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The Sierra Canyon Boys basketball team will compete in three out-of-state events as the club team, California Basketball Club (CBC) this month starting Saturday, October 9th.
The group will travel to Miami to play The Battle on Saturday and Sunday October 9-10, then head to Las Vegas for the 15th Huncho x CBC Invitational, hosted by Quavo from May 22-24. October.
The Las Vegas event will be broadcast on ESPN + and ESPNU.
The team is highlighted by Amari Bailey, a top recruit and UCLA signup, but he won’t be featured at any due to a left foot injury that is likely to marginalize him by the start of the regular high school season in mid-November attend the events.
Sierra Canyon will again be the team to beat in the southern section.
Seniors: Amari Bailey (UCLA), Shy Odom, Ramel Lloyd (Nebraska), Kijani Wright (USC), Jeremiah Nyarko
Jrs: Mike Price, Bronny James, Tim Rudovskiy, Jojo Phillips
Sophs: Isaiah Elohim (5⭐️), Malik Rasul pic.twitter.com/IGfv9daeos
– Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) October 6, 2021
Bronny James, son of Lakers star LeBron James, hasn’t trained this week and could miss the trip to Miami this weekend. But he hopes to attend the events in Las Vegas and Atlanta.
You can see new transfers from Isaiah Elohim (from Heritage Christian), USC commit Kijani Wright (from Windward), Mike Price (from Ribet Academy) and Jeremiah Nyarko (from St. John Bosco).
Key returnees Ramel Lloyd (Nebraska Commit) and Shy Odom will play, despite Odom struggling with a knee injury and being monitored.
Russian junior Tim Rudovskiy, a 6-foot-8 winger, is expected to have a breakout season after being out last year. It will be new on the floor, but it is not new to the program.
The name of the Sierra Canyon, which most of the locals are not entirely familiar with, is 6-8 Russian striker Tim Rudovskiy. He sat out the whole spring season. Now he’s a junior. He can shoot, drive and play. pic.twitter.com/tzoAfGlx6Y
– Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) October 6, 2021
The Sierra Canyon Boys and Girls Team will host a media day on October 27th before the season officially begins on November 15th. The boys will face Montgomery High on November 18 in San Diego. The girls, led by new transfer Juju Watkins, will open their season on November 17th in Brentwood.
