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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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LAGUNA NIGUEL – Finally!

Here’s the complete BurlisonOnBasketball preseason Southern California (CIF Southern and L.A. City Section schools) Top 40 boys’ basketball teams.

A few thoughts to go along with the ratings:

*Until a Southern California-based school’s team knocks off Corona Centennial, the Huskies will be atop my SoCal ratings;

*I can’t recall a real (non “prep school” or “academy” or what-not) high school program ever having the one-season influx of new players like Sierra Canyon gained by way of transfers Isaiah Elohim (Heritage Christian), Kijani Wright (Windward), Mike Price (Ribet Academy) and Jerimiah Nyarko (St.

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