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NORWALK, Ca. – The Fullcourt Press All-Frosh/Soph Camp annually attracts some of the better underclassmen from within the realm of western-based high school hoopdom.

And, based upon Saturday’s first day, the 2013 version of the event appears right on track with the mode of operation.

Approximately 150 players were on hand at Cerritos Community College and “the best of the best” showed off why they’re grouped in that category.

The best sophomore (Class of 2016) guard (Lonzo Ball of Chino Hills in Southern California) and forward (T.J.

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SAN DIEGO – When it comes to high-quality high school basketball events, with an optimum in top-flight teams and players alike, displayed in easy on the eyes – and butts – viewing settings, Charlie Mercado and his San Diego-based Gamepoint program always deliver the goods.

And that was the case again Saturday during the first day of the two-day, Gamepoint- and Top Gun-hosted San Diego High School Showcase, held in the Miramar Community College Costco-like gymnasium, where, for most of the schedule that began at 9 a.m.,

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All of the kids in San Diego County have been back in their classrooms for more than couple of weeks now.

But why quibble with semantics when there is basketball to be played?

And the first-ever BruinsSportsReport.com “Back to School Showcase”, held on Saturday morning and early afternoon at Palomar Community College (in San Marcos), provided a nifty display of the caliber of hoops talent occupying those classroom seats.

Some 50 players were on hand for games that tipped off a bit after 9 a.m. and then wrapped up at about 2 p.m.

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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Ca. – The obvious question leading into the Fall Showcase hosted by the Santa Margarita High boys’ basketball program on Friday and Saturday was – and should have been – “why is a team all the way from Utah doing here?”

The answer is “because (Highland) Lone Peak Coach Quincy Lewis has a great relationship with the Santa Margarita coach from the days of being Jeff Reinert’s assistant at Utah Valley State College.”

And that’s why Lewis’ Knights, 26-1 in 2012-13 when they were fielded the best “public” school team in the land, ventured into Southern California – Orange County, specifically – for some five games in about a 24-hour stretch of the weekend.

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BELLFLOWER, Ca. – The “official” start to the high school basketball season in Southern California is still some 2 ½ months away.

But many of the players that will be integral parts of the 2013-14 campaign converged in the St. John Bosco High gymnasium Sunday.

The Fullcourt Press Fall Showcase attracted some of the best players in the Southland, as is annually the case. Its college standouts- and current NBA players-dotted roster of alumni will attest.

Eight games, with players representing six high school classes (current seventh-graders thru seniors), were played over the course of about nine hours.

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