Saturday’s Standouts at Classic at Damien

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This year's installment of the Classic at Damien reached its conclusion on Saturday as the championship games took place at Damien High School in La Verne, California. All packed with constant energy and intensity, this year's championship games included Ironwood (AZ) vs Lehi (UT) in the Diamond bracket, Dixie (UT) vs San Ramon Valley (CA) in the Gold bracket, and St. John Bosco (CA) vs Eastvale Roosevelt (CA) in the Platinum bracket. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1540017"],"_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":"Leo finished with 22 points on Saturday afternoon as De La Salle (CA) ended their week at Damien with a 69-68 win over American Fork (UT). 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