Sorry I haven't been blogging from Ocean View High for the Tournament of Champions but I have no access to power and have to save battery power for writing/filing my stories from the games.
Anyway, plenty of good action, if you're interested, at both Ocean View today for the TOC and at Troy and Sonora High Schools for the North Orange County Championships.
First, the TOC:
A big stunner last night with JSerra knocking off Campbell Hall (and Jrue Holiday), 85-72. The offshoot of that result is that Campbell Hall and Holiday (who has scored 40 and 39 points in the first two games of this event) could hook up with Compton and Demar DeRozan (who scored 38 in the Tarbabes' 71-58 opening-win over Palmdale Knight Tuesday) will play in a quarterfinal game at Ocean View Thursday night at 8:15.
That matchup is based on the assumption that Compton will beat Bakersfield tonight (tipoff is 7 o'clock).
DeRozen (future USC Trojan) vs. Holiday (future UCLA Bruin) . . . a big crowd will be on hand.
Other TOC games today: 3, Lakewood vs. Killarney (Vancouver); 4:15, Valley Christian vs. Palmdale Knight; 5:30, JW North vs. Phoenix St. Mary's; 7, Compton vs. Bakersfield; 8:15, Pasadena vs. Santa Margarita; 9:30, Westchester vs. Clovis West.
I'll update the schedule on this blog later tonight . . .
The quarterfinals of the North OC Tourney are as follows:
At Troy: 7 p.m., Poly vs. Tesoro; 8:30, Riverside Martin Luther King vs. Capistrano Valley.
At Sonora: 7 p.m., Jordan vs. Gahr; 8:30, Mission Viejo vs. Mater Dei.
If I'm not mistaken (no sneers out there!), the semifinals will be played Friday night (8:30) at Troy and Sonora. I think the final is Saturday night at Sonora but I will double-check and let you know!
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