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LYNWOOD, Ca. – Approximately 90 players were on hand Saturday afternoon at Lynwood High for the first two rounds of games during the Pangos All-American Preview Camp.

The bulk of those were from in and around Southern California with the lure of the camp being that playing well enough on Saturday and Sunday could help a player bag an invitation the mega-prestigious, June 5-7 Pangos All-American Camp in Las Vegas.

But a player who covered the longest trek to the event – 2,150-plus air miles from Florida – was as impressive as anyone during the first two sets of games among the 10 camp “teams”.

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LAS VEGAS – The Salt Lake Rebels 17’s Gray squad took command early and then cruised to an 80-67 victory over Oxnard, CA-based Team Build Up Sunday afternoon in the title game of the Invitational Division of the Pangos Spring Sweet 16 at Bishop Gorman High.

Former UNLV standout Evric Gray, who brought seven of his Salt Lake City-based Rebels’ program’s teams to the event, got a flashy all-around performance from 6-foot-6 guard Dylan Jones (Westlake High in Sarasota Springs, UT) to cap a run of four wins since Friday night over Arizona, San Diego, Northern California and, finally, a Team Build Up team that had scored buzzer-beating wins over Las Vegas’ Hard 2 Guard and Arizona-based The Factory 17U Saturday.

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LAS VEGAS – Boys’ basketball club teams from the Phoenix and San Diego areas won a couple of games apiece Saturday at Bishop Gorman High to earn spots in one of the championship games that will be played Sunday in the five divisions of the Pangos Spring Sweet 16.

The Factory (Phoenix) and Players Play Elite knocked off Salt Lake City Black, 59-52, while Players Play pulled away from Alley-Oop (Seal Beach in Southern California), 84-62, in the other Select Division (16s) Saturday evening to set the stage for the 9:10 championship clash.

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LAS VEGAS – Many of the top community college basketball players from the west – and beyond – were on hand Friday night at Bishop Gorman High for the four-game, Jerry Mullen Legacy JC Showcase.

It was also the first day of the NCAA first’s Division I “evaluation weekend”, with Cal Baptist, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Long Beach State, Oregon, Pepperdine, Saint Mary’s, San Jose State, UC Irvine and Utah among the programs represented by coaches in attendance.

Players were spread across four teams (Jazz, Lakers, Suns and Warriors), with each team playing twice and the Warriors and Lakers winning both of their games.

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LYNWOOD, Ca. – Friday’s Night 1 of the three-day, Battle X Strive for Greatness/Los Angeles resulted in a couple of nifty matchups between the adidas-fronted Compton Magic and Nike-Strive for Greatness boys’ grassroots programs.

After a frenetic rally led the Strive for Greatness 16s squad to a 70-68 victory, the Compton Magic 17s bounced backed in impressive fashion, 67-59, Lynwood High.

Nine games are scheduled for Day 2 at Calabasas High, beginning at 9:30 a.m., with six games set for Sunday at the same location.

Six-foot-six Andrej Stojakovic (Jesuit High in Carmichael near Sacramento) was the linchpin in the Magic’s 17s victory, scoring 27 points with 12 rebounds as the Magic jumped out to a 10-point advantage after the first quarter and never allowed SFG to get any closer than to within five points in the fourth quarter.

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