NORWALK, Ca. – The fifth annual Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic will provide a nifty preview of the best of what the 2018-19 has to offer on the boys’ scene in Southern California.
Thirty games are set to be played over Saturday and Sunday at Cerritos College, 12 of those via the eight-team Challenge of Champions Bracket and the others coming in showcase matchups.
Games (played on three courts in the school’s spacious gymnasium) are scheduled for 5, 6:10, 7:20 and 8:30 p.m. on Saturday and resume at 9 o’clock Sunday morning and conclude with three 2:50 games.
Four of the programs in the Challenge of Champions competition played in the 2018 CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs: Mater Dei (which faces Corona Centennial at 5), Rancho Christian and Santa Margarita (which hook up at 6:10) and Bishop Montgomery (which will be challenged by Henderson, NV, Coronado at 8:30).
The other first-round C of C game on Saturday pits Harvard-Westlake against Las Vegas powerhouse Bishop Gorman at 7:20.
All of the C of C games are scheduled to be played on the center (main) court.
The C of C championship semifinals will be played at 10:10 and 11:20 Sunday morning, with the final set for 2:50.
Five players among the eight C of C programs are already committed to sign national letters of intent in November: Max Agbonkpolo (USC) and Jake Kyman (UCLA) of Santa Margarita; Gianni Hunt (Oregon State) and Josh Vazquez (Montana) of Bishop Montgomery and Isaiah Mobley (USC/PICTURED) of Rancho Christian.
The event also includes the No. 1 junior in the country – 6-11 Evan Mobley – as well as many other outstanding prospects from the Class of 2020 including Johnny Juzang and Mason Hooks (Harvard-Westlake), Ryan Evans and Aidan Prukop (Mater Dei), Isaiah Cottrell and Noah Taitz (Bishop Gorman) and Jaylen Clark, D.J. Davis and Paris Dawson (Centennial).
All of the games will be live-streamed by BallerTV.
Admission is $12 or $20 for a two-day pass.
Parking is $2.
Here is the schedule of the Showcase Games:
SATURDAY:
Court 1: 5, Orange Lutheran vs. Rancho Verde; 6:10, Rolling Hills Prep vs. Foothills Christian; 7:20, Leuzinger vs. Notre Dame (Riv.); 8:30, Compton vs. Eisenhower.
Court 3: 5, San Diego San Ysidro vs. Pasadena; 6:10, Newport Pacifica Christian vs. Hacienda Heights Los Altos; 7:20, L.A. Fremont vs. Rancho Verde; 8:30, Eastvale Roosevelt vs. Dominguez.
SUNDAY
Court 1: 9 a.m., (C of C consolation semifinal) loser of Rancho Christian-Santa Margarita vs. loser Bishop Montgomery-Coronado; 10:10, Santa Monica vs. Pasadena; 11:20, Brentwood vs. Riverside Poly; 12:30 p.m., (C of C 7th-place); 1:40, Riverside Hillcrest vs. San Bernardino; 2:50, L.A. Cathedral vs. Lake Balboa Birmingham.
Court 3: 9 a.m., Santa Ana Foothill vs. Riverside Hillcrest; 10:10, Newport Pacifica Christian vs. Lynwood; 11:20, Redondo Union vs. San Gabriel Academy; 12:30 p.m., Villa Park vs. St. Anthony; 1:40, Beverly Hills vs. Serra; 2:50, Fountain Valley vs. L.A. Price.
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