Column: Meet Marvin Bagley III, the next big thing in high school basketball

History is about to repeat itself.

A year ago, it was Chino Hills providing so much fun and entertainment on the basketball court that fans would pack gyms around Southern California and pull out their video cameras and smart phones to chronicle the feats of the Ball brothers.

Lonzo Ball has moved on to UCLA, where he’s spending a year before moving on to the NBA.

Now get ready for another teenager with NBA potential who’s going to mesmerize fans and pack gyms. Marvin Bagley III, a 6-foot-11 junior, joins Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, and the early reviews from practices and scrimmages indicate social media will go a little nuts with all the dunks, blocked shots and oohs and ahhs he’s going to produce this season.

Sierra Canyon is scheduled to appear on national television four times. ESPN must know something. The Trailblazers start their season Dec. 5 with a tournament at home. They’re going to need a massive press table and lots of photo areas.

Bagley moved from Arizona to Southern California in January. The Southern Section wouldn’t allow him to play, deciding the move was athletically motivated. He’s now cleared to unleash his considerable skills.

“I think he’s a tremendous athlete,” Coach Ty Nichols said. “It’s crazy how fast he is. For 6-11, he runs like a greyhound.”

The most impressive skill I saw watching him several times was his ability to leap strongly and quickly a second time after getting a rebound. Opponents who stop him once better not celebrate, because it’s his second jump that leads to the ferocious dunk nobody saw coming.

“That’s another gift I’ve been blessed with — the quickness to get off the ground,” Bagley said.

The basketball season officially moves into high gear next Monday with the Redondo tournament. There will be lots of top teams and players this season, leading to the state championships March 24-25 at Sacramento’s new Golden 1 Center.

QB does everything: Lancaster Paraclete Coach Dean Herrington said Yucaipa quarterback Nathan Martinez “is Johnny Manziel.”

Martinez, a 5-foot-10 senior, has passed for 2,930 yards and 40 touchdowns with just two interceptions. He also has rushed for 676 yards and nine touchdowns. Yucaipa (10-1) plays Paraclete (7-4) at Antelope Valley College on Friday night in a Division 6 quarterfinal game.

Homegrown players at Culver City: When Culver City won the Southern Section Division 5 girls’ volleyball championship last week, the first in school history, it was a triumph for the neighborhood team.

“This title was homegrown,” said 33-year-old first-year Coach Tanner Siegal, a 2002 Culver City grad. “Not one transfer. All played in middle school.”

Libero Krista Hernandez was one of the top players.

“It was real special,” Siegal said.

Epic final: The Southern Section Division 1 girls’ volleyball final on Saturday night couldn’t have produced more drama. Santa Margarita defeated Santa Ana Mater Dei in five sets, winning the last one, 16-14. Sarah Ciszek had 21 kills for Santa Margarita.

Lucky 41: Coach Bud Kling of Palisades won his 41st City Section championship in boys and girls tennis when the girls team won the title last week. That’s called an unreachable record.

UPDATES:

An earlier version of this column incorrectly stated that Bud Kling of Palisades won his 41st City section championship when the boys team won the title last week. It was the girls team that gave Kling his 41st championship.