Boys Teams Headed to Christmas Tournaments

Two tournaments open pretty quickly and will end Saturday, December 21 before Christmas week.

North Clay (Louisville) will be competing in the Wayne City Holiday Tournament which will be opening this Saturday.

In Pool A are Crab Orchard, Gallatin County, Wayne City and Webber Township (Bluford). In Pool B are North Clay (Louisville), Cisne, Grayville and Red HIll (Bridgeport).

North Clay opens play this Saturday against Red HIll at 3 p.m. The tournament continues Monday, Dec. 16, Wednesday, Dec. 18, Friday, Dec. 20 and ends Saturday, December 21.

Wayne City Tournament

Saturday, December 14

Game 1 -- Cisne vs. Grayville, noon

Game 2 -- Gallatin County vs. Webber Township (Bluford), 1:30 p.m.

Game 3 -- Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. North Clay (Louisville), 3 p.m.

Game 4 -- Crab Orchard vs. Wayne City, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, December 16

Game 5 -- Cisne vs. Red Hill (Bridgeport), 5:30 p.m.

Game 6 -- Webber Township (Bluford) vs. Crab Orchard, 7 p.m.

Game 7 -- North Clay (Louisville) vs. Grayville, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 18

Game 8 -- Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Grayville, 5:30 p.m.

Game 9 -- Crab Orchard vs. Gallatin County, 7 p.m.

Game 10 -- Webber Township (Bluford) vs. Wayne City, 8;30 p.m.

Friday, December 20

Game 11 -- North Clay vs. Cisne, 6 p.m.

Game 12 -- Gallatin County vs. Wayne City, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 21

Game 13 -- Fourth Place Pool A vs. Fourth Place Pool B, 3 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 14 -- Third Place Pool A vs. Third Place Pool B, 4:30 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 15 -- Second Place Pool A vs. Second Place Pool B, 6 p.m. (third place)

Game 16 -- First Place Pool A vs. First Place Pool B, 7:30 p.m. (championship)

St. Elmo Holiday Tournament

St. Elmo/Brownstown will be hosting seven teams in its 60th Annual St. Elmo Holiday Tournament beginning Tuesday, December 17.

Taking the top seed was St. Elmo/Brownstown followed by Cumberland, South Central, Mulberry Grove, Patoka, Ramsey, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

The tournament will continue Wednesday, Dec. 18, run Thursday, Dec. 19, Friday, Dec. 20 and finish out with the finals Saturday, Dec. 21.

St. Elmo Holiday Tournament

Tuesday, December 17

Game 1 -- St. Elmo/Brownstown vs. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 6:15 p.m.

Game 2 -- Mulberry Grove vs. Patoka, 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, December 18

Game 3 -- Cumberland vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 6:15 p.m.

Game 4 -- South Central vs. Ramsey, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday, December 19

Game 5 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6:15 p.m.

Game 6 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7:45 p.m.

Friday, December 20

Game 7 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 6:15 p.m.

Game 8 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, December 21

Game 9 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 3 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 10 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 4:30 p.m. (consolation championship)

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

Game 12 -- Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 8, 7:30 p.m. (championship)

Sesser-Valier Holiday Tournament

The lone local team in the Sesser-Valier Holiday Tournament is Altamont. The Indians drew the No. 3 seed in the field of 16 teams.

Seeded No. 1 was Goreville followed by Christopher, Altamont, Marissa-Coulterville, Cobden, Sesser-Valier, Odin and Sparta. Other teams entered include Johnston City, Waltonville, Red Bud, Galatia, Century, Zeigler-Royalton, Thompsonville and New Athens.

The tournament opens Thursday, December 26 and will finish out Monday, Dec. 30 with the finals.

Altamont will face Thompsonville at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Sesser-Valier Holiday Tournament

Thursday, Dec. 26

Game 1 – Cobden vs. Johnston City, 9 am.

Game 2 – Marissa-Coulterville vs. Waltonville, 10:30 a.m.

Game 3 – Sparta vs. Red Bud, noon

Game 4 – Goreville vs. Galatia, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5 – Christopher vs. Century, 3:30 p.m.

Game 6 – Odin vs. Zeigler-Royalton, 5 p.m.

Game 7 – Altamont vs. Thompsonville, 6:30 p.m.

Game 8 – Sesser-Valier vs. New Athens, 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 27

Game 9 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 9 a.m.

Game 10 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 10:30 a.m.

Game 11 – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, noon

Game 12 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 1:30 p.m.

Game 13 – Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 3:30 p.m.

Game 14 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5 p.m.

Game 15 – Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 6:30 p.m.

Game 16 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 28

Game 17 – Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 10:30 a.m.

Game 18 – Loser Game 10 vs. Loser game 12, noon

Game 19 – Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 12, 1:30 p.m.

Game 20 – Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 15, 5 p.m.

Game 21 – Loser Game 14 vs. Loser Game 16, 6:30 p.m.

Game 22 – Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 16, 8 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 30

Game 23 – Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 20, noon (consolation championship)

Game 24 – Winner Game 18 vs .Winner Game 21, 1:30 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 25 – Loser Game 19 vs. Loser Game 22, 3 p.m. (third place)

Game 26 – Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 22, 7 p.m. (championship)

Tri-County Holiday Tournament

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg will take part in the Tri-County Holiday Tournament, Dec. 27-30.

The Hatchets are in Pool A with Chrisman, Tri-County and Westville. In Pool B are Argenta-Oreana, Hutsonville/Palestine, Martinsville and Paris.

Windsor/Stew-Stras will first meet Westville at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27. The finals are scheduled for Dec. 30.

Tri-County Holiday Tournament

Friday, Dec. 27

Game 1 – Paris vs. Martinsville, 3 p.m.

Game 2 – Hutsonville/Palestine vs. Argenta-Oreana, 4:30 p.m.

Game 3 – Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. Westville, 6 p.m.

Game 4 – Tri-County vs. Chrisman, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 28

Game 5 – Paris vs. Hutsonville/Palestine, 9 a.m.

Game 6 – Martinsville vs. Argenta-Oreana, 10:30 a.m.

Game 7 – Westville vs. Chrisman, noon

Game 8 – Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. Tri-County, 1:30 p.m.

Game 9 – Argenta-Oreana vs. Paris, 3 p.m.

Game 10 – Hutsonville/Palestine vs. Martinsville, 4:30 p.m.

Game 11 – Chrisman vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 6 p.m.

Game 12 – Tri-County vs. Westville, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 30

Game 13 – Fourth Place Pool A vs. Fourth Place Pool B, 3 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 14 – Third Place Pool A vs. Third Place Pool B, 4:30 p.m. (fifth place)

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

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

Monticello Holiday Tournament

Neoga will be the lone area representative in the Monticello Holiday Tournament.

The Indians are in the Gold Pool along with Ridgeview, Paxton-Buckley-Loda and Clinton. In the Purple Pool are Monticello, GCMS, Tuscola and Oakwood.

The tourney opens Thursday, Dec. 26 ad finishes out with the finals Saturday, Dec. 28.

Neoga faces Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Monticello Holiday Tournament

Thursday, Dec. 26

Game 1 – Tuscola vs. GCMS, 10 a.m.

Game 2 – Monticello vs. Oakwood, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 – Ridgeview vs. Clinton, 2 p.m.

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

Game 5 – Oakwood vs. Tuscola, 6 p.m.

Game 6 – GCMS vs. Monticello, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 27

Game 7 – Ridgeview vs. Neoga, 10 a.m.

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

Game 9 – GCMS vs. Oakwood, 2 p.m.

Game 10 – Monticello vs. Tuscola, 3:30 p.m.

Game 11 – Neoga vs. Clinton, 6 p.m.

Game 12 – Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs. Ridgeview, 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)