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Nothing But Net Memorial Day Showdown: Standout Performers

Long Beach, CA - This past weekend, Dinos Trigonis hosted the Nothing But Net/Pangos Memorial Day Showdown, which was held at McBride High School and surrounding gyms. The showcase featured 3 divisions (17u, 16u, and 15u) of...

Central Cali’s Prospect Preview Showcase: 35 Standout Performers

Bakersfield, CA - This past Friday, May 19th, myself and Clutch Clips Hoop hosted our 2nd Annual Prospect Preview Showcase at Garces Memorial High School. The event featured 60 players from the classes of 2024 - 2027...

Central Cali’s Girls Prospect Showcase: Top 25 Standout Performers

Bakersfield, CA - This past Friday night, May 12th, myself and Clutch Clips Hoop hosted our first-ever girl's event, Central Cali’s Girls Prospect Showcase, at Garces Memorial High School. The event featured 42...

Central Cali’s Senior Showdown: Event Recap and Player Evaluations

Bakersfield, CA - Friday night, May 5th, myself and Clutch Clips Hoops hosted the Inaugural Central Cali’s Senior Showdown at the NOR Riverview Community Center. The event featured 20 seniors from various areas in the Central Section...

Central Section HS Hoops: 661 Hoops Live All-Section Teams

The 2022-2023 high school basketball season had some big firsts. San Joaquin Memorial won its first CIF State Championship and Arroyo Grande won its first Central Section Championship in program history in Division 2. St. Joseph and...

Oakland Soldiers Spring Extravaganza: Top 20 Underclass Performers

Brentwood, CA - This past weekend, Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd, I attended the Oakland Soldiers Spring Extravaganza, which was held in various cities in the East Bay area of Northern California. The tournament headlined...

Central Section HS Hoops: Final Top 15 Team Rankings

Central Section - Another entertaining high school basketball season in California has come to an end with Harvard-Westlake of Studio City taking home the Open Division State Championship with a win over Central Section power St. Joseph...

Pangos Best of SoCal League: Top Underclass Performers (Day 3) by Paul Hernandez

Long Beach, CA - As the high school season comes to an end in California this past Sunday I headed down to SoCal to watch Day 3 of the four-day Pangos Best of SoCal League hosted by...

Central Section HS Hoops: Class of 2026 Player Rankings (Updated)

The Class of 2026 has already shown glimpses of being one of the deepest classes of potential next-level prospects the Central Section has had since the Class of 2021, which ended up having 7 players go on...

Central Section HS Hoops: Boys and Girls Section Championships Recap

Fresno, CA - The Central Section Basketball Championships returned to Selland Area in Fresno for the first time since the 2019-2020 season, as the Covid pandemic moved these games to the site of the higher-seeded team the...