Orange High School is the site of the 60th annual Orange Holiday Basketball Classic beginning Friday, Dec. 26. The event will include both boys and girls divisions and wrap up on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
Coach Jake Rhodes will lead his Orange Panthers boys basketball team into the long-running tournament.
In the boys division, Pool A consists of Incline, Nev; Irvine, Orange and Shadow Ridge, Nev. Pool B will include Boulder City, Nev., Cerritos, Fullerton, and Long Beach Wilson.
In the girls division, Pool A includes Apple Valley, Laguna Hills, Montclair, and Valley Christian. Pool B includes Cabrillo, Fullerton, Irvine, Orange.
Pool play games:
FRIDAY, DEC. 26:
Girls: Orange vs. Cabrillo, 9 a.m.; Irvine vs. Fullerton, 10:30 a.m.; Valley Christian vs. Montclair, noon; Apple Valley vs. Laguna Hills, 1:30 p.m..
Boys: Cerritos vs. Long Beach Wilson, 3 p.m.; Orange vs. Incline, 4:30 p.m.; Shawdow Ridge vs. Irvine, 6 p.m; Fullerton vs. Boulder City, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, DEC. 27:
Girls: Laguna Hills vs. Valley Christian, 9 a.m.; Cabrillo vs. Irvine, 10:30 a.m.; Montclair vs. Apple Valley, noon; Fullerton vs. Orange, 1:30 p.m.
Boys: Cerritos vs. Fullerton, 3 p.m.; LB Wilson vs. Boulder City, 4:30 p.m.; Shadow Ridge vs. Orange, 6 p.m.; Irvine vs. Incline, 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY, DEC. 29:
Girls: Fullerton vs. Cabrillo, 9 a.m.; Laguna Hills vs. Montclair, 10:30 a.m.; Apple Valley vs. Valley Christian, noon; Orange vs. Irvine, 1:30 p.m.
Boys: Irvine vs. Orange, 3 p.m.; Incline vs. Shadow Ridge, 4:30 p.m.; Long Beach Wilson vs. Fullerton, 6 p.m.; Cerritos vs. Boulder City, 7:30 p.m.
The tournament wraps up on Tuesday, Dec. 30 with games starting at 9 a.m. The girls championship will be at 6 p.m. followed by the boys tournament final at 7:30 p.m.
“Looking forward to helping our AD host the oldest running Christmas Tourney in Orange County,” Rhodes said on X this week. “We have great teams ranging from LA County, OC, San Bernardino County and Southern and Northern Nevada.”
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