NTC Eighth-Grade, James Burke Tourneys Scheduled

The National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys BasketballTournament has been scheduled to start Friday at St. Elmo.

In the opener, No. 8 Stewardson-Strasburg takes on No. 9 St. Elmo/Brownstown at 5:30 p.m. No. 7 Windsor faces No. 10 Effingham Sacred Heart at 6:45. In the 8 p.m. contest,  No. 6 Dieterich faces No. 11 Altamont.

Sigel St. Michael drew the top seed and will play this Saturday at 10 a.m. No. 4 Neoga and No. 5 South Central meet each other at 11:15 a.m. North Clay (Louisville) is No. 2 and will play Saturday at 12:30 p.m. against the winner of the windsor vs. Sacred Heart contest. No. 3 Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City will take on the winner of the Dieterich/Altamont contest at 1:45 p.m.

The tournament continues Monday, Tuesday and finishes out Wednesday, January 17.

National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Tournament

Friday, January 12

Game 1 -- Stewardson-Strasburg vs. St. Elmo/Brownstown, 6:15 p.m.

Game 2 -- Windsor vs. Sacred Heart, 6:45 p.m.

Game 3 -- Dieterich vs. Altamont, 8 p.m.

Saturday, January 13

Game 4 -- Sigel St. Michael vs. Winner Game 1, 10 a.m.

Game 5 -- Neoga vs. South Central, 11:15 a.m.

Game 6 -- North Clay vs. Winner Game 2, 12:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. Winner Game 3, 1:45 p.m.

Monday, January 15

Game 8 -- Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, 6:15 p.m.

Game 9 -- Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 16

Game 10 -- Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 6:15 p.m.

Game 11 -- Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 18

Game 12 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 5:30 p.m. (Consolation Championship)

Game 13 -- Loser Game 10 vs. Loser Game 11, 6:45 p.m. (Third Place)

Game 14 -- Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 11, 8 p.m. (Championship)

James Burke Eighth-Grade Tournament

Effingham and Effingham St. Anthony will compete in the 70th edition of the James Burke Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Monday at Greenville.

The tournament is named for James Burke, a long-time teacher, principal and coach at Greenville Junior HIgh School who started the tourney in 1949. He coached the Bluejays the first 20 years of the tournament.

St. Anthony will open play Monday at 3:30 p.m. against Hillsboro. Effingham will square off against host Greenville at 5:30 p.m.

Other members of the field include Aviston, Roxana, Salem and Triad.

The tournament continues Tuesday, Thursday and finishes out Friday.

James Burke Memorial Tournament

At Greenville

Monday, January 15

Game 1 -- St.  Anthony vs. Hillsboro, 3:30 p.m.

Game 2 -- Aviston vs. Roxana, 4:30 p.m.

Game 3 -- Greenville vs. Effingham, 5:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Salem vs. Triad, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 16

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

Game 6 – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 7 p.m.

Thursday, January 18

Game 5 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m.

Game 6 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m.

Friday, January 19

Game 9 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5 p.m. (Consolation Championship)

Game 10 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser  Game 8, 6 p.m. (Third Place)

Game 11 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 7 p.m. (Championship)