Frank Burlison

NORWALK, Ca. – Sunday’s Day II of the Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp made it a bit easier to sort through the 200 or so players who attended the event at Cerritos Community College and pick out the 25 of those who most impressed me.

So here we go, beginning with 20 selections from the Class of 2017 (current sophomores) and five more from the Class of 2018 (freshmen). I’ll list them alphabetically, and then follow with some general comments:

SOPHOMORES

*L’Angelo Ball (6-4/Chino Hills, CA)

*Elias Ballstaedt (6-4/Heber, UT, Wasatch)

*Isom Butler (6-1/Etiwanda, CA)

*Daejon Davis (6-3/Seattle Lakeside)

*Myles Franklin (6-4/Villa Park, CA)

*Jalen Harris (6-1/Los Angeles Windward)

*Jalen Hill (6-8/Corona, CA, Centennial)

*Jacob Hughes (6-10/Anaheim Servite)

*Brandon McCoy (6-11/San Diego Morse)

*Matt Mitchell (6-6/Eastvale, CA, Roosevelt)

*Jailen Moore (5-10/Lake Elsinore, CA, Lakeside)

*Charles O’Bannon Jr.

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NORWALK, Ca. – Some of the very best high school guards from the western classes of 2017 and ’18 took center stage Saturday – literally and figuratively – during Day I of the Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp at Cerritos Community College.

Approximately 200 players – the bulk of high school freshmen and sophomores but there were a smattering of impressive eighth graders on hand, as well – were on hand for the annual two-day event, which attracts a lot of the elite prospects from the western region in those classes.

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NORWALK, Ca. – The first-ever SoCal Juco Jamboree – with 41 California community college men’s basketball teams scheduled to compete – will be held over this weekend at Cerritos College.

Games, played simultaneously on three courts in the Falcons’ gymnasium, tip off at 4 o’clock on Friday afternoon, with the last trio of games to get underway at 8:20.

Action begins Saturday and Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, with the last games tipping at 8:55 Saturday night and 6:50 Sunday evening.

It is a designated “NCAA evaluation event”, meaning coaches from NCAA Division I-affiliated programs will be able to watch the games in person for the purpose of evaluating potential recruits.

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FULLERTON, Ca. – The annual Fullcourt Press/Team Athletic Basketball Coaches Clinic is set for Oct. 1 at Hope International University.

Head coaches Russ Turner of UC Irvine (4:30 p.m.), Cuonzo Martin of Cal (5:30), Tad Boyle of Colorado (6:30) and Dana Altman of Oregon (7:30) will speak for about an hour or so apiece on various topics.

Admission is free for all basketball coaches, on any level, in California but RSVPs must be forwarded by e-mail (bob@tagear.com) to Bob Becker, or by logging on at www.fullctpress.net,

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LONG BEACH, Ca. – It was the kind of three-game performance that would have made the coach the event was named in honor of proud.

The Chino Hills High transition offense pretty overwhelmed the Huskies’ opposition during the first Ron Massey Memorial Fall Classic at Jordan High, as the Lonzo Ball-led club wrapped things up Sunday evening with a 90-66 championship game victory over Pasadena Maranatha.

The 6-foot-5 Ball had 13 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocked shots in a first half that ended with his team up by 18 points (53-35).

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