Frank Burlison

 

ANAHEIM – The Ballislife boys’ high school All-American Camp was held Aug. 17&18 at Open Gym Premier, with some of the region’s top guards in the Class of 2025 on hand.

*Eastvale Roosevelt was repped by two players in the Top 20 Upperclassmen all-star game: 6-foot-2  Issac Williamson and another senior, 6-3 Dominic Copenhagen.

Williamson (pictured), a starter for the adidas-front Compton Magic 17U squad this spring and summer, joins Brayden Burries and Myles Walker as returning all-CIF Southern Section selections from the 31-4 Mustangs.

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IRVINE, Ca. – Sunday’s fifth Hoops by Ugland (@Devin_Ugland) Skills Summit, held at Beckman High, provided a nifty platform for approximately 80 boys’ high school players to enhance their short- and long-term basketball futures.

Once more, Ugland’s tireless efforts resulted in providing quality competition and coaching, as well as an opportunity to be watched by college coaches and scouting- and media-types.

Players got two hours of skills work via rotating “stations” and lots of competitive 3-on-3 action vs. multiple groups of opponents.

After an hour break for lunch – provided by Ugland and his significantly “better half”, Chelsea Ugland, without charge – there were 12, 5-on-5, 40-minute games, enabling each athlete to play twice.

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Bryce Mella, who averaged 19.8 points per game as a sophomore at Mountain View High in Orem, made an in-state transfer while moving to Utah powerhouse American Fork.

The 6-foot-5 Mella (pictured) was also a standout with the adidas-fronted Utah Prospects’ 16U squad in the spring and summer while establishing himself as one of the top backcourt college prospects in the West’s Class of 2026.

He closed the 2023-24 season at Mountain View by averaging 28.8 points over the final five games while hitting hit 17 of 38 shots behind the 3-point arc in that stretch.

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Six-foot-eight Christian Collins, one of the top junior-to-be basketball prospects in Southern California, has enrolled at St. John Bosco High, several sources say.

Reached for comment Wednesday night, Matt Dunn would not confirm that Collins – who played at St. Bernard as a freshmen and sophomore and began attending Westchester in the spring – is coming to the school.

If Collins is with the Braves this coming season, it would strengthen a roster already good enough to challenge for a Trinity League title, another trip to the CIF Southern Section Open playoffs and another state championship.

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LAS VEGAS ­– Teams representing two of California’s top boy’ basketball club programs captured the top divisional championships of the Big Time Tournament Sunday afternoon at Bishop Gorman High.

Jalen Green Elite 17U (69-50 vs. SoCal-based BTI) and Team Lillard 17U (73-60 vs. Northern California’s Lakeshow-Amundsen) – each from program’s from Northern California) – took home the two 17U Invitation titles among the event’s 10 brackets.

Seniors-to-be Luke Isaak (Danville San Ramon Valley), Julius Olanrewaju (Fresno San Joaquin Memorial), Brandon Benjamin (Anaheim Canyon) and Chris Baudreau (Las Vegas Bishop Gorman) combined for all but eight of Jalen Green’s points in its 17U victory.

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