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LEWISVILLE, TX – One thing that was almost immediately quite obvious about the second annual Pangos All-South Frosh/Soph Camp Saturday at the Metro Athletic Center (MAC):

There was no shortage of very tall young men on hand and all of them appeared quite anxious to show how much skill and effort came along with that impressive size.

Among the best of the big fellows were a couple of non-U.S. citizens who are sure to have a lot of U.S. institutions of higher learning – academic and the kind acquired in arenas and gymnasiums – in pursuit of them before too long.

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BELLFLOWER, Ca. – The Buzz Elite Fall Varsity Showcased, hosted by St. John Bosco High, is on tap for Saturday with the first of nine games set to tip off at 9 a.m.

Many of Southern California’s best teams and players will be on display, including Daniel Hamilton and Tyler Dorsey (SJB); Joe Furstinger (Rancho Santa Margarita/Santa Margarita); Leland Green and Ian Fox (Redondo Beach Redondo); Chimezie Metu (Lawndale); Chris Sullivan (Long Beach Poly); as well as Isaiah Bailey and Kyron Cartwright (Compton).

Getting things underway is a contest between players from Long Beach Jordan and Anaheim Servite.

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OCEANSIDE, Ca. – An extraordinary sophomore class demonstrated why it is all of that – and maybe more – Saturday at Mira Costa Community College during the San Diego Super 80 Showcase.

About 70 players got in two games apiece, with seven games played during the event that was put on so ably by Charlie Mercado of San Diego’s Gamepoint Basketball and Chad Groth of  Arizona-based Area Codes Basketball.

Six-foot-three wing Brandon Cyrus (Torrey Pines), 6-7 post Tim Harrison (Parker) and 6-0 point guard Eric Monroe (St.

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FULLERTON, Ca. – The Fullcourt Press/Hope International University Basketball Coaches Clinic, presented by Team Athletics, is on tap Tuesday evening at Hope International University.

The presentations get underway at 4:30 p.m. in the HIU gymnasium, with the first of four featured speakers – University of Arizona Head Coach Sean Miller – tipping off at 5 o’clock.

His University of Southern California counterpart – Andy Enfield – follows at 6 with Duke Associate Head Coach Steve Wojciechowski speaking at 7.

UCLA Head Coach Steve Alford wraps things up from about 8 to 9 o’clock.

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NORWALK, Ca — The 2013 edition of the Fullcourt Press All-Frosh/Soph Camp wrapped up Sunday afternoon the way it tipped off some 24 hours earlier:

A lot of the best freshmen and sophomore high school basketball players in Southern California — and beyond — showed why the classes of 2016 and ’17 are pretty special, indeed, out west.

And two kinds, in particular, put on convincing on-court arguments as to why they’re the most outstanding California players in those respective classes.

Lonzo Ball (Chino Hills High), at just a bit short of 6-foot-5, is not only the best sophomore in California (and, actually, all of the west) but there is also a very strong likelihood that there isn’t a more physically or intuitively gifted guard in the region.

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