High School Basketball Tournaments: January, 2012

As more complete information becomes available, the listing below will be updated, so check back often.  These events are typically little publicized, and, to the best of my knowledge, no other source attempts to gather this information in one place.  If possible, it is best to check for last minute schedule changes before you go.

January 1: 5th Annual Villa Classic--Philadelphia Edition @ two locations (event was moved from Temple U due to an NCAA rule)  @ Benjamin Franklin (550 North Broad Street, Philadelphia) 12 Constitution v Benjamin Cardozo, Imhotep Charter v South Shore, Roberts Vaux v Boys and Girls.  @ Widener U. 6 Friends' Central v Wings Academy, Chester v Christ the King.

January 1:  Playaz New Year's Jumpoff @ Teaneck (100 Elizabeth Avenue, Teaneck, NJ) 3 Hackensack v Dwight Morrow, Plainfield v Hudson Catholic, Teaneck v St. Patrick, St. Anthony v St. Benedict's Prep.

January 2: Crest Savings Bank Battle of the Boards @ Wildwoods Convention Center (Wildwood, NJ) 1:45 Wildwood v Lower Cape May, then two girls' games, Cape May Tech v Ocean City, Wildwood Catholic v Middle Township.

January 7-8: Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children Basketball Festival @ Kean U 1/7 2:30 St. Anthony v Roselle Catholic, Hudson Catholic v St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ), Seton Hall Prep v St. Joseph (Metuchen, NJ).  1/8 ? St. Peter's Prep v Don Bosco, a girls' game, St. Patrick v Trenton Catholic Academy, St. Benedict's Prep v Bergen Catholic.

January 14:  Dan Finn Classic @ Jersey City Armory (Jersey City) 2:15 Linden v North Bergen, St. Benedict's Prep v Patterson (Baltimore), St. Anthony v St. Peter's Prep, Teaneck v Next Level Prep (Toronto).

January 14:  Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase @ Long Branch (Long Branch, NJ) 12 Lakewood v Colts Neck, Jackson Memorial v Middletown North, Point Pleasant Beach v Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ), Neptune v Raritan, Long Branch v Manasquan.  Contrary to previous information, Gill St. Bernard's will not play in this event.

January 14:  9th Annual Big Apple Basketball Invitational (Day One) @ Baruch College 12 Academy of the New Church v Long Island Lutheran, Wings Academy v Roberts Vaux, Bridgton Academy v Vermont Academy, Benjamin Cardozo v New London, South Shore v Mount Vernon.

January 14-15:  Public vs. Private Challenge @ Dwight Morrow (274 Knickerbocker Road, Englewood, NJ) 1/14 3:15 Christ the King Prep (Newark) v West Milford, Dwight-Englewood v Tenafly, Dwight Morrow v Sacred Heart (Yonkers, NY).  1/15 3:45 University (Newark) v Morris Catholic, John F. Kennedy (Paterson, NJ) v Sacred Heart (Yonkers, NY), Marist (Bayonne, NJ) v Hackensack.

January 14-16: Planet Athlete MLK-I Have a Dream Classic @ Franklin (Somerset, NJ) and Gaucho's Gym (Bronx)  The schedule for this event has not been published, but teams include Bishop Ford, Life Center Academy, Paul Robeson Campus (Brooklyn), Rutgers Prep, Samuel Gompers, Cardinal McCarrick, Franklin (Somerset, NJ), Piscataway, Satellite Academy, McKee/Staten Island Tech, Central (Newark), St. Benedict's Prep, Wings Academy, East Side (Newark), Wadleigh, and Long Island Lutheran--plus teams from seven states with post-grad players.  See http://www.planetathlete.org for details. 

January 15: Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Harrisburg Classic @ Central Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA) 1:45 Communications Tech v Berks Catholic, Red Land v Haverford (the private school), Central Dauphin v Scranton, Cedar Cliff v Bayard Rustin.

January 16: New Jersey Showcase @ Sun Bank Arena (Trenton, NJ) ? games include Montrose Christian v Kinston (Kinston, NC).  Please note that this event is not confirmed and is highly unlikely to take place.

January 16:  9th Annual Big Apple Basketball Invitational (Day Two) @ Baruch College 12 Bayside v Princeton Day, St. Thomas More v Notre Dame Prep, Benjamin Cardozo v Mount Vernon, Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) v Roberts Vaux.

January 16: Playaz Freedom Fighters Hoop Challenge @ Eastside (Paterson) (150 Park Avenue, Paterson, NJ) 3 John F. Kennedy (Paterson) v East Side (Newark), St. Peter's Prep v Newark Tech, Hudson Catholic v Roselle Catholic, Eastside (Paterson) v Pope John XXIIII Regional (Sparta, NJ)

January 21:  Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Reading Classic @ Reading (Reading, PA) 6:30 Berks Catholic v Constitution, Reading v Imhotep Charter.

January 21:  Tri-County Shootout @ Notre Dame (Lawrence, NJ) (601 Lawrence Road, Lawrence, NJ) 12 Lawrence v Bound Brook, Hunterdon Central v John F. Kennedy (Iselin, NJ), Immaculata v West Windsor-Plainsboro South, Notre Dame (Lawrence, NJ) v Franklin.  @ Montgomery Township (1016 Route 601, Skillman, NJ) 11 Princeton Day v North Plainfield, North Hunterdon v West Windsor-Plainsboro North, Hopewell Valley v Watchung Hills, Princeton v Hillsborough, Montgomery Township v Mount Olive.

January 21-22:  Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Kobe Bryant Classic 1/21 @ Lower Merion (Ardmore, PA) 11 Archbishop Wood v Pocono Mountain East, Harriton v Holy Ghost Prep, Lower Merion v Scranton, Friends' Central v Penn Wood, Neshaminy v Archbishop Carroll, Westtown v South Kent, Academy of the New Church v South Shore.  1/22 @ Plymouth-Whitemarsh (Plymouth Meeting, PA) 12 Bensalem v Haverford (the private school), Germantown Academy v Devon Prep, Shipley v Phelps, Malvern Prep v Conestoga, Plymouth-Whitemarsh v Math Civics & Sciences Charter.  Please note: according to Jeremy Treatman of the Scholastic Play-by-Play Network, due to the snow storm, the first game scheduled to be played on 1/21 has been cancelled.  The other six games on the 1/21 schedule are to be played, with the event beginning at 12:45, rather than 11.

January 21-22:  Coaches vs. Cancer Classic @ John F. Kennedy (Paterson, NJ) (61-127 Preakness Avenue, Paterson, NJ) 1/21 11 Hawthorne Christian v Eastern Christian, DePaul v Passaic Tech, Hackensack v West Milford, Cliffside Park v Wayne Hills, Ramapo v Wayne Valley, Bergen Catholic v North Bergen, Tenafly v Old Tappan.  1/22 12 Union City v Wood-Ridge, Passaic Valley v Indian Hills, St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ) v Passaic, Pascack Hills v Colonia, Linden v Don Bosco Prep, John F. Kennedy (Paterson, NJ) v Teaneck.

January 22:  New Jersey vs. New York High School Challenge @ Dwight Morrow (274 Knickerbocker Road, Englewood, NJ) 12 five games, including Montclair v Bayside, Bayonne v Pathways College Prep, Malcolm X Shabazz v John F. Kennedy (Bronx), Dwight Morrow v Thurgood Marshall Academy.

January 27-28:  SNY Invitational @ Long Island U.  ? 1/27 winners play on 1/28 for the championship.  There is also a consolation game played on 1/28.  Games will be televised by SNY.  The teams are St. Anthony, St. Raymond, Benjamin Cardozo, and Thomas Jefferson Campus.  This event has been CANCELLED, presumably due to the new NCAA policy prohibiting the use of Division 1 member gyms for events of this type. 

January 28:  Newark National Invitational @ Prudential Center (Newark, NJ) 11 Gill St. Bernard's v St. Peter's Prep, Hudson Catholic v Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn, NY), St. Benedict's Prep v Blair Academy .

January 28:  Geigle Shootout @ Reading (Reading, PA) 1:30 Pocono Mountain East v Central Dauphin East, Berks Catholic v Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter, J. P. McCaskey v Cedar Cliff, William Penn (York) v Penn Wood,  Reading v Harrisburg.

January 28:  Hoops for the Homeless @ Elizabeth 5 St. Mary of the Assumption (Elizabeth, NJ) v Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Elizabeth v Franklin (Somerset, NJ), St. Patrick v Roselle Catholic.

January 29: Hoop Group Lehigh Valley Showcase @ Parkland (Allentown, PA) 1 Allentown Central Catholic v Council Rock North, Neumann-Goretti v South Shore, St. Benedict's Prep v Constitution, Parkland v Scranton.  Note revised schedule.

 

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  • 1/22/2012 10:34 AM Peter Morales wrote:
    great job...key is knowing where the games are being played.Other sites name a home team ( the favorite) but it is not been played at that "home team" site unless it is the host school
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