61st Pac Shores among first-week prep headliners

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The 2012-13 Southern California high school hoops season gets underway in earnest with the usual litany of top-flight tournaments this week.

My travel plans will take me to at least four of those this week (six days, beginning tonight), where I will see a large number of the best teams AND players in the Southland.

Those include the 61^st Pacific Shores Tournament (at Redondo Union High); the 9^th Rose City Roundball Classic (at Pasadena High); the Diablo Inferno (at Mission Viejo High); and the inaugural “Tip-Off at the Empire” (held on both the Corona Centennial and Etiwanda campuses).

The “grand daddy” of tourney action, the Pacific Shores, has a 12-team field headed up by Long Beach Poly, projected by many as the top club in Southern California this season.

The Jackrabbits have a couple of Pacific 12 Conference-bound players in Roschon Prince (USC) and Jordan Bell (Oregon).

The Rose City Roundball Classic field includes El Camino Real, projected to be the best club in the L.A. City ranks.

The Diablo Inferno field includes many of Orange County’s best clubs, including the most Diablos, Capistrano Valley, JSerra, Foothill and Villa Park.

Corona Centennial and Etiwanda will host some of Southern California’s best teams, including the host teams, Compton and Inglewood.

The semifinals and finals of each will be played on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Follow my Twitter account — @FrankieBur – and my www.BurlisonOnBasketball.com reports for daily insights into the action!

The opening-day schedules for each event are as follows:

 

PACIFIC SHORES

(at Redondo)

MONDAY: 3:30, Dominguez vs. Rancho Christian; 5, Mayfair vs. Locke; 6:30, Long Beach Poly vs. Manual Arts; 8, Serra vs. Tesoro.

TUESDAY: 3:30, Narbonne vs. Manual Arts; 5, Tesoro vs. Gardena; 6:30, Westchester vs. Rancho Christian; 8, Redondo vs. Mayfair

WEDNESDAY: 3:30, Serra vs. Gardena; 5, Westchester vs. Dominguez; 6:30, Long Beach Poly vs. Narbonne; 8, Redondo vs. Locke.

 

ROSE CITY

(at Pasadena)

MONDAY: 3:30, Long Beach Jordan vs. La Verne Lutheran; 5, Cleveland vs. Chino Hills; 6:30, Price vs. Ventura; 8, Pasadena vs. Birmingham.

TUESDAY: 3:30, Washington Prep vs. Cantwell; 5, Muir vs. Renaissance Academy; 6:30, El Camino Real vs. Granite Hills; 8, Sylmar vs. Leuzinger.

 

DIABLO INFERNO

(at Mission Viejo)

MONDAY: 5, Capistrano Valley vs. Temecula Valley; 6:30, JSerra vs. Woodbridge; 8, North Torrance vs. Mission Viejo.

TUESDAY: 5, Dana Hills vs. Foothill; 6:30, Santiago vs. JSerra; 8, Villa Park vs. Mission Viejo.

WEDNESDAY: 5, Foothill vs. Temecula Valley; 6:30, Woodbridge vs. Santiago; 8, Dana Hills vs. Villa Park.

THURSDAY: 5, Capistrano Valley vs. Foothill; 6:30, Santiago vs. North Torrance; 8, Mission Viejo vs. JSerra.

FRIDAY: 5, North Torrance vs. Woodbridge; 6:30, Temecula Valley vs. Villa Park; 8, Dana Hills vs. Capistrano Valley.

 

TIP-OFF AT THE EMPIRE

(at Etiwanda and Corona Centennial)

TUESDAY: (at Centennial) 4:30, Compton vs. Rancho Verde; 6, Inglewood vs. Great Oak; 7:30, Corona Centennial vs. Canyon Springs.

WEDNESDAY: (at Centennial) 4:30, Eisenhower vs. Dorsey; 6, Etiwanda vs. Diamond Bar; 7:30, Phoenix Westwind Prep vs. Etiwanda Junior Varsity.