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PASADENA – West Ranch and Etiwanda, which hooked up in a Classic at Damien Platinum Division game last week, get a return match Saturday evening at 7 o’clock during the eight-game, SoCal Showdown at Pasadena City College.

West Ranch (No. 4 in the BurlisonOnBasketball Top 20 and 16-1 before its Foothill League game with Golden Valley Friday night) defeated Etiwanda (No. 8 and 11-3 before its Baseline League opener with Chino Hills Friday), 61-52, in the Dec. 30 Platinum fifth-place game at Damien High.

The event gets underway at 9:30 with Valencia taking on Oak Hills.

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REDONDO BEACH, CA – The No.’s 2 and 3 teams in the BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 25 hook up Saturday night at Redondo Union High during the eight-game, Take Flight Challenge.

No. 2 Harvard-Westlake (16-1 before its Friday night Mission League game with Alemany and 18-0 Bishop Montgomery were CIF Southern Section Open Division playoff teams last spring and are in contention for the top spot in the 2023 CIF SS Open playoff seedings next month.

The Wolverines and Knights are set to tip off at 7 o’clock, just before another clash between potential CIF SS Open teams (Heritage Christian vs.

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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA – The Mater Dei boys’ basketball program took another step Wednesday night toward going 10 for 10 in CIF Southern Section Open Division playoff slots.

While knocking off host JSerra, 66-52, in one of three Trinity League openers played on the evening, Coach Gary McKnight’s Monarchs also took their first step toward another league title.

And, in the process, senior post Zack Davidson demonstrated someone else is going to have to have a sensational league season to dethrone him as the Trinity League Player of the Year.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – The “23” portion of the “2022-23” Southern California high school boys’ basketball season tips off this week.

And several games whose results could prove significant for both the selections and seeding of the eight-team pool for the CIF Southern Section’s Open Division playoff field are among the games being played.

Two of those games are Trinity League clashes.

And five others are part of four Saturday “showcase” events across Southern California.

And Mater Dei, No. 6 in the updated BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal ratings, is involved in three key clashes.

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LA VERNE, Ca. – Twenty-four hours after an overwhelming performance by the Harvard-Westlake basketball team in its 27-point win over Curtis, best team in Washington, the Wolverines met their match – and, on Friday night, three points its superior – in its Classic at Damien Platinum Division showdown with Liberty High.

And – not surprisingly – it was the sizzling play from its backcourt that proved the difference in the Patriots’ 59-56 over 16-0 Harvard-Westlake.

Coach Kevin Soares’ team built a 16-point advantage on the first possession of the second half and then had to withstand David Rebibo’s squad, which cut its deficit to a point a couple of times in the final minute, the last of those coming on Trent Perry’s layup with 41 seconds to go.

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