Frank Burlison

ST. GEORGE, UTAH – The location may have changed by some 400 miles to the northeast.

But the first day of the Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp, held at the Nets on Fire’s four-court facility, maintained the high-level of boys’ high school basketball players that the annual event normally showcases at Southern California sites.

The move, of course, was necessitated because of the California restrictions for indoor gathering and athletic competition in the current COVID-10 climate.

One of the highlights of Saturday’s action was a match-up of two of the better “big” prospects, regardless of class standing, in the west.

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ST. GEORGE, UTAH – Two members apiece from the Classes of 2021 and ’22 shared the figurative “hardware” following the conclusion of the two-day, Full-Court Press All-West Camp Sunday afternoon in the Net’s on Fire facility.

Forwards Mouhamed Bbaye (C/O 2021) and Jeremiah Nyarko (C/O 2022) scored 14 points apiece to lead the white jerseys over their dark counterparts, 94-83, in the camp finale, the Top 30 All-Star Game, and earned co-Most Outstanding Player honors for the contest.

Bagging overall camp honors (three camp “league” games plus the all-star contest) were guards Collin Chandler (who demonstrated oh-so-clearly that he’s one of the top juniors, not just in the west but the entire country) and a future USC player, Reese Dixon-Waters.

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ST. GEORGE, Utah – Reese Dixon-Waters, a 6-foot-5 senior at St. Bernard High (Playa del Rey, CA) who committed to USC nearly six months ago, was among the first-day standouts Saturday during the Full-Court Press All-West Camp.

Approximately 240 players – mostly from western states but including players from throughout the country – were on hand for the event, which wraps up with 12 Sunday morning “camp games” followed by three all-star games in the afternoon.

All games will be live-streamed and archived on BallerTV.

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GILBERT, Az. – The Washington Supreme players and coached boarded their Sunday evening Phoenix-to-Seattle flight with four End of Summer Showcase victories tucked securely in the overhead storage.

Coach Carl Howell’s club, after rolling past Vegas Elite (82-60), had to rally from a 19-point deficit at intermission and then needed a “sudden-victory” overtime to edge Gamepoint of San Diego, 57-55.

Reserve guard Jerry Hayes Jr. (South Hill, WA, Emerald Ridge) scored a layup for the win in an overtime period in which the first team to score picked up the victory at the Inspire Courts facility in this Phoenix suburb.

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GILBERT, Az. – The second and final day of the End of Summer Showcase looks to be highlighted by an 11:30 Sunday morning clash between what would have been two of the finest west coast-based 17s club basketball teams in “normal” (non-COVID 19) circumstances.

Vegas Elite (a member of the Nike-fronted EYBL program) and Washington Supreme (part of Under Armor’s grassroots program) hook up on court 7 in the Inspires Courts facility in this Phoenix suburb.

The game will be live-streamed by BallerTV, as will the other 35 games played that get underway at 9:30 PT.

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