Frank Burlison

COLORADO SPRINGS – Some of Southern California upper-tier boys’ prospects, spread across all four high school classes, were among the approximately 75 players taking part in opening drills and scrimmaging Friday during the first day of USA Basketball’s annual Junior National Team October Minicamp.

The action, held in two gymnasiums on the campus of the USA Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, continues Saturday with 2:30 p.m. MT (athletes from the classes of 2028 and ’27) and 4:45 (’26 and ’25) workouts.

Sunday’s final day of play is split into 9 and 11 a.m.,

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INGLEWOOD – The new home of the Clippers will be the site of a Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches clinic on Sunday.

The Intuit Dome will be the site of the clinic – free to SCIBCA members – which is set to begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 1 in the afternoon.

A strong collection of speakers; panel discussions (including explanation of the CIF Southern Section’s new computer-based playoff system) and tour of the arena are on the agenda.

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DUNCANVILLE, TX – By the conclusion of Saturday night’s action in the Pangos All-South Frosh/Soph boys’ basketball camp, it was apparent that Reese Alston was as good any as any player in the Duncanville Fieldhouse.

And by the time the camp had wrapped up Sunday afternoon following the Top 30 Cream of the Crop All-Star Game, Alston had stacked even more evidence for those willing to  present the case that he must be considered among the upper tier of the top point guard prospects in the national Class of 2027.

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DUNCANVILLE, TX – The depth of high school boys’ basketball talent in the freshmen and sophomore classes was on display during Saturday’s Day I of the annual Pangos All-South Frosh/Soph Camp at the Duncanville Fieldhouse in this Dallas-Fort Worth suburb.

Seventeen states were represented among the approximate 200 players who participated – the bulk coming from within the union’s second largest and second most populated state.

Action in the second stop on the Pangos regional All-Frosh/soph fall circuit resumes Sunday morning with camp games (each of the 24 teams playing once) at 9 o’clock and wraps up with all-star games at 1:15 and 2:15 in the afternoon.

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LONG BEACH – The initial stop on the fall Pangos Frosh/Soph Boys’ Basketball Camp circuit wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a couple of dandy all-star games at  McBride High.

In the finale, the black jerseys withstood a terrific rally, fueled by guards Hunter Caplan and Karter Butler, to hold off the white jerseys, 105-103, in the West’s Top 30 clash.

Sophomore forward Jalen White scored a team-high 19 points (including three 3s) for the black jerseys while Caplan scored a game-high 21 points (hitting five of seven shots from behind the arc) and Butler added 10 assists, five rebounds and three steals

White was selected the Top 30 Game Most Outstanding Player.

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