Frank Burlison

Many of the better eighth-, ninth- and 10^th-graders in Southern California and beyond will be on display Saturday and Sunday in Corona’s Player’s Edge facility, located just south of the 91 Freeway during the Fullcourt Press All-Frosh/Soph Camp.

Games get underway at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, with the last session of the day set to get underway at 6:30 and wrap up at about 10.

Sunday’s games begin at 8:45 in the morning, with all-star games set for 4 p.m. (Top 40) and 5 o’clock (Top 20).

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LAS VEGAS – The presence of Shabazz Muhammad and Rosco Allen on the bench, and the addition of non-Gaels such as Katin Reinhardt to the roster took away a lot of the true “Bishop Gorman vs. Findlay Prep” flavor to the contest Wednesday night.

That conceded, there didn’t appear to be many among the crowd in the Bishop Gorman gymnasium demanding their $10 admission back after the finale of the Fullcourt Press Las Vegas Fall Classic.

The lead changed hands three times in the final 47 seconds, with a 3-point attempt by Reinhardt (Santa Ana, CA, Mater Dei) just missing with three seconds remaining and Julian Jacobs’ follow attempt swatted away at the buzzer by Amedeo Della Valle to secure Findlay Prep’s 81-80 victory over the “Best of Vegas” squad in the capper to the five-game event.

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At least nine of the best 100 or so players in the national prep basketball senior class are expected to be in the same gymnasium Wednesday night.

The “Best of Vegas” is on tap at Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas, with the evening’s action scheduled to culminate in a game featuring the Findlay Prep team taking on a squad heavily populated by Bishop Gorman’s plethora of elite prospects.

Gorman’s four high major-bound seniors – Shabazz Muhammad, Rosco Allen, Ben Carter and Demetris Morant – along with future UNLV guard Katin Reinhardt (Santa Ana, CA, Mater) will pace the “Best of Vegas” team that faces Findlay Prep at 9 p.m.

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The roundtrip drive – 158 miles visa the 73 Toll Road and 405 and 101 Freeways, spanning about two hours and 20 minutes of real time – was definitely worth it Sunday.

My Laguna Niguel to Woodlands Hills trek gave me the opportunity to watch eight games over about nine hours and 15 minutes during the Buzz Basketball/HoopLove Varsity Fall Classic Sunday in the Taft High gymnasium.

The games – involving 12 teams, three or four of which will rated among Southern California’s 10 best going into the 2011-12 season – put some of the most well-known talent in the Southland on display.

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My apologies for not posting anything the past few days – I’ve been swamped trying to get the information about my scouting service to as many coaching staffs as possible across the country.

Here’s what I’m up to in the next week or so:

• Sunday, I’ll be at Taft High (in the San Fernando Valley city of Woodland Hills) where eight games are scheduled involving the likes of Taft, Bellflower St. John Bosco, Mission Hills Alemany, Compton Dominguez and Chatsworth Sierra Canyon. There will be plenty of future Division I college players on hand.

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