Ocean View girls’ hoops tourney set

The 2006 Ocean View Girls’ Varsity Christmas Classic basketball tournament gets underway Monday with first-round action at the Ocean View High gymnasium.

Sixteen teams will compete in pool play leading up to Saturday’s consolation and championship rounds of play.

The title game is 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 23. The schools competing are host Ocean View, University, Troy, Pacifica, Western, Fountain Valley, Laguna Beach, Aliso Niguel, Duarte, Capistrano Valley, Santa Margarita, Costa Mesa, Corona del Mar, El Toro, Dana Hills and Northwood.

All but Duarte are Orange County programs, and the 16 teams will be split into four pools: Pool A is composed of Ocean View, Western, Duarte and Capistrano Valley; Pool B is University, Fountain Valley, Santa Margarita and El Toro; Pool C is Troy, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, Dana Hills; Pool D is Pacifica, Aliso Niguel, Corona del Mar, Northwood.

Troy won the Division II-AA championship last year.

The Schedule

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Tournament action continues from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thurs., Dec. 21, 3:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Fri., Dec, 22 and from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Sat., Dec. 23.