27TH
GONZAGA DC CLASSIC
ALL-MET ELITE
CHRIS LYKES
GONZAGA HS.
WASHINGTON D.C.
The 27th Annual Gonzaga DC Classic basketball tournament begins Friday afternoon, December 11, 2014 at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC. Games continue Saturday at Gonzaga and Sunday at Bender Arena at American University.
Gonzaga, last season’s Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) Champions, will be joined in this advancing tournament by seven teams from the Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City regions.
Joining Gonzaga will be 2014 DC Classic Champions Roman Catholic High School (Philadelphia, PA), Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School (Brooklyn, NY), Calvin Coolidge Senior High School (Washington, DC), Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Olney, MD), Our Lady of Mount Carmel School (Baltimore, MD), St. Andrew’s Episcopal School (Potomac, MD) and St. Raymond High School for Boys (Bronx, NY). , All proceeds from program sponsors, ticket and merchandise sales go to support Gonzaga’s far-reaching service programs here in the Washington region and across the U.S. and Latin America. The tournament’s slogan is “Great Basketball Supporting Good Works”.
Games begin Friday at 3:15 when Bishop Loughlin takes on St. Andrew’s Episcopal. The 5:00 game will feature Our Lady of Mt. Carmel versus the host team, Gonzaga. At 6:45, Roman Catholic battles Calvin Coolidge followed by the 8:30 game in which St. Raymond challenges Our Lady of Good Counsel. All Friday and Saturday games will be played in the Carmody Center gym at Gonzaga College High School. Second round games begin at 3:15 on Saturday.
Sunday games will be played at Bender Arena at American University and final round consolation and championship games begin at 1:30 on Sunday. Tickets are $10.00 per day for adults, $5.00 for students.
The entire tournament will be webcast and can be viewed at the tournament website, www.gonzagadcclassic.org. The official tournament twitter feed can be found at @gonzagaclassic.
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