I checked out the four games at Redondo Union Tuesday night . . .
Observations:
*Mayfair crushed Locke and will play Gardena at 5 o'clock today it what should be a more competitive game. Downey transfer Keith Thompson didn't play for the Monsoons and wasn't on the bench or in the gym, as far as I could tell. Not sure why.
*Serra pulled away down the stretch to beat Pacific Hills in the best game of the day. Pacific Hills has a very good 6-7 junior in Alex Osborne. He'll be someone recruiters will be very aware of shortly. And highly touted 6-8 freshman Kevin Johnson was impressive, indeed, in his high school debut with Serra. He goes about 230 pounds and has very good hands. Serra plays Inglewood at 3:30 today.
*Centennial played pretty well in its debut under new coach Chris Francis, who formerly coached at King-Drew. But the Apaches fell to a decent Peninsula team. The Apaches get Reseda in a 5 o'clock consolation game today in the girls' gym.
*USC head coach Tim Floyd and assistants Gib Arnold and Bob Cantu were on hand as Fairfax knocked off Reseda behind Renardo Sidney's 31 points and 21 rebounds. The Artesia transfer is obviously a dominant player and is good enough, with a solid surrounding cast, to help the Lions win L.A. City and State Div. I titles. I'll have a better idea how they rate against the rest of the southland, in a week or so (after the Westchester Tournament that includes the host Comets, Dominguez, Taft, L.A. Jordan, Bishop Montgomery and Leuzinger.
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