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SCOTTSDALE, Az. – A whole lot of eyes were upon the Duncanville High basketball team Thursday night in the Chaparral High gymnasium.

And the squad from just outside of Texas held up quite well, thank you very much.

Coach David Peavy’s Panthers, taking on a Montverde (FL) Prep team that may have assembled for “talented” players than any other program in the sport, got a sensational performance from a relatively unknown junior to knock off the Eagles in the second night of the Hoophall West.

Point guard Aric Demings, the linchpin behind Duncanville pulling to a 13-point advantage in the third quarter, took a cross-court pass from Davion Sykes and – after pump faking Jalen Hood-Schfino into Phoenix – nailed a 3-pointer from the right wing two seconds before the shot expired to give the Texans a 67-66 victory.

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SCOTTSDALE, Az. – Wednesday’s first night of the Hoophall West – not held a year ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic – tipped off its boys’ action with a showdown between the two Arizona-based national “prep school” hoops powers.

It turned out not to be as much of a showdown as a beatdown.

Compass Prep (with a campus located in near-by Chandler) used its individually – and collectively – terrific perimeter players to build a 15-point advantage at intermission and then coast to an 81-47 victory against Glendale’s Dream City Christian.

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DUBLIN – The top-two ranked (by Cal-Hi Sports) boys’ basketball teams in Northern California looked the part Saturday night during their season openers in the eight-game, 14^th NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Dublin High.

Moraga Campolindo, which hasn’t lost since the CIF Sectional playoffs in February of 2020, used a 15-zip spurt in the first quarter to take command and then held off the host Gaels in the event’s finale, 50-42.

In the day’s seventh game, Modesto Christian got 29 points from sophomore Jamari Phillips and 27 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals from junior B.J.

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DUBLIN, Ca. – The 14^th NorCal Classic Tip-Off Classic gets its eight-game scheduled off to a 9:30 start Saturday morning in what promises – as usual – to be the top boys’ high school event during the regular season in the region.

Acton gets underway with a clash between Dougherty Valley and Woodside Priory.

And the final two games on the slate figure to be whoppers, with potential sectional and regional champions in Modesto Christian-San Joaquin Memorial and Campolindo-Dublin clashes.

Admission is $15 for adults; $10 for students and seniors and $5 for children 5 years old or younger.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL – The top 15 spots in the BurlisonOnBasketball boys’ SoCal Top 40 (plus 10) changed as little as possible after the first week of the 2021-22 season.

The only change?

Riverside Poly and Hillcrest swapped the No.’s 12 and 13 slots, after the Bears went 4-1 during the “Rumble on Rosecrans” – losing only to No. 4 Damien in the final, 55-52 – while the Warriors went 2-1, losing a tight one with No. 7 Notre Dame by eight points at home before smacking a decent San Diego County team, San Marcos, by 21 points.

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