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ONTARIO, CA – The host Colony High team joined its counterparts from Rancho Christian, Riverside Poly, Eastvale Roosevelt and Rancho Verde in going 2-0 Saturday during the Hoops by Ugland Fall High School Showcase Saturday.

*Junior guard Brenton Knapper (pictured) scored 29 points as Colony, trailing by seven points late, edged Sonora (La Habra), 70-67, in the last of 18 games played in the event.

Freshman guard added Kylan Boswell added 17 for Colony while sophomore forward Marqui Worthy led Sonora with 25 and junior guard Daniel Esparza (who scored 27 points a few hours earlier in his team’s 69-49 loss to Riverside Poly) chipped in with 16.

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LOS ANGELES – Many of the elite boys’ basketball programs in Southern California are set to participate in the third Ryse-Up Fall Classic that will get underway Saturday at Fairfax High, and then conclude Sunday at Culver City High.

Eleven games over the two days are scheduled to be played to honor the memory of the late basketball standout, Ryse Williams, and to raise funds for the charitable foundation formed in his name.

Williams, a two-time, all-Southern Section selection who had planned attend and play basketball for Loyola Marymount University, died in late spring of 2017 – just a day before his scheduled Redondo High School graduation ceremony – of Renal Medullary Carcinoma (RMC), a rare form of cancer.

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ONTARIO, Ca. – The first Hoops by Ugland Fall High School Showcase tips off at 9 o’clock Saturday morning, with 18 games scheduled to be played in the Colony High gymnasium.

Among the teams that are set to play is Rancho Christian, led by USC-bound 7-footer Evan Mobley (pictured) who is the consensus choice as top player in the national senior class.

The Eagles of Coach Ray Barefield – strong contenders for Southern Section and State Open championships in 2020 – play one of Orange County’s strongest public-school programs, Canyon, at 12:45 p.m.

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LOS ANGELES – Many of the elite boys’ basketball programs in Southern California are set to participate in the third Ryse-Up Fall Classic that will be held Saturday and Sunday at Fairfax High.

Eleven games over the two days are scheduled to be played to honor the memory of the late basketball standout, Ryse Williams, and to raise funds for the charitable foundation formed in his name.

Williams, a two-time, all-Southern Section selection who had planned attend and play basketball for Loyola Marymount University, died in late spring of 2017 – just a day before his scheduled Redondo High School graduation ceremony – of Renal Medullary Carcinoma (RMC), a rare form of cancer.

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LOS ANGELES – Eleven games involving some of the top high school basketball programs in Southern California will be played Saturday and Sunday at Fairfax High in the third Ryse-Up Fall Classic.

The games serve to honor the memory of the late Redondo Union High basketball standout, Ryse Williams, and to raise funds for the Ryse Williams Charitable Foundation.

Williams, who had planned attend and play basketball for Loyola Marymount University, died in late spring of 2017 – just a day before Redondo’s graduation ceremony – of Renal Medullary Carcinoma (RMC), a rare form of cancer.

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