Visitmesa.com Hoops Challenge one to watch over the holidays

November 10, 2010 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


A heads up to plan for some down time during the Christmas break if you are a boys basketball fan.

The annual Visitmesa.com (boys) Basketball Invitational is set for Dec. 27-30 at Mesa Mountain View High School with some familiar teams and some new ones.

Returning teams are Mountain View, Red Mountain, Dobson, St. Mary's, Horizon  and Mountain Pointe. New to the field from Arizona are Buena, Chaparral, Chandler, Westwind Prep, Amphitheater and Sunnyslope. The out of state entries are Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio);  Lutheran (Orange, Calif.); Brighton (Cottonwood Hieghts, Utah) and Serra (Gardena, Calif.). The competition is pool play the first three days and matchup games are set for the fourth day to highlight the top teams vs. one another.

For more information, go to visitmesa.com for brackets, game times and information about each competing school.