Frank Burlison

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Ca. – The first-ever PrepHoops So-Cal Top 250 Expo is on tap for Sept. 17 at Fountain Valley High.

It’s a marvelous opportunity for high school players – be they freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors – to showcase their skills in front a multitude of those whose opinions are valued by coaching staffs across the spectrum (NCAA Division’s I, II and III, as well as NAIA and California and national community college competition) of college basketball programs.

Among those evaluators who will be on hand to watch the drills and games will be myself (Twitter @FrankieBur), Aaron Burgin (@FullTimeHoops1), Joel Francisco (@JoelFranHoops) and Devin Ugland (Dev_Ugland).

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TORRANCE, Ca. – The West Coast Elite End of Summer Camp – held Sunday at El Camino Community College – gave a couple of hundred players a nice opportunity to wrap up their summer hoops fare in grand style.

A hefty portion of the very best players, over all classes, from Southern California – and beyond – turned in nice efforts over the course of two “camp” games and during one of the four all-star games held late Sunday afternoon.

Among the players from the Class of 2018 on display were 6-foot-3 Payton Moore (who committed to Rice last week); 6-4 Alpha Okoli (Bellflower St.

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The first Rolling Hills Prep Fall Basketball Tournament, presented by ScorebookLive.com, is set for Oct. 21 at Cerritos College in Norwalk, RHP Coach Harvey Kitani announced Monday morning.

The 16-team event will include many of the top programs in Southern California, notably Torrance Bishop Montgomery, Santa Ana Mater Dei, L.A. Fairfax and Woodland Hills Taft.

General admission is $10.

The complete schedule: 9 a.m., Taft vs. Compton Dominguez; 10:30, Rolling Hills Prep vs. Altadena St. Francis; Noon, Redondo Beach Redondo vs. Long Beach Poly; 1:30 p.m.,

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SAN PABLO, Ca. – Many of the very best high school hoopers from the Northern California Classes of 2018 and ’19 will be on display Sunday afternoon (3 o’clock) at Contra Costa College.

The eighth NorCal Clash, under the direction of Gerry Freitas, is highlighted by a 2018 squad that is scheduled to include many of the better guards in the West.

Among those are James Akinjo (Richmond Salesian), J.R. Ballard (Modesto Christian; he transferred this summer from Manteca Lanthrop), Zach Chappell (Sacramento Capital Christian), Elijah Hardy (Oakland Bishop O’Dowd), Logan Johnson (Mountain View St.

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LAS VEGAS – Some of the best very of the East Coast prep hoops talent will be on display on one court Sunday morning in western locale.

One of the four Fab 48 Invitation quarterfinal playoffs in the 17-Under division in the Bishop Gorman gymnasium will pit the Team Rio and the New York Renaissance programs.

The 9:10 showdown (on Court 2) pits an Under Armour-fronted and New Jersey-based Team Rio squad paced by Class of 2019 standouts and Tinton Falls Ranney School teammates Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine against the Nike/EYBL N.Y.

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