Basketball aplenty after Christmas

December 24, 2016 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


Boys and girls holiday basketball tournaments inundate the East Valley next week leading up to the new year.

Boys action starts off with the McClintock Holiday Shootout with all games at McClintock HS. The tournament begins Monday Dec. 26 and continues through to the title game on Thursday Dec. 29.

MCCLINTOCK HOLIDAY SHOOTOUT

The first-round games Monday Dec. 26 for the McClintock Shootout: 10 a.m. - Mesquite vs. Chandler; 11:30 a.m. -- Boulder Creek vs. Mesa; 1 p.m. - Desert Mountain vs. Mountain Pointe; 2:30 p.m,. -- Campo Verde vs. Shadow Mountain; 4 p.m. -- Marcos de Niza vs. Hamilton; 5:30 p.m. -- Dobson vs. McClintock; 7 p.m. -- Arcadia vs. Gilbert; 8:30 p.m. -- Tempe vs. Brophy Prep.

VISIT MESA BASKETBALL CHALLENGE

Mesa Mountain View HS plays host to the Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge. The tournament is non-bracketed with eight games each day beginning Tuesday Dec. 27 and concluding Friday Dec. 30. Teams competing are: Sunnyslope, Desert Ridge, Chaparral, Copper Hills, UT, St. Mary's, Red Mountain; Perry, King's, WA, Serra (CA), Mountain Ridge, Salpointe, Alta, UT, Basha, Mountain View, Apollo, Corona del Sol. Games begin each day at 10 a.m. with start times 90 minutes apart. The last game each day is set for 8:30 p.m.

The schedule of games for the first day of action -- Tuesday Dec. 27: 10 am - Sunnyslope vs. Desert Ridge, 11:30 am -- Chaparral vs. Copper Hills, 1 pm - St. Mary's vs. Red Mountain, 2:30 pm - Perry vs. King's, 4 p.m. -- Serra vs. Mountain Ridge, 5:30 pm - Salpointe vs. Alta, 7 pm -- Basha vs. Mountain View, 8:30 pm - Apollo vs. Corona del Sol.

The pre-determined schedule for (Dec. 28-29) can be found at the following link:  http://www.mesasports.org/visit_mesa_basketball/The final day of play schedule -- Friday Dec. 30 -- will be determined on Thursday Dec. 29. 

Girls tournaments after Christmas will be hosted by Arcadia HS and Red Mountain HS. Arcadia's 8th Annual Titan Winter Classic features 24 teams begins Monday Dec. 26 and runs through Wednesday Dec. 28 at Arcadia. All games are at Arcadia HS. Monday is pool play with teams breaking off to brackets Tuesday and Wednesday.  Red Mountain's Holiday Classic begins Tuesday Dec. 26 and continues through Friday Dec. 30. Competing schools are: Desert Vista, Mountain View, Basha, Skyline, Cienega, Chandler, Loyola Academy (IL), Xavier, Desert Ridge, Sierra Linda, Red Mountain, Campo Verde, Mission Prep, (CA) and Ironwood Ridge.

TITAN WINTER CLASSIC at Arcadia HS

Pool assignments for Monday: Pool A -- Arcadia, Peoria, Verrado. Pool B -- Alhambra, Pinnacle, North Canyon. Pool C - Boulder Creek, Centennial, Moon Valley. Pool D -- Desert Edge, Liberty, North Pointe. Pool E -- Horizon, Saguaro, Sunnyslope. Pool F -- Goldwater, Fairfax, Shadow Mountain. Pool G -- Central, Desert Mountain, St. Mary's. Pool H -- North, Thunderbird, Veritas.

Monday Dec. 26 pool play schedule -- Games at Arcadia HS Main Gym: 7:45 a.m. -- Moon Valley vs. Boulder Creek, 9 - Pinnacle vs. Alhambra, 10:15 a.m. -- Liberty vs. North Pointe, 11:30 a.m. - St. Mary's vs. Central, 12:45 pm - Desert Edge vs. Liberty, 2 pm - Desert Mountain vs. St. Mary's, 3:15 pm - Arcadia vs. Peoria, 4:30 pm - Horizon vs. Sunnyslope, 5:45 pm - North vs. Veritas; 7 pm - Fairfax vs. Goldwater, 8:15 pm - Arcadia vs. Verrado, 9:30 p.m. - Shadow Mountain vs. Fairfax. Monday Dec. 26 pool play games at Arcadia HS Auxiliary Gym:  745 am - Desert Edge vs. North Pointe, 9 am - Desert Mountain vs. Central, 10:15 am - Centennial vs. Boulder Creek, 11:30 am - Willow Canyon vs. Alhambra, 12:45 pm - Centennial vs. Moon Valley, 2 pm - Pinnacle vs. Willow Canyon, 3;15 pm - Thunderbird vs. Veritas, 4:30 pm -- Shadow Mountain vs. Goldwater, 5:45 pm - Verrado vs. Peoria, 7 pm - Saguaro vs. Sunnyslope, 8:15 pm - Thunderbird vs. North, 9:30 pm - Horizon vs. Saguaro.

RED MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Tuesday Dec. 27: 9:30 am -- Desert Vista vs. Mountain View, 11 am - Basha vs. Skyline, 12:30 - Cienega vs. Chandler, 2 pm - Loyola Academy vs. Xavier, 3:30 pm - Desert Ridge vs. Sierra Linda, 5 pm - Red Mountain vs. Campo Verde, 6:30 pm - Mission Prep vs. Ironwood Ridge. Wednesday Dec. 28: 9:30 am - Cienega vs. Basha, 11 am - Skyline vs. Ironwood Ridge,12:30 pm - Campo Verde vs. Chandler, 2 pm -- Xavier vs. Desert Vista, 3:30 - Sierra Linda vs. Loyola, 5 pm -- Mountain View vs. Desert Ridge, 6:30 pm - Mission Prep vs. Red Mountain. Thursday Dec. 29: 930 am. - Desert Ridge vs. Loyola, 11 am - Xavier vs. Mission Prep, 12:30 pm -- Chandler vs. Sierra Linda, 2 pm - Red Mountain vs. Cienega, 3:30 pm - Basha vs. Ironwood Ridge, 5 pm - Skyline vs. Desert Vista, 6:30 pm - Campo Verde vs. Mountain View. Friday Dec. 30: Matchups TBD - Beginning at 9:30 am and concluding with a 6:30 pm start.