From gamers to coaches to followers, getting the prospect to see 16-year-old sophomore Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth goes to be one of many must-do issues for the highschool basketball season.
In his first look on Wednesday at Windfall, Arenas confronted repeated traps and double groups from Loyola. He ended up making 18 of 21 free throws and completed with 38 factors in Chatsworth’s 68-48 loss. Sophomore Quincy Watson led Loyola with 27 factors, together with six three-pointers.
The son of former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas, Alijah has grown to six ft 6. His father has stored him at Chatsworth to attempt to develop his expertise with out having to play on an all-star crew. It’s nearly Arenas towards the world. It checks his persistence and forces him to cope with moments of adversity on the court docket. His father believes it’ll assist put together him for his basketball future. And what a future he has.
“He’s an NBA lottery decide,” Loyola coach Damaine Powell mentioned. “I’ve seen Baron Davis, DeMar DeRozan. I noticed the Vacation brothers. He’s higher than all of them, and he’s a sophomore.”
Crespi 68, Village Christian 67: Joe Sterling related on a 3 with 29 seconds left to interrupt a tie and elevate the Celts to victory at Windfall. He completed with 27 factors. Payton White added 22 factors. Keller Wilson led Village Christian with 17 factors. Crespi coach Derek Fisher introduced out one in all his NBA out of bounds performs on the finish of the sport that enabled the Celts to expire the clock.
Damien 61, Villa Park 54: Xavier Clinton had 21 factors for 3-0 Damien.
Lynwood 81, Gardena Serra 79: Sophomore Jason Crowe Jr. scored 40 factors for Lynwood. Kayleb Kearse had 28 factors for Serra.
Saugus 77, Oakwood 54: Bryce Mejia’s 19 factors lifted the 2-0 Centurions.
St. Bonaventure 68, Garfield 37: Dylan Benner had 19 factors for the Seraphs.
St. Francis 67, South El Monte 20: Mazi Mosley led St. Francis with 21 factors.
Burbank 77, Marshall 68: Kevin Debashian had 41 factors in Burbank’s double-overtime victory.
Eastvale Roosevelt 80, Birmingham 37: After a one-year absence, Brayden Burries returned to attain 31 factors for Roosevelt. He needed to sit out final season after transferring from Riverside Poly.
St. Anthony 85, Lengthy Seashore Poly 59: Quincy Phillips’ 30 factors led St. Anthony. Jovani Ruff had 30 factors for Poly.
Foothill 67, Westchester 31: The Knights opened with a dominating win at Westchester.
Los Alamitos 84, Trabuco Hills 82: Trent Minter scored 25 factors, Wes Trevino 21 and Samori Guyness 19 for Los Alamitos, which survived 19 threes by Trabuco Hills.
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