Gamble Classic revises schedule

Published 4:53 pm Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Port Arthur Memorial’s boys basketball team announced revisions to the James Gamble Classic, which begins Thursday and runs through Saturday at Memorial.

Seven of the 10 teams will play two games each in Thursday’s pool play. Memorial and Channelview will each play once, and Kelly has already been placed in a consolation round to take on the loser of the first tournament game.

The revised schedule:

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Thursday (all pool play games, all in the Competition Gym):

  • 10:30 a.m.: Houston Kashmere vs. Fort Bend Ridge Point
  • Noon: North Shore vs. Houston Scarborough
  • 1:30 p.m.: Dickinson vs. Kashmere
  • 3 p.m.: Scarborough vs. Ozen
  • 4:30 p.m.: Channelview vs. Dickinson
  • 6 p.m.: Ozen vs. North Shore
  • 7:30 p.m.: Memorial vs. Ridge Point

 

Friday (all games at the Competition Gym):

  • Noon: Game 1, Eighth place vs. ninth place
  • 1:30 p.m.: Game 2, Third place vs. sixth place
  • 3 p.m.: Game 3, Second place vs. seventh place
  • 4:30 p.m.: Fourth place vs. fifth place
  • 6 p.m.: First place vs. Game 1 winner

 

Saturday (all games, unless otherwise noted, at the Competition Gym):

  • 10:30 a.m.: Game 1 loser vs. Kelly
  • 10:30 a.m.: Game 2 loser vs. Game 3 loser, at Auxiliary Gym
  • Noon: Game 7, semifinal, winners of games 2 and 3
  • 1:30 p.m.: Game 8, semifinal, winners of games 4 and 5
  • 3 p.m.: Game 4 loser vs. Game 5 loser
  • 4:30 p.m.: Third-place game, losers of games 7 and 8
  • 6 p.m. Championship game

 

Also, Bridge City has released the schedule for its annual Cardinal Classic:

 

Thursday

  • 9 a.m.: At high school gym, Vidor vs. Evadale; at middle school gym, Orangefield vs. Evadale
  • 10:20 a.m: At high school gym, Bridge City vs. Anahuac; at middle school gym, Sabine Pass vs. Port Neches-Groves
  • 11:40 a.m.: At high school gym, Evadale vs. Vidor; at middle school gym, Tarkington vs. Orangefield
  • 1 p.m.: Anahuac vs. PNG; at middle school gym, Sabine Pass vs. Bridge City

 

Friday

  • 9 a.m.: At high school gym, Vidor vs. Orangefield; at middle school gym, Bridge City vs. PNG
  • 10:20 a.m.: At high school gym, Tarkington vs. Evadale; at middle school gym, Anahuac vs. Sabine Pass
  • 11:40 a.m.: At high school gym, three-point contest
  • 12:40 p.m.: At high school gym, third-place pool teams; at middle school gym, fourth-place pool teams
  • 2 p.m.: At high school gym, second-place pool teams
  • 3:20 p.m.: At high school gym, championship game

About I.C. Murrell

I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

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