Salpointe head coach Brian Holstrom makes a point to his bench players during the Salpointe vs. Sahuaro boys high school basketball game at the MLK Basketball Classic on Jan. 18, 2014, at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. Salpointe won 63-49.

 Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Salpointe Catholic basketball coach Brian Holstrom has aggressively scheduled a 16-team Tip-Off Classic to open the boys hoops season that begins Monday and will continue at Salpointe from 3:30-8 p.m., on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Among the eight local teams in the field will be some of Tucson’s leading players: Cholla’s Jorge Carrasco, Sunnyside’s Jacob Inclan and Ironwood Ridge’s Austin Aguilar.

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