Area Teams Competing in Girls Christmas Tournaments

Effingham and Teutopolis will be competing in the Charleston Holiday Tournament scheduled for Friday, Dec. 27, Saturday, Dec. 28 and Monday, Dec. 30.

Both teams are in the Red Pool along with Charleston and Cairo. Members of the Gold Pool are Danville, Paris, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin and Tri-County.

Effingham and T-town will meet right off on Friday at noon. The Wooden Shoes will then face Cairo at 6 p.m. followed by the Hearts against Charleston at 7:30.

In Saturday action, T-town faces Charleston at noon followed by Effingham against Cairo at 1:30. How well the two squads do will then dictate when they will play Saturday afternoon or evening and in the finals Monday.

Charleston Holiday Tournament

Friday, December 27

Game 1 – Tri-County vs. Danville, 9 a.m.

Game 2 – Paris vs. Sacred Heart, 10:30 a.m.

Game 3 – Teutopolis vs. Effingham, noon

Game 4 – Charleston vs. Cairo, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5 – Danville vs. Paris, 3 p.m.

Game 6 – Sacred Heart vs. Tri-County, 4:30 p.m.

Game 7 – Cairo vs. Teutopolis, 6 p.m.

Game 8 – Charleston vs. Effingham, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 28

Game 9 – Tri-County vs. Paris, 9 a.m.

Game 10 – Sacred Heart vs. Danville, 10:30 a.m.

Game 11 – Charleston vs. Teutopolis, noon

Game 12 – Effingham vs. Cairo, 1:30 p.m.

Game 13 – Third Place Gold vs. Fourth Place Red, 3 p.m.

Game 14 – Third Place Red vs. Fourth Place Gold, 4:30 p.m.

Game 15 – First Place Gold vs. Second Place Red, 6 p.m.

Game 16 – First Place Red vs. Second Place Gold, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, December 30

Game 17 – Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14, 10 a.m. (seventh place)

Game 18 – Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 11:30 a.m. (fifth place)

Game 19 – Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 1 p.m. (third place)

Game 20 – Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 2:30 p.m. (championship)

Mattoon Holiday Tournament

In the 41st Annual Mattoon Holiday Tournament, Effingham St. Anthony and Altamont will be competing. The two squads are in Pool B along with Galesburg and Olney. In Pool A are Mattoon, Decatur St. Teresa, Vandalia and Mahomet-Seymour.

The tourney begins Thursday, Dec. 26 and ends Saturday, Dec. 28.

St. Anthony will meet Olney Thursday at 8:30 a.m. while Altamont plays an afternoon game against Galesburg at 1 p.m. The two teams then meet at 7:30 p.m. in the final game of the day.

On Friday, St. Anthony takes on Galesburg at 10 a.m. and Altamont follows against Olney at 11:30. The rest of that day's games will be decided by how the teams place in their respective pools. Saturday's games will be the finals beginning at noon.

Mattoon Holiday Tournament

Thursday, Dec. 26

Game 1 – Olney vs. St. Anthony, 8:30 a.m.

Game 2 – Mahomet-Seymour vs. Decatur St. Teresa, 10 a.m.

Game 3 – Mattoon vs. Vandalia, 11:30 a.m.

Game 4 – Altamont vs. Galesburg, 1 p.m.

Game 5 – Vandalia vs. Mahomet-Seymour, 3 p.m.

Game 6 – Galesburg vs Olney, 4:30 p.m.

Game 7 – Decatur St. Teresa vs. Mattoon, 6 p.m.

Game 8 – St. Anthony vs. Altamont, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 27

Game 9 – Decatur St. Teresa vs. Vandalia, 8:30 a.m.

Game 10 – St. Anthony vs. Galesburg, 10 a.m.

Game 11 – Olney vs. Altamont, 11:30 a.m.

Game 12 – Mattoon vs. Mahomet-Seymour, 1 p.m.

Game 13 – Third Place Pool A vs. Fourth Place Pool B, 4 p.m.

Game 14 – Fourth Place Pool A vs. Third Place Pool B, 5:30 p.m.

Game 15 – First Place Pool A vs. Second Place Pool B, 7 p.m.

Game 16 – Second Place Pool A vs. First Place Pool B, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 28

Game 17 – Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14, noon (seventh place)

Game 18 – Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 1:30 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 19 – Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 3 p.m. (third place)

Game 20 – Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 4:30 p.m. (championship)

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights Classic

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg and Cumberland will be competing in this event beginning Thursday, Dec. 26.

WSS is in Pool A along with Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, Chrisman and Mount Zion. Cumberland is in Pool B with Flanagan, Shelbyville and Sullivan.

In Thursday play, Cumberland meets Sullivan at 5 p.m. in the West Gym while WSS takes on ALAH, also at 5 in the East Gym.

Friday's action finds Cumberland against Shelbyville in the East Gym at 1 p.m. and Flanagan at 4 also in the East Gym. WSS meets Chrisman at 2:30 in the East Gym and Mount Zion at 5:30 in the West Gym.

The finals are scheduled for Saturday.

ALAH Knights Classic Tournament

Thursday, Dec.26

West Gym

Game 1 – Cumberland vs. Sullivan, 5 p.m.

Game 2 – Shelbyville vs. Flanagan, 6:30 p.m.

East Gym

Game 3 – Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor vs. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 5 p.m.

Game 4 – Mount Zion vs. Chrisman, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 27

West Gym

Game 5 – Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond vs. Mount Zion, 1 p.m.

Game 6 – Sullivan vs. Flanagan, 2:30 p.m.

Game 7 – Chrisman vs. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 4 p.m.

Game 8 – Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor vs. Mount Zion, 5:30 p.m.

East Game

Game 9 – Cumberland vs. Shelbyville, 1 p.m.

Game 10 – Chrisman vs. Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor, 2:30 p.m.

Game 11 – Flanagan vs. Cumberland, 4 p.m.

Game 12 – Shelbyville vs. Sullivan, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 28

West Gym

Game 13 – Pool A Fourth Place vs. Pool B Fourth Place, 1 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 14 – Pool A Third Place vs. Pool B Third Place, 2:30 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 15 – Pool A Second Place vs. Pool B Second Place, 4 p.m. (third place)

Game 16 – Pool A First Place vs. Pool B First Place, 5:30 p.m. (championship)

Monticello Holiday Tournament

Only one area team will take part in the Monticello Holiday Tournament and that team is Neoga.

Neoga is in the Gold Pool along with Ridgeview, Paxton-Buckley-Loda and Clinton. In the Purple Pool are Monticello, GCMS, Tuscola and Stark County.

The tourney opens Thursday, Dec. 26 and will end Saturday, Dec. 28.

Neoga will meet Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Indians face Ridgteview at 11:30 a.m. Friday and Clinton at 7:30 p.m.

The finals are scheduled for Saturday.

Monticello Holiday Tournament

Thursday, Dec. 26

Game 1 – Monticello vs. Stark County, 10 a.m.

Game 2 – Tuscola vs. GCMS, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 – Neoga vs. Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 2 p.m.

Game 4 – Ridgeview vs. Clinton, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 – GCMS vs. Monticello, 6 p.m.

Game 6 – Stark County vs. Tuscola, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 27

Game 7 – Clinton vs. Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 10 a.m.

Game 8 – Ridgeview vs. Neoga, 11:30 a.m.

Game 9 – Monticello vs. Tuscola, 2 p.m.

Game 10 – GCMS vs. Stark County, 3:30 p.m.

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

Game 12 – Neoga vs. Clinton, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 28

Game 13 – Fourth Place Purple Pool vs. Fourth Place Gold Pool, 2:30 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 14 – Third Place Purple Pool vs. Third Place Gold Pool, 4 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 15 – Second Place Purple Pool vs. Second Place Gold Pool, 6 p.m. (third place)

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