BELLFLOWER, Ca. – What shapes up as one of the elite Southern California hoops events of the summer will get under way Monday afternoon, with St. John Bosco High serving as the event’s headquarters.
The 32-team, Braves Varsity Summer Classic will be played in four prep gyms over the course of five days (no games will be played on July 4), with the championship game set for Saturday afternoon, 3 o’clock, at SJB.
Besides the host school, games will also be played at Compton Dominguez, Lakewood St. Joseph and Redondo Beach Redondo Union.
For complete schedules and daily results, go to the tournament website at http://www.HTOsports.com/boscobraveshoops.
The teams are divided into eight pools, with teach team getting three “pool-play” games before the event goes into tournament format.
The top seeds in the respective pools are St. John Bosco (A), Santa Ana Mater Dei (B), L.A. Westchester (C), Pasadena (D), Gardena Serra (E), Inglewood (F), Compton (G) and Bishop Montgomery (H).
Based upon action in June tournament actions, Bishop Montgomery is likely the pre-tournament favorite.
The Knights won tournaments at Compton High (beating the host Tarbabes in the final) and Westchester (knocking off the host Comets Saturday night).
Four daily/nightly tourney results and commentary, visit www.BurlisonOnBasketball.com, as well as the tourney website.
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