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SANTA ANA – Chicago’s Whitney Young High team wrapped up a two-game sweep of Trinity League opponents in impression fashion Saturday night in the second and final day of the 30^th Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei.

Twenty-four hours after knocking off JSerra Friday night (60-52), the Dolphins handled the host Monarchs – the top program in the top prep hoops league in the west – in equally impressive fashion, 67-57.

Guards D.J. Steward (21) and Tyler Beard (22) – headed to Duke and Georgetown, respectively – combined for 43 of Coach Tyrone Slaughter’s squad points, including 19 of their 21 fourth-quarter production.

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LONG BEACH – It was a game with significant CIF Southern Section Open Division implications.

Translated: The winner of the Del Rey League clash between St. Bernard and host St. Anthony Friday night was going to be a strong candidate to be one of the eight teams in the Open playoff pool when it’s unveiled on Feb. 9.

And, despite spotting the visitors an 8-1 lead, the Saints looked every bit the part of an “Open team” while cruising to an eased-up, 75-60 victory to improve to 25-2 overall and 6-1 in league.

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SANTA ANA – The 14-game, two-day, 30^th Nike Extravaganza tips off Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Mater Dei High.

Opening things are the clash between Heritage Christian (No. 13 in this week’s BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25) and Capistrano Valley Christian.

And Saturday night’s 9 o’clock finale is between No. 3 Rancho Christian and Gonzaga from Washington, DC.

Rancho Christian is led by the No. 1 player in the Class of 2020, USC-bound Evan Mobley (pictured).

Gonzaga point guard Chuck Harris (Butler) and forwards Terrence Williams (Michigan) and Myles Stute (Vanderbilt) are committed to Division I college programs.

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STUDIO CITY – The Harvard-Westlake boys basketball team’s 76-66 home victory over Chaminade Wednesday night was a multi-pronged accomplishment:

It, 1) Secured an unbeaten (6-0) regular-season Mission League record; 2) it gave the Wolverines the No. 1 seed and a spot in the Feb. 5 semifinal doubleheader of the league tournament and, 3) it was another notch on the CIF Southern Section Open Division “resume” for Coach David Rebibo’s squad.

Although the margin of victory – the Wolverines were up by 16 points with about three minutes to go in the third quarter – wouldn’t suggest it, it was nothing short of a hard-earned win against a Chaminade squad (22-6 overall and 3-3 in league) that was coming off a Saturday victory against Richmond Salesian, one of Northern California’s best teams.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL – Ten of the teams in the updated BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25 will play Friday or Saturday during the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei High.

The host Monarchs (No. 7/18-5) will play twice in the event, Friday night vs. Servite (in a Trinity League game) and Saturday night against Chicago Whitney Young.

Other notable Nike X match-ups include No. 2 Corona Centennial vs. Richmond Salesian (Saturday 3 o’clock); No. 3 Rancho Christian vs. Washington, DC, Gonzaga (Saturday 9 p.m.); No. 4 Etiwanda vs. No. 16 Westchester (Saturday, 4:30); and No.

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