Frank Burlison

LA VERNE, CA – The Etiwanda High Eagles outscored the Inderkum Tigers by 26 points over the final nine minutes to prevail, 57-39, Tuesday night to complete the matchups for Wednesday’s Platinum Division championship quarterfinals of The Classic at Damien.

The Eagles (10-1) will take on California’s top-ranked team, 14-0 Harvard-Westlake, at 8:30 Wednesday night in Damien’s on-campus Athletic Center, for the last of the Platinum quarterfinals.

The quarterfinal action starts at 4 o’clock, with defending state champions facing off in Washington’s 8-1 Curtis vs. Utah’s 7-1 American Fork.

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LA VERNE, CA – It didn’t take long for senior Saugus High guard Max Tengan long early Monday afternoon to create the front-runner for “The Most Stunning Moment” in the 2022 Classic at Damien.

About five seconds after dynamic freshman guard Kaiden Bailey of Crean Lutheran had drilled a 3-pointer to tie the score at 63, Tengan countered with an even more improbable shot.

After taking he inbound pass following Bailey’s bucket, Tengan covered about 30 feet on three dribbles before pushing – OK, “launching” – the ball out of his right hand just before hitting the mid-court stripe and just before the game clock horn sounded.

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LA VERNE, CA – High-profile boys’ basketball programs from Southern California and the rest of the west highlight the action when play tips off Tuesday morning in the Platinum, Gold, and Diamond divisions on the second day of The Classic at Damien.

The eight Platinum games (beginning with the 10 o’clock between St. Bernard and University City (WA) Curtis) will be played in Athletic Center and the eight gold contests (starting at 9:30 a.m., with Roosevelt and Birmingham) in Event Center, each located on the Damien High Campus.

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LA VERNE, CA – The Classic at Damien tips off Monday morning, with action in four of its seven 16-team divisions spread over six gymnasiums — on or near the Damien Campus.

Play in the Silver and Bronze divisions will be held in the Damien Athletic Center and the Damien Center.

Each of the first-round Iron Division games will be contested at Charter Oak High, with Green Division games played at Life Pacific University, San Dimas High and Bonita High.

Play in the “Top three” Divisions – featuring many of the elite high school programs in California, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, and Utah – begins Tuesday morning at Damien High and Ramona Middle School (located just a few blocks away from Damien).

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LAS VEGAS – The West Ranch High boys basketball team made a four-hour drive from Southern California’s Santa Clarita Valley – Magic Mountain, anyone? – to Las Vegas with aspirations of continuing to show it can do more than just “hang” with the best of the in the region.

And the Wildcats of Coach Jeff Bryant did that – and won one of the major high school tournament in the country in the process.

They capped the 11^th Tarkanian Classic with a third consecutive “upset” Thursday night at Bishop Gorman High, rallying from a 10-point deficit late in the first to knock off the host Gaels, 67-62, packing a lot of championship paraphernalia for their return trip home.

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