best in the west summer version schedule revisions

What: Best in the West Summer Shootout No. 2
When: June 28-July 2
Where: Artesia High School
Who: 20 teams, 5 pools

Ok, so we got the Best in the West schedules sort of wrong, but we just used what Wayne Merino sent us in May (oh, and thanks for the T-Shirt too Wayne), and there have evidently been a few changes in the pools and thus in the scheduling as well.

Here are the corrected and revised pool play schedules and pools for BIW Summer Shootout for Pool Play for today, June 29 and tomorrow June 30 (we'll post the single elimination stuff when we know about it, although for planning purposes, you should know that the Semifinals in the Championship bracket will be Friday July 2 at 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. and the Championship game will be at 7:30 in the Winner's Bracket; the Consolation Championship will be at 8:45 on Friday night with the semis at 4:00 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E
A1 Long Beach Poly A2 Redondo A3 Fontana A4 Compton Centennial	B1 Artesia B2 Ayala B3 Lakewood B4 Harvard-Westlake	C1 Dominguez C2 Mayfair C3 JW North C4 Rosemead	D1 Ontario D2 L.B. Jordan D3 Crossroads D4 Bonita Vista	E1 Clovis West E2 Serra E3 San Bernardino E4 Upland

What's changed in the Pool structure is that Compton Centennial (with Omar Weaver 6'-7" Sr. SF) has been inserted into Pool A in place of California, which isn't in the tournament, and in Pool B and E, Serra and Harvard-Westlake have switched places, apparently so that H-W can compete in both the War on the Floor and the Best in the West, which may have been a bit of over-scheduling, but who are we to criticize. We're not sure how fair it was to put Harvard-Westlake in the same pool with Artesia, Ayala and Lakewood, but then we don't know how fair it would have been to put them in with Clovis West, San Bernardino and Upland either, especially since the Wolverines were very shorthanded yesterday (they were missing 9 of the 16 players listed on their roster) in their loss to Ayala, and even with Russell Lakey (6'-0" Sr. PG), Craig Weinstein (5'-10" So. SG/PG), Austin Scott (5'-8" So. SG), Bryan Coffey (6'-0" Jr. SG), Chris Hooks (6'-2" Sr. SG), and Eric Geffner (6'-5" Sr. SF/SG), H-W was clearly outgunned and outshot by Ayala, so there's no telling what will happen when Artesia gets a hold of them. But hey, it's summer, time for some fun, right? Especially if you're Jack Martinez or Amaury Fernandez.

6/29 Tuesday Pool Play Schedule		6/30 Wednesday Pool Play Schedule
10:00 a.m.	Clovis West v. Upland	Mayfair v. Rosemead
11:15 p.m	Ayala v. Lakewood	Lakewood v. Serra
12:30 p.m.	JW North v. Rosemead	Clovis West v. H-W
1:45 p.m.	Ontario v. LB Jordan	S.B. v. Upland
3:00 p.m.	Serra v. S.B.	Fontana v. California
4:15 p.m.	LB Poly v. California	Artesia v. Ayala
5:30 p.m.	Redondo v. Fontana	LB Poly v. Redondo
6:45 p.m.	Artesia v. Harvard-Westlake	LB Jordan v. Crossroads
8:00 p.m.	Dominguez v. Mayfair	Dominguez v. JW North
9:15 p.m.	Crossroads v. Bonita Vista	Ontario v. Bonita Vista

Again, the semifinals in the Championship bracket are at 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. on July 2, and the semis in the Runner-up brackets will be at 4:00 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. also on the 2nd. The Championship Final is at 7:30 p.m. while the runner-up final is at 8:45 p.m.

Artesia HS is located at 12108 E. Del Amo Blvd., Lakewood, CA 90715. The school is located just off the 605 Fwy. Exit at Del Amo Blvd., and head east on Del Amo. The school is located on the north side of the street, at the corner of Norwalk Blvd. and Del Amo.