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Dominguez @ New Jersey Prime-Time
Shootout Next Weekend--(Feb. 3, 2001)

And we thought the regular season was supposed to end on Friday, February 9. . . That's when the CIF says that all "regular season" games have to be finished and the paperwork completed for the playoffs.  But there's still one more extravaganza event scheduled, it's just not in SoCal next weekend.  This one is called the "Prime Time Shootout" and it will be held in Trenton, New Jersey.   Remember Kareem Abdul Jabbar's "farewell tour" with the Lakers?  You know, the year he visited every arena and each team presented him with a gift in honor of his longevity in the league?  Well, this is Tyson Chandler's high school farewell tour to the east coast. . .and DaJaun Wagner's too, and a number of other top seniors.   If it seems like a cross-country trip to Trenton, NJ is a long way for Dominguez to travel for just one game, well, it is, but then this is payback time (i.e., the return trip) for the game last year with Roman Catholic here in Los Angeles.  And besides, it will give all the NBA scouts on the East Coast one more chance to see Tyson before this year's NBA draft. . .

Here's the official press release and schedule we received from Hoops USA's Eddie Oliver:

GET READY FOR THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL EVENT OF THE 2000-2001 SEASON
PRIME TIME SHOOTOUT
February 8-11 - Trenton, New Jersey

All the top events, Slam Dunk, City of Palms, Las Vegas, Beach Ball, Kingdom USA and all the others take a back seat to the high school event coming up next week in Trenton, New Jersey. The Prime Time Shootout is the best event of the season. No less than seventeen of the teams in the event have been or still are ranked among the nation's top 25 teams. Three players are legitimate Player of the Year candidates. The best big man in the country, Tyson Chandler of Dominguez (CA) will be there. The 100 point man DaJuan Wagner of Camnden (NJ) will be there. More All Americans than we can list will be there. It's the event of the season. If you're a basketball fan, don't miss it. Played at Sovereign Bank Arena February Thursday February 8 through Sunday February 11, this four days of outstanding high school basketball features great high school teams and players and the best coaches in the country.

Game Pairings are as follows:

Thursday February 8
Three games TBA 

Friday February 9

3:00 PM - New Brunswick (NJ) St. Peters vs Holmdel (NJ)

4:30 PM - St. Benedict’s (NJ) (6’5” Jr Zakee Boyd) vs Union (NJ)

6:00 PM - Philadelphia (PA) Roman Catholic (6’7” Tamal Forchion, 5’7” Tyree Wallace and 6’5” Scott Paxson) vs Philadelphia (PA) Simon Gratz (6’5” Michael Blackshear, 6’4” Brandon Millwood and 6’4” Michael Cuffee).

7:30 PM - Compton (CA) Dominguez (7'1" Tyson Chandler, 6’6” Jr Bobby Jones) vs Elizabeth (NJ) St. Patrick’s (6’9” Marcus Austin, 6'10" So
Grant Billmeier)

9:00 PM - Jersey City (NJ) St. Anthony’s (5’11” Elijah Ingram, 6’8” Jon Paul Kobry, 6’6” Darrel Melvin) vs Hyde (CN)

Saturday February 10

10:30 AM - Colonia (NJ) vs Cape May Courthouse (NJ) Middle Township

12:00 PM - St. Joseph’s Metuchen (NJ) (6’3” Jr Eric Wilkins) vs Camden (NJ) Woodrow Wilson (6’10” Marcus Gantt)

1:30 PM - Chester (PA) vs Newton (PA) Council Rock

3:00 PM - Lincroft (NJ) Christian Brothers Academy (6’4” Tim Begley) vs Mount Vernon (NY)

4:30 PM - Winston Salem (NC) R.J. Reynolds HS (6’8” Jason McDougal, 6’2” Mitchell Litelli and 6’8 So Keith Foser) vs Manhattan (NY) Rice (7’2”
Shagari Alleyne, 6’9” Shakeem Mitchell and 5’8” Keydren Clark)

6:00 PM - Camden (NJ) High (6'6" DaJuan Wagner, 6’1” Dorjian Brown , 6’6” Charles Pulliam and 6’9” Eric Davis) vs Bronx (NY) St. Raymond’s (6'6" Julius Hodge, 6’5” Chris McRae)

7:30 PM - Medford (NJ) Shawnee (6’5” Zack Martin) vs Neptune (NJ) High (6’1” Taquan Dean)

9:00 PM - Horsham (PA) Hatboro-Horsham (6’5” Pat Carroll, 6’5” Brian Novitski, 5’11” Dave Luber) vs Fort Washington (PA) Germantown Academy (6’11” Jr Ted Skuchas, 6’7 Jr Lee Melchioni, 6’4” Jr Matt Walsh, 6’2” Mike Slattery and 6’0” Troy Holiday)

Sunday, February 11

10:30 AM - Brooklyn (NY) LaSalle Academy (6’0” Famous Brown) vs Burlington (NJ), 1

2:00 PM - New Castle (PA) vs Middle Village (NY) Christ The King

1:30 PM - Jersey City (NJ) St. Anthony vs Long Island (NY) St. Dominic’s (6’5” Mike Grinnon, 6’5” Jr Tim Doyle)

3:00 PM - Elizabeth (NJ) St. Patrick’s vs Briarwood (NY) Archbishop Molloy (6’7” Wendell Gibson)

4:30 PM - Manhattan (NY) Rice vs Horsham (PA) Hatboro-Horsham

6:00 PM - Camden (NJ) vs Chester (PA)

7:30 PM - Richland (NJ) St. Augustine (5’9” Scott Greenman, 6’6’ Jose Gonzalez and 6’7” Olu Babaloa) vs Fort Washington (PA) Germantown Academy

9:00 - Philadelphia (PA) Simon Gratz vs Philadelphia (PA) St. John Neumann (6’8” Brandon Brigman, 5’9’ Cantreel Fletcher and 6’2” Robert Taylor).

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