Frank Burlison

LONG BEACH — St. John Bosco High sophomore Brandon McCoy Jr. capped a superb two days of action Sunday afternoon, scoring 25 points to pace the white jerseys to a 120-115 victory in the Top 25 Cream of the Crop all-star game that wrapped up the 20^th Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp at McBride High.

That performance probably was the final nudge that gave him the camp’s overall Most Outstanding Player designation over Tyran Stokes (Napa Prolific Prep), a camp teammate — “San Jose State” — cohort from the USA 16U team last summer.

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LONG BEACH — Two hundred-plus players, from 13 states and Canada, were on hand at McBride High Saturday afternoon for the start of the two-day, 20^th annual Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph boys’ basketball camp.

And the event had plenty of what passes for “star power”, relative to the regional and national classes of 2026.

*Tyran Stokes (Napa Prolific Prep) and Brandon McCoy Jr. (St. John Bosco), teammates on the USA 16U national team last summer, were too skilled, too quick, and too bouncy for their competition Saturday afternoon.

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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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