nike fairfax tournament

Who said anything about an "off-season?" Three tournaments will be going on simultaneously starting today around the Los Angeles area, and while the adidas Double Pump Best of Summer is the biggest (128 teams), the Slam N Jam NIT is the oldest and most well-established (20+ years), the Annual Fairfax-Goodman Summer Classic is now in its 14th incarnation and even if it's not the oldest or the biggest, it still attracts a lot of talent and a lot of college coaches come out to check out the games. And the nice thing about these games as opposed to some of the all-star stuff is that these are high school teams playing together as high school teams, and thus you might actually see some semblance of team offense and defense being played. There will undoubtedly be a few guys missing from the rosters who are out of town or with other teams, but you can still expect to see some great players and teams. We're not sure if Cedric Bozeman or Jamal Sampson of Mater Dei, Josh Childress of Mayfair, and Isaiah Fox of Crossroads will be back from the Peach Jam or whether they are headed straight for Florida to the Nike Super Showcase, but there will still be a lot of talent in the gym.

1:00 p.m.	Pasadena vs Bellflower
2:00 p.m.	Redondo vs Sylmar
3:00 p.m.	Upland vs West Torrance
4:00 p.m.	Crossroads vs St John Bosco
5:00 p.m.	Fairfax vs Santa Monica
7:00 p.m.	South Gate vs Mater Dei
8:00 p.m.	Mayfair vs Peninsula
9:00 p.m.	Muir vs LaCanada

Redondo: Adam Zahn, Dijon Thompson, Paul Meynan, Wendell White, Brendan Behan, James Reynolds, Keith Ellison
St. John Bosco: Kenny Taylor, Giovanni St. Amant

Upland: Kirk Snyder, Sheldon Pace, Julius Coleman, Prentiss Harris, Jesse Pruitt, Lionel Davis, Tye-Juan Hatter, Jason Hathaway

Crossroads: Isaiah Fox, Jordan Rush, Doug Hall, Anthony Locke, Kris Lofgren, Joe Abrams, Martin Usher.

Bellflower: Delanta Lewis, Devontae Battle, Justin Allen, Kendrick Sanders, Jacory Bradford

Mater Dei: Harrison Schaen, Mike Strawberry, Ricky Porter, Travis Gabler, Brian Baker.

Sylmar: George O'Garra, Chris Slade, John Valdez, Brandon Robinson, Jeff Morse, Brandon Lasley, Terrell Massey, Ernest Williams, Alfredo Tovar, Jason Adams.