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BABC hosts Boston Shootout

Print | Comments () Posted by Bob Holmes, Globe Staff June 5, 2009 03:23 PM

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Some of the best high school basketball talent in the country will be on display Saturday and Sunday at the annual Boston Shootout basketball tournament. The tournament has two age goup competitions, under-17 and under-16 with teams from around the region competing at Boston University's Case Center.

In addition to the host Boston Amateur Basketball Club, other teams competing include the New York Gauchos, Albany City Rocks, Connecticut Select, Granite State Jayhawks, 518 Hustle (NY), Maine, and the Boston Warriors. Saturday's action starts at 9 a.m. The finals are scheduled for Sunday afternoon with the under-16 final at 4:10 p.m. followed at 5:30 by the under-17 championship.

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Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks. Contact him at rholmes@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeHolmes.
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