Highland, LIC , Vandalia Mid-Winter Girls Tourneys Scheduled

Also entered in the tourney are Centralia, Greenville, Mascoutah and Vandalia. The teams will play a round robin tourney.

Effingham's first contest will be at 10 a.m. Monday, January 17 against Centralia. The Hearts will then face Vandalia at 1 p.m.

The Hearts will meet Greenville at 6 p.m. Wednesday, January 19 and then will have Thursday off before facing Mascoutah at 6 p.m. Friday.

Vandalia Invitational Tournament

Monday, January 17

Game 1 – Centralia vs. Effingham, 10 a.m.

Game 2 – Greenville vs. Mascoutah, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 – Effingham vs. Vandalia, 1 p.m.

Game 4 – Mascoutah vs. Centralia, 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 19

Game 5 – Effingham vs. Greenville, 6 p.m.

Game 6 – Vandalia vs. Centralia, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 20

Game 7 – Vandalia vs. Mascoutah, 6 p.m.

Game 8 – Centralia vs. Greenville, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 21

Game 9 – Mascoutah vs. Effingham, 6 p.m.

Game 10 – Greenville vs. Vandalia, 7:30 p.m.

Highland Tournament

Teutopolis will be competing in the 35th Annual Apex Network Physical Therapy Highland Girls Basketball Tournament this coming Saturday through Saturday, January 22.

Other teams entered include top-seeded Okawville, Salem, Triad, Belleville West, Collinsville, O'Fallon, Hillsboro, Bethalto Civic Memorial, Belleville East, Nashville, Breese Central, Alton, Highland, Breese Mater Dei and Taylorville. T-town is seeded fifth.

The Wooden Shoes will open play this Saturday against No. 12 Collnsville at 1 p.m.

If the Shoes win that game they will play at 8:30 p.m. Monday. If they lose, they will play at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

The tourney ends Saturday, January 22 with the championship game at 2:30 p.m.

Highland Tournament

Saturday, Janary 15

Game 1 -- Okawville vs. Salem, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- Triad vs. Belleville West, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 -- Teutopolis vs. Collinsville, 1 p.m.

Game 4 -- O'Fallon vs. Hillsboro, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Bethalto Civic Memorial vs. Belleville East, 4 p.m.

Game 6 -- Nashville vs. Breese Central, 5:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Alton vs. Highland, 7 p.m.

Game 8 -- Breese Mater Dei vs. Taylorville, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, January 17 

Game 9 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 4 pm.

Game 10 – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 5:30 p.m.

Game 11 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

Game 12 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 18

Game 13 – Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 4 p.m.

Game 14 – Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 5:30 p.m.

Game 15 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7 p.m.

Game 16 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 19

Game 17 – Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 5 p.m.

Game 18 – Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 6:30 p.m.

Game 19 – Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 8 p.m.

Thursday, January 20

Game 20 – Loser Game 11 vs. Loser Game 12, 5 p.m.

Game 21 – Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 6:30 p.m.

Game 22 —Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 8 p.m.

Saturday, January 22

Game 23 – Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, 10 a.m. (consolation championship)

Game 24 – Winner Game 20 vs. Winner Game 21, 11:30 a.m. (fifth place)

Game 25 – Loser Game 19 vs. Loser Game 22, 1 p.m. (third place)

Game 26 – Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 22, 2:30 p.m. (championship)

Little Illini Conference Tournament

Newton will be competing in the Little Illini Conference Tournament Jan. 13-20 at Paris High School.

Paris drew the No. 1 seed followed by Marshall, Olney, Mount Carmel, Robinson, Newton, Lawrenceville, Casey-Westfield and Red Hill (Bridgeport).

The tourney opens play this Thursday with the two lowest seeds, Casey-Westfield and Red Hill squaring off at 6 p.m. The tournament skips Friday and will return to action this Saturday. Newton meets Olney in the final game of the day at 7:30 p.m.

The championship game is scheduled for Thursday, January 20 at 8 p.m.

Little Illini Conference Tournament

At Paris

Thursday, January 13

Game 1 -- Casey-Westfield vs. Red Hill (Bridgeport), 6 p.m.

Saturday, January 15

Game 2 -- Paris vs. Winner Game 1, 3 p.m.

Game 3 -- Mount Carmel vs. Robinson, 4:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Marshall vs. Lawrenceville, 6 pm.

Game 5 -- Olney vs. Newton, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, January 17

Game 6 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4

Tuesday, January 18

Game 7 – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 6 p.m.

Game 8 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 19

Game 9 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 5, 6 p.m.

Game 10 – Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 20

Game 11 —Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 5 p.m. (consolation championship)

Game 12 – Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 6:30 p.m. (third place)

Game 13 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 8 p.m. (championship)