Frank Burlison

LAS VEGAS – Sorry for the delay in posting this but . . .

Las Vegas Gorman (69-56 over cross-town rival Clark in Platinum), Culver City of California (73-64 over Denver East/Select), Memphis Southwind (53-51 over Grandview of Colorado/Orleans), North Hollywood Campbell Hall (63-48 over Palmdale Knight/Gatorade), Compton Dominguez (54-41 over Riverside Poly/Eastbay) and Milwaukee (OR) La Salle Prep 68, Las Vegas Del Sol 55/Nike) were high school divisional champions during the sixth Tarkanian Classic.

It was the first time the Bishop Gorman Gaels have won the tournament in its six years of existence.

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LA VERNE, Ca. – The second “The Classic at Damien” boys’ basketball tournament, presented by Mark Christopher Auto Center, tips off Tuesday morning at 9:30 with a field expanded to 64 teams over four divisions.

And that field appears to be even stronger than it was during the event’s maiden voyage in 2016.

Twelve teams from the latest Top 20 Prep Hoops/SoCal rankings and 13 from the L.A. Times’ Top 25 will participating in the tournament, that culminates Saturday with the four divisional championship games that will be played on the Damien High campus.

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LAS VEGAS – Thursday’s games set up “Friday Final Fours” in each of the five boys divisions   of the sixth Tarkanian Classic.

The Best of the Best of the teams are competing in the “Platinum Division” and there are compelling matchups of each of the semifinals – each including a gifted Las Vegas program.

In the first of those, Las Vegas Clark (9-0) takes on Oklahoma’s Putnam City North (6-0) at 4:30 (PT) Friday afternoon at Bishop Gorman, with the host Gaels (7-1) facing off against one of Northern California’s very best in Richmond Salesian (6-0) at about 6 or so.

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NEWARK, Ca. – Some of the better teams from Northern and Southern California hooked up in the final two clashes of the seven-game 11^th Nor Cal Tip-Off Classic Saturday at Newark Memorial High.

The SoCal rep (Temecula Rancho Christian) turned in a superb second half to prevail over Sacramento Capital Christian, 84-61, in Game 6 in the Gerry Freitas-fronted event.

And then it was the team that could prove to be NorCal’s best, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd, coming away with the W when it edged L.A.

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NEWARK, Ca. – The 11^th NorCal Tip-Off Classic has seven games Saturday at Newark Memorial High featuring several squads that could be competing for California state championships in March.

The most notable of those come in the final two games, with Sacramento Capital Christian takes on Temecula Rancho Christian at 7 and then Oakland Bishop O’Dowd and L.A. Fairfax wrapping up things at 8:30.

Action begins at 11 a.m. Admission is $13 for adults, $10 for students and seniors and $5 or those 5 or younger.

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