Energy Classic

[Deuce]

Just got ahold of the pairings:

Kelly Walsh HS, Casper WY
12/29/2008 8:30 a.m.
Pinnacle HS, Phoenix AZ

Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas NV
12/29/2008 12:00 p.m.
Northgate HS, Walnut Creek CA


Lynwood HS, Lynwood CA
12/29/2008 3:30 p.m.
Mandan HS, Mandan ND

Campbell County HS, Gillette WY
12/29/2008 7:30 p.m.
Crescent Valley HS, Corvallis OR

[Deuce]

The Nike TOC gets underway today and 3 of the teams in the Energy classic play today.

John Anderson Division
70 Campbell County (WY) vs 63 Narbone (CA)

Mike Desper Division
62 Jefferson (OR) vs 56 Lynwood (CA)
53 Edison (CA) vs 57 Bishop Gorman (NV)

Here's the list of current top 50 teams in this tournament and what division they're in.
List is from http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiti ... id=3775667

No. 1 Long Beach Poly of Long Beach, Calif. (Smith)
No. 3 Christ the King of Middle Village, N.Y. (Smith)
No. 6 Cardinal O'Hara of Springfield, Pa. (Smith)
No. 10 Bolingbrook of Bolingbrook, Ill. (Smith)
No. 12 Bishop McGuinness of Kernersville, N.C. (Smith)
No. 17 Archbishop Carroll of Radnor, Pa. (Desper)
No. 19 Wesleyan of Norcross, Ga. (Smith)
No. 20 Oak Hill of Mouth of Wilson, Va. (Desper)
No. 21 H.D. Woodson of Washington, D.C. (Smith)
No. 23 Chaminade-Julienne of Dayton, Ohio (Smith)
No. 24 Riverdale Baptist of Upper Marlboro, Md. (Smith)
No. 25 Regis Jesuit of Aurora, Colo. (Smith)
No. 30 Jefferson of Portland, Ore. (Desper)
No. 34 Mater Dei of Santa Ana, Calif. (Desper)
No. 36 St. Mary's of Stockton, Calif. (Smith)
No. 40 Highlands Ranch of Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Desper)
No. 43 Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas (Desper)

Chaminade-Julienne(OH) beats Long Beach Poly (CA), The #1 team gets knocked off for the 4th time this year.

[Deuce]

They must have had Thursday's score backwards for Lynwood and they must have won because they played Bishop Gorman yesterday.

55 Lynwood (CA) vs 69 Bishop Gorman (NV)
72 Tolleson (AZ) vs 67 Campbell County (WY)

Saturday:
52 Lynwood (CA) vs 38 St. John's College (OR)
61 Bishop Gorman (NV) vs 72 Archbishop John Carroll (PA)

73 Canyoun Springs (CA) vs 52 Campbell County (WY)

Campbell County(WY) playing for 7th.
Bishop Gorman (NV) playing for 1st. Apparently AB John Carroll isn't staying for the final day so BG advances to the final.
Lynwood (CA) playing for 5th

[scoobyx2]

How did Mandan do?

[NDSportsFan]

6th place


GIRLS

Seventh place: Northgate (Walnut Creek, Calif.) 62, Crescent Valley (Corvallis, Ore.) 51

Fifth place: Casper Kelly Walsh 50, Mandan (N.D.) 29

Third place: Lynwood (Calif.) 63, Pinnacle (Phoenix) 55

Championship: Gillette 61, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) 60

[Deuce]

All the teams were pretty even. I was surprised Campbell County beat Bishop Gorman. Their 6'4 center was the real deal. Mandan was competative but didn't shoot very well. They came out and had a 10pt lead in the first quarter every game and then from there it was down hill.