Frank Burlison

LOS ANGELES – The Friday night championship semifinals are set for the 30^th Nike Fairfax Summer Basketball Classic.

In the first semi, at 6 o’clock, Corona Centennial takes on Long Beach Poly, with Trinity League foes Mater Dei and Santa Margarita following at 7:30.

Friday’s other games: (13^th place semifinals) 9 a.m., Santa Monica vs. Alemany; 10:30, Maranatha vs. Orange Lutheran; (consolation semifinals) Noon, Loyola vs. Calabasas; 1:30 p.m., Fairfax vs. La Canada; (fifth-place semifinals) 3, Redondo vs. Chino Hills; 4:30, Brentwood vs. Crespi.

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LOS ANGELES – Day IV of the 30^th Nike Fairfax Summer Classic tips off today (Thursday) at 3 o’clock.

That’s when L.A. Loyola takes on Santa Monica in a consolation quarterfinal, with Mission Hills Alemany following against Calabasas in the other at 4:30.

In championship quarterfinals, Santa Ana Mater Dei takes on Chino Hills at 6 p.m. with Redondo and Santa Margarita following in the other at 7:30.

In consolation quarterfinals played Wednesday, La Canada knocked off Orange Lutheran (51-43) and host Fairfax toppled Maranatha (72-42).

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LA VERNE, Ca. – Damien High will play host to a Dec. 26-30, 2016 event that promises to be one of the strongest post-Christmas boys high school tournaments, both regionally and nationally, Damien Coach Mike LeDuc announced Tuesday.

The Classic at Damien, with title sponsorship from the Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, will include three 16-team brackets.

The tournament has already attracted some of the top programs in the West, including six of the CIF Southern Section’s Open Division playoff entrants from last spring: Santa Ana Mater Dei, Corona Centennial, Eastvale Roosevelt, Encino Crespi, Mission Hills Alemany and Damien.

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LOS ANGELES – The Loyola Marymount University men’s basketball coaching staff and the LMU campus will host the “Lion King Shootout” on Sunday.

Thirteen of the better high school programs in Southern California are scheduled to participate in the nine games that are set to begin at 1 in the afternoon and wrap up about four hours later. The teams are made up of players who have eligibility for the 2016-17 season.

Admission to the event is $5.

The schedule:

1 p.m., (Court 1) Long Beach Poly vs.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – What seemed to have all the makings of a terrific NBPA Top 100 Camp championship game Saturday night rapidly turned into a good old-fashioned blowout in the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena.

The Heat zipped to a 28-point advantage at intermission before coasting to a 109-89 victory over the Rockets in the last of the 41 games played over four days and nights during the 22^nd edition of the event.

Seven of the Heat’s 11 players scored at least nine points in the finale, with Washington, D.C.,

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