SoCalHoops All-Star News

Coca-Cola All-American Classic
Date Continued To Mid-May--(Apr. 19, 2001)

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5th Annual Coca-Cola All-American Classic MGM Grand's "Grand Garden Arena) DATE TEMPORARILY POSTPONED Top Players From All Over The U.S.

We've been informed by Dinos Trigonis, one of the promoters and organizers of the 5th Annual Coca-Cola All-American Classic that the event, previously scheduled for this weekend in Las Vegas, has been temporarily postponed to a date which will be announced shortly. 

So, if you are going to Las Vegas this weekend, you won't be seeing this event.  You can still see some basketball, but it won't be this event.

We are assured that the delay is only a temporary glitch and that the event will be rescheduled. 

Here is the list of aniticipated participants for the two games (All American and National) which will be held as a part of the event:

            WEST ALL-STARS

* Jamaal Sampson 6'11" Mater Dei (Santa Ana CA) (Cal signee)
* Isaiah Fox 6'9" Crossroads (Santa Monica CA) (Arizona signee)
* Julian Sensley 6'9" St. Thomas More (Oakdale CT) (Cal signee)
* Dennis Latimore 6'8" Halstead KS (Arizona signee)
* Andre Patterson 6'7" Washington (Los Angeles CA) (UCLA signee)
* Dijon Thompson 6'7" Redondo Union (Redondo Bch CA) (UCLA signee)
* Jamaal Wiiliams 6'6" Centennial (Corona CA) (New Mexico signee)
* Floyd North 6'5" St. Augustine (San Diego CA) (Oregon St. signee)
* Cody Pearson 6'4" Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks CA) (undecided)
* Dommanic Ingerson 6'3" Santa Barbara CA (Michigan signee)
* Jason Braxton 6'3" Canyon Springs (Moreno Vlly CA)(Ariz.St. signee)
* Errick Craven 6'2" Bishop Montgomery (Torrance CA) (USC signee)
* Derrick Craven 6'2" Bishop Montgomery (Torrance CA) (USC signee)
* Chris Hernandez 6'2" Clovis West (Fresno CA) (Stanford signee)

EAST ALL-STARS

* Eddy Curry 6'11" Thornwood (So. Holland IL) (DePaul signee)
* Duane Erwin 6'9" Lee (Huntsville AL) (Memphis signee)
* Robert Little 6'9" Pius VI (Fairfax VA) (Stanford signee)
* Hakim Warrick 6'8" Friends Central (Wynnewood PA)(Syracuse signee)
* Najeeb Echols 6'7" Morgan Park (Chicago IL) (Missouri signee)
* Alan Anderson 6'6" De La Salle (Minneapolis MN)(Michigan St. signee)
* Marcellus Sommerville 6'5" Central (Peoria IL) (Iowa signee)
* Anthony Rice 6'5" Clayton County(College Park GA) (Memphis signee)
* John Allen 6'4" Coatesville PA (Seton Hall signee)
* Billy Edelin 6'3" Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson VA) (Syracuse)
* Ernest Turner 6'2" Sterling (Sommerdale NJ) (UNLV signee)
* Jonathan Hargett 6'0" Nat'l Christian Acad. (Ft. Washington MD)(West Virginia)
* Jason Straight 6'0" Dunbar (Chicago IL) (Wyoming signee)

The All-American "Border War" Game will pit a group of California All-Stars versus all-stars from Nevada  and Arizona. Players scheduled to compete in that contest include Chad  Bell (New Mexico signee), Matt Short (Oregon signee), J.S. Nash (Oregon State signee), Eric Osmundsen (Utah signee), Nick Curtis (USC signee), Edwin Draughan (committed to Yale), Jason Johnson (UTEP signee), Anthony Davis (Long Beach State signee), Mark Bowens (Long Beach State signee) and Phillip Johnson (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo signee).

For more info on this event, please call Dinos Trigonis at (562) 223-0190.

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