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Notes: Team Thad wins Fab 48, Team Loaded takes Adidas Summer Championships

Tavin Lovan scored 23 points on Sunday afternoon to help Team Thad (Tennessee) to a 77-61 victory over NY Renaissance (New York) in the Invite Championship of the Fab 48 AAU tournament at Bishop Gorman High School.

At 15, Las Vegas’ Julian Strawther already a prized recruit

Liberty’s Julian Strawther stayed with New Orleans Pelicans swingman Quincy Pondexter in California the past six weeks in preparation for his final AAU live period of the summer to learn the game and bolster his recruiting stock.

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AMERICAN LEGION: Gage Ventura’s plan works as Aces advance to title game

After waiting patiently for Las Vegas Bulldogs pitcher Isaiah Salas to throw an inside fastball, Gage Ventura promptly stroked an RBI-double that scored Cole Schaefer and helped the second-seeded Las Vegas Aces (33-9) to a 6-5 victory.

Notes: Nation’s No. 2 recruit Zion Williamson puts on a show in Las Vegas

With an estimated 3,500 AAU basketball teams playing in tournaments across the valley this week, fans still seem to be gravitating towards one person: South Carolina Supreme’s Zion Williamson, the No. 2 overall recruit in the country.

Son of Shaq: Shareef O’Neal creates own path

Shareef O’Neal, a 6-foot-8-inch forward and Arizona commit, built his game studying countless NBA players — none of them being his famous father Shaquille O’Neal.

LaVar Ball has female AAU referee replaced mid-game in Las Vegas

What overbearing basketball dad LaVar Ball wants is apparently what overbearing basketball dad LaVar Ball gets, or so it seemed Friday at the Adidas Summer Championships in Las Vegas.

Notes: LaMelo Ball living up to hype in adidas Summer Championships

LaMelo Ball, the soon-to-be junior guard from Chino Hills (California), followed up Wednesday’s 37-point performance in a loss with 36 points on Thursday in Big Baller Brand’s 111-102 victory against Play Hard Play Smart (California) at Cashman Center.

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