Hoops: Holiday invites to mix and match

December 24, 2018 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


Mountain View and Deer Valley battle during their mathcup in last year's Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge. Both schools are again in the 16-team field for the tourney that begins on Wednesday Dec. 26 at Mountain View HS. (AzPreps365 photo).

A trio of traditional holiday tournaments are on tap for viewing pleasure this week, beginnning Wednesday (Dec. 26) through Saturday (Dec. 29) with boys invites Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge and McClintock Holiday Shootout and followed Thursday (Dec. 27) through Saturday (Dec. 29) by the Lady Titan Invite.

Mesa Mountain View hosts all the game at Visit Mesa, McClintock hosts its Holiday Shootout and Arcadia High hosts the Lady Titan.

Here is the first-day schedule for each tournament:

VISIT MESA CHALLENGE at Mountain View HS

WEDNESDAY DEC. 26

10 a.m. - Brophy Prep (5-6) vs. Rancho Solano (6-6); 11:30 p.m. - Higley (3-10) vs. Corona del Sol (7-4); 1 p.m. - Perry (9-4) vs. Deer Valley (12-1). 2:30 p.m. - Clark (Nev.) (9-0) vs. Red Mountain (5-8);  4 p.m. - Thomas Jefferson (NY) 5-4)  vs. Chaparral (11-2); 5:30 p.m - Catalina Foothills (8-3) vs. Amercian Fork (Utah) (8-0); 7 p.m. - Mountain View (5-5) vs. Sunnyslope (7-4); 8:30 p.m. - Millennium (9-3) vs. Bishop O' Dowd (Calif.). (4-2).

MCCLINTOCK HOLIDAY SHOOTOUT at McClintock HS

WEDNESDAY DEC. 26 

10 a.m. - Tempe (4-6) vs. Desert Vista (6-5); 11:30 a.m. -- Desert Mountain (8-5) vs. Mesa (9-4); 1 p.m. - Marcos de Niza (6-7) vs. Cesar Chavez (9-3); 2:30 p.m. - Skyline (10-3) vs. Hamilton (7-3); 4 p.m. - Highland (3-10) vs. Apollo (13-0); 5:30 p.m. - North (2-12) vs. McClintock (11-2); 7 p.m. - Liberty (7-6) vs. Arcadia (7-6); 8:30 p.m. - Basha (7-6) vs. Gilbert (11-1).

LADY TITAN WiNTER CLASSIC at Arcadia HS

GOLD DIVISION

Pool A - Desert Vista, Ironwood Ridge, Westwood, Xavier. Pool B - Horizon, Ironwood, Sandra Day O'Connor, Shadow Mountain.

SILVER DIVISION

Pool C - Cactus Shadows, Desert Edge, Gila Ridge. Pool D - Mesa, Moon Valley, Marana Mountain View. Pool E - Centennial, Liberty Saguaro, Thunderbird. Pool F - Alhambra, Arcadia, Dobson, Ganado.

BRONZE DIVISION

Pool G - Corona del Sol, Deer Valley, North, Notre Dame Prep, Walden Grove.

THURSDAY DEC. 27 (Two gyms)

7:45 am - Corona del Sol (0-10) vs. North (1-11); Deer Valley (7-6) vs. Notre Dame Prep (5-7); 9 am - Ironwood (7-5) vs. Horizon (13-1); Shadow Mountain (13-2) vs. Sandra Day O'Connor (10-2); 10:15 am - Centennial (5-4) vs. Thunderbird (7-4); Westwood (10-4) vs. Xavier Prep (13-0); 11:30 am - North vs. Deer Valley; Notre Dame Prep vs. Walden Grove (0-8); 12:45 pm - Gila Ridge (13-3) vs. Desert Edge (10-2); Moon Valley (4-7) vs. Marana Mtn. View (5-4); 2 pm - Centennial vs. Liberty (5-7); Ironwood Ridge (10-3) vs. Xavier Prep; 3:15 pm - Walden Grove vs. Corona del Sol; Marana Mountain View vs. Mesa (4-7); 4:30 pm - Gila Ridge vs. Cactus Shadows (7-5); Saguaro (6-4) vs. Thunderbird. 6 pm - Dobson (4-9) vs. Arcadia (7-5); Alhambra (3-10) vs. Ganado (9-6); 7 pm - Ironwood Ridge vs. Desert Vista (7-6); Saguaro vs. Liberty; 8:15 pm - Cactus Shadows vs. Desert Edge; Mesa vs. Moon Valley; 9:30 pm - Alhambra vs. Arcadia; Dobson vs. Ganado.