Jared Brown of Cypress goes up for a shot as Irvine’s Devin Lee defends Saturday night (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone).
Top high school basketball players took part in the 54th annual Orange County All-Star Basketball Games Saturday run by the Orange County Optimists.
In the boys game, the North defeated the South 119-100 while in the girls game, the North topped the South 79-73.
For more pictures of the two games, please click on the first photo
Maceo Reddick of Villa Park goes up for a dunk for the North.
Anthony Tello of Cypress drives to the basket for the North.
La Habra's Cameron Dashiel of the North is defended by Beckman's Dylan Thoerner (No. 11) and Newport Harbor's Sam Barela of the South.
Marina's Jakob Alumudun of the North tries to work his way to the basket under heavy pressure.
Ricky Breseno from Santiago tries to score for the North Saturday night.
Sam Howlin of La Habra goes up for a shot for the North Saturday as Noah Honetschlager of Tesoro defends.
Malia Goldsmith of University takes a shot for the South squad.
Katie Nguyen of Marina goes up for a shot as Makayla Burdette of Los Alamitos defends.
Tatianna Zazuetta of Segerstrom takes a jumper for the South.
Jordan Parkhurst of San Juan Hills, representing the South, tries to get in scoring position.
Mater Dei's Cailyn Crocker of the South gets past a North defender Saturday.
Theresa De Gree of San Clemente takes a shot for the South team.
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