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Les Schwab Oregon Invitational:
Fairfax &
Dominguez Play Tomorrow--(Dec. 19, 2000)
For the past two years we've reported about the "Les Schwab Tires Oregon Hoops Holiday Invitational". Redondo Union played in the event this past December, and the year before, Crenshaw was there and won it. This year, the tournament also continues the tradition of bringing some of the top national teams from the SoCal region, and the 5th Annual Les Schwab Oregon Invitational" will feature not only the top teams in Oregon, like Portland Jefferson, but once again it will also bring in some of the top teams in the country, among them LA Fairfax and Compton Dominguez, which has a chance again to be the top ranked team in the U.S. with Tyson Chandler (7'-0" Sr. C) who is a truly gifted athlete and a potential NBA lottery pick next spring.
The Les Schwab Invitational has it's own website, the official one as they have the past two years, and the event will also receive a lot of coverage from the Rivals.com Oregon Preps website as well, with perhaps more commentary and insights about some of the local Oregon players (like Aaron Miles, etc) than you might expect to find on the "official" site. Still, as official tournament sites go, this one is amazingly detailed, with team photos, rosters, and reports of the games, and last year the website featured live updates from the tournament with scoring and stats, similar to what you'll find for many college web-casts. Truly impressive.
Here's who is coming this year to the event, which starts tomorrow morning, December 20 and continues through to Saturday with all games at the Portland Memorial Coliseum:
| SCHOOL | LOCATION |
|---|---|
| Fairfax Lions | Los Angeles, California |
| Christ the King Royals | Queens, New York |
| Dominguez Dons | Compton, California |
| Barlow Bruins | Gresham, Oregon |
| Beaverton Beavers | Beaverton, Oregon |
| Benson Techmen | Portland, Oregon |
| Churchill Lancers | Eugene, Oregon |
| Jefferson Democrats | Portland, Oregon |
| Jesuit Crusaders | Portland, Oregon |
| Lake Oswego Lakers | Lake Oswego, Oregon |
| Redmond Panthers | Redmond, Oregon |
| South Salem Saxons | Salem, Oregon |
| Sprague Olympians | Sprague, Oregon |
| Thurston Colts | Springfield, Oregon |
| West Linn Lions | West Linn, Oregon |
| Westview Wildcats | Beaverton, Oregon |
The four day tournament will feature the state of Oregon's top basketball programs as well as three teams from around the country, including #1 ranked Dominguez High School from Compton, CA. Perennial national power-house Portland Jefferson will also enter the tournament ranked in the top five in the nation, and they feature one of the most highly recruited point guards in the nation in Aaron Miles. The Democrats are coming off an undefeated season in which they captured both the State and Les Schwab Invitational Championship last year. Portland's Jesuit High School (Mike and Baker Dunleavy alma mater) will make a run for the LSI title after a successful 26-2 campaign in '99-'00. The Crusaders are currently ranked #22 in the nation. Fairfax High School, out of Los Angeles, will compete with a talented front-court tandem of Craig Smith (6'-7" Sr. PF) and Evan Burns (6'-7" Jr. PF) . And Christ the King High School, a powerhouse team from Queens, NY will bring a talented, young team into the LSI featuring junior swingman, Petey Nelson. Lake Oswego, with Salim Stoudamire (6'-2" Sr. SG/PG) who has committed to the University of Arizona, will also play in the event and vie for the championship.
We're not certain if they'll be featuring the live-stats options, which allow you to update the scoring and stats online as the game is in progress, but at the very least the boxes are posted online within minutes of the end of each game. . .much better than any other tournament at this level we've ever seen. We'll be looking forward to seeing how the Lions and the Dons far against this competition, so check back in here or at the official Les Schawb website for details throughout the rest of the week.
Here's the bracket for 2000:
| Dominguez | 00 |  |
Winner6 | 00 |  |
Winner13 | 00 |  |
Winner23 | 00 |  |
2000 LSI Champion Winner32 2nd Place Loser32 |
| Game 6: Wed-5:30P | ||||||||||||
| Redmond | 00 | |||||||||||
| Game 13: Thur-4PM | ||||||||||||
| Benson | 00 | |
Winner7 | 00 | ||||||||
| Game 7: Wed-7:00P | ||||||||||||
| Lake Oswego | 00 | |||||||||||
| Game 23: Fri-7PM | ||||||||||||
| 00 | |
Winner3 | 00 | |
Winner14 | 00 | ||||||
| Game 3: Wed-12:00 | ||||||||||||
| Christ King | 00 | |||||||||||
| Game 14: Thur-5:30P | ||||||||||||
| Barlow | 00 | |
Winner4 | 00 | ||||||||
| Game 4: Wed-1:30P | ||||||||||||
| Jesuit | 00 | |||||||||||
| Game 32: Sat-8:30P | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 00 | |
Winner8 | 00 | |
Winner15 | 00 | |
Winner24 | 00 | ||
| Game 8: Wed-8:30P | ||||||||||||
| 00 | ||||||||||||
| Game 15: Thur-7PM | ||||||||||||
| Sprague | 00 | |
Winner1 | 00 | ||||||||
| Game 1: Wed-9:00A | ||||||||||||
| Beaverton | 00 | |||||||||||
| Game 24: Fri-8:30P | ||||||||||||
| Churchill | 00 | |
Winner2 | 00 | |
Winner16 | 00 | |||||
| Game 2: Wed-10:30A | ||||||||||||
| Westview | 00 | |||||||||||
| Game 16: Thur-8:30P | ||||||||||||
| Thurston | 00 | |
Winner5 | 00 | ||||||||
| Game 5: Wed-4:00P | ||||||||||||
| Fairfax | 00 | |||||||||||
| Loser6 | 00 | |
Winner9 | 00 | |
Winner19 | 00 | |
5th Place Winner30 |
| Game 9: Thur-9AM | |||||||||
| Loser7 | 00 | ||||||||
| Game 19: Fri-12:00 | |||||||||
| Loser3 | 00 | |
Winner10 | 00 | |||||
| Game 10: Thur-10:30A | |||||||||
| Loser4 | 00 | ||||||||
| Game 30: Sat-5:30P | |||||||||
| Loser8 | 00 | |
Winner11 | 00 | |
Winner20 | 00 | ||
| Game 11: Thur-12:00 | |||||||||
| Loser1 | 00 | ||||||||
| Game 20: Fri-1:30P | |||||||||
| Loser2 | 00 | |
Winner12 | 00 | |||||
| Game 12: Thur-1:30P | |||||||||
| Loser5 | 00 | ||||||||
Game 17: Fri-9AM: Loser9 00 Loser10 00 Game 18: Fri-10:30A: Loser11 00 Loser12 00 Game 21: Fri-4PM: Loser13 00 Loser14 00 Game 22: Fri-5:30P: Loser15 00 Loser16 00 Game 25: Sat-9AM: Loser17 00 Loser18 00 Game 26: Sat-10:30A: Winner17 00 Winner18 00 Game 27: Sat-12:00: Loser19 00 Loser20 00 Game 28: Sat-1:30P: Loser21 00 Loser22 00 Game 29: Sat-4PM: Winner21 00 Winner22 00 Game 31: Sat-7PM: Loser23 00 Loser24 00 (Winner of Game 31 - 3rd Place; Loser of Game 31 - 4th Place)
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