Wrap Up From Days 1 & 2 of the 2023 Classic at Damien

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 2023 Classic at Damien kicked off this week in La Verne, California as play began with the Silver bracket on Tuesday as Lynwood (CA) faced Palisades (CA), Skyridge (UT) took on Serra (CA), and Tahoma (WA) played Orange Lutheran (CA). Wednesday's slate was highlighted by the start of play in the Platinum division which featured matchups between heavyweights Eastvale Roosevelt (CA) and The Branson School (CA), Sunnylope (AZ) and the hosts Damien (CA), and finally Corona Centennial (CA) vs Basha (AZ). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Aten Hassan","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'4u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77248","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Palisades","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Aten finished with 24 points and 8 rebounds in Palisades' (CA) tough loss to Lynwood (CA) on Tuesday morning in the first round of Silver bracket play. 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