Frank Burlison

The 16^th Nor-Cal Tip-Off — with its nine-game field — gets underway Saturday morning at 8 o’clock at Dublin High.

Rise and shine, indeed!

Many of the top teams from Northern California will be joined by a couple of the best teams from the south — and in the entire west — in what should be a terrific day of basketball.

The action gets underway with Oakland Head-Royce facing San Jose Bellarmine Prep.

The “So-Cal vs. Nor-Cal” clashes are set for 2 and 8:30.

Eastvale Roosevelt (No.

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BELLFLOWER — California’s No. 2-ranked boys’ basketball team made its 2023-24 debut Saturday evening.

And, despite falling behind by as many as five points late in the first half, the host St. John Bosco High club was able to pull away from Long Beach Poly, 71-61, in one of eight games in the Braves’ Varsity Tip-Off.

Coach Matt Dunn’s team outscored the visitors by 11 points in the third quarter then held-off the “big shot”-making ability of the Jackrabbits’ 6-foot-5 junior, Jovani Ruff, down the stretch.

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FULLERTON – The Damien and La Mirada boys’ basketball teams cruised into Saturday night’s championship showdown in the Rumble For Rosecrans with decisive semifinal victories at Sunny Hills High Friday night.

La Mirada remained unbeaten with its fourth consecutive blowout, knocking off La Serna, 65-45, behind the 25-point performance of freshman Gene Roebuck.

The Matadores were No. 19 in the BurlisonOnBasketball preseason SoCal Top 30.

Coach Randy Oronoz’s club will take on No. 6 Damien in the 7:30 championship game at Sunny Hills.

Coach Mike LeDuc’s Spartans improved to 4-0 while easing past Canyon, 76-34.

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LOS ANGELES — Wednesday night’s game was a long time coming for Eastvale Roosevelt High basketball players Brayden Burries and Issac Williamson.

And just how long .  . .

“Twenty-one months,” Williamson said before the question was finished, after he, Burries, and the rest of Coach Steve Singleton’s No. 5-ranked (via BurlisonOnBasketball) Mustangs cruised past L.A. City power Birmingham, 80-37, in a season opener at Westchester High during the third Westside Tip-Off Classic.

Burries (who scored 31 points with nine rebounds Wednesday night) and Williamson were freshmen standouts at Riverside Poly when the Bears lost to visiting St.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The kicks hit the hardwood on Monday with the official tip-off to the 2023-24 boys’ high school basketball season.

*Harvard-Westlake, led by four of the top six players from its 2023 State Open Division championship roster, begins the season atop the BurlisonOnBasketball Top 30 teams’ ranking.

Coach David Rebibo’s Wolverines are in action three times this week, playing host to Palos Verdes on Tuesday night.

They’ll be at Westchester Thursday and Saturday for games against Palisades and Carlsbad, respectively, as part of the Westside Tip-Off Classic.

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