Here’s our first updated look at the invitational senior boys basketball tournaments set to run this season. Keep checking back for more updates and if you are coaching a senior boys basketball team in B.C. this season and are hosting a tournament, send the information to htsumura@theprovince.com
CHILLIWACK INVITATIONAL
WHERE: Chilliwack Secondary
WHEN: Dec. 8-10
THE FIELD: Elgin Park, Lord Tweedsmuir, Port Moody, GW Graham, Mountain, Penticton, Sa-Hali, Valleyview, GP Vanier, Sardis, Point Grey, Chilliwack
SUTHERLAND SABRES HOLIDAY CLASSIC
WHERE: Sutherland Secondary (North Vancouver)
WHEN: Dec. 8-10
THE FIELD: Elphinstone, McNair, Centennial, Spectrum, McMath, Stelly’s, Seycove, Sutherland
WALNUT GROVE GATORS CLASSIC
WHERE: Walnut Grove Secondary (Langley)
WHEN: Dec. 8-10
THE FIELD: Maple Ridge, Heritage Woods, STM, Enver Creek, Gleneagle, Fleetwood Park, Mission, and Walnut Grove.
ROD THOMSON-REBEL CLASSIC
WHERE: Burnaby South
WHEN: Dec. 15-17
THE FIELD: Claremont, Tamanawis, Sir Winston Churchill, Delta, Heritage Park, Yale, Steveston-London, Burnaby South
GLENEAGLE TALONS CHALLENGE
WHERE: Gleneagle Secondary, Coquitlam
WHEN: Dec. 14-16
THE FIELD: R.C. Palmer, Carson Graham, Byrne Creek, Pinetree, Centennial, Sutherland, Sir Charles Tupper, Gleneagle
NORTH SHORE INVITATIONAL
WHERE: Carson Graham, Argyle and Handsworth secondary schools in North Vancouver
WHEN: Dec. 1-3
THE FIELD: (to date) Calgary-Western Canada, Claremont, Cowichan, Belmont, Dover Bay, Oak Bay, Seaquam, Lord Tweedsmuir, Brookswood. Four more teams TBA.
SURREY RCMP CLASSIC
WHERE: Various Surrey high schools
WHEN: Jan. 8-14
THE FIELD: Twenty-four senior and 16 junior teams
52ND ANNUAL SNOWBALL TOURNAMENT
WHERE: Abbotsford Collegiate
WHEN: Jan. 11-14
THE FIELD: Kelowna, Burnaby South, W.J. Mouat, Kitsilano, St. George’s, Winnipeg-Kelvin, MEI, Yale, G.W. Graham, Chillwack, Rhode Island-St. Andrews, Abbotsford Collegiate
AIR SHOW 2012
WHERE: Pitt Meadowas Secondary
WHEN: Jan. 12-14
THE FIELD: Mount Douglas, Mount Boucherie, Sir Charles Tupper, South Delta, Argyle, South Kamloops, Gleneagle, Cowichan, Claremont, Delta, Belmont, Pitt Meadows
DELTA PACERS CLASSIC
WHERE: Delta Secondary (Ladner)
WHEN: Jan. 19-21
THE FIELD: Centennial, Earl Marriott, Lord Tweedsmuir, R.E. Mountain, Cedar, Sentinel, Burnaby Central, Delta
THE EMERALD TOURNAMENT
WHERE: Vancouver College
WHEN: Jan. 19-21
THE FIELD: WRCA, Walnut Grove, Terry Fox, Burnaby South, Oak Bay, Vancouver College (more teams TBA)
THE MIDTOWN SHOWDOWN
WHERE: Eric Hamber Secondary
WHEN: Jan. 25-27
THE FIELD: TBA
JUNIOR BOYS
RIVERSIDE RAPIDS INVITATIONAL
WHERE: Riverside Secondary, Port Coquitlam
WHEN: Dec. 9-10
THE FIELD: Pitt Meadows, St. George’s, Argyle, Windsor, Carson Graham, Dr. Charles Best, Pinetree
