D.J. Dudley 6-2 Los Angeles Fairfax
Benny Gealer 6-0 San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep
Barrington Hargress 6-0 Los Angeles Ribet Academy
Jason Hart, Jr. 6-1 Woodland Hills Taft
JoJo Hunter 6-5 Fresno San Joaquin Memorial
Jaxon Kohler 6-8 Henderson (NV) Coronado
Tajavis Miller 6-3 Anaheim Servite
Christian Moore 6-4 Los Angeles Brentwood
Pape Lamine Niang 6-8 Anaheim Fairmont Prep
Jordan Pope 6-2 Napa Prolific Prep
Aidan Shaw 6-7 Overland Park (KS) Blue Valley
Jaylen Thompson 6-6 Alameda (CA) St. Joseph’s-Notre Dame
Asa White 6-8 Garner (NC) Magnet
Kijani Wright 6-8 Los Angeles Windward
2023
Kylan Boswell 6-0 Ontario Colony
Osiris Grady 6-6 Las Vegas Silverado
A.J. Johnson 5-11 Fresno San Joaquin Memorial
Jalen Lewis 6-8 Oakland Bishop O’Dowd
Varick Lewis 6-3 Elk Grove (CA) Monterey Trail
Jared McCain 5-11 Corona Centennial
Mikey Price 6-1 Encino Crespi
Jordan Ross 5-10 Pleasant Grove (UT)
Dusty Stromer 6-3 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Mikey Williams 6-3 San Diego San Ysidro
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