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REDONDO BEACH, Ca. – The first-ever, seven-game Take Flight Challenge, hosted by Redondo High, gets underway Saturday morning at 10 o’clock.

It figures to draw a large crowd of fans and college coaches alike, and could prove to be the most competitive and entertaining “one-day event” in the west this season.

Seven of the 14 teams in the field were ranked in the most recent Top 25 Southern California team ratings that I compile for the Long Beach edition of the Orange County register: L.A. Loyola (No.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – OK’s here’s my New Year’s Treat for all of those of you want to see who impressed me the most during:

*My two days at Torrey Pines High (for the National Division of the 24^th Torrey Pines Holiday Classic);

*My one day at Carlsbad La Costa Canyon High (for the American Division of the above event) and;

*My one day at Rancho Mirage High (for multiple championship and third-place games in the Max Preps Holiday Classic).

What follows are the 30 players who, more or less, most impressed me when I watched them over those four days.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – As has been anticipated (at least by me), Monday night the Los Angeles Loyola High team wrapped up a terrific portion of its 2013-14 season.

Playing in the championship game of the 24^th Under Armour Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, the Cubs improved to 12-zip with their 78-57 victory over Corona Centennial, which is another of the very best teams in the CIF Southern Section that is likely to end up in the section’s new “Open Division” when the playoffs begin mid-February.

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SAN DIEGO – I could change my opinion Monday night or anytime between now and March 29.

And maybe my feeling that Los Angeles Loyola is in proud possession of the best high school basketball team I’ve seen this season is never going to change during – or after – the 2013-14 campaign.

I came away from Torrey Pines High Saturday night, following the conclusion of the National Division championship semifinals of the 24^th Under Armour Holiday Classic, convinced that everyone in California will be chasing Jamal Adams’ Cubs from now until the March 29 California State Open Division Championship game in Sacramento.

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SAN DIEGO – It’s officially called the “National Division of the 24^th Under Armour Holiday Classic.

After the first two days of play at Torrey Pines in the top division of the tournament, however, this change in name is suggested:

How about “the Southern California Division”?

Or, more specifically, maybe it should be referred to as “the Southern Section Division”.

Saturday night’s championship bracket semifinals are made up of four of the better teams from the Southern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation (the governing body of prep athletics in the state).

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