Pangos All-American Festival: SoCal Notes (Pt. 1)

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Pangos All-American Festival 4 took place this past weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, with four teams made up of some of the nation’s most talented players competing for a championship. In this piece we give our thoughts on how the Southern California based prospects performed.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="889580" first="Amaree" last="Abram"]</strong>, 2022, Southern California Academy - Abram is smart and crafty left-handed scoring guard who is effective playing out of ball screen action due to his ability to read the floor and change speeds and direction. Abram’s fundamental footwork and ability to create space from his defender allows him to survey the floor and find teammates for open shots.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Isaiah Elohim</strong>, 2024, Sierra Canyon - Elohim had a tremendous freshman season at Heritage Christian before transferring to Sierra Canyon this summer. The 6-foot-5 wing/guard has an advanced feel for the game on the offensive end. He can create for himself or teammates off the bounce, moves well without the ball and finds space to score inside or out. Elohim didn’t have his best statistical effort at this event, but there’s no doubt about the level of recruit he is and will be. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Drew Fielder</strong>, 2023, Southern California Academy - Fielder did a nice job of starring in his role throughout this event. He didn’t force anything offensively, was efficient when he got his touches and gave good effort on the offensive and defensive glass. Fielder has an intriguing skill-set complete with soft hands, good footwork on the low block and tough out to the three-point line.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046067" first="Jaxon" last="Kohler"]</strong>, 2022, Southern California Academy - Kohler put forth a dominant weekend, including a jaw-dropping 53-point, 21-rebound effort in the championship game. For those unfamiliar with Kohler’s game, he’s a throwback or traditional style big man with impeccable footwork. He utilizes shot fakes, head and shoulder fakes, ball fakes and any other fake you can think of to keep his defender off balance and get to his finishing spots. Kohler is an adept scorer around the basket with touch with either hand. Kohler finished with weekend shooting 25-for-41 from the field.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="950889" first="Varick" last="Lewis"]</strong>, 2024, Southern California Academy - The physical and high-flying wing was in his element at this event. Lewis thrives in transition play where he can get downhill and use his speed and athleticism to slash his way to the rim for strong finishes. Lewis scored 13 points in 13 minutes in his first game Saturday and had some very good moments defensively in a loss in the championship game.</span></p>