Boys Set To Begin Holiday Basketball Tournaments Next Week

Six tournaments are ready to get underway for the Christmas holiday season in boys basketball.

The Christmas Classic will open Thursday, December 28 with local teams St. Anthony, Effingham, Teutopolis and Newton competing at Effingham and Teutopolis high schools.

Also entered are Highland, Belvidere, Lincoln Way East, Charleston, Dixon, Pleasant Plains, Lutheran North, Seneca, Chicago Brooks, Oak Lawn, Mattoon and Champaign Centennial.

Newton will open for the area teams at 3 p.m. in game one against Highland at Teutopolis.

T-town will take on Pleasant Plains in game seven at 7:30.

St. Anthony meets Mattoon in game six at 6 p.m. and Effingham follows with Champaign Centennial at 7:30, both games at EHS.

The Dieterich Holiday Tournament opens play Tuesday, December 26 and will finish out Thursday, December 28.

Entered are Dieterich, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, South Central, Arcola, Ramsey, Sullivan, Red Hill (Bridgeport) and Grayville.

The tournament finals are scheduled for Thursday.

The 51st Annual Vandalia Holiday Tournament will open Tuesday. Cumberland is the lone area team entered. The Pirates will meet Shelbyville at 5 p.m. Tuesday, take on Vandalia at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and then meet Pana at 12:30 p.m. and Nokomia at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

The finals are scheduled for Friday.

Neoga is the lone area team competing in the Monticello Holiday Tournament.

The Indians face Monticello at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Clinton at 6 p.m. They will then take on Ridgeview at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Other teams entered include Clinton, Ridgeview, Monticello, Tuscola, Oakwood, Paxton-Buckley-Loda and Gibson City-Melvin Sibley.

The finals are scheduled for Thursday.

Altamont will take part in the Sesser-Valier Tournament beginning Tuesday. The Indians face DuQuoin at 6 p.m.

Other teams entered include Waltonville, Marissa-Coulterville, Red Bud, Sesser-Valier, Goreville and New Athens.

The tournament ends Thursday.

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg will be competing in the Tri-County Holiday Tournament at Kansas.

The meet begins Wednsday and finishes out Friday. Other teams entered include Lawrenceville, Tri-County, Westville, Chrisman, Paris and Martinsville.

WSS meets Martinsville at 4:30 p.m Wednesday and Paris at noon and Chrisman at 3 p.m. Thursday.

The finals are scheduled for Friday.

Following are the tournament pairings:

EFFINGHAM/TEUTOPOLIS CHRISTMAS CLASSIC

Thursday, December 28

At Teutopolis

Game 1 – Highland vs. Newton, 3 p.m. at Teutopolis

Game 2 – Lutheran North vs. Seneca, 3 p.m. at Effingham

Game 3 – Belvidere vs. Lincoln Way East, 4:30 p.m. at Teutopolis

Game 4 – Chicago Brooks vs. Oak Lawn, 4:30 p.m. at Effingham

Game 5 – Charleston vs. Dixon, 6 p.m. at Teutopolis

Game 6 – Mattoon vs. St. Anthony, 6 p.m. at Effingham

Game 7 – Pleasant Plains vs. Teutopolis at Teutopolis

Game 8 – Champaign Centennial vs. Effingham, 7:30 p.m. at Effingham

Friday, December 29

Game 9 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 9 a.m., at Teutopolis

Game 10 – Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4, 9 a.m., at Effingham

Game 11 – Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 10:30 a.m., at Teutopolis

Game 12 – Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 10:30 a.m., at Effingham

Game 13 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3, noon, at Teutopolis

Game 14 – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4, noon, at Effingham

Game 15 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 1:30 p.m., at Teutopolis

Game 16 – Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 8, 1:30 p.m., at Effingham

Game 17 – Winner Game 9 vs.  Winner Game 11, 4:30 p.m., at Teutopolis

Game 18 – Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 12, 4:30 p.m., at Effingham Main Gym

Game 19 – Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 4:30 p.m., at Effingham Auxiliary Gym

Game 20 – Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 15, 6 p.m., at Teutopolis

Game 21 – Loser Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12, 6 p.m., at Effingham Auxiliary Gym

Game 22 – Loser Game 14 vs. Loser Game 16, 6 p.m., at Effingham Main Gym

Game 23 – Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 15, 7:30 p.m., at Teutopolis

Game 24 – Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 16, 7:30 p.m., at Effingham Main Gym

Saturday, December 30

Game 25 – Loser Game 19 vs. Loser Game 21, 10 a.m. (15th place), at Effingham Auxiliary Gym

Game 26 – Loser Game 17 vs. Loser Game 18, 10 a.m. (11th place), at Effingham Main Gym

Game 27 – Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 21, 11:30 a.m. (13th place), at Effingham Auxiliary Gym

Game 28 – Loser Game 20 vs. Loser Game 22, 11:30 a.m. (seventh place), at Effingham Main Gym

Game 29 – Winner Game 20 vs. Winner Game 22, 3 p.m. (fifth place), at Effingham (Main Gym)

Game 30 – Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, 4:30 p.m. (consolation championship), at Effingham

Game 31 – Loser Game 23 vs. Loser Game 24, 68 pm. (third place), at Effingham

Game 32 – Winner Game 23 vs. Winner Game 24, 7:30 p.m. (championship), at Effingham

DIETERICH HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, December 26

Game 1 – Ramsey vs. Dieterich, 11:30 a.m.

Game 2 – South Central vs. Red Hill (Bridgeport), 1 p.m.

Game 3 – Sullivan vs. Grayville, 2:30 p.m.

Game 4 – Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. Ramsey, 4 p.m.

Game 5 – Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Sullivan, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 27

Game 7 – Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Grayville, 11:30 a.m.

Game 8 – Arcola vs. Ramsey, 1 p.m.

Game 9 – Grayville vs. South Central, 2:30 p.m.

Game 10 – Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. Arcola, 4 p.m.

Game 11 – South Central vs. Sullivan, 5:30 p.m.

Game 12 – Dieterich vs. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 7 p.m.

Thursday, December 28

Game 13 – Seventh Place Game, 1 p.m.

Game 14 – Fifth Place Game, 2:30 p.m.

Game 15 – Third Place Game, 4 p.m.

Game 16 – Championship, 8 p.m.

VANDALIA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, December 26

Game 1 -- Greenville vs. Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran, 9:30 a.m.

Game 2 -- Meridian vs. Pana, 11 a.m.

Game 3 -- Okaw Valley vs. Nokomis, 12:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran vs. Flora, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Shelbyville vs. Cumberland, 5 p.m.

Game 6 -- Vandalia vs. Okaw Valley, 6:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Flora vs. Greenville, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, December 27

Game 8 -- Meridian vs. Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran, 9:30 a.m.

Game 9 -- Vandalia vs. Nokomis, 11 a.m.

Game 10 -- Shelbyville vs. Okaw Valley, 12:30 p.m.

Game 11 -- Flora vs. Meridian, 3:30 p.m.

Game 12 -- Greenville vs. Pana, 5 p.m.

Game 13 -- Cumberland vs. Vandalia, 6:30 p.m.

Game 14 -- Nokomis vs. Shelbyville, 8 p.m.

Thursday, December 28

Game 15 -- Okaw Valley vs. Cumberland, 11 a.m.

Game 16 -- Pana vs. Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran, 12:30 p.m.

Game 17 -- Cumberland vs. Nokomis, 3:30 p.m.

Game 18 -- Flora vs. Pana, 5 p.m.

Game 19 -- Vandalia vs. Shelbyville, 6:30 p.m.

Game 20 -- Greenville vs. Meridian, 8 p.m.

Friday, December 29

Game 21 -- Ninth Place

Game 22 -- Seventh Place

Game 23 -- Fifth Place

Game 24 -- Third Place

Game 25 -- Championship

MONTICELLO HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, December 26

Game 1 -- Clinton vs. Ridgeview, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- Monticello vs. Neoga, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 -- Tuscola vs. Oakwood, 2 p.m.

Game 4 -- Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs. GCMS, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Neoga vs. Clinton, 6 p.m.

Game 6 -- Ridgeview vs. Monticello, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 27

Game 7 -- GCMS vs. Oakwood, 10 a.m.

Game 8 -- Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs. Tuscola, 11:30 a.m.

Game 9 -- Neoga vs. Ridgeview, 2 p.m.

Game 10 -- Monticello vs. Clinton, 3:30 p.m.

Game 11 -- Oakwood vs. Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 6 p.m.

Game 12 -- Tuscola vs. GCMS, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 28

Game 13 -- Fourth Place Purple vs. Fourth Place Gold, 10 a.m. (seventh place)

Game 14 -- Third Place Purple vs. Third Place Gold, 11:30 a.m. (fifth place)

Game 15 -- Second Place Purple vs. Second Place Gold, 3:30 p.m. (third place)

Game 16 -- First Place Purple vs. First Place Gold, 7:30 p.m. (championship)

SESSER-VALIER HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, December 26

Game 1 – Waltonville vs. Marissa-Coulterville, 3 p.m.

Game 2 – Red Bud vs. Sesser-Valier, 4:30 p.m.

Game 3 – Altamont vs. DuQuoin, 6 p.m.

Game 4 – Goreville vs. New Athens, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 27

Game 5 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 3 p.m.

Game 6 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Thursday, December 28

Game 9 – Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, noon (seventh place)

Game 10 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 1:30 p.m. (consolation championship)

TRI-COUNTY HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Wednesday, December 27

Game 1 -- Westville vs. Tri-County, 3 p.m.

Game 2 -- Martinsville vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 4:30 p.m.

Game 3 -- Chrisman vs. Paris, 6 p.m.

Thursday, December 28

Game 4 -- Chrisman vs. Martinsville, 10:30 a.m.

Game 5 -- Paris vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, noon

Game 6 -- Westville vs. Lawrenceville, 1:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. Chrisman, 3 p.m.

Game 8 -- Martinsville vs. Paris, 4:30 p.m.

Game 9 -- Lawrenceville vs. Tri-County, 6 p.m.

Friday, December 27

Game 10 -- Third Place Pool A vs. Third Place Pool B, 4:30 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 11 -- Second Place Pool  A vs. Second Place Pool B, 6 p.m. (third place)

Game 12 -- First Place Pool A vs. First Place Pool B, 7:30 p.m. (championship)