The Best Players I Saw At Border League (Pt. 1)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Some of the best high school teams from all over the country came to Las Vegas this weekend for this year's installment of the Border League. Games were held at several sites including Bishop Gorman HS, Coronado HS, Silverado HS, Las Vegas Basketball Center, and Cimarron HS. Some of the top matchups included LABC (Harvard Westlake) vs Prolific Prep, Wasatch Academy vs Overtime Elite, and Columbus (Miami, FL) vs Florida Eagles (Montverde Academy). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1595670"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Ikenna was excellent this weekend in Dream City Christian's wins over the Blue Knights (Notre Dame Sherman Oaks), the Storm Hoopers (Owyhee HS) and St. John Bosco. 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