war on the floor

Bort Escoto, head coach at Sylmar, promised to send us the "War on the Floor" logo to use along with our articles for this great annual summer tournament, and we're still waiting. And we have a feeling we'll be waiting a little while longer, but not to worry because Bort was kind enough to pass along the schedules for the first three days of pool play which will get started on June 29 and run through Thursday July 1. The tournament will then kick into single-elimination mode on July 2 and the finals will take place on July 3 (although we don't have a schedule for that either . . . yet).

All of the pool play games (with the exception of a few games which will be played at Canoga Park HS) will be played at Pierce College, a community college located just off Winnetka in both the North and South Gyms. We always thought they were East and West, or Men's and Women's, but if you can locate the gyms (they're just west of the tennis courts, and the pool is located right between the two gyms) then you won't have to worry about which is which, because they are literally right next to each other.

The schedule is pretty simple too. Games start at 10:00 a.m. the first day, but are staggered throughout the day, presumably to accomodate summer school attendance or just to allow for vacation and travel, and will continue with the last games getting started at 9:00 p.m. Games with an * will be played at Canoga Park HS, all other games are at Pierce College. Here's the schedule for Tuesday June 29, Wednesday June 30, and Thursday July 1:

Tuesday June 29 South Gym		Tuesday June 29 North Gym
12:30 p.m.	Harvard-Westlake v. Campbell Hall	10:00 a.m.*	Taft v. Hart
2:50 p.m.	Dorsey v. Notre Dame	11:10 a.m. *	Santa Monica v. Reseda
5:10 p.m.	Cleveland v. Hollywood	1:30 p.m.	Muir v. Granada Hills
6:30 p.m.	Canoga Park v. Alemany	2:40 p.m.	Marshall Fundamental v. Canyon
9:00 p.m.	Crespi v. Saugus	4:20 p.m.	Sylmar v. Westlake
		7:40 p.m.	Inglewood v. Daniel Murphy
		8:50 p.m.	Chatsworth v. Montclair Prep
Wednesday June 30 South Gym		Wednesday, June 30 North Gym
10:00 a.m.	Canyon v. Sylmar	11:10 a.m.	Notre Dame v. Cleveland
12:20 p.m.	Alemany v. Inglewood	12:20 p.m.	Reseda v. Taft
1:30 p.m.	Daniel Murphy v. Canoga Park	1:30 p.m.	Hart v. Santa Monica
2:40 p.m.	Campbell Hall v. Muir	3:50 p.m.	Granada Hills v. Harvard-Westlake
5:00 p.m.	Westlake v. Marshall Fundamental	6:30 p.m.	Hollywood v. Dorsey
8:50 p.m.	Saugus v. Chatsworth	7:40 p.m.	Montclair Prep v. Crespi
Thursday, July 1 South Gym		Thursday, July 1 North Gym
10:00 a.m.	Santa Monica v. Taft	10:00 a.m.	Hart v. Reseda
11:10 a.m.	Inglewood v. Canoga Park	11:10 a.m.	Cleveland v. Dorsey
12:20 p.m.	Marshall Fundamental v. Sylmar	1:30 p.m.	Alemany v. Daniel Murphy
2:40 p.m.	Campbell Hall v. Granada Hills	3:50 p.m.	Muir v. Harvard-Westlake
5:00 p.m.	Westlake v. Canyon	6:30 p.m.	Notre Dame v. Hollywood
7:40 p.m.	Crespi v. Chatsworth	8:50 p.m.	Montclair Prep v. Saugus

This should be a fun tournament and you'll get the opportunity to see most of the good players from the San Fernando Valley as well as from some of the surrounding region. On paper at least Inglewood, Santa Monica, and Chatsworth are probably the strongest teams in the tournament, but virtually any team might make a good run for the title this year. As we get closer to the event, we'll try to do some breakdowns of what you'll see on a team by team basis. For now, it's worth remembering that this tournament takes place during the same time frame as the Best in the West Tournament No. 2 which will run from June 28 through July 2 at Artesia High, so you'll probably have to make a choice between the Valley and the City given the driving distances involved.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Inglewood Canoga Park Alemany Daniel Murphy	Crespi Chatsworth Montclair Prep Saugus	Santa Monica Taft Hart Reseda	Cleveland Dorsey Notre Dame Hollywood	Marshall Fund. Sylmar Westlake Canyon (CC)	Muir Harvard-Westlake Campbell Hall Granada Hills