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LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – Deck the halls – with lot of bouncing basketballs!

That will be the case, post-Christmas with high school tournaments galore.

The following are some of the opening-day schedules I was able to get my mittens on – if mittens were needed in a Christmas “season” in Southern California during which temperatures have climbed into the 80s.

My schedule: I’ll be at Torrey Pines all day on Thursday; La Costa Canyon all of Friday and Rancho Mirage on Saturday.

Monday is to be determined, based upon what transpires Thursday-Saturday:

 

CHAMINADE CHRISTMAS CLASSIC

(Dec. 26-30/at West Hills, CA/Chaminade High)

            (Bracket play)

• Dec. 26: 9 a.m., West Hills (CA) Chaminade vs. L.A. Eagle Rock; 10:30, Lancaster (CA) vs. Saugus (CA); Noon, Palmdale (CA) Knight vs. Tujunga (CA) Verdugo Hills; 1:30 p.m., Westlake Village (CA) Oaks Christian vs. Granada Hills (CA) Kennedy; 3, Valencia (CA) vs. Lancaster (CA) Eastside; 4:30, North Hollywood (CA) vs. Lake Balboa (CA) Birmingham; 6, Ridgecrest (CA) Burroughs vs. Ventura (CA) St. Bonaventure; 7:30, Sammamish (WA) Eastside Catholic vs. Reno (NV) Manogue.

 

MAXPREPS HOLIDAY CLASSIC

(Dec. 26-30/at Palm Desert, CA/Rancho Mirage High and other sites)

(Bracket play)

Dec. 26

• At Rancho Mirage High No. 1 gym: 12:15 p.m., L.A. Westchester vs. Mission Hills (CA) Alemany; 1:45, Etiwanda (CA) vs. Calabasas (CA); 3:15, Villa Park (CA) vs. Perris (CA) Citrus Hill; 4:45, Long Beach (CA) Poly vs. St. Louis (MO) Christian Brothers; 6:15, Portland (OR) Columbia Christian vs. Concord (CA) De La Salle; 7:45, Issaquah (WA) vs. winner of Westchester-Alemany; 9:15, Mill Creek (WA) Jackson vs. winner of Studio City (CA) Harvard-Westlake vs. Tucson (AZ) Catalina Foothills.
• At Rancho Mirage High No. 2 gym: 9:30 a.m., Indio (CA) Shadow Hills vs. Palm Springs Desert Chapel; 11, Dana Point (CA) Dana Hills vs. Lake Elsinore (CA) Lakeside; 12:30 p.m., Adelaide (AUS) Prince Alfred vs. Lake Elsinore (CA) Temescal Canyon; 2, San Diego Cathedral Catholic vs. Rancho Cucamonga (CA); 3:30, Studio City (CA) Harvard-Westlake vs. Tucson (AZ) Catalina Foothills; 5, San Juan Capistrano (CA) JSerra vs. Phoenix Sunnyslope; 6:30, Sacramento Capital Christian vs. Garden Grove (CA) Orangewood Academy; 8, Beverly Hills (CA)  vs. Birmingham (AL) Wenonah; 9:30, winner Etiwanda-Calabasas vs. Bellevue (WA).
• At Cathedral High: 10:30, Cathedral City (CA) vs. Riverside (CA) Patriot; Noon, Mission Viejo (CA) Capistrano Valley vs. La Quinta (CA); 1:30 p.m., Palm Desert (CA) vs. Temecula (CA) Great Oak; 3, Long Beach (CA) Cabrillo vs. Burbank (CA) Bellarmine Jefferson; 4:30, Colton (CA) vs. Hayward (CA) Moreau Catholic; 6, Fontana (CA) AB Miller vs. Redmond (OR) Ridgeview; 7:30, Corona (CA) Santiago vs. Madison (MS) Ridgeland; 9, Oceanside (CA) vs. Pleasant Grove (UT).
• At College of the Desert: Noon, Rancho Cucamonga (CA) Los Osos vs. Riverside (CA) JW North; 1:30 p.m., Los Angeles Brentwood vs. Diamond Bar (CA); 3, Downey (CA) vs. Riverside (CA) Martin Luther King; 4:30, Henderson (NV) Green Valley vs. Pasadena (CA) Maranatha; 6, San Jose (CA) Independence vs. Thousand Oaks (CA); 7:30, Palos Verdes Estates Peninsula vs. Henderson (NV) Foothill; 9, Anchorage (AK) Christian vs. Atherton (CA) Menlo.
• At Desert Hot Springs High: 1:30, Newport Beach (CA) Newport Harbor vs. Oceanside (CA) El Camino; 3, Costa Mesa (CA) vs. Torrance (CA); 4:30, Victorville (CA) Victor Valley vs. Ojai (CA) Villanova Prep; 6, San Jose Mission Prep vs. Baldwin Park (CA) Sierra Vista; 7:30, L.A. Crenshaw vs. Folsom (CA); 7:30, Lawndale (CA) Leuzinger vs. Oceanside (CA) El Camino.

 

UNDER ARMOUR HOLIDAY CLASSIC

(Dec. 26-30/at San Diego, CA/Torrey Pines High and assorted sites)

(Bracket play)

NATIONAL DIVISION/at Torrey Pines

• Dec. 26: 9:30 a.m., San Diego Torrey Pines vs. San Diego San Ysidro; 11:05, Corona (CA) Centennial vs. Montebello (CA) Cantwell Sacred-Heart; 12:40 p.m., Chatsworth (CA) Sierra Canyon vs. Atlanta Faith Baptist Academy; 2:15, San Diego St. Augustine vs. Chino Hills (CA); 3:50, Newark (CA) Memorial vs. West Chester (PA) Westtown; 5:25, Sacramento (CA) Sheldon vs. L.A. Loyola; 7, Lakewood (CA) Mayfair vs. High Point (NC) Wesleyan Christian Academy; 8:35, Oakland (CA) Bishop O’Dowd vs. Seattle O’Dea.

AMERICAN DIVISION/at La Costa Canyon

• Dec. 26: 9:30 a.m., San Diego Hoover vs. Chula Vista (CA) Mater Dei; 11:05, Temecula Valley (CA) vs. Seattle Roosevelt; 12:40 p.m., El Cajon (CA) Foothills Christian vs. L.A. Windward; 2:15, Woodland Hills (CA) Taft vs. Long Beach (CA) Millikan; 3:50, Carlsbad (CA) La Costa Canyon vs. Cerritos (CA) Gahr; 5:25, Bakersfield (CA) vs. Union City (CA) Logan; 7, Rocklin (CA) vs. Kirkland Lake Washington; 8:35, L.A. Fairfax vs. Phoenix Desert Vista.

SENATORS DIVISION/at La Jolla Country Day

• Dec. 26: 11:05 a.m., San Diego Army-Navy vs. The Woodlands (TX) Cooper; 12:40 p.m., San Diego Parker vs. Laguna Beach (CA); 2:15, San Diego Serra vs. La Mirada (CA); 3:50, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa vs. Murrieta (CA) Valley; 5:25, Newport Beach (CA) Corona del Mar vs. La Habra (CA) Sonora; 7, La Jolla (CA) Country Day vs. Vail (AZ) Cienega; 8:35, Salt Lake City Brighton vs. Tucson Ironwood Ridge.

GOVERNORS DIVISION/at Carlsbad

• Dec. 26: 11:05 a.m., San Diego Horizon vs. Escondido (CA); 12:40 p.m., Aliso Viejo (CA) Aliso Niguel vs. Poway (CA); 2:15, Huntington Beach (CA) Ocean View vs. South Gate (CA); 3:50, Rancho Santa Margarita (CA) Tesoro vs. Honolulu Punahou; 5:25, Sparks (NV) Spanish Springs vs. Portland Lincoln; 7, Redmond (WA) vs. Surrey (BC) Semaihmoo Seondary; 8:35, Carlsbad (CA) vs. La Jolla (CA) Bishops.

MAYORS DIVISION/at Santa Fe Christian

• Dec. 26: Noon, Vista (CA) Rancho Buena Vista vs. Temecula (CA) Rancho Christian; 2:15, San Diego Santa Fe Christian vs. San Diego Madison; 3:50, Hilo (HI) vs. Orange (CA) El Modena; 5:25, Lodi (CA) vs. Wasilla (AK); 7, San Diego Westview vs. Henderson (NV) Coronado; 8:35, Reno (NV) McQueen vs. Austin (TX) Westlake.
• Event contact: Kelly Peters (cell: 858/775-0272.

 

ORANGE HOLIDAY CLASSIC

(Dec. 26-30/at Fullerton, CA/Hope University)

(Bracket play)

• Dec. 26: 9 a.m., Orange (CA) vs. San Juan Capistrano (CA) Saddleback Valley Christian; 10:30, Anaheim (CA) Esperanza vs. Westminster (CA); 12:10 p.m., Burbank (CA) vs. Huntington Beach (CA) Marina; 1:50, San Juan Capistrano (CA) San Juan Hills vs. Kent (WA) Tahoma; 3:30, San Bernardino (CA) vs. Clovis (CA) West; 5:10, Pasadena (CA) vs. Yorba Linda (CA); 6:50, Irvine (CA) Beckman vs. Anaheim (CA) Canyon; 8:30, Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei vs. Honolulu Kalani.

 

SEA HAWK CLASSIC

(Dec. 26-30/at Redondo Beach, CA/Redondo Union High)

(Bracket play)

• Dec. 26: 9:30 a.m., Long Beach (CA) Jordan vs. San Pedro (CA) Rolling Hills Prep; 11, Torrance (CA) North vs. Culver City (CA); 12:30 p.m., Torrance (CA) Bishop Montgomery vs. Los Angeles Locke; 2, L.A. Price vs. Lynwood (CA); 3:30, Redondo Beach (CA) Redondo Union vs. Playa del Rey (CA) St. Bernard; 5, Mercer Island (WA) vs. L.A. Palisades; 6:30, San Francisco Sacred Heart vs. Compton Centennial; 8, Sacramento Rio Americano vs. Pasadena (CA) Muir.

 

LES SCHWAB INVITATIONAL

(Dec. 27-30/at Hillsboro, OR/Liberty High)

(Bracket play)

• Dec. 27: 9 a.m., Tigard (OR) vs. Portland (OR) Jesuit; 10:30, Portland (OR) Jefferson vs. Lake Oswego (OR); Noon, Portland (OR) Sunset vs. Eugene (OR) Churchill; 1:30 p.m., Portland (OR) Central Catholic vs. Lacey (WA) Timberline; 4, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman vs. Beaverton (OR); 5:30, Eugene (OR) South vs. West Linn (OR); 7, Chicago Whitney Young vs. Clackamas (OR); 8:30, Portland (OR) Grant vs. Seattle Rainier Beach.

 

NATIONAL PREP CLASSIC

(Dec. 27-31/at Santa Maria, CA/St. Joseph High)

(Bracket play)

• Dec. 27: 10 a.m., Bakersfield (CA) Centennial vs. Santa Barbara (CA); 11:30, Inglewood (CA) Morningside vs. Santa Rosa (CA) Montgomery; 1 p.m., Lawndale (CA) vs. Portland Central Catholic; 2:30, Orange (CA) Lutheran vs. Alameda (CA) Encinal; 4, L.A. Dorsey vs. Miami Beach; 5:30, L.A. Fremont vs. Plano (TX) Prestonwood; 7, Santa Maria (CA) St. Joseph vs. Hayward (CA) Stellar Prep; 8:30, Woodland Hills (CA) El Camino Real vs. Oakland (CA); 10, winner Centennial-San Marcos vs. Inglewood (CA).