NTC Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Pairings

The National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament will begin this Friday with one game featuring No. 8 Stewardson-Strasburg taking on No. 9 Neoga at 6:15 p.m. at Sigel St. Michael.

The tournament continues Saturday with No. 1 Sigel St. Michael, No. 2 St. Elmo/Brownstown, No. 3 Cowden-Herrick, No. 4 Windsor, No. 5 Altamont, No. 6 Beecher City and No. 7 Dieterich, meeting in four games.

The tournament continues Monday, January 19, continues Tuesday, January 20 and finishes out Thursday, January 22 with the consolation championship at 5:30 p.m., the third place game at 6:45 and the championship at 8.

Following are the pairings:

National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Tournament

At Sigel St. Michael

Friday, January 16

Game 1 -- Stewardson-Strasburg vs. Neoga, 6:15 p.m.

Saturday, January 17

Game 2 -- Sigel St. Michael vs. Winner Game 1, 10 a.m.

Game 3 -- Neoga vs. Altamont, 11:15 a.m.

Game 4 -- St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. Dieterich, 12:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Cowden-Herrick vs. Beecher City, 1:45 p.m.

Monday, January 19

Game 6 -- Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 6:15 p.m.

Game 7 -- Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 20

Game 8 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 6:15 p.m.

Game 9 -- Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 22

Game 10 -- Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, 5:30 p.m. (consolation championship)

Game 11 -- Loser Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9, 6:45 p.m. (third place)

Game 12 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 8 p.m. (championship)