THE   second  Pinoy Youth  Dreamers International Invitational  Under-18   Boys Basketball Challenge finally come off the wraps tomorrow  (March 24)  at the  Batis Aramin Hotel and Resort in Lucban, Quezon.

Four games, featuring all the six teams from Guam and one from Canada,  will kick off  hostilities in this  prestigious 16-team, four-group  competition starting at 3 p.m. 

George  Washington of  Guam  and  Crossover Sports  of Canada  open hostilities at 3 p.m.    
    
Guam  teams Father Duenas and Okkodo clash in the second game at 4:40 p.m., while Simon  Sanchez  and  John F. Kennedy Islanders square off in the third game at 6 p.m.
    
Tiyan HigH School of Guam and Maryhill  battle each other in the fourth game at 7:30 p.m.
    
The rest of the participating teams will make their debut the following day (March 25).
    
PYD president-coach   Beaujing Acot  and  PYD Lucban Chapter chairman   Chicoy Capistrano  will  grace the colorful  opening ceremony at 2 p.m.
    
“We  expect more exciting games in  all  four  groups this year,” said Acot. “The  foreign  teams will surely  have  their hands full against their local counterparts.”
    
After the   opening  day,  the  tournament resumes on  Saturday, March 25 with 12 games  --  six at the Batis Aramin and six at the Kamay ni Hesus covered court.
    
The  single-round tournament ends on Tuesday, March 28.
    
The teams:
    
Group A -- Simon Sanchez (Guam), JFK  Islanders (Guam), Tayabas, Rookies.
    
Group B -- Canada, George Washington (Guam),  PYD Blue, Lucena.
    
Group C -- Father Duenas (Guam), Okkodo (Guam), PYD White, Mamba.
    
Group  D  -- Tiyan High School  (Guam),  PYD  Red,  Holy Rosary, Maryhill.
    
Supporting  the  five-day  PYD  competition  is  the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO),   headed by chairman Jose Jorge Corpuz and general manager  Alexander Balutan.
    
Other sponsors are Sonny Barrios and   Bernie Atienza of  the  Samahang  Basketbol  ng  Pilipinas  (SBP),  Smart Communication Inc.,  Regent,  Starbread,  Breadstory, Jaman,  PP Busline, Rain or Shine  Elasto Painters, Dymaxion Builders Incorporated, Buddy’s Pancit Lucban, H+Autoworx, Xpress Printing,  Chairman Joselito De la Merced   and   Josie  Macapagal  of  Barangay San  Antonio, Pasig City and Kelly Williams.  
    
For  more  information about  the  complete schedule of activities of the  Pinoy Youth Dreamers,  follow  PYD at  Facebook an Instagram at  @pinoyyouthdreamers.