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LAS VEGAS – The “press school competition” of the 11t^h Tarkanian Classic tipped off Friday afternoon at the event’s host, Bishop Gorman High.

Among the squads competing this weekend (the “prep school” comp ends Sunday afternoon; with the traditional “high school” action running Monday-Thursday) are NBA Academy squads “Global” (Australia and New Zealand), “Latin America” and “Africa”.

And the Global club was the most impressive of the bunch Friday night, toppling Glendale (AZ) Dream City Christian, 69-61, in front of a lot of college coaches and lot of scouts representing all the NBA franchises.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – Four weeks into the boys’ basketball season, Southern California’s pre-season “Best of the Best” teams – Centennial, Harvard-Westlake, and Bishop Montgomery – have looked every bit locked in as the state’s best three teams.

They’re a combined 24-1, with that loss the one Centennial suffered in Texas on the home-court of the top-ranked “non-prep school” team in the country, Duncanville, 59-57, on Nov. 26.

Centennial and the Wolverines have also played reasonably challenging schedules so far.

That hasn’t been the case for Bishop Montgomery but should change when Doug Mitchell’s squad heads to San Luis Obispo for the Mission Prep Christmas Classic, whose field will also include the likes of St.

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Southern California’s Corona Centennial and Studio City Harvard-Westlake boys basketball teams turned in potent performances on the final day of the HoopHall West Saturday at Chaparral high.

And, while smacking Las Vegas powerhouse Bishop Gorman (72-53) and a quality Arizona Ironwood club (76-49), Centennial and Harvard-Westlake seemed firmly on track for what may be showdowns in the CIF Southern Section’s and State Southern Regional’s Open Division playoffs in February and March.

In the first of seven games played Saturday, Harvard-Westlake tipped off against Ironwood at 10 a.m.,

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The top boys high school basketball team in Arizona thumped an opponent advertised as one of the best New York has to offer in the last of the five games played Friday at Chapparal High on the second day of the HoopHall West.

The Perry High Pumas (their campus is in another Phoenix suburb, Gilbert) made quick and oh-too-easy work of Cardinal Hayes, 78-47 – a final margin representative of the way the squad from Bronx was dominated.

Coach Sam Duane’s program extended its two-season, winning streak to 15 with its eighth victory of 2022-23 – an average margin of 39.4 points with the tightest decision coming in the 14-point margin vs.

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ. – A couple of teams laden with future college standouts set the stage for what should be a high-profile matchup Saturday night with impressive victories Thursday during the HoopHall West at Chaparral High.

Duncanville High (located in the Dallas suburb of the same name) fell behind by 15 points in the first quarter before pulling away down the stretch for a 69-58 win over Cardinal Hayes of New York City.

And, in the game played before, Southern California-based Notre Dame (its campus is in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley) withstood a late charge to knock off Phoenix Brophy Prep, 72-61.

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