The summer basketball season kicks into high gear Saturday and Sunday with the Houston Hoopstars' June XPlosion "Showdown in the South" tournament at gyms throughout the Pearland Independent School District.

Local participating teams include the host Hoopstars, the Houston Elite, the Beaumont-based Southeast Texas All-Stars and the Franchize All-Stars.

The Houston Elite features, among others, Memorial standout and New Mexico commit Matt Staff, Strake Jesuit's Tim Frazier and Eisenhower's Ella Ellis and Darius Goff. They are coming off a victory at the Great American Shootout in Dallas Memorial Day weekend.

The Hoopstars are led by the St. Pius quartet of seniors-to-be Mike Davis and Rodney Milam, junior-to-be Andre Prince and point guard Howard Rishee.

Among the standouts on the Franchize All-Stars is North Carolina commit John Henson, a 6-foot-10 power forward from Round Rock. His strong summer has catapulted him into the top five prospects nationally as ranked by both Scout.com and Rivals.com.

Brackets will be 9U, 10U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U and 17U; 12 teams will compete in each division.

Admission is $6; a weekend pass is $11.

A complete event schedule is available here.

Juneteenth event moved

The Slo-Motion Juneteenth Classic, originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Yates High School, has been postponed to June 27-29.

Other events those same days include the June Basketball Jam at St. Pius and the Southeast Texas Classic in Beaumont.

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