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Reigning National Champs Headline 2025 Les Schwab Invitational Field; Bracket Revealed

National and local powers will collide at Portland State University

Gary Adornato

Tyran Stokes, the nation's top-ranked player, now with Seattle's Rainier Beach, headlines a star-studded class of national players scheduled to play in the 2025 Les Schwabb Invitational.
Tyran Stokes, the nation's top-ranked player, now with Seattle's Rainier Beach, headlines a star-studded class of national players scheduled to play in the 2025 Les Schwabb Invitational. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

The highlight of the early boys high school basketball season in the Pacific Northwest is set to take place at Portland State University, Dec. 26-30, with the return of the Les Schwab Invitational.

Reigning High School On SI National Champion, Columbus (FL), currently ranked No. 12 by High School On SI, headlines the 18 -team field, which also includes 19th-ranked Sierra Canyon (CA), along with Atlanta's Pace Academy and Seattle's Rainier Beach. In addition, 14 Portland-area squads, including Oregon's top-ranked team, Parkrose and No. 5 Oregon City.

Ranier Beach will be led into action by nation's top-ranked player, Tyran Stokes, who made waves in November when he withdrew from LA's Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks and enrolled at Ranier Beach shortly thereafter.

Other nationally ranked players scheduled to compete include Sierra Canyon's Brandon McCoy Jr. and Maximo Adams, and Columbus' Caleb Gaskin and Felipe Quinones.

The upper half of the championship bracket features matchups between Columbus and Grant, Parkrose and Nelson, Central Catholic and Canby, and Pace vs. Tualatin.

In the lower half of the bracket, Oregon City will face Southride, with the winner advancing to play Ranier Beach. In addition, Jesuit faces Barlow and Clackamas challenges Sierra Canyon. To kickoff the tournament, Roosevelt battles Westview in a showcase game. On Dec. 27, Gresham will also play a showcase game against an opponent to be named.

2025 Les Schwab Invitational Opening Schedule

Dec. 26

Game 1: Roosevelt vs. Westview, 10: 30 a.m.

Game 2: Parkrose vs. Nelson, 12 p.m.

Game 3: Oregon City vs. Southridge, 1:30 p.m.

Game 4: Central Catholic vs. Canby, 3 p.m.

Game 5: Jesuit vs. Barlow, 5:15 p.m.

Game 6: Pace vs. Tualatin, 6:45 p.m.

Game 7: Clackamas vs. Sierra Canyon, 8:45 p.m.

Dec. 27

Game: 8: Gresham vs. Roosevelt/Westview Winner, 10:30 a.m.

Game 12: Columbus vs. Grant, 5:15 p.m.

Game 19: Ranier Beach vs. Oregon City/Southridge Winner, 6:45 p.m.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato is the Senior VP of Content for High School On SI and SBLive Sports. He began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University. In 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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