One of the nicest parts of living in Southern California is the opportunity to walk into a high school gym and find out which former basketball star has a framed jersey on his alma mater’s wall.
If you stop by Riverside Poly, you’ll be able to see two Hall of Famers on the wall: the brother-sister duo of reggie and Cheryl Miller.
They both played at Poly in the 1980s. Reggie went to UCLA and then played 18 years for the Indiana Pacers, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Cheryl went to USC and was enshrined in 1995 as a of the best players. As a senior at Poly in 1982, he scored 105 points in a game against Norte Vista. …
The Gold Coast League kicks off basketball action on Tuesday with the annual showdown between rivals Windward and Campbell Hall in Windward. …
The West Valley League basketball season begins this week with two games that should tell everyone if Chatsworth will take the league title. The Chancellors host Cleveland on Wednesday and then play at Birmingham on Friday. …
The annual games between Westchester and Fairfax won’t take place until next month, when Westchester hosts the Lions on Feb. 1, followed by another game at Fairfax on Feb. 5.
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