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According to the master schedule in the City Section for boys basketball, Birmingham of Lake Balboa is hosting Eagle Rock friday night in one of the earliest starts ever to a season.

However, the first allowable game for City school is no supposed to be until Monday Nov. 24.

It could be a scrimmage that somehow ended up on the master schedule but Birmingham coach Jarvis Turner said it was a real game when contacted on his cell phone Thursday night.

More to come on this....

You can add another name to Taft of Woodland Hills' impressive list of college basketball players.

Terran Carter, a 6'6 forward, signed with Cal St. Northridge wednesday night.

Carter, who averaged close to 10 points per game last season and is a monster on the glass, said, "I am really happy to have it all locked up. It is close to home too."

Carter joins Justin Hawkins, who signed with UNLV last week, as a formidable duo hoping to lead Taft back to the City Section championship game.

Michael Williams, a sharp-shooting 3-point specialist, could be the third player to sign for the Toreadors but might wait until the spring period to do so.

Taft also sent three players to college from last years squad.

Larry Drew is at North Carolina, Eugene Phelps is at Long Beach St. and Bryce Smith walked-on at San Diego St.

Former Taft of Woodland Hills standout Larry Drew, Jr. made his debut for North Carolina Saturday in a nonconference game against visiting Penn.

Drew came off the bench as the back-up to point guard Ty Lawson.

Drew played 12 minutes, had one point, three rebounds, two assists and two turnovers. he did not attempt a shot from the field.

The Pierce College mens basketball team opened up its season over the weekend at the Los Angeles City College tournament.

The Brahmas went 1-2, beating L.A. Harbor and losing to San Bernardino Valley and East L.A.

Pierce came home on Wednesday night for its home opener but lost to L.A. City, 69-66.

Former Cleveland of Reseda guard Corey Duncan scored 11 points and former Ribet Academy of Los Angeles guard Bertrand Kamga had 11 assists.

Viewpoint of Calabasas will host a boys basketball tournament Dec. 29-Jan. 3

The tournament will feature 12 teams, mostly all small schools

Here is the team list. The schedule will be released later this month.

Here are the 12 teams
Viewpoint
St. Monica
SOCES
St. Genevieve
Hillcrest Christian/Granada Hills
L.A. Baptist
Marshall Fundamental
Malibu
Western Christian
Pasadena Poly
Bosco Tech
Rolling Hills Prep

With 28 scholarship offers, it all came down to one Wednesday for Keegan Hornbuckle, as the 6-foot-6 forward from Campbell Hall signed with Colorado on the first day of the early signing period.

"I feel good now that I could finally make it official," Hornbuckle said. "I look forward to finishing out the high school season and going to Colorado next year. I just really like the team and the coaching staff.

Hornbuckle is the fifth Campbell Hall player over the past four years to sign with a D-I university.

"Keegan blew up and from a mid-major recruit to a high-major recruit," Campbell Hall coach Terry Kelly said. "He's one of the more athletic kids I've seen."

Keegan is the third Hornbuckle brother to sign a D-I scholarship, following Mike (Pepperdine) and Matt (Santa Clara. now at Moorpark JC), both of whom attended Oaks Christian.

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Basketball practice has begun at Campbell Hall of North Hollywood, as the Vikings - minus graduated All-American Jrue Holiday (now at UCLA) - are hoping to win their fourth Southern Section championship and fourth state title over five seasons.

With four experienced players returning, including returning standouts Keegan Hornbuckle, Austin McBroom and James Johnson, there remains one starting spot open. Among those competing is sophomore K.J. Smith, half brother of returning Taft of Woodland Hills standout Justin Hawkins.

"K.J. is going to be phenomenal," Campbell Hall coach Terry Kelly said. f

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Zena Edosomwan is a promising freshman boys' basketball player at Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, a 6-foot-5, 200-pounder who is a slam-dunk jumper. However, the plan is to bring Edosomwan along slowly by placing him on the frosh team this coming season.

"Generally, we like to keep the freshmen together," varsity coach Greg Hilliard said. "Zena is big and strong and good fundamentally, but he just needs to adjust to the speed of the game."

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Burbank High will host the 40th annual "Bulldog Classic" December 1-6.

Here is the schedule.

Monday Dec. 1
Mark Keppel vs. Arcadia, 3:30 p.m.
San Marino vs. LaSalle, 5 p.m.
Roosevelt vs. Burbank, 6:30 p.m.
Glendale vs. View Park Prep, 8 p.m.

Tuesday Dec. 2
Royal vs. San Marino, 3:30 p.m.
Arcadia vs. Agoura, 5 p.m.
University vs. Glendale, 6:30 p.m.
Renaissance Academy vs. Roosevelt, 8 p.m.

Wednesday Dec. 3
View Park Prep vs. University, 3:30 p.m.
Agoura vs. Mark Keppel, 5 p.m.
Renaissance Academy vs. Burbank, 6:30 p.m.
LaSalle vs. Royal, 8 p.m.

The tournament continues through Saturday. The championship game is slated for 6 p.m. Saturday Dec. 6

This could one of the bigger events in boys basketball over the past several years.

The War on the Floor Extravaganza is scheduled for January 24, 2009 at Santa Monica City College.

Here is the schedule.

Two UCLA recruits will be playing. Sylmar's Tyler Honeycutt and Modesto Christian's Reeves Nelson. Also, Campbell Hall of North Hollywood features Colorado-commit Keegan Hornbuckle. Montclair Prep has Daymond Cowlah, who has been offered by Loyola of Maryland and Twenty-nine Palms has top grid-hoop star Montreal Harris.

SYLMAR VS. CLEVELAND 6:15 P.M.
CAMPBELL HALL VS. MOD. CHRISTIAN 8 P.M.
GRANITE HILLS VS. RENAISSANCE ACAD. 1 P.M.
BRENTWOOD VS. VAN NUYS 11:30 A.M.
PACIFIC HILLS VS. PRICE 4:00 P.M.
MONTCLAIR PREP VS. 29 PALMS 2:30 P.M.

For more information on this event, contact Bort Escoto at bort@icommnetwork.net