Salpointe welcomes all comers in annual hoops tournament

Tucson’s most traditional high school basketball tournament, the Salpointe Catholic Tipoff, enters its 24th year Monday with eight teams from Southern Arizona and eight from Phoenix playing to reach Saturday’s 8 p.m. championship game. Coach Brian Holstrom’s tournament has been so good that the host Lancers haven’t won it since 2010. One of the most appealing games is a Wednesday 8 p.m., showdown, Salpointe v. Sunnyside, in which Division I prospects Majok Deng and Cameron Miller of the Lancers meet Nikc Jackson, Mikey Silva and Santino Duarte of Sunnyside. One of Monday’s top games is an 8 p.m., clash between Rich Utter’s Rincon/University Rangers and Catalina Foothills, which is led by Division I prospect Sam Beskind.  

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