Boys’ basketball: Fairfax tournament begins Monday

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One of the best basketball tournaments of the summer begins Monday at Fairfax.

Here’s the first-round schedule: Crenshaw vs. Pasadena, 4 p.m.; Long Beach Poly vs. Encino Crespi, 5:30 p.m.; Los Angeles Loyola vs. Dorsey, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s first-round schedule: Santa Ana Mater Dei vs. Gardena Serra, 4 p.m.; Fairfax vs. Santa Monica, 5:30 p.m.; La Canada vs. Los Angeles Price, 7 p.m., and Woodland Hills Taft vs. North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake, 8:30 p.m.

The War on the Floor tournament is also running, with several of the same teams playing.

Monday’s gold bracket schedule at Pierce College: Washington vs. Chatsworth, 2 p.m.; Sylmar vs. Cleveland, 5 p.m.; Taft vs. Woodland Hills El Camino Real, 7 p.m.; Crespi vs. Pasadena, 8 p.m.

The silver bracket schedule: Blair vs. Dorsey, 1 p.m.; Oaks Christian vs. Calabasas, 6 p.m.; Crescenta Valley vs. Paraclete, 3 p.m.; Birmingham vs. Campbell Hall, 4 p.m.

-- Eric Sondheimer