Jordan Hamilton’s Dominguez team got past Renardo Sidney’s Fairfax team. (Photo. Kelly Kline)

The championship game of the Amare Stoudemire Invitational Classic in Davenport, Fla., pitted two of California’s top teams and most talented players against each other: Compton’s Dominguez H.S., led by junior small forward Jordan Hamilton, against L.A.’s Fairfax H.S., led by junior big man Renardo Sidney.

Coming off a performance earlier in the tournament where he dominated sophomore sensation Jeremy Tyler (San Diego H.S.), Sidney was looking equally unstoppable in the ‘chip. Going into the fourth quarter he’d put up 22 points and 12 rebounds. But early in the quarter, Sidney picked up two technical fouls (the second was very questionable according to many observers) and was ejected.

That opened the door for Hamilton to take over. After missing significant time earlier in the game due to foul trouble, he ended up with 17 points for the game, and Dominguez got the win. Sidney was still named tournament MVP, while Hamilton made the All-Tournament team along with David Loubeau, Al-Farouq Aminu, JaMychal Green, Kevin Foster, Jared Swopshire and Ray Willis.