EHS, NTC, Highland, LIC Girls Tourneys Scheduled

The 15th Annual Effingham High School Girls Round Robin Basketball Tournament will open play Monday, January 18.

Teams include Centralia, Greenville, Pana, Vandalia and the host squad. Effingham will take on Greenville at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 19 and Pana Wednesday, January 20, also at 7:30. The Hearts face Vandalia at 7:30 Thursday, January 21 and Centralia Friday, January 22 at 7:30.

Effingham Round Robin Tournament

Monday, January 18

Game 1 -- Vandalia vs. Greenville, 6 p.m.

Game 2 -- Pana vs. Centralia, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 19

Game 3 -- Centralia vs. Vandalia, 6 p.m.

Game 4 -- Effingham vs. Greenville, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 20

Game 5 -- Greenville vs. Centralia, 6 p.m.

Game 6 -- Effingham vs Pana, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 21

Game 7 -- Greenville vs. Pana, 6 p.m.

Game 8 -- Effingham vs. Vandalia, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 22

Game 9 -- Vandalia vs. Pana, 6 p.m.

Game 10 -- Effingham vs. Centralia, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 23

TBA -- Make-up date in case of bad weather

National Trail Conference Tournament

Neoga drew the top seed in the National Trail Conference Girls Basketball Tournament and will take on Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CHBC was seeded eighth. The tournament will be held at Beecher City High School.

Altamont, seeded fourth, meets fifth-seeded South Central at 4 p.m. No. 2 St. Anthony takes on No. 7 Dieterich at 5:30 p.m. Brownstown/St. Elmo will square off against Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg at 7 p.m.

The tournament continues Monday, January 18, Thursday, January 21 and finishes out Saturday, January 23.

National Trail Conference Tournament

Saturday, January 16

Game 1 -- Neoga vs. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 2:30 p.m.

Game 2 -- Altamont vs. South Central, 4 p.m.

Game 3 -- St. Anthony vs. Dieterich, 5:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Brownstown/St. Elmo vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 7 p.m.

Monday, January 18

Game 5 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m.

Game 6 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 21

Game 7 -- Loser Game 3 Loser Game 4, 6 p.m.

Game 8 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 23

Game 9 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 2:30 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 10 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 4 p.m. (consolation championship)

Game 11 -- Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 5:30 p.m. (third place)

Game 12 -- Winner  Game 6 vs. Winner Game 8, 7 p.m. (championship)

Highland Tournament

Teutopolis will compete in the Highland Girls Basketball Tournament beginning this Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes will play the third game at 1 p.m. against Belleville Althoff. The tournament continues Monday, January 18, Tuesday, January 19, Wednesday, January 20 and Thursday, January 21 before finishing out with the finals Saturday, January 23.

Highland Tournament

Saturday, January 16

Game 1 -- Carlyle vs. Triad, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- Breese Mater Dei vs. O’Fallon, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 -- Belleville Althoff vs. Teutopolis, 1 p.m.

Game 4 -- Okawville vs. Breese Central, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Nokomis vs. Highland, 4 p.m.

Game 6 -- Taylorville vs. Belleville West, 5:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Nashville vs.  Hillsboro, 7 p.m.

Game 8 -- Wesclin vs. Salem, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, January 18

Game 9 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 4 p.m.

Game 10 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 5:30 p.m.

Game 13 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

Game 14 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 19

Game 11 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 4 p.m.

Game 12 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 5:30 p.m.

Game 15 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7 p.m.

Game 16 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday January 20

Game 17 -- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 5 p.m.

Game 18 -- Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 6:30 p.m.

Game 21 -- Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 8 p.m.

Thursday, January 21

Game 19 -- Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14, 5 p.m.

Game 20 -- Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 6:30 p.m.

Game 22 -- Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 8 p.m.

Saturday, January 23

Game 23 -- Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, 10 a.m. (consolation championship)

Game 24 -- Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 20, 11 a.m. (fifth place)

Game 25 -- Loser Game 21 vs. Loser Game 22, 1 p.m. (third place)

Game 26 -- Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 22, 2:30 p.m. (championship)

 Little Illini Conference Tournament

Newton will be competing along with Red Hill (Bridgeport), Robinson, Flora, Lawrenceville, Olney, Marshall, Casey-Westfield, Edwards County (Albion) and Paris in the Little Illini Conference Tournament at Olney Thursday, January 14 through Thursday, January 21.

 The tournament opens this Thursday with Red Hill against Robinson at 6 p.m. followed by Casey-Westfield taking on Edwards County at 7:30.

The tournament continues Saturday as No. 1 Flora faces the winner of the first game at 3 p.m. followed by Lawrenceville facing Olney at 4:30, No. 2 Marshall against the winner of the second game at 6 p.m. and No. 3 Paris against No. 6 Newton at 7:30.

The tournament continues Monday, January 18, Tuesday, January 19, Wednesday, January 20 and finishes out Thursday, January 21.

Little Illini Conference Tournament

Thursday, January 14

Game 1 -- Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Robinson, 6 p.m.

Game 2 -- Casey-Westfield vs. Edwards County (Albion), 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 16

Game 3 -- Flora vs. Winner Game 1, 3 p.m.

Game 4 -- Lawrenceville vs. Olney, 4:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Marshall vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m.

Game 6 -- Paris vs. Newton, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, January 18

Game 7 -- Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 8 -- Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 2, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 19

Game 9 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 6 p.m.

Game 10 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 20

Game 11 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 5, 6 p.m.

Game 12 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 3, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 21

Game 13 -- Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 5 p.m. (consolation championship)

Game 14 -- Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 10, 6:30 p.m. (third place)

Game 15 -- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 8 p.m. (championship)