No swimwear needed for Summer Beach Bash

June 8, 2023 By Frank Burlison Leave a Comment

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REDONDO BEACH — The two-day, first “Summer Beach Bash”, hosted by Redondo Union High, is set to tip off Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, with 29 games played over Saturday and Sunday in each of the school’s two gymnasiums.

Among the programs set to participate in the event are five (State Open Division Champion Harvard-Westlake; State Division I winner Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks; St. John Bosco; Bishop Montgomery and St. Bernard) of the eight that played in the 2023 CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs.

And four other CIF SS Open veterans — the host Sea Hawks; Damien; Etiwanda and Long Beach Poly — also have teams in the event.

This is the “deepest” of the “pre-Cali Live (Orange County) and Section 7 (Phoenix)” events held before those two 160-team “showcases” take place over the June 16-18 and 23-25 weekends, respectively.

NCAA Division I programs are allowed to send coaching staff members to each of those two to watch games — or, specifically, for recruiting evaluation purposes, “players” — from courtside.

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