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A wrap-up on the Pangos West Frosh/Soph Camp

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WESTMINSTER, Ca. – The theme of the 2018 Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp that was established on Saturday at Westminster High didn’t wasn’t derailed during Sunday’s final day of the event.

A camp that numbers Lonzo Ball, Russell Westbrook, Jrue and Aaron Holiday, Tyler Dorsey, Brandon Jennings, Jaylen Hands, Jarryd Bayless and many, many other among its alumni may never have had as many top-level guards at one time as were on hand over the weekend.

And that point was illustrated adroitly in the Top 30 Crème of the Crop all-star game Sunday afternoon.

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Guards-galore on display at Pangos All-West camp

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WESTMINSTER, Ca. – Saturday’s first day of action in the Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp at Westminster High made once succinct point:

There are a whole lot of terrific point guard prospects in the event.

There are so many of point guards (or, if you’d prefer, “point guard-types”) on hands that at least two of the camp teams had two terrific prospects at the position on their rosters.

The most notable of those are Arizona State, with 6-foot-1 freshman Richard Isaacs Jr. (Henderson, NV, Coronado) and 6-4 sophomore Chris Howell (San Marcos), and Air Force, by way of 6-2 sophomore Isael Silva (Carmichael Jesuit) and 6-foot sophomore Zaon Collins (Las Vegas Bishop Gorman).

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“Youth” does the serving at Pangos Fall Showcase

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GARDEN GROVE, Ca. – Saturday’s Pangos Best of SoCal Fall Showcase, held at Santiago High, proved to be a nice preview, of sorts, for next Saturday and Sunday’s Pangos Frosh/Soph All-West Camp at Westminster High.

Many of the best players in the SoCal Classes of 2023 (eighth graders), ’22 (freshmen) and ’21 (sophomores) were on display at Santiago and each of those showed the skill that they hope will make them standouts next weekend when the competition – which will include players from throughout the west – gets considerably stiffer.

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Taitz, Bishop Gorman bag Ron Massey crown

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NORWALK, Ca. – Consistently excellent back-court play – and exceptional depth – were trademarks of the Bishop Gorman squad during its three-game run at Cerritos College

And that’s why the Gaels players and coaches returned via chartered-bus to Las Vegas Sunday evening with the championship of the in the fifth Ron Massey Memorial Hoops Fall Classic.

Coach Grant Rice’s squad, which opened the run with a 20-point victory over its Harvard-Westlake counterpart Saturday night then pulled away for a 65-51 semifinal win against Mater Dei Sunday morning.

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Elite semifinals at Ron Massey FHC Sunday morning

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NORWALK, Ca. – The Mater Dei, Rancho Christian, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman and Bishop Montgomery teams won their first-round games by an average margin of 13 points Saturday night to advance to Sunday morning’s championship semifinals of the fifth Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic at Cerritos College.

Game action on three courts (including Showcase games) begins at 9 a.m. Sunday.

The first Challenge of Champions winners’ bracket semifinal is scheduled at 10:10, when Mater Dei (an 81-73 winner Corona Centennial Saturday) faces Bishop Gorman on Court 2 (center).

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