Frank Burlison

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – The Roosevelt High Mustangs – after knocking off the now-No.’s 2 and 3 teams in the ratings in the past two weeks – have moved atop the updated BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 30.

Coach Steve Singleton’s squad improved to 15-1 after handing St. John Bosco its first loss, 56-55, in overtime of the Platinum Division title game during the 8^th The Classic at Damien Monday night.

The Mustangs’ repeat Platinum title, coupled with their 76-58 Platinum title victory over Notre Dame on Dec.

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LA VERNE, CA – It took a gut-twisting extra four minutes, but the Roosevelt High Mustangs repeated as Platinum Division champions of The Classic at Damien Monday night.

The Mustangs needed a successful inbound pass from Issac Williamson to Christian Benjamin with 1.4 seconds to go in overtime to finally prevail, 56-55, over the St. John Bosco Braves in a rematch of last year’s final.

Coach Steve Singleton’s program became the first to win back-to-back Platinum crowns since Rancho Christian did it in 2018 and ’19.

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LA VERNE, CA – A high school basketball rematch – 365 days in the making – is set for Monday night at 8:30 in the Athletic Center on the Damien High campus.

A year-to-the-day that the Roosevelt High Mustangs knocked off the St. John Bosco Braves (68-65) in the Platinum Division championship game of The Classic at Damien, the same programs – with much of the same casts – will be at it again in the finale of the Platinum Division of the country’s top “traditional high schools-only” post-Christmas tournament.

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LA VERNE, CA – Three of the best boys’ basketball teams from California – and another from Utah – powered their way into the Saturday night championship semifinals of the Platinum Division in the eighth edition of The Classic at Damien with strong Friday performances.

The top-ranked team in California – 13-0 St. John Bosco – faces a second challenge in 15 days from 12-2 La Mirada at 7 o’clock.

And defending Platinum champion Roosevelt (13-1) and Utah’s Layton Christian Academy (7-4) follow at 8:30. Both games will be played in the school’s Athletic Center.

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LA VERNE, CA – These are the highlights of Thursday’s Day I of the eighth edition of The Classic at Damien . . .

Well, where to begin?

*Central California power Clovis North of Fresno, along with Sandra Day O’Connor of Phoenix and Layton Christian Academy of Utah, pulled off tight first-round wins to join five of Southern California’s 10 best teams in a power-packed group of Platinum Division quarterfinals Friday in Damien’s Athletic Center.

*And, in the most anticipated first-day game of the event – and, for that matter,  anywhere else in High School Hoops Land Thursday – Jason Crowe, Jr.

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