At least four (that I’m aware of) high school hoops “one-day events” will be held on Saturday, stretching north to the San Fernando Valley and south to San Diego County.
The Sierra Canyon Super Showcase features the most intriguing if the Saturday matchups, Chino Hills (No. 1 in the most recent BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal rankings) playing El Cajon Foothills Christian (No. 8) at 6:45 p.m.
The teams met on Dec. 5 for the championship of the Battle Zone Tournament at Corona Centennial, with the unbeaten Huskies prevailing, 106-86.
The teams are led by California’s two-best seniors, Lonzo Ball (Chino Hills) and T.J. Leaf. Each signed a national letter of intent with UCLA in November.
Host Sierra Canyon (No. 3) faces Las Vegas Desert Pines at 8:30.
No. 2-ranked and unbeaten Bishop Montgomery faces Long Beach Poly in the 7:30 finale of the Westchester Challenge.
Among the other cool matchups at Westchester are No. 6 Redondo Union vs. JW North (4:30) and No. 7 Corona Centennial vs. the host Comets (6 o’clock).
The other multiple-game events will be held at Gardena Serra and San Diego Lincoln.
The complete schedules:
FIFTH CAVALIER CLASSIC
At Serra High (14830 South Van Ness, Gardena)
10:30 a.m., Hollywood Bernstein vs. L.A. Middle College; Noon, Lawndale Leuzinger vs. Watts King-Drew; 1:30 p.m., Lawndale vs. Compton Centennial; 3, Altadena Renaissance Academy vs. Downey Warren; 4:30, L.A. Washington vs. Bakersfield Centennial; 6, Gardena Serra vs. Diamond Ranch; 7:30, San Juan Capistrano Saddleback Valley Christian vs. Sacramento Sheldon.
SAN DIEGO-LOS ANGELES CHALLENGE
At Lincoln High (4777 Imperial Avenue, San Diego)
1:45 p.m., L.A. Venice vs. National City Sweetwater; 3:15, San Diego Horizon vs. Pasadena La Salle; 4:30, La Jolla Country Day vs. Woodland Hills El Camino Real; 6, San Diego Morse vs. L.A. Dorsey; 7:30, L.A. Price vs. San Diego Mission Bay; 9:15, San Diego Lincoln vs. Lynwood.
SIERRA CANYON SUPER SHOWCASE
At Sierra Canyon High (20801 West Rinaldi, Chatsworth)
11 a.m., Chatsworth vs. Saugus; 2 p.m., Temecula Rancho Christian vs. Reedley Immanuel; 3:30, Mission Hills Alemany vs. San Diego St. Augustine; 5, L.A. Cathedral vs. Modesto Christian; 6:45, Chino Hills vs. El Cajon Foothills Christian; 8:30, Sierra Canyon vs. Las Vegas Desert Pines.
WESTCHESTER CHALLENGE
at Westchester High (7400 West Manchester, Los Angeles)
Morning/afternoon session: 10:20 a.m., Inglewood Morningside vs. L.A. Washington; 11:40, Palmdale Highland vs. Oak Park; 1 p.m., Santa Monica vs. Long Beach Millikan; 2:20, Bakersfield vs. Cerritos Gahr.
Evening session: 4:30 p.m., Redondo Beach Redondo Union vs. Riverside JW North; 6, Corona Centennial vs. L.A. Westchester; 7:30, Long Beach Poly vs. Torrance Bishop Montgomery.
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