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SoCal Basketball Classic
Matchups Announced--(Jan. 21, 1999)

Yesterday, we posted a small announcement about the SoCal Basketball Classic, hosted by Long Beach Poly and Artesia High Schools, and sponsored by adidas. The event will take place on Saturday, January 30, 1999, and will take place at Southwest LA College, located at Imperial Highway & Western Avenue.

We now hear from the Classic directors, Joe Kapono and B. Shotwell that the matchups have been finalized. Here's what you'll see:

3:00 p.m. Game 1: Mater Dei v. Anaheim Canyon

4:30 p.m. Game 2: Verbum Dei v. Pasadena

6:00 p.m. Game 3: Artesia v. Compton

7:30 p.m. Game 4: Long Beach Poly v. Compton Dominguez

These are great matchups. In the first game, Mater Dei v. Canyon, you'll see the No. 9 ranked (USA Today) Monarchs' Mike Bayer, Steve Scoggin, Derek Mansell and Cedric Bozeman take on Canyon's Ryan Romberg, Neil Hammad, Roger Hogan and a host of other talented Orange County players.

Game 2 features Marlon Parmer, one of the top point guards in SoCal, Dalron Johnson who has signed with UNLV, Washum Dashiell, a big time scoring threat, and the rest of the David Greenwood-coached Verb guys matching up against players like George DeJohnette, Jasun Ridley, and Clayton Coleman.

Artesia, currently ranked No. 14 by USA Today (as of January 19) vs. Compton will be a game study in contrasts both athletically and in style of play as Jason Kapono, Amaury Fernandez, Jack Martinez, Andre Hazel and the rest of the highly talented and skilled Pioneers match up against Tito Maddox, Ellis Myles, Leroy Dawson, Terry Hosendove and the rest of the quick and athletic Tarbabes.

Finally, in the last game of the day, you'll see Wesley Stokes, Tim Thomas, Marcus Sargent, Kenny Wright, Rahman Shotwell, Shea Anderson, Keyon Cooley, and Joe Travis of the Jackrabbits, among others, taking on the incredibly talented and deep Dominguez Dons, who are currently ranked as the No. 1 team in Division II in the State, No. 11 in the country according to USA Today, featuring Tyson Chandler, Keith Brooks, Keith Kincade, Ronald Jackson, Keilon Fortune, Larry Johnson, Steve Moore, and many others.

Pretty amazing lineup: Four games, and at least three teams ranked in the top 14 in the country.

LA Southwest College in located at the corner of Imperial Highway and Western Avenue and there's lots of parking at the college (there's a $1 charge for parking). We've been asked also to advise everyone that if you have any questions about the event, to contact the event directors, Joe Kapono or B. Shotwell directly. They can be reached via e-mail at USHOTWELL@aol.com.

See you there.