8th Annual

2008 SMG Christmas Basketball Tournament

December 26-30, 2008

WELCOME

Join us for the 8th annual 2008 SMG Christmas Basketball tournament. 5-8th Grade school teams from all over the Philadelphia area will be visiting St. Maria Goretti to compete in games this December. Sponsors and help needed! This is a great way to show our community spirit to all the Philadelphia area!

SCHEDULE

[xx] = Final scores

Day	Game #	Starting	Ending	Division	Match-ups
Fri. 12/26/07	1	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	JVB	SMG (Friel) [30]		St. Mary [20]
Fri. 12/26/07	2	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	JVB	St. Basil [22]		Holy Martyrs (Blue) [26]
Fri. 12/26/07	3	11:00 AM	12:00 PM	JVB	SMG (Antenuci) [13]		St. Francis Cabrini [34]
Fri. 12/26/07	4	12:00 PM	1:00 PM	JVG	St. Cyril [23]		St. Luke [14]
Fri. 12/26/07	5	1:00 PM	2:00 PM	JVG	Holy Martyrs [12]		Corpus Cristi [13]
Fri. 12/26/07	6	2:00 PM	3:15 PM	VG	Holy Martyrs [5]		St. Basil [13]
Fri. 12/26/07	7	3:15 PM	4:30 PM	VB	St. Catherine (Foley) [29]		St. Basil [39]
Fri. 12/26/07	8	4:30 PM	5:45 PM	VB	Ambler Catholic [16]		Corpus Cristi Red [53]
Fri. 12/26/07	9	5:45 PM	7:00 PM	VB	MMR (Duke) [64]		St. Catherine (Reese) [15]
Fri. 12/26/07	10	7:00 PM	8:15 PM	VG	SMG [35]		Ambler Catholic [30]
Fri. 12/26/07	11	8:15 PM	9:30 PM	VB	SMG (Cunningham) [19]		Holy Martyrs [53]

Sat. 12/27/07	12	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	JVG	Corpus Cristi [27]		St. Philip Neri [19]
Sat. 12/27/07	13	10:00 AM	11:15 AM	VG	St. Philip Neri [17]		Nativity [30]
Sat. 12/27/07	14	11:15 AM	12:30 PM	VG	St. Basil [27]		OLGC 2 [7]
Sat. 12/27/07	15	12:30 PM	1:45 PM	VG	St. Luke [23]		OLGC (Ebsen) [14]
Sat. 12/27/07	16	1:45 PM	3:00 PM	VG	St. Catherine of Sienna [23]		Ambler Catholic [39]
Sat. 12/27/07	17	3:00 PM	4:15 PM	VB	St. Catherine (Reese) [37]		St. Joe / St. Robert [56]
Sat. 12/27/07	NO GAMES - MASS BREAK
Sat. 12/27/07	NO GAMES - MASS BREAK
Sat. 12/27/07	18	6:30 PM	7:45 PM	VB	MMR (Spinelli) [34]		St. Basil [37]
Sat. 12/27/07	19	7:45 PM	9:00 PM	VB	SMG (Casperson) [47]		Ambler Catholic [14]

Sun. 12/28/07	20	1:30 PM	2:30 PM	JVB	SMG (Friel) [31]		Holy Martyrs (White) [16]
Sun. 12/28/07	21	2:30 PM	3:30 PM	JVG	SMG [16]		Ambler Cayholic [19]
Sun. 12/28/07	22	3:30 PM	4:30 PM	JVB	St. Basil [13]		St. Francis Cabrini [40]
Sun. 12/28/07	23	4:30 PM	5:30 PM	JVG	Holy Martyrs [10]		St. Mary [4]
Sun. 12/28/07	24	5:30 PM	6:45 PM	VB	MMR (Spinelli) [38]		St. Catherine (Foley) [27]
Sun. 12/28/07	25	6:45 PM	8:00 PM	VG	SMG [43]		OLGC (Ebsen) [16]
Sun. 12/28/07	26	8:00 PM	9:15 PM	VB	SMG (Cunningham) [43]		St. Mary White [26]

Mon. 12/29/08	27	8:30 AM	9:30 AM	JVB	SMG (Antenuci) [27]		Holy Martyrs (Blue) [13]
Mon. 12/29/08	28	9:30 AM	10:30 AM	JVG	Ambler Catholic [18]		St. Luke [8]
Mon. 12/29/08	29	10:30 AM	11:30 AM	JVG	St. Mary [12]		St. Philip Neri [24]
Mon. 12/29/08	30	11:30 AM	12:30 PM	JVB	St Mary [11]		Holy Martyrs (White) [31]
Mon. 12/29/08	31	12:30 PM	1:45 PM	VG	St. Philip Neri [38]		OLGC 2 [17]
Mon. 12/29/08	32	1:45 PM	3:00 PM	VG	St. Catherine of Sienna [15]		St. Luke [12]
Mon. 12/29/08	33	3:00 PM	4:15 PM	VB	Holy Martyrs [43]		St. Mary White [21]
Mon. 12/29/08	34	4:15 PM	5:30 PM	VB	MMR (Duke) [44]		St. Joe / St. Robert [21]
Mon. 12/29/08	35	5:30 PM	6:30 PM	JVG	SMG [24]		St. Cyril [8]
Mon. 12/29/08	36	6:30 PM	7:45 PM	VG	Nativity [20]		Holy Martyrs [6]
Mon. 12/29/08	37	7:45 PM	9:00 PM	VB	SMG (Casperson) [52]		Corpus Cristi Red [27]

Tues. 12/30/08	38	9:00 AM	10:15 AM	JVB	St. Francis Cabrini winner	vs	SMG -Freil 2nd place
Tues. 12/30/08	39	10:15 AM	11:30 AM	JVG	Corpus Cristi 2nd place	vs	Ambler Catholic winner
Tues. 12/30/08	40	11:30 AM	12:45 PM	VG	Nativity or St.Basil 2nd place	vs	SMG winner
Tues. 12/30/08	41	12:45 PM	2:00 PM	VB 'A'	St. Basil 2nd place	vs	Holy Martyrs winner
Tues. 12/30/08	42	2:00 PM	3:30 PM	VB 'B'	SMG winner	vs	MMR-Duke 2nd place

TOURNAMENT PICTURES

Check out the Tournament pics here!

Junior Varsity Boys Division

Bracket I Bracket II

Holy Martyrs Blue Holy Martyrs White

St. Basil St. Mary

St. Francis Cabrini SMG (Friel)

SMG (Antenucci)

Winner of Bracket I will play winner of Bracket II in Championship Game on Tuesday

Junior Varsity Girls Division

Bracket I Bracket II

Holy Martyrs St. Luke

St. Philip Neri St. Cyril

St. Mary Ambler Catholic

Corpus Cristi White SMG

Winner of Bracket I will play winner of Bracket II in Championship Game on Tuesday

Varsity Girls Division

Bracket I Bracket II

Holy Martyrs St. Luke

St. Philip Neri Ambler Catholic

Nativity Our Lady of Good Counsel (Ebsen)

Our Lady of Good Counsel 2 St. Catherine of Sienna

St. Basil SMG

Winner of Bracket I will play winner of Bracket II in Championship Game on Tuesday

Varsity Boys Division "A"

Bracket I Bracket II

St. Catherine of Sienna (Foley) Holy Martyrs

St. Basil SMG (Cunningham)

MMR (Spinelli) St. Mary White

Winner of Bracket I will play winner of Bracket II in Championship Game on Tuesday

Varsity Boys Division "B"

Bracket I Bracket II

Ambler Catholic St. Catherine of Sienna (Reese)

Corpus Christi Red MMR (Duke)

SMG (Casperson) St Joe / St Roberts

Winner of Bracket I will play winner of Bracket II in Championship Game on Tuesday

FEATURED SPONSORS

AND PHILADELPHIA PIZZERIA UNO LOCATIONS

To become a sponsor for this event,
contact Jack Blosky by e-mail jblosky@aol.com

HELP NEEDED

Coaches and Parents,

The volunteer sheet below is for the Christmas Tournament. Please review the time slots and contact Regina Adams directly to schedule your time. We would like each FAMILY to donate 6 hours of their time over the 5 days of the tournament (26th to 30th). Regina can be contacted at 215-256-1625 or karma2febs@comcast.net please try to contact her by 12/22, thank you.

If you are not aware this is one of three fundraisers the CYO program hold during the year (volleyball camp in the summer and our Beef and Beer on SuperBowl Saturday). The CYO Board has been trying to continuously upgrade the program and still keep the cost affordable. I know you can not play any other township or travel sports program for the amount of our registration fee(s) and we are totally independent financially from the parish. So we are asking your help and support with the Christmas tournament. This time can be split up in any way which works for you; all at one time, split over the five days, two adults for 3 hours each, college sibling, high school sibling.....whatever works best for you. The tasks which need to be covered are: snack stand (2 helpers), door-admission, score keeper, scoreboard.

The CYO Board realizes the holidays are very busy and visiting your families should be a top priority. We feel our request is not unreasonable, if you are traveling out of the area we understand, please let Regina know. If we do not get the volunteers and coverage needed we will be forced to stop players/teams from playing.

On behalf of the CYO Board we wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Lou Forcellini
CYO President

2008 Christmas Tournament Work Schedule

RULES AND REGULATIONS

All games will be played according to PIAA rules with the following exceptions:

1.0 Two 25 minute running clock halves. The clock will stop during the last two minutes of each half.

2.0 The first overtime period will be three minutes and all overtime periods after that will be two minutes each (the clock will stop during overtime).

3.0 Five timeouts per game - Three full and two thirty seconds

4.0 One additional full timeout for each overtime period.

5.0 One and One on the 7th foul.

6.0 At the 10th foul, it becomes a two shot foul.

7.0 Varsity - Full court pressing is allowed at any time.
JV - Full court pressing is only allowed during the last two minutes of the game and overtime.

8.0 For foul shots, JV teams can step over the line, BUT they can not "charge in" to get the rebound as they shoot.

9.0 Boys and Girls will use a women's size basketball (28.5").

10.0 Forfeit will be declared 15 minutes after the scheduled start time, and the official score will be 2-0.

11.0 Each team will play two games.

12.0 The tie-breaker rules are:
First - head to head (if applicable)
Second - least amount of points given up for 2 games.
Third - lowest amount of points given up in 1 game.

We have tried to match teams up as evenly as possible based on information from the coaches. However, if your team is up by 15 points we would ask you to stop pressing and keep your defense inside the three point line.

Any questions call Lou Forcellini at 215-815-8558.

** Any questions call Kevin Adams at (home) 215-256-1625 (cell) 267-259-2649.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

All games will be played according to PIAA rules with the following exceptions:

1.0	Two 25 minute running clock halves. The clock will stop during the last two minutes of each half.

2.0	The first overtime period will be three minutes and all overtime periods after that will be two minutes each (the clock will stop during overtime).

3.0	Five timeouts per game - Three full and two thirty seconds

4.0	One additional full timeout for each overtime period.

5.0	One and One on the 7th foul.

6.0	At the 10th foul, it becomes a two shot foul.

7.0	Varsity - Full court pressing is allowed at any time. JV - Full court pressing is only allowed during the last two minutes of the game and overtime.

8.0	For foul shots, JV teams can step over the line, BUT they can not "charge in" to get the rebound as they shoot.

9.0	Boys and Girls will use a women's size basketball (28.5").

10.0	Forfeit will be declared 15 minutes after the scheduled start time, and the official score will be 2-0.

11.0	Each team will play two games.

12.0	The tie-breaker rules are: First - head to head (if applicable) Second - least amount of points given up for 2 games. Third - lowest amount of points given up in 1 game.

** We have tried to match teams up as evenly as possible based on information from the coaches. However, if your team is up by 15 points we would ask you to stop pressing and keep your defense inside the three point line.

** Any questions call Lou Forcellini at 215-815-8558.

** Any questions call Kevin Adams at (home) 215-256-1625 (cell) 267-259-2649.

WE WANT TO WISH ALL THE TEAMS AND PLAYERS GOOD LUCK!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!