Highlights from Thursday at The Holiday Classic

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bracket play in the National division continued on Thursday from The Holiday Classic at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, California. The slate was chocked full of marquee matchups including JSerra (CA) vs Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (TX), Carlsbad (CA) vs St. Mary's (AZ), and Montgomery (CA) vs Archbishop Mitty (CA). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2102458"],"_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":"Matin finished with 29 points and 1 three in Torrey Pines (CA) win over O'Dea (WA) 71-54. 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