LAGUNA NIGUEL – That Coach David Rebibo’s Harvard-Westlake basketball team was able to win Southern Regional and State Open Division championships speaks to the Wolverines playing their best during the most significant portion of the 2022-23 season.
And no one better illustrates that point than Trent Perry.
The 6-foot-4 playmaker averaged 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists per game during the HW program-best, 33-2 campaign.
But over the team’s final three games – regional games at St. John Bosco and Corona Centennial, in the state championship game vs. St. Joseph of Santa – Perry averaged 19.0 points, 7.3 assists and 7.2 rebounds.
Perry (pictured) was the Most Valuable Player of the Mission League – which also included the likes of State Division I champion Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks and Regional Division I runner-up Sierra Canyon.
And he’s the choice as the BurlisonOnBasketball Southern California Junior of the Year.
My Top 40 (broken down by groups of five) all-SoCal Junior selections follow.
Be aware:
- Each team’s selections are listed backcourt (BC/guards) or frontcourt (FC/forwards, posts, or “wings”), and listed alphabetically.
- Players were only eligible if they started most of the season.
- And these choices were based upon on-court performances – not “college” or “long-term (professional)” If the latter were the cases, these selections would have a significantly different look.
BurlisonOnBasketball 2022-23 All-Junior Selections
First Team
BC Mercy Miller 6-3 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
BC Trent Perry 6-4 Studio City Harvard-Westlake
FC Carter Bryant 6-9 Newport Sage Hill
FC Eric Freeny 6-4 Corona Centennial
FC Sebastian Rancik 6-9 San Juan Capistrano JSerra
Second Team
BC Tyrone Riley 6-5 Downey Pius X/St. Matthias Academy
BC Darnez Slater 6-3 Eastvale Roosevelt
FC Isaiah Elohim 6-5 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon
FC Robert Hinton Jr. 6-5 Studio City Harvard-Westlake
FC Jack Turner 6-5 Bellflower St. John Bosco
Third Team
BC Jon Mani 6-5 Beverly Hills
BC Jermaine Washington 6-2 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde
FC Seven Bahati 6-5 Northridge Heritage Christian
FC Dylan Benner 6-8 Ventura St. Bonaventure
FC Kendyl Sanders 6-7 Playa del Rey St. Bernard
Fourth Team
BC Darrell Morris 5-10 Valencia West Ranch
BC Aaron Powell 6-2 North Hollywood Campbell Hall
FC Bryce Bedgood 6-9 Valencia
FC Tyler Hunt 6-3 L.A. Venice
FC Jaden Karuletwa 6-5 Sun Valley Village Christian
Fifth Team
BC David Mack 5-8 L.A. Fairfax
BC Brycen Matthews 5-11 Culver City
FC Bishop Brooks 6-4 Woodland Hills Taft
FC James Evans Jr. 6-6 Valencia West Ranch
FC Jael Martin 6-7 Santa Monica Pacifica Christian
Sixth Team
BC Aidan Fowler 5-10 SJC JSerra
BC Quincy Phillips 6-1 Long Beach St. Anthony
FC Xavier Clinton 6-4 La Verne Damien
FC Andrew Nagy 6-7 Orange Lutheran
FC Devin Ringer 6-3 Redondo Beach Redondo
Seventh Team
BC Isaiah Bernard 6-4 Santa Ana Foothill
BC Aliaun Iscandari 6-3 North Hollywood Campbell Hall
FC Promise Madubugwu 6-10 Gardena
FC Tanner Jones 6-4 North Hollywood Campbell Hall
FC Alex Stewart 6-7 Newport Pacifica Christian
Eighth Team
BC Avant Gilmore 5-11 Long Beach Rancho Dominguez
BC Cameron McNamee 6-4 RSM Santa Margarita
FC Ryan Osborne 6-3 Rosemead Bosco Tech
FC Will Overton 6-6 Sun Valley Village Christian
FC Cash Stokely 6-3 Long Beach Poly
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