PCI proving itself as a top tournament

Fast becoming one of the top tournaments in the state, the Putnam City Invitational, hosted by the school district, not just PC High School, has yet another strong field this week at the PC North gym.

Obviously, it helps when the three teams in your school district are ranked third, fourth and 11th in the state in Class 6A. But they didn’t mess around putting together the rest of the field, with No. 5 Tulsa Union, No. 10 Midwest City, No. 16 Lawton Ike, No. 20 Stillwater and Class 4A No. 6 John Marshall.

Here’s Thursday’s schedule:
2 p.m.: Midwest City vs. Lawton Ike
3:30 p.m.: PC vs. Stillwater
6 p.m.: PC West vs. John Marshall
7:30 p.m.: PC North vs. Tulsa Union

For those fans who might not be familiar with John Marshall, they’ll put on a good show. Chad Campbell’s squad is solid, led by Tavion Fleeks, who is one of the best 4A has to offer.

Stillwater and Lawton Ike could step up and surprise one of the others, and you know the other five teams will be playing to win it all. I won’t be camped out for all the games at PC North, but I’ll be zipping over to as many as I can, and I won’t miss the finals, which will be good, no matter who gets there.

Based on what I’ve seen the last few weeks (I’ve watched five of the eight teams this season), how teams are playing and who they’ve beaten, here’s how I’d rank the field: