SoCal hoops season has sweet start at Pac Shores

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  LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The Southern California high school hoops season tips off today and in grand fashion, too.

  A half-dozen of the BurlisonOnBasketball Southern California Top 30 teams – including Bellflower St. John Bosco and L.A. Westchester – are part of the 16-team field in the Pacific Shores Tournament being held at Redondo Union High in Redondo Beach.

  If the seeding in the tourney holds up, those two clubs will hook up in the championship game on Saturday night.

  Another potentially terrific tournament gets underway Tuesday at Corona Centennial.

  Santa Ana Mater Dei – led by Stanley Johnson, one of the 10 players in the national Class of 2014 – gets the nod as the preseason No. 1.

  Here you go:

TOP 10

  No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei (Southern Section/1AA); 2. Etiwanda (SS/1AA); 3. Bellflower St. John Bosco (SS/2AA); 4. L.A. Westchester (L.A. City); 5. L.A. Loyola (SS/1AA); 6. Corona Centennial (SS/1AA); 7. Woodland Hills El Camino Real (L.A. City); 8. Torrance Bishop Montgomery (SS/4AA); 9. Redondo Beach Redondo (SS/2AA); 10. Oceanside El Camino (San Diego).

SECOND 10

   No. 11 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (SS/4A); 12. La Verne Damien (SS/1AA); 13. Compton (SS/2A); 14. Long Beach Poly (SS/1AA); 15. L.A. Windward (SS/4A); 16. West Hills Chaminade SS/3A); 17. Carlsbad La Costa Canyon (San Diego); 18. Chino Hills (SS/1AA); 19. Villa Park (SS/1A); 20. Montebello Cantwell-Sacred Heart (SS/4A).

THIRD 10

  No. 21 Riverside JW North (SS/1A); 22. Lakewood Mayfair (SS/1AA); 23. San Diego St. Augustine (San Diego); 24. Santa Margarita (SS/3AA); 25. L.A. View Park (L.A. City); 26. Gardena Serra (SS/4AA); 27. Mission Hills Alemany (SS/1A); 28. Mission Viejo (SS/1AA); 29. Orange Lutheran (SS/1AA); 30. San Juan Capistrano JSerra (SS/4A)

PACIFIC SHORES TOURNEY (Nov. 25-30/at Redondo Union High)

  TODAY: (bracket play) Gym I, 3:30 p.m., Compton vs. Narbonne; 5, North Hollywood Campbell Hall vs. Lawndale; 6:30, Redondo Union vs. Morningside; 8, St. John Bosco vs. Palos Verdes; Gym II, 3, Mayfair vs. Rolling Hills Prep; 4:30, L.A. Westchester vs. Peninsula; 6, Long Beach Poly vs. L.A. Pacific Hills; 7:30, Calabasas vs. Long Beach Millikan.

 

CENTENNIAL TIP-OFF AT THE EMPIRE (Nov. 26-30/at Corona Centennial High)

  TUESDAY: (pool play first three days) 3:30 p.m., Temecula Great Oaks vs. Rancho Verde; 5, L.A. Dorsey vs.  Etiwanda; 6:30, Bakersfield East vs. Fresno Central; 8, Diamond Bar vs. Corona Centennial.

  WEDNESDAY: 3:30, Central Fresno vs. Diamond Bar; 5, Rancho Verde vs. Dorsey; 6:30, Etiwanda vs. Great Oak; 8:00, Corona Centennial vs. East Bakersfield.

  FRIDAY: 3:30, Dorsey vs. Great Oak; 5, Diamond Bar vs. East Bakersfield; 6:30, Rancho Verde vs. Etiwanda; 8, Fresno Central vs. Corona Centennial.