Prep basketball junkies will need to find their way to either St. Clairsville, Bridgeport, Union Local or the St. C. Recreation Center Thursday.
The third annual Summer Standout Classic is a one-day event, which brings together 16 teams for a boys' basketball shootout.
The tournament, which is directed by Eric Gay, has once again drawn a stellar field of teams from the immediate area and across the Buckeye State.
The host Red Devils will play all of their games on their homecourt, but they're in a demanding pool.
They'll begin the event in the opening game, taking on Steubenville Central. St. Clairsville's other two games are against defending Division II state champion Dayton Dunbar and perennial Division I power Canton McKinley.
Both Dunbar and McKinley took part in last year's event as well.
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Pool A
(at St. Clairsville H.S.)
10:30 a.m. - St. Clairsville vs. Steubenville Central
11:20 a.m. - Dayton Dunbar vs. Canton McKinley.
12:10 p.m. - St. Clairsville vs. Dayton Dunbar.
1:00 p.m. - Steubenville Central vs. Canton McKinley.
1:50 p.m. - Steubenville Central vs. Dayton Dunbar.
2:40 p.m. - Canton McKinley vs. St. Clairsville.
Pool B
(at Union Local H.S.)
10:30 a.m. - Harrison Central vs. Buckeye Local.
11:20 a.m. - Canton Timken vs. Bloom-Carroll.
12:10 p.m. - Harrison Central vs. Canton Timken.
1:00 p.m. - Buckeye Local vs. Bloom-Carroll.
1:50 p.m. - Canton Timken vs. Buckeye Local.
2:40 p.m. - Harrison Central vs. Bloom-Carroll.
Pool C
(at Bridgeport H.S.)
10:30 a.m. - Wheeling Park vs. Bridgeport.
11:20 a.m. - New Philadelphia vs. Columbus Walnut Ridge.
12:10 p.m. - Wheeling Park vs. New Philadelphia.
1:00 p.m. - Bridgeport vs. Walnut Ridge.
1:50 p.m. - Bridgeport vs. New Philadelphia.
2:40 p.m. - Wheeling Park vs. Walnut Ridge.
Pool D
(at St. C. Rec. Center)
10:30 a.m. - Steubenville vs. Shadyside.
11:20 a.m. - Columbus Africentric vs. Carrollton.
12:10 p.m. - Steubenville vs. Africentric.
1:00 p.m. - Shadyside vs. Carrollton.
1:50 p.m. - Shadyside vs. Africentric.
2:40 p.m. - Steubenville vs. Carrollton.
Tournament
(at St. Clairsville H.S.)
3:45 p.m. - Champion of Pool A vs. Champion of Pool D
4:05 p.m. - Champion of Pool B vs. Champion of Pool C
4:25 p.m. - Championship Game
The local teams ticketed for Union Local are Buckeye Local and Harrison Central, which will meet each other at 10:30 a.m. The balance of the pool includes Division I Canton Timken and Bloom-Carroll.
At the Rec Center, Shadyside and Steubenville are the two teams from the area. They'll be joined by Division IV state semifinalist Columbus Africentric and Carrollton.
Wheeling Park is the lone school not from Ohio in the field. The Patriots will play their three games at Bridgeport High School.
Also ticketed for Bridgeport are the host Bulldogs, Division II regional runnerup New Philadelphia and Columbus Walnut Ridge, which plays in the Columbus City League.
Each game will consist of two, 18-minute halves and the top finisher in each pool will advance to the tournament event, which will be held at the St. C. Gymnasium.
The games tip off at 10:30 a.m. and run every 50 minutes with the lap game starting at 2:40 p.m.
The tournament portion of the event will consist of only one, 15-minute half. It will begin at 3:45 p.m. and the championship game is slated for 4:25 p.m.
