Frank Burlison

NORTHRIDGE – The Warriors Showcase, a four-game boys’ basketball event hosted by Heritage Christian, tips off at 3 o’clock Saturday.

And it’s a potentially terrific matchup getting things underway, too, with Windward (No. 10 in the latest BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25), taking on the host Warriors (No. 12).

Each squad has two of the top sophomores in the west, Dylan Andrews and Kijani Wright for Windward and Skyy Clark (pictured) and Max Allen for the Warriors.

  The schedule:

3 p.m., Windward vs. Heritage Christian; 4:30, Newport Pacifica Christian vs.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL – The Sierra Canyon High Trailblazers, flush after the victory that moved them atop the BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25, will head east for some more challenges over Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend.

Coach Andre Chevalier’s club has a Gold Coast League game against Viewpoint on Wednesday another long trek to face Milwaukee Dominican (Saturday) and Fairfax (VA) Paul VI (next Monday) in the Hoop Hall Classic in Springfield, MA.

Also making appearances in the event with be No. 2 Rancho Christian (vs. Camden of New Jersey Saturday and Hyattsville, MD, DeMatha on Monday) and No.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL – The Sierra Canyon High Trailblazers, flush after the victory that moved them atop the BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25, will head east for some more challenges over Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend.

Coach Andre Chevalier’s club has a Gold Coast League game against Viewpoint on Wednesday another long trek to face Milwaukee Dominican (Saturday) and Fairfax (VA) Paul VI (next Monday) in the Hoop Hall Classic in Springfield, MA.

Also making appearances in the event with be No. 2 Rancho Christian (vs. Camden of New Jersey Saturday and Hyattsville, MD, DeMatha on Monday) and No.

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NEWPORT BEACH – A couple of shots as the game clock was winding down secured victories for Windward and the host Pacific Christian Tritons Saturday evening during the first BSN Sports Boys Basketball Showcase.

In the opening contest of the four-game event, Bakersfield Christian overcame a wobbly start to topple Scottsdale (AZ) Rancho Solano Prep, 59-48, as junior guard Leviticus Latu and senior forward Ben Yurosek (Stanford-bound as a tight end) scored 17 and 16 points, respectively.

In the second game, Heritage Christian (16-2) found little resistance while easing its way past Fresno Roosevelt, 72-50, as sophomores Skyy Clark (27) and Max Allen (18) combined for 45 of its points.

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MISSION VIEJO – Three years ago, the Capistrano Valley High Cougars of Coach Brian Mulligan won the CIF Southern Section’s 2A championship while finishing their season at 25-7.

Friday night, the 2019-20 version of the Cougars rolled past visiting San Clemente, 75-53, to improve to 2-0 in the South Coast League and 17-1 overall.

It wouldn’t be startling if the Cougars take a, say, 25-3 record into the 2AA playoffs, with eight more league games and non-league contests remaining with Washington Prep and St. Augustine – upper-tier teams in the L.A.

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