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LYNWOOD, CA – A rule of thumb when it comes to high school basketball:

Very good seniors are going to beat very good sophomores pretty much every time – especially when there is a nifty junior tossed into the mix for the seniors.

That was the case Sunday afternoon at Lynwood High when Long Beach Poly – paced by the senior duo of Roschon Prince and Jordan Bell and multi-skilled junior Kameron Chatman – jumped out to a rapid-fire advantage and then coasted to a 73-47 victory over Las Vegas Bishop Gorman in the championship game of the 20^th Fullcourt Press Fall Hoops Classic.

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LYNWOOD, CA – Two of the most successful high school programs in the West gave every indication on Saturday that they are bound for a hook-up Sunday afternoon for the championship of the 20^th Fullcourt Press Fall Hoops Classic

The Long Beach (CA) Poly Jackrabbits and Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman Gaels cruised to a couple of pool-play victories apiece Saturday at Lynwood High to advance to Sunday morning’s (11:20) championship-round semifinals.

Poly, which knocked off the MOC Stars and Belmont Shore Gold, will take on the San Diego All-Stars (2-0 in Pool B) on Court 2 while Bishop Gorman faces Branch West Prep on Court 1.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – The annual Fullcourt Press Fall Showcase usually proves to be just that – especially when it comes to some of the very best of the prep talent in the Southern California freshmen and sophomore classes.

And that was definitely the case once more during the eight or so hours of action Sunday at Ribet Academy, which is located just a few miles from Dodger Stadium.

The Top 20 Freshman contest – OK, so there were actually 22 players who saw action in that tilt – feature a significant number of the top prospects whose “real high school” debuts are still a little less than three months away.

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CORONA, CA –  The first-ever venture into Southern California by Joe Davis’ North-Carolina-based  Scoutsfocus.com Saturday drew a turnout of some of the better prep prospects in the region – especially from the Class of 2015.

The gathering of approximately 200 players – each of which played three times in the vent that ran from 9 a.m. to about 4:30 p.m. – also attracted a scattering of players from Nevada, Arizona and Northern California.

Who played extremely well – regardless of class – on Saturday?

I’d opt for (alphabetically): Sedrick Barefield, Julio Guity, Victor Joseph, Kendall Small and Stephen Thompson Jr.

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LONG BEACH, CA – The three days and one night of the adidas Nations put some of the better high school and college players from the United States at front and center – and some players from Australia should have taken some bows for their nifty performances as well.

In the championship final Monday night at Long Beach City College, the USA 2014 Red squad – which had lost by 14 points to USA 2013 Blue during pool play the previous day – won a rematch, 86-84.

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