LYNWOOD, Ca. – Six programs that played in the CIF Southern Section’s Open Division playoffs last season are part of the field for the eight-team tournament during the third annual Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic that gets underway at Lynwood High on Saturday.
The eight-team tourney is scheduled to tip off at 4 o’clock when Mater Dei faces Crespi, followed by Las Vegas Bishop Gorman-Santa Margarita (5:10), Long Beach Poly-Corona Centennial (6:20) and Bishop Montgomery-Eastvale Roosevelt (7:30).
The event – which honors the memory of Ron Massey, the beloved Long Beach Jordan coach who died in early April of 2014 – also includes 13 “showcase” games among other top programs that are not part of the tourney.
Among the squads in those contests are Cantwell, Compton, Inglewood and Orange Lutheran, each of which was also part of the Southern Section’s 16-team Open bracket last spring.
The Chino Hills Huskies, which – led by 2016 National Player of the Year and now-UCLA freshman Lonzo Ball –won the first two Ron Massey championships, are not participating this week.
Nor is another two-time event performer, Sierra Canyon, which – like Chino Hills – played in the first three Southern Section Open Division playoffs.
Bishop Montgomery, Chino Hills, Mater Dei and Sierra Canyon – listed alphabetically, at least for the time being – are expected to head the Southern Section and state pre-season ratings.
Action continues on Sunday, with the tourney games beginning at 9 in the morning on Court 1 and the Showcase contests starting at 10:10 on Court 2.
The championship game is scheduled to tip off at 5:10 Sunday evening.
Daily admission is $10.
The complete schedule (as of Thursday evening):
SATURDAY
Showcase Games: (Court 1) 1:40 p.m., Rosemead Cantwell-Sacred Heart vs. Temecula Rancho Christian; 2:50, Studio City Harvard-Westlake vs. Lynwood. (Court 2) 1:40, Long Beach Jordan vs. L.A. Price; 2:50, Cerritos Gahr vs. Inglewood; 4, Oak Park vs. Northridge Village Christian; 5:10, Rancho Christian vs. Pasadena; 6:20, Orange Lutheran vs. Redondo Beach Redondo Union; 7:30, Huntington Beach Edison vs. Compton.
Tournament Games: (Court 2) 4, Santa Ana Mater Dei vs. Encino Crespi; 5:10, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman vs. Rancho Santa Margarita/Santa Margarita; 6:20, Long Beach Poly vs. Corona Centennial; 7:30, Torrance Bishop Montgomery vs. Eastvale Roosevelt.
SUNDAY
Showcase Games: (Court 2) 10:10 a.m., Lynwood vs. Woodland Hills Taft; 11:20, Redondo vs. Cantwell-Sacred Heart; 12:30 p.m., West Hills Chaminade vs. Lynwood; 1:40, Santa Monica Crossroads vs. Villa Park; 2:50 Orange Lutheran vs. Pasadena.
Tournament Games: (Court 1) Consolation semifinals: 9, Loser Saturday 4 p.m. vs. loser 6:20; 10:10, Loser Saturday 5:10 vs. loser 7:30; Championship semifinals: 11:20, Winner Saturday 4 p.m. vs. winner 6:20; 12:30 p.m., Winner Saturday 5:10 vs. winner 7:30; 1:40, seventh place; 2:50, fifth place; 4, third place; 5:10, championship.
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