Twenty-four of the BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 30 boys’ basketball teams will be in action Saturday during seven “showcase” events scattered throughout Southern California.
Two of those – No.’s 3 St. John Bosco and 6 Mater Dei – will be in a key league clash, playing their Trinity contest in the Crypto.com Arena (at 6 o’clock) as part of the five-game Catholic Coastal Classic.
The Braves (Servite) and Monarchs (No. 4 JSerra) will have play host to Trinity League games Friday night before their showdown less than 24 hours later.
No. 6 Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks faces one of Northern California’s top teams, Concord De La Salle, following Mater Dei-SJB in Crypto.com Arena (or, as I will continually refer to it as, “the Staples Center”).
In some of the other events:
*No. 1 Harvard-Westlake faces No. 23 Heritage Christian (5:30) and No. 2 Eastvale Roosevelt takes on Central California’s top team, Santa Maria St. Joseph (7) during the Take Flight Challenge at Redondo Union High.
Those four teams include some of the elite players from the western Class of 2025, in Brayden Burries (pictured), Issac Williamson and Myles Walker (each from Roosevelt) and Tounde Yessoufou (St. Joseph); and Nikolas Khamenia (Harvard-Westlake) and Dillan Shaw and Tae Simmons (both Heritage Christian).
*No.’s 7 St. Pius X/St. Matthias and 8 Sierra Canyon are set to tip off at 7 o’clock at the Elite Invitational at Cerritos College.
*No. 10 Corona Centennial takes on No. 27 Campbell Hall at 6 o’clock at Lynwood High as part of the Real Run Winter Classic.
*And, during the SoCal Showdown at Santiago Canyon College in Orange, there are four games pitting teams in the Top 30: No.’s 13 La Mirada and 19 Rancho Cucamonga (12:30); No. 24 Foothill and 12 Windward (3:45); No. 22 Anaheim Canyon and No. 16 Crespi (7) and No. 11 Etiwanda and 18 West Ranch (8:30).
The complete schedules:
Friday
Real Run Winter Classic
At Long Beach Cabrillo High
9 a.m., Narbonne vs. Legacy
10:30, Rancho Dominguez vs. L.B. Cabrillo
Noon, Crenshaw vs. Lawndale
1:30 p.m., Chino vs. Lakewood
3, Saugus vs. Blair
4:30, San Diego Steele Canyon vs. North Torrance
6, Santa Maria St. Joseph vs. Pasadena
7:30, Oakland Park (FL) Northeastern vs. No. 2 Eastvale Roosevelt
Saturday
Take Flight Challenge
At Redondo Union High
Seahawk Pavilion
9:30 a.m., Santa Monica vs. Valley Christian
11, Leuzinger vs. San Diego Cathedral Catholic
12:30 p.m., Long Beach Poly vs. Gardena Serra
2, Bosco Tech vs. No. 21 Riverside Poly
4, Bishop Montgomery vs. Crossroads
5:30, No. 1 Harvard-Westlake vs. No. 23 Heritage Christian
7, No. 2 Eastvale Roosevelt vs. Santa Maria St. Joseph
8:30, No. 15 Redondo vs. Crean Lutheran
Activities Center
9 a.m., L.A. Price vs. Vista Del Lago
10:30, Maranatha vs. Newport Sage Hill
Noon, Fairfax vs. Long Beach Jordan
1:30 p.m., Oakwood vs. St. Monica
3:30, Trabuco Hills vs. South Pasadena
5, Seal Beach Veritas vs. Phoenix Bella Vista
6:30, St. Francis vs. San Gabriel Academy
Real Run Winter Classic
At Lynwood High
9 a.m., Cantwell-Sacred Heart vs. Los Amigos
10:30, Da Vinci vs. Narbonne
Noon, San Diego vs. Oak Hills
1:30 p.m., No. 25 Brentwood vs. Oakland Park (FL) Northeastern
3, Arcadia vs. Cypress
4:30, King/Drew vs. No. 30 St. Anthony
6, Chatsworth vs. Lynwood
7:30, No. 10 Corona Centennial vs. No. 27 Campbell Hall
SoCal Showdown
At Santiago Canyon College
9:30 a.m., Chino vs. Diamond Bar
11, No. 26 Rancho Verde vs. Valencia
12:30 p.m., No. 13 La Mirada vs. No. 19 Rancho Cucamonga
2, St. Paul vs. Rancho Christian
3:45, No. 24 Foothill vs. No. 12 Windward
5:30, Fairmont Prep vs. Alemany
7, No. 22 Anaheim Canyon vs. No. 16 Crespi
8:30, No. 11 Etiwanda vs. No. 18 West Ranch
Catholic Coastal Classic
At Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center Arena)
1:30 p.m., Fresno San Joaquin Memorial vs. No. 28 St. Bernard
3, San Francisco Riordan vs. Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
4:30, Loyola vs. San Diego St. Augustine
6, No. 3 St. John Bosco vs. No. 6 Mater Dei
7:30, No. 5 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame vs. Concord De La Salle
BSN Showcase
At Newport Beach Pacifica Christian High
3:30 p.m., Bakersfield Centennial vs. Fresno Christian
5, Las Vegas Mojave vs. Elk Grove Monterey Trail
6:30, Pacifica Christian vs. Modesto Christian
8, Las Vegas Arbor View vs. Fairfield Vanden
Challenge for CHOC
(Proceeds go to Children’s Hospital of Orange County)
At Sonora High
Noon, (girls) La Habra vs. El Dorado
1:30 p.m., La Habra vs. Woodbridge
3, (girls) Tory vs. Villa Park
4:30, Fullerton Troy vs. Northwood
6, (girls) Sonora vs. Brea-Olinda
7:30, Sonora vs. Portola
At Sunny Hills High
Noon, Sunny Hills vs. Whittier Christian
1:30, Fullerton vs. El Modena
3, (girls) Fullerton vs. El Modena
4:30, Fullerton vs. Irvine University
6, (girls) Sunny Hills vs. Canyon
Elite Invitational
At Cerritos College
3 p.m., ICPS vs. L.A. Premiere
5, Fairfax vs. Blair
7, No. 8 Sierra Canyon vs. No. 7 St. Pius X/St. Matthias
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