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LAS VEGAS – The Massachusetts Rivals squad made quick and efficient work of two opponents Thursday to capture the adidas Summer Championships’ “Creator Cup” and earn the top seed in the 17-Under Champion playoffs’ bracket at the Cashman Center.

Coach Vincent Pastore’s team opened the Creator Cup competition Wednesday night by pounding Compton Magic, 83-55, and followed it with 71-36 win over Game Elite (Georgia and South Carolina players) in the semifinal Thursday afternoon.

Mass Rivals ground out a 67-61 decision over D-I Minnesota in the final later that night.

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LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas Fab 48 Tip-Off Challenge commenced at 5 o’clock sharp Wednesday evening in Bishop Gorman High gymnasium and didn’t wrap up until nearly six hours later.

A lot of quality travel/club teams and high school players from across the U.S. of A trotted out onto the three courts in the facility with at least 200 or so coaches from colleges and universities spread over the same territory watching on the first day of the NCAA’s third and final “evaluation” week of the summer.

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HENDERSON, Nev. – The second annual High Academic Super Bowl, presented by Ryan Silver’s West Coast Elite Basketball program and held at Coronado High, proved a nice showcase for the hoops talents of 100 or so high school students who also excel in the classroom.

Players got to play in at least four camp games apiece over the Monday and Tuesday event, held as a “tip-off”, of sorts, prior to the NCAA’s “evaluation period” that runs Wednesday to Sunday for the coaching staffs of the schools designated as Division I members of the organization.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – There were cool happenings, Southern California-wise, in Orange County on Sunday – the final day of the second July NCAA “live evaluation week” – for college coaching staffs and assorted other high school hoops aficionados.

Over at American Sports Centers – located in Anaheim, home to Disneyland, which, in a way, could be considered by many as “the most American of cities – the finals of the Double Pump Best of Summer Tournament were played.

In the top (17-Under Open) division, Riverside County-based Team ELEATE knocked off the Oakland area’s Team Lillard (formerly known as the Oakland Rebels), 75-65.

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LYNWOOD, Ca. – Two of the elite underclassmen in the west – and beyond – took top honors following the conclusion of the two-day Pangos/Fullcourt Press All-West Camp at Lynwood High Thursday evening.

Six-foot-eight Onyeka Okongwu, who shared national Freshman of the Year honors with Chino Hills High teammate Melo Ball this past season, joined 6-4 David Singleton (Torrance, CA, Bishop Montgomery) as the co-Most Outstanding Players after the camp had wrapped with Top 50 and Top 25 all-star games, with rosters culled from the 160 or so players who participated.

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