Frank Burlison

CORONA, Ca. –  The Dream Vision squad found itself on the short end of a 79-53 score against the QJZ Elite team in the final game of pool play Sunday afternoon during the BattleZone 17 bracket of the  Ballislife Magic Memorial Day Festival.

But, after being scorched by sizzling freshman guard Lonzo Ball (Chino Hills High) and his QJZ buddies, Dream Vision righted its course in a big hurry.

Dream Vision, with mostly dominating play by sophomore center Stephen Zimmerman (Las Vegas Bishop Gorman) and standout support by the likes of juniors Namon Wright (the Los Angeles Pacific Hills standout expected to transfer to Findlay Prep in Henderson, NV) and Bear Henderson (Mission Hills, CA, Alemany), rallied from a big first-half deficit to knock off the L.A.

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CORONA, Ca. – The official title of the event might be a bit cumbersome to wrap your arms around.

But what is very simple about the “Ballislife Magic Memorial Day Festival, presented by Muscle Milk” is this:

There are a whole lot of quality travel squads led by a whole lot of quality high school hoopsters on display at the event fronted by Compton Magic CEO Etop Udo-Ema over Memorial Weekend.

Around-the-clock (or so it seemed on Saturday, when games tipped off at 8 in the a.m.)

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – OK, time to put the official wrap, of sorts, on the 2012-13 high school hoops season.

And, thanks to assorted viewings through 2012 summer camps (Pangos, NBA Players Association and adidas Nations) and tournaments, as well as regular-season venues (including many high school tournaments, as well as the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, MA) and all of the post-season events, including the McDonald’s All-American Game, the Jordan Classic and the Nike Hoop Summit, I feel comfortable in making slapping together my post-season honors squads.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Ca. – Some of the better high school hoops players from across Southern California gathered at Beverly Hills High Saturday morning.

The occasion was “Double Pump Media Day”, an opportunity for the players directly or indirectly part of the teams overseen by David and Dana Pumps to scrimmage and run through drills in front of 10 or so reporters from Internet sites or newspapers – and then to learn a little about how the soundest ways of dealing with “media” members.

They were also offered insight about the caution that must be used in interacting in “social media” outlets, most notably Twitter.

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NORWALK, Ca. – Collectively, the Southern California high school classes of 2014-16 are quite deep in backcourt talent.

And a lot of that talent was display Sunday at Cerritos College during the Pangos Spring Showcase.

Among the members of the Class of 2015 who played exceptionally well Sunday was the Superior Athletes trio of Kendall Small (Huntington Beach Ocean View), Jeremy Hemsley (La Verne Damien) and Stephen Thompson Jr. (Torrance Bishop Montgomery).

Their chemistry was quite evident while playing on the same squad Sunday. Each is both a capable playmaker and scorer.

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