fall showcase for JUCOs at Fullerton

What: 2nd Annual SoCal Fall JC Showcase
When: September 29 & 30, Oct. 1, 2000
           Friday, Saturday & Sunday
           3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday
           10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Saturday
   10:00 a.m. -6:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Fullerton College
               321 E. Chapman Ave. Fullerton, CA
               (714) 992-7383 (voice)
               (714) 992-7397 (fax)

We received word from Dieter Horton, head coach at Fullerton JC about the 2nd Annual Soutnern California Fall Junior College Showcase, and it looks like it will be a great event, featuring some of the best teams in the state, and more than 100 D-I four year college coaches checking out all the talent. Games on Friday start at 3:00 p.m. and the final game will get going at about 7:00 p.m., while Saturday and Sunday will start at 10:00 p.m. and run all day, with games played in two different gyms (North and South) at Fullerton College. There will be 25 teams playing in the event due to the State Community College Commission on Athletics rules, the actual names of the teams (i.e., the real school names) can't be used since they are technically "out of season." Still, most of the teams are pretty easily identified and where we can do so, we've guessed at the real names of the teams (we confess, we don't have any way of identifying some of these teams from the nicknames used, so where we can't we won't). This event has quickly become one of the two biggest JC events in the nation, and its one you won't want to miss if you're here in LA this weekend and not otherwise engaged. And likewise, if you have further questions about the event, feel free to contact Coach Horton at his office number above or at 714-992-7395.

Glendora (Citrus? Mt. Sac?)
Chula Vista (Southwestern College?)
Valencia (College of the Canyons)
South Valley (Irvine Valley??)
Hemet (Barstow CC?)
Team IE (San Bernardino? Riverside CC?)
Oceanside (Mira Costa JC)
The Sting (Fullerton JC)
The West (West LA College?)
Valley 5 (San Bernardino Valley? Irvine Valley? LA Valley?)
The Beach (Santa Monica CC? Golden West?)
Rancho Santiago (??)

Van Nuys (LA Valley College)
Team 605 (probably Cerritos JC)
South County Cowboys (Saddleback?)
Valley I (??)
Central I (??)
Team #1 (Cerritos?)
Visalia (College of the Sequoias)
Team Carr (??)
Empire (??)
Print Pro (??)
Santa Maria (Alan Hancock College?)
Team 101 (Ventura? Santa Barbara? Cuesta?)

Maybe someone else can help us out with who these teams will really be, so that we all won't have to guess. . . . still, it will be a great showcase of talent, with some of the best players in the two year ranks, all looking to move on to four year colleges. And by the way, this event looks like it will really be a a true "showcase" and not a tournament, and it also appears that each team plays three games, although we haven't really combed the schedule to be sure of that. Here's the schedule:

Friday, Sept. 29, 2000
Time	North Gym	South Gym
3:00 p.m.	Glendora v. Chula Vista	The West v. Valley 5
4:10 p.m.	South Valley v. Hemet	The Beach v. Van Nuys
5:20 p.m.	Team IE v. Oceanside	Team 605 v. South County Cowboys
6:40 p.m.	South Valley v. The Sting	Valley I v. Glendora

Saturday, Sept. 30, 2000
Time	North Gym	South Gym
10:00 a.m.	Team I-10 v. Rancho Santiago	Glendora v. South County Cowboys
11:10 a.m.	Team 101 vc. Visalia	The Beach v. Central I
12:20 p.m.	The Sting v. Team #1	The West v. Team I-10
1:30 p.m.	Valencia v. Rancho Santiago	Van Nuys v. Visalia
2:40 p.m.	Print Pro v. Chula Vista	Team #1 v. South County Cowboys
3:50 p.m.	The Sting v. Team Carr	Visalia v. Team 605
5:00 p.m.	Empire v. Santa Maria	The West v. Chula Vista
6:10 p.m.	Team Carr v. The Beach	Team 605 v. Van Nuys

Sunday, Oct. 1, 2000
Time	North Gym	South Gym
10:00 a.m.	Valley 5 v. Oceanside	Print Pro v. Team Carr
11:10 a.m.	Valley I v. Team 101	Santa Maria v. Team IE
12:20 p.m.	Valley 5 v. Central I	Print Pro v. Oceanside
1:30 p.m.	Team #1 v. Hemet	Valley I v. Valencia
2:40 p.m.	Empire v. Team 101	Rancho Santiago v. Santa Maria
3:50 p.m.	Hemet v. Central I	Team IE v. Valencia
5:00 p.m.	Team 101 v. Empire