Frank Burlison

REDONDO BEACH — The annual Ryse Up/Fall Classic will be held Saturday and Sunday in both gymnasiums on the Redondo Union High campus.

The event honors the late Ryse Williams, an all-CIF guard at Redondo who died of a rare form of cancer the day he was scheduled to graduate in June of 2017.

Bishop Montgomery and St. Bernard, which played in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs last spring, and State CIF D-V champion Lynwood, are among those participating.

 

The complete schedule:

Saturday

  Main Gym

9:30 am.,

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LONG BEACH — The “championship” game of the Elite 8 bracket of the Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic was more than just a tad anticlimactic.

But, even as Southern California powers Corona Centennial and St. John Bosco played with nary a usual starter on the floor in the event finale Sunday afternoon at McBride High, the cumulative takeaway from the 36 games played over the two days was an insightful one.

Centennial’s 62-48 win over the Braves came minus the starting lineup that propelled it to first- and second-round wins over Crean Lutheran (67-40, Saturday night) and Santa Maria St.

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LONG BEACH – Four boys’ basketball programs likely to be on a short list of candidates with the best opportunity to play in state championship games next March advanced to the Sunday’s semifinals of the Elite 8 Bracket in the Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic at McBride High.

Corona Centennial (67-40 over Crean Lutheran) and Santa Maria St. Joseph (80-69 against Mater Dei) captured first-round games Saturday to move into Sunday’s first championship semifinal at 10:10 a.m.

Earning the slots in the second semifinal (at 11:20) were St.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL — Barely a few weeks following the wrap of the summer portion of the of the high school basketball “season” that never ends, “fall” competition is upon us not quite 2 ½ months before the start of the “real” season.

The annual Ron Massey Memorial Falls Hoops Classic tips things off in nifty fashion Saturday at McBride High in Long Beach.

The Pangos Elite 8 bracket is made up a field that includes seven programs that are in my post-Summer Southern California ratings, as well as the program (St.

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WALNUT CREEK, Ca. — The squad wearing white jerseys prevailed, 88-66, over its black-wearing counterpart Sunday afternoon in the Top 20 All-Star game, putting a nifty bow on things while wrapping a successful first-ever Pro-West Exposures Camp at Tice Valley Community College.

The camp, organized and hosted by the Hoops Executive group, provided a showcase for approximately 110 boys’ high school players across the four classes (with one eighth grader).

It has a chance to join Gerry Freitas’ NorCal Tip-Off (the 16^th version is set for Nov.

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