Loyola adds another guard to the mix

When it comes to guards, Los Angeles Loyola has an abundance of riches.

The Cubs are playing summer basketball with a four-guard starting lineup in which the players know each other so well they could form their own synchronized swimming team.

“They all handle it, they all shoot it, they all pass it,” Coach Jamal Adams said. “They have good chemistry. They have a good feel for what they do well.”

Sophomore Parker Cartwright and seniors Julian Harrell, Justin Childress and Justin Hazzard are varsity standouts, and on Tuesday, Adams unveiled another guard to get excited about in junior Trey Mason, who made six three-point baskets during a 20-point first-half performance against Woodland Hills El Camino Real in the Fairfax tournament.

It should come as no surprise that Mason can shoot because his father is Harvey Mason Jr., who scored 1,834 points during his days at Crescenta Valley. He went on to play on three Pacific 10 Conference championship teams at Arizona in the 1980s and is now a world-recognized record producer.

“I beat him in H-O-R-S-E pretty easily now, but one-on-one games it’s probably 50-50,” the younger Mason said.

Assistant coach Ryan Bailey said Mason’s performance was no fluke.

“He does that all the time,” Bailey said. “If you leave him open, he’ll make it.”

Mason was the most valuable player for Loyola’s junior varsity team last season and is trying to earn playing time for a Cubs team that beat El Camino Real, 82-47, and plays in a 7 p.m. quarterfinal game Thursday.

“I knew it would be a challenge to get that varsity spot,” Mason said. “It was something I was willing to risk because it’s such a great school and I feel if I do really well this summer and play well my junior and senior years, that’s what really counts in the long run.”

On the move

Only in summer high school basketball do you find a player in the lineup for one team, then a week goes by and he’s playing for another.

That’s case for incoming 6-foot-6 freshman Malik Anderson, who had been playing for Chatsworth Sierra Canyon this summer. On Tuesday, he suited up for Mission Hills Alemany.

Someone joked to Alemany Coach Tray Meeks, “Did you sign him to a 10-day contract?”

College decision coming

Orange Lutheran guard Gabe York will be taking an unofficial visit to Arizona this week, then should decide his college choice. He already has visited Notre Dame, Washington and Marquette.

TV for Fairfax final

Time Warner Cable will broadcast Saturday’s championship game of the Fairfax basketball tournament Sunday at 8 a.m., noon, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on its channel 101.

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