High School Basketball Tournaments: December, 2011
As more complete information becomes available, the listing below will be updated, so please check back often. These events typically receive very little publicity, 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.
Please note that The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes, on or about Christmas Day, a detailed schedule of Christmastime tournaments held in the newspaper's prime circulation areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. I am unaware of a similar source of holiday tournament schedules for the balance of eastern Pennsylvania, for northern New Jersey, or for New York City.
December 9-10: Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Coatesville Tip-Off Classic @ Coatesville Area (Coatesville, PA) 12/9 7 Academy of the New Church v Life Center Academy, Archbishop Carroll v Bayard Rustin (West Chester, PA). 12/10 12:30 LaSalle College v Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter, Malvern Prep v Pennsbury, Lower Merion v Roman Catholic, Math Civics and Sciences Charter v Father Judge, Coatesville Area v Norristown Area.
December 9-10: Coaches vs. Cancer @ Shipley (Bryn Mawr, PA) 12/9 Haverford (the private school) v Phelps, Shipley v Valley Forge Military Academy. 12/10 5 winner v winner, loser v loser.
December 9-11: 39th Annual Peddie School Invitational Tournament @ Peddie (Hightstown, NJ) Format: eight teams play to a championship, and all teams play every day. 12/9 3:30 Hun v Chestnut Hill Academy, Phelps Academy v Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Peddie v Solebury, Lawrenceville v Westtown. 12/10 2 winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/11 10:30 winners v winners, losers v losers.
December 11: 8th Annual Big Apple Basketball Challenge @ Baruch College. 1 Bishop Ford v Pathways College Prep, Archbishop Molloy v Bayside, Holy Cross v Samuel Gompers, Bishop Loughlin v Wings Academy.
December 13: Glen Mills Tournament @ Glen Mills 4:15 Central (Philadelphia) v Lamberton, Glen Mills v Strawberry Mansion.
December 16: Hoop Group Reading Tip-Off Showcase @ Albright College 6:30 Berks Catholic v Strawberry Mansion, Reading v Neumann-Goretti.
December 16-18: 42nd Annual Dave Mercer Invitational Basketball Tournament @ Hill (Pottstown, PA) Format: eight teams play to a championship, with all teams playing all three days. 12/16 3:15 Hill v Perkiomen, Chestnut Hill Academy v Calvert Hall, Peddie v Blue Ridge, Kent v New Hampton. 12/17 12 winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/18 10 three consolation games followed by the championship.
December 16-17: Make a Wish Showcase @ Germantown Academy (Ft. Washington, PA) 12/16 5 Shipley v William Penn Charter, Germantown Academy v Cardinal O'Hara. 12/17 5 William Penn Charter v Cardinal O'Hara, Germantown Academy v Shipley.
December 17: Boys & Girls Club Tip-Off Classic @ Rider U. 11 Northern Burlington v West Windsor-Plainsboro North, Notre Dame (Lawrenceville, NJ) v Winslow Township, Hun v West Windsor-Plainsboro South, Trenton Catholic Academy v Princeton, followed by two girls' games.
December 17: Planet Athlete NJ Tip Off Showcase @ West Side Rec Center (Newark) 2 Cardinal McCarrick v Rutgers Prep, Samuel Gompers v Bloomfield Tech, Paul Robeson Campus (Brooklyn) v East Side (Newark), Piscataway v East Orange Campus, Robinson v Beacon Prep.
December 17: Coaches vs. Cancer Philly Six Event @ Cheltenham (Cheltenham, PA) 1:30 LaSalle College v Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Chester v Math Civics & Sciences Charter, Council Rock North v Boys' Latin Charter, Cheltenham v Abington.
December 17: Mid-Atlantic Shootout @ Coatesville Area (Coatesville, PA) ? Games include Lower Merion v McDonogh.
December 17-18: Hoop Group Tip-Off Showcase @ West Orange (West Orange, NJ) 12/17 1 Neptune v Scotch Plains, Don Bosco Prep v Englewood, Linden v Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ), St. Benedict's Prep v Plainfield, Seton Hall Prep v Columbia. 12/18 12 Hun v Paramus Catholic, Hudson Catholic v Rutgers Prep, St. Joseph (Metuchen, NJ) v Teaneck, St. Anthony v Trenton Catholic Academy, St. Benedict's Prep v Roselle Catholic.
December 17-18: Battle of the Verrazano @ Michael J. Petrides (Staten Island) ? Format: Staten Island teams v Brooklyn teams. Teams include: CSI/McCown, Susan Wagner, New Dorp, Michael J. Petrides, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Madison, Brooklyn Tech, and Fort Hamilton.
December 26-31: Boardwalk Basketball Classic @ Wildwoods Convention Center (Wildwood, NJ) 12/26 2 Absegami v Visions Academy Charter, Cape May Tech v Montgomery Blair, St. Joseph (?) v Wildwood, Monsignor Bonner v Bridgeton. 12/27 9:30 eight games, including Hammonton v Wildwood Catholic, Cherokee v Penns Grove, Lower Cape May v Metropolitan, Father Judge v Holy Cross (Delran, NJ). 12/28 9:30 eight games, including Ocean City v Pleasantville, Archbishop Ryan v Winslow Township, Pennsauken v Oakcrest, Archbishop Wood v Communications Tech. 12/29 10:30 six games, including Vineland v Westampton Tech, Delsea v Wilmington Christian. 12/30 five games, including Middle Township v Egg Harbor Township, Cedar Creek v Woodbury, Holy Spirit v Atlantic Christian. 12/31 9:45 three games, plus a girls' game, including Wildwood v Wildwood Catholic.
December 26, 28, and 30: Playaz Jingle Bells Jubilee Holiday Tournament @ Paterson Charter of Science and Technology (764 11th Avenue, Paterson, NJ) Format: eight teams play to a championship. 12/26 3 Passaic Valley v Newark Tech, Teaneck v Passaic, St. Peter's Prep v Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ), Hackensack v John F. Kennedy (Paterson, NJ). 12/28 3 four games, winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/30 4 three games, winners v winners, losers v losers.
December 27-30: 7th Annual Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Jameer Nelson Philly.com/Rally Classic 12/27 @ Plymouth-Whitemarsh (Plymouth Meeting, PA) 3:30 Archbishop Wood v Sanford, Roberts Vaux v Cheltenham, St. Joseph's Prep v Upper Darby, LaSalle College v Council Rock North. 12/28 @ Widener U. 1:15 Academy of the New Church v Newark (Newark, DE), Atlantic City v Sidwell Friends, Penn Wood v St. Joseph (Metuchen, NJ), Plymouth-Whitemarsh v Patterson, Chester v Imhotep Charter. 12/29 @? 12:30 Abington Friends v Sidwell Friends, Shipley v St. Augustine Prep, Academy of the New Church v St. Joseph (Metuchen, NJ), LaSalle College v Wissahickon, Plymouth-Whitemarsh v Sanford. 12/30 @ Widener U 12 Norristown Area v Upper Darby, William Tennent v Interboro, Math Civics and Sciences Charter v Patterson, Lower Merion v St. Joseph's Prep, Friends' Central v Neshaminy, Chester v Hodgson.
December 27-30: Primetime ESCIT Christmas Tournament @ Trenton Catholic Academy (Hamilton, NJ) 12/27 12 Liberty (Bethlehem, PA) v Octorara, West Windsor-Plainsboro South v Rancocas Valley Regional, Trenton Central v Math Civics and Sciences Charter, Milford Mill v ?, Linden v Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter, Trenton Catholic Academy v Lakewood. 12/28 12 winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/29 3 Life Center Academy v Rutgers Prep, a girls game, Westtown v Solebury. 12/30 3 winner v winner from 12/29, loser v loser from 12/29.
December 27-28: 38th Annual Norristown Triangle Club Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament @ Norristown Area (Norristown, PA) 6:30 (both days) Format: four teams play to a championship. Teams include: Norristown Area, Central Dauphin, Souderton, and Murrell Dobbins Tech.
December 27-28: Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Lower Merion Jameer Nelson Classic @ Lower Merion (Ardmore, PA) 12/27 6 Emmaus v Calvert Hall, Lower Merion v Church Farm. 12/28 ? Winner v winner, loser v loser.
December 27 and 29: Bishop Eustace Prep Holiday Tournament @ Bishop Eustace Prep (Pennsauken, NJ) 12/27 6 Cherry Hill West v Bishop Hendricken, Bishop Eustace Prep v Sacred Heart (Vineland, NJ). 12/29 6 winner v winner, loser v loser. Note: Bishop Hendricken has won a Rhode Island state championship in seven of the past eight seasons.
December 29-31: Planet Athlete National Holiday Invitational Showcase @ Plainfield (Plainfield, NJ) The schedule for this event has not been published, but teams include Plainfield, St. Benedict's Prep, East Orange Campus, Life Center Academy, Franklin (Somerset, NJ), Paul Robeson Campus (Brooklyn), McKee/Staten Island Tech, Our Savior New American, and some post-grad teams from several states. For details, see http://www.planetathlete.org .
December 30: Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout @ Haverford (the public school) (Haverford, PA) 12:30 Sun Valley v Perkiomen Valley, Boys' Latin Charter v Ridley, Church Farm v Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter. 6 Scranton v Roberts Vaux, Haverford (the public school) v Octorara. There are separate admissions for the afternoon tripleheader and for the evening doubleheader.
Please note that The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes, on or about Christmas Day, a detailed schedule of Christmastime tournaments held in the newspaper's prime circulation areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. I am unaware of a similar source of holiday tournament schedules for the balance of eastern Pennsylvania, for northern New Jersey, or for New York City.
December 9-10: Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Coatesville Tip-Off Classic @ Coatesville Area (Coatesville, PA) 12/9 7 Academy of the New Church v Life Center Academy, Archbishop Carroll v Bayard Rustin (West Chester, PA). 12/10 12:30 LaSalle College v Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter, Malvern Prep v Pennsbury, Lower Merion v Roman Catholic, Math Civics and Sciences Charter v Father Judge, Coatesville Area v Norristown Area.
December 9-10: Coaches vs. Cancer @ Shipley (Bryn Mawr, PA) 12/9 Haverford (the private school) v Phelps, Shipley v Valley Forge Military Academy. 12/10 5 winner v winner, loser v loser.
December 9-11: 39th Annual Peddie School Invitational Tournament @ Peddie (Hightstown, NJ) Format: eight teams play to a championship, and all teams play every day. 12/9 3:30 Hun v Chestnut Hill Academy, Phelps Academy v Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Peddie v Solebury, Lawrenceville v Westtown. 12/10 2 winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/11 10:30 winners v winners, losers v losers.
December 11: 8th Annual Big Apple Basketball Challenge @ Baruch College. 1 Bishop Ford v Pathways College Prep, Archbishop Molloy v Bayside, Holy Cross v Samuel Gompers, Bishop Loughlin v Wings Academy.
December 13: Glen Mills Tournament @ Glen Mills 4:15 Central (Philadelphia) v Lamberton, Glen Mills v Strawberry Mansion.
December 16: Hoop Group Reading Tip-Off Showcase @ Albright College 6:30 Berks Catholic v Strawberry Mansion, Reading v Neumann-Goretti.
December 16-18: 42nd Annual Dave Mercer Invitational Basketball Tournament @ Hill (Pottstown, PA) Format: eight teams play to a championship, with all teams playing all three days. 12/16 3:15 Hill v Perkiomen, Chestnut Hill Academy v Calvert Hall, Peddie v Blue Ridge, Kent v New Hampton. 12/17 12 winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/18 10 three consolation games followed by the championship.
December 16-17: Make a Wish Showcase @ Germantown Academy (Ft. Washington, PA) 12/16 5 Shipley v William Penn Charter, Germantown Academy v Cardinal O'Hara. 12/17 5 William Penn Charter v Cardinal O'Hara, Germantown Academy v Shipley.
December 17: Boys & Girls Club Tip-Off Classic @ Rider U. 11 Northern Burlington v West Windsor-Plainsboro North, Notre Dame (Lawrenceville, NJ) v Winslow Township, Hun v West Windsor-Plainsboro South, Trenton Catholic Academy v Princeton, followed by two girls' games.
December 17: Planet Athlete NJ Tip Off Showcase @ West Side Rec Center (Newark) 2 Cardinal McCarrick v Rutgers Prep, Samuel Gompers v Bloomfield Tech, Paul Robeson Campus (Brooklyn) v East Side (Newark), Piscataway v East Orange Campus, Robinson v Beacon Prep.
December 17: Coaches vs. Cancer Philly Six Event @ Cheltenham (Cheltenham, PA) 1:30 LaSalle College v Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Chester v Math Civics & Sciences Charter, Council Rock North v Boys' Latin Charter, Cheltenham v Abington.
December 17: Mid-Atlantic Shootout @ Coatesville Area (Coatesville, PA) ? Games include Lower Merion v McDonogh.
December 17-18: Hoop Group Tip-Off Showcase @ West Orange (West Orange, NJ) 12/17 1 Neptune v Scotch Plains, Don Bosco Prep v Englewood, Linden v Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ), St. Benedict's Prep v Plainfield, Seton Hall Prep v Columbia. 12/18 12 Hun v Paramus Catholic, Hudson Catholic v Rutgers Prep, St. Joseph (Metuchen, NJ) v Teaneck, St. Anthony v Trenton Catholic Academy, St. Benedict's Prep v Roselle Catholic.
December 17-18: Battle of the Verrazano @ Michael J. Petrides (Staten Island) ? Format: Staten Island teams v Brooklyn teams. Teams include: CSI/McCown, Susan Wagner, New Dorp, Michael J. Petrides, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Madison, Brooklyn Tech, and Fort Hamilton.
December 26-31: Boardwalk Basketball Classic @ Wildwoods Convention Center (Wildwood, NJ) 12/26 2 Absegami v Visions Academy Charter, Cape May Tech v Montgomery Blair, St. Joseph (?) v Wildwood, Monsignor Bonner v Bridgeton. 12/27 9:30 eight games, including Hammonton v Wildwood Catholic, Cherokee v Penns Grove, Lower Cape May v Metropolitan, Father Judge v Holy Cross (Delran, NJ). 12/28 9:30 eight games, including Ocean City v Pleasantville, Archbishop Ryan v Winslow Township, Pennsauken v Oakcrest, Archbishop Wood v Communications Tech. 12/29 10:30 six games, including Vineland v Westampton Tech, Delsea v Wilmington Christian. 12/30 five games, including Middle Township v Egg Harbor Township, Cedar Creek v Woodbury, Holy Spirit v Atlantic Christian. 12/31 9:45 three games, plus a girls' game, including Wildwood v Wildwood Catholic.
December 26, 28, and 30: Playaz Jingle Bells Jubilee Holiday Tournament @ Paterson Charter of Science and Technology (764 11th Avenue, Paterson, NJ) Format: eight teams play to a championship. 12/26 3 Passaic Valley v Newark Tech, Teaneck v Passaic, St. Peter's Prep v Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ), Hackensack v John F. Kennedy (Paterson, NJ). 12/28 3 four games, winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/30 4 three games, winners v winners, losers v losers.
December 27-30: 7th Annual Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Jameer Nelson Philly.com/Rally Classic 12/27 @ Plymouth-Whitemarsh (Plymouth Meeting, PA) 3:30 Archbishop Wood v Sanford, Roberts Vaux v Cheltenham, St. Joseph's Prep v Upper Darby, LaSalle College v Council Rock North. 12/28 @ Widener U. 1:15 Academy of the New Church v Newark (Newark, DE), Atlantic City v Sidwell Friends, Penn Wood v St. Joseph (Metuchen, NJ), Plymouth-Whitemarsh v Patterson, Chester v Imhotep Charter. 12/29 @? 12:30 Abington Friends v Sidwell Friends, Shipley v St. Augustine Prep, Academy of the New Church v St. Joseph (Metuchen, NJ), LaSalle College v Wissahickon, Plymouth-Whitemarsh v Sanford. 12/30 @ Widener U 12 Norristown Area v Upper Darby, William Tennent v Interboro, Math Civics and Sciences Charter v Patterson, Lower Merion v St. Joseph's Prep, Friends' Central v Neshaminy, Chester v Hodgson.
December 27-30: Primetime ESCIT Christmas Tournament @ Trenton Catholic Academy (Hamilton, NJ) 12/27 12 Liberty (Bethlehem, PA) v Octorara, West Windsor-Plainsboro South v Rancocas Valley Regional, Trenton Central v Math Civics and Sciences Charter, Milford Mill v ?, Linden v Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter, Trenton Catholic Academy v Lakewood. 12/28 12 winners v winners, losers v losers. 12/29 3 Life Center Academy v Rutgers Prep, a girls game, Westtown v Solebury. 12/30 3 winner v winner from 12/29, loser v loser from 12/29.
December 27-28: 38th Annual Norristown Triangle Club Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament @ Norristown Area (Norristown, PA) 6:30 (both days) Format: four teams play to a championship. Teams include: Norristown Area, Central Dauphin, Souderton, and Murrell Dobbins Tech.
December 27-28: Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Lower Merion Jameer Nelson Classic @ Lower Merion (Ardmore, PA) 12/27 6 Emmaus v Calvert Hall, Lower Merion v Church Farm. 12/28 ? Winner v winner, loser v loser.
December 27 and 29: Bishop Eustace Prep Holiday Tournament @ Bishop Eustace Prep (Pennsauken, NJ) 12/27 6 Cherry Hill West v Bishop Hendricken, Bishop Eustace Prep v Sacred Heart (Vineland, NJ). 12/29 6 winner v winner, loser v loser. Note: Bishop Hendricken has won a Rhode Island state championship in seven of the past eight seasons.
December 29-31: Planet Athlete National Holiday Invitational Showcase @ Plainfield (Plainfield, NJ) The schedule for this event has not been published, but teams include Plainfield, St. Benedict's Prep, East Orange Campus, Life Center Academy, Franklin (Somerset, NJ), Paul Robeson Campus (Brooklyn), McKee/Staten Island Tech, Our Savior New American, and some post-grad teams from several states. For details, see http://www.planetathlete.org .
December 30: Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout @ Haverford (the public school) (Haverford, PA) 12:30 Sun Valley v Perkiomen Valley, Boys' Latin Charter v Ridley, Church Farm v Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter. 6 Scranton v Roberts Vaux, Haverford (the public school) v Octorara. There are separate admissions for the afternoon tripleheader and for the evening doubleheader.
Posted by Dave Kehler at 12/8/2011 2:13 PM 
Categories: 2011-12 High School Basketball Tournament Schedules
Categories: 2011-12 High School Basketball Tournament Schedules
i check your website every day i love highschool ball
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excellent. it would have taken me an hr of searching to find this and then I'm sure I would have missed something. thanks
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