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REDONDO BEACH   –  The Redondo Union High boys’ basketball team wrapped up a terrific first two weeks of 2026 Friday night.

The host Sea Hawks outscored Mira Costa 18-zip in the first five and a half minutes of the third quarter and cruised past the Mustangs, 85-51, in a game in which each team came in with a Bay League record of 3-0.

A crowd estimated at 2,000-plus – emphasis on the plus – was on hand for the latest meeting in one of the most competitive public-school rivalries in the CIF Southern Section.

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TORRANCE – One of the last – and best – of the regular-season high school basketball showcase events in the west is set for North Torrance High Saturday.

The nine-game (including a 9 a.m. North Torrance vs. Mark Keppel girls contest) State Preview/Rolling Hills Prep State Preview Classic, which debuted in 2002, has a field teeming with some of Southern California’s top boys’ programs.

Among the tantalizing matchups among the eight boys games are Damien (No. 8 in the BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 30 and 11 in the CIF Southern Section computer ratings) vs.

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BELLFLOWER – The St. John Bosco High basketball team collected another top-tier Trinity League victory Tuesday night – 85-64 over visiting Mater Dei – just 10 hours before its players and coaches boarded a flight for a Thursday night game in Springfield, MO.

The host Braves (13-4 overall and 2-0 in league) open the eight-team, Bass Pro Tournament Thursday night against Calvary Christian of Ft. Lauderdale.

After the Braves’ final game in that event Saturday, it’s on to another Springfield – this one in Massachusetts – to play Columbus of Miami on Monday in the Panini Hoophall Classic.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL –  We’re roughly three weeks from the start of the CIF Southern Section playoffs, folks . . .

And, yes – every game counts now, be it for a league championship and a better rating via the CIF SS computer playoff pecking order.

There are a bunch of notable matchups this week – league and otherwise.

You can sort through them via the BurlisonOnBasketball updated SoCal Top 30.

I’d point out some of them in a bit more depth but . . . I’m heading to the hospital, as our daughter-in-law is giving birth to our granddaughter!

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LONG BEACH –  Yale University-bound Jonas Oware (pictured) scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Long Beach Poly cruised past Mayfair, 65-46, in one of the six basketball games played Saturday at Long Beach City College during the first Lute Olson Legacy Classic.

The event was held in honor of the late Hall of Fame member whose coaching stops included Long Beach City College and Long Beach State before he went on to the University of Iowa and Arizona.

His Wildcats’ team was the last western-based program to win a national championship (in 1997).

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