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Southern California players named to McDonald’s All-American games

Alijah Arenas leans forward and dribbles the basketball on a court inside a gym.
Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth.
(Nick Koza)

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The boys’ and girls’ teams were announced on Monday for the April 1 McDonald’s All-American basketball games in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Southern California was well represented.

Making the boys’ team were Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth, Brayden Burries of Eastvale Roosevelt, Nikolas Khamenia of Harvard-Westlake and Tounde Yessoufou of Santa Maria St. Joseph. Arenas became eligible when he reclassified to become a senior.

Khamenia and Burries are the standout players for the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in Southern California, respectively.

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Addison Deal from Mater Dei and Aliyahna Morris and Grace Knox from Etiwanda were chosen for the girls’ game.

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