Boys, Girls Christmas Tournaments Scheduled Dec. 26-30

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In boys tourneys, Effingham and Teutopolis host the Christmas Boys Classic which will be heard on 979 xfm. Area teams in that tourney include the hosts, Effingham and Teutopolis, along with Effingham St. Anthony and Newton. The tourney begins Wednesday, December 28 and ends Friday, December 30.

Dieterich will play host to its annual holiday tournament that begins Monday and will come to a close with the finals Wednesday. Two other local squads will compete, South Central and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City along with five other teams.

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg will be playing at the Tri-County Holiday Tournament which starts Tuesday and ends Thursday. 

Neoga takes part in the Monticello Holiday Tournament and will open play Monday against Tuscola at 2 p.m. The Indians face Paxton/Buckley/Loda at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday along with Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley at 6 p.m. The finals are set for Wednesday.

Altamont will be competing at the Sesser-Valier Holiday Tournament. The Indians square off against Century Monday at 3:30 p.m. The finals will take place Thursday.

Cumberland will be competing at the 50th Annual Vandalia Holiday Tournament. The Pirates meet Flora at 3:30 p.m. Monday, take on Vandalia at 11 a.m. Tuesday and Pana at 6:30 and then face Meridian at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. The finals are scheduled for Thursday.

Area girls teams will be competing in five tournaments.

Effingham and Teutopolis head to the Charleston Holiday tourney.  The Hearts meet Tri-County at 3 p.m. and Jacksonville at 6 p.m. Monday while T-town takes on Danville at 4:30 p.m. In Tuesday action, EHS squares off against Charleston at 1:30 and then T-town will meet the Hearts at 4:30 p.m. The round robin tourney ends Wednesday as Teutopolis faces Jacksonville at 3 p.m. and Tri-County at 6 p.m. while EHS takes on Danville at 4:30.

Effingham St. Anthony and Altamont will be the lone area squads at the 43rd Annual Mattoon Holiday Tournament. The Bulldogs open with an 8:30 a.m. game Tuesday against Champaign Central and meets Sullivan at 7:30 p.m. Altamont takes on Mattoon at 11:30 and meets Mahomet-Seymour at 3 p.m. The tourney continues Wednesday and finishes Thursday.

The Dieterich Holiday Tournament has eight teams competing. Local squads include host Dieterich, Newton and Brownstown/St. Elmo. The tourney opens Monday and finishes out Wednesday.

Neoga takes part in the Monticello Holiday Tourney Monday through Wednesday. The Indians' first contest is Monday at 3:30 p.m. against Tuscola.

North Clay (Louisville) will be competing at the Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran Winterfest Tourney Tuesday through Friday. The Cardinals meet Trenton Wesclin at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Get a complete list of the pairings on the story on our website or on the sports daily calendar.

Following are the pairings to all the boys and girls tournaments:

BOYS

EFFINGHAM/TEUTOPOLIS CLASSIC

Wednesday, December 28

At Teutopolis

Game 1 -- Belvidere vs. Oak Lawn, 3 p.m.

Game 3 -- St. Anthony vs. Lutheran North, 4:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Dixon vs. Chicago Brooks, 6 p.m.

Game 7 -- Charleston vs. Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.

At Effingham, Main Gym

Game 2 -- Mattoon vs. Lincoln Way East, 3 p.m.

Game 4 -- Champaign Centennial vs. Newton, 4:30 p.m.

Game 6 -- Knoxville vs. Pleasant Plains, 6 p.m.

Game 8 -- Highland vs. Effingham, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 29

At Teutopolis

Game 9 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 9 a.m.

Game 11 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 10:30 a.m.

Game 13 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3, noon

Game 14 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 1:30 p.m.

Game 17 -- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 4:30 p.m.

Game 20 -- Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 15, 6 p.m.

Game 23 -- Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 15, 7:30 p.m.

At Effingham, Main Gym

Game 10 -- Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4, 9 a.m.

Game 12 -- Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 10:30 a.m.

Game 14 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4, noon

Game 16 -- Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 8, 1:30 p.m.

Game 18 -- Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 12, 4:30 p.m.

Game 22 -- Loser Game 14 vs. Loser Game 16, 6 p.m.

Game 24 -- Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 16, 7:30 p.m.

At Effingham, Auxiliary Gym

Game 19 -- Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11

Game 21 -- Loser Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12, 6 p.m.

Friday, December 30

At Effingham, Auxiliary Gym

Game 25 -- Loser Game 19 vs. Loser Game 21, 10 a.m. (15th place)

Game 27 -- Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 21, 11:30 p.m. (13th place)

At Effingham, Main Gym

Game 26 -- Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, 10 a.m. (11th place)

Game 28 -- Loser Game 20 vs. Loser Game 22, 11:30 am. (seventh place)

Game 29 -- Winner Game 20 vs. Winner Game 22, 3 p.m. (fifth place)

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

Game 31 -- Loser Game 23 vs. Loser Game 24, 6 p.m. (third place)

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

DIETERICH TOURNAMENT

Monday, December 26

Game 1 -- Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville vs. Dieterich, 11:30 a.m.

Game 2 -- Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Grayville, 1 p.m.

Game 3 -- Arcola vs. Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville, 2:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- South Central vs. Red Hill (Bridgeport), 4 p.m.

Game 5 -- Grayville vs. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 5:30 p.m.

Game 6 -- Dieterich vs. Sullivan, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, December 27

Game 7 -- Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 11:30 a.m.

Game 8 -- Sullivan vs. Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville, 1 p.m.

Game 9 -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. South Central, 2:30 p.m.

Game 10 -- Arcola vs. Sullivan, 4 p.m.

Game 11 -- South Central vs. Grayville, 5:30 p.m.

Game 12 -- Dieterich vs. Arcola, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, December 28

Game 13 -- Seventh place, 1 p.m.

Game 14 -- Fifth place, 2:30 p.m.

Game 15 -- Third place, 4 p.m.

Game 16 -- First place, 8 p.m.

TRI-COUNTY HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, December 27

Game 1 -- Westville vs. Martinsville, 3 p.m.

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

Game 3 -- Tri-County vs. Lawrenceville, 6 p.m.

Game 4 -- Chrisman vs. Paris, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 28

Game 5 -- Deland-Weldon vs. Westville, 9 a.m.

Game 6 -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. Martinsville, 10:30 a.m.

Game 7 -- Chrisman vs. Tri-County, noon

Game 8 -- Paris vs. Lawrenceville, 1:30 p.m.

Game 9 -- Martinsville vs. Deland-Weldon, 3 p.m.

Game 10 -- Westville vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 4:30 p.m.

Game 11 -- Lawrenceville vs. Chrisman, 6 p.m.

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

Thursday, December 29

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

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

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

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

MONTICELLO HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Monday, December 26

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

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

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

Game 4 -- Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley vs. Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 3:30 p.m.

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

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

Tuesday, December 27

Game 7 -- Tuscola vs. Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley, 10 a.m.

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

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

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

Game 11 -- Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley vs. Neoga, 6 p.m.

Game 12 -- Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs. Tuscola, 7:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, 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

Monday, December 26 

Game 1 -- Red Bud vs. Thompsonville, 9 a.m.

Game 2 -- Goreville vs. Cobden, 10:30 a.m.

Game 3 -- Marissa-Coulterville vs. Christopher, noon

Game 4 -- Sparta vs. Zeigler-Royalton, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Altamont vs. Century, 3:30 p.m.

Game 6 -- Johnston City vs. Waltonville, 5 p.m.

Game 7 -- DuQuoin vs. Elverado, 6:30 p.m.

Game 8 -- New Athensl vs. Sesser-Valier, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, December 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 -- Loseer Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 6:30 p.m.

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

Wednesday, December 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.

Thursday, December 29

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)

VANDALIA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Monday, December 26

Game 1 -- Greenville vs. Shelbyville, 9:30 a.m.

Game 2 -- Nokomis vs. Okaw Valley, 11 a.m.

Game 3 -- Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran vs. Meridian, 12:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Flora vs. Cumberland, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Okaw Valley vs. Greenville, 5 p.m.

Game 6 -- Shelbyville vs. Pana, 6:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Vandalia vs. Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, December 27

Game 8 -- Nokomis vs. Greenville, 9:30 a.m.

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

Game 10 -- Flora vs. Meridian, 12:30 p.m.

Game 11 -- Shelbyville vs. Okaw Valley, 3:30 p.m.

Game 12 -- Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran vs. Cumberland, 5 p.m.

Game 13 -- Nokomis vs. Flora, 8 p.m.

Game 14 -- Vandalia vs. Flora, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, December 28

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

Game 16 -- Meridian vs. Cumberland, 12:30 p.m.

Game 17 -- Pana vs. Greenville, 3:30 p.m.

Game 18 -- Vandalia vs. Meridian, 5 p.m.

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

Game 20 -- Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran vs. Flora, 8 p.m.

Thursday, December 29

Game 21 -- Fifth Place A vs. Fifth Plac B, 2 pm.. (ninth place)

Game 22 -- Fourth Place B vs. Fourth Place A, 3:30 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 23 -- Third Place A vs. Third Place B, 5 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 24 -- Second Place B vs. Second Place A, 6:30 p.m. (third place)

Game 25 -- First Place A vs. First Place B, 8 p.m. (championship)

GIRLS

CHARLESTON HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Monday, December 26

Game 1 -- Charleston vs. Teutopolis, noon

Game 2 -- Danville vs. Jacksonville, 1:30 p.m.

Game 3 -- Effingham vs. Tri-County, 3 p.m.

Game 4 -- Danville vs. Teutopolis, 4:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Effingham vs. Jacksonville, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, December 26

Game 6 -- Tri-County vs. Danville, noon

Game 7 -- Charleston vs. Effingham, 1:30 p.m.

Game 8 -- Tri-County vs. Jacksonville, 3 p.m.

Game 9 -- Teutopolis vs. Effingham, 4:30 p.m.

Game 10 -- Charleston vs. Jacksonville, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, December 28

Game 11 -- Charleston vs. Danville, noon

Game 12 -- Teutopolis vs. Jacksonville, 1:30 p.m.

Game 13 -- Charleston vs. Tri-County, 3 p.m.

Game 14 -- Effingham vs. Danville, 4:30 p.m.

Game 15 -- Teutopolis vs. Tri-County, 6 p.m.

MATTOON HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, December 27

Game 1 -- St. Anthony vs. Champaign Central, 8:30 a.m.

Game 2 -- Mahomet-Seymour vs. Richland County, 10 a.m.

Game 3 -- Mattoon vs. Altamont, 11:30 a.m.

Game 4 -- Sullivan vs. Galesburg, 1 p.m.

Game 5 -- Altamont vs. Mahomet-Seymour, 3 p.m.

Game 6 -- Galesburg vs. Champaign Central, 4:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Richland County vs. Mattoon, 6 p.m

Game 8 -- St. Anthony vs. Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 28

Game 9 -- Champaign Central vs. Sullivan, 8:30 a.m.

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

Game 11 -- Richland Coutny 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.

Thursday, December 29

Game 17 -- Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14, 3 p.m. (seventh place)

Game 18 -- Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 4:30 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 19 -- Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 6 p.m. (third place)

Game 20 -- Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 7:30 p.m. (championship)

DIETERICH TOURNAMENT

Monday, December 26

Game 1 -- Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Dieterich, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- Casey-Westfield vs. Newton, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 -- Arcola vs. Red Hill (Bridgeport), 1 p.m.

Game 4 -- Brownstown/St. Elmo vs. Casey-Westfield, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Newton vs. South Central, 4 p.m.

Game 6 -- Dieterich vs. Marshall, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, December 27

Game 7 -- Casey-Westfield vs. South Central, 10 a.m.

Game 8 -- Marshall vs. Red Hill (Bridgeport), 11:30 a.m.

Game 9 -- South Central vs. Brownstown/St. Elmo, 1 p.m.

Game 10 -- Arcola vs. Marshall, 2:30 p.m.

Game 11 -- Brownstown/St. Elmo vs. Newton, 4 p.m.

Game 12 -- Dieterich vs. Arcola, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 28

Game 13 -- Seventh place, 1 p.m.

Game 14 -- Fifth place, 2:30 p.m.

Game 15 -- Third place, 4 p.m.

Game 16 -- First place, 6 p.m.

MONTICELLO  HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Monday, December 26

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

Game 2 -- Clinton vs. Ridgeview, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 -- Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley vs. Paxton/Buckley/Loda, 2 p.m.

Game 4 -- Tuscola vs. Neoga, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 -- Ridgeview vs. Monticello, 6 p.m.

Game 6 -- Stark County vs. Clinton, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, December 27

Game 7 -- Neoga vs. Paxton/Buckley/Loda, 10 a.m.

Game 8 -- Tuscola vs. Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley, 11:30 a.m.

Game 9 -- Monticello vs. Clinton, 2 p.m.

Game 10 -- Ridgeview vs. Stark County, 3:30 p.m.

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

Game 12 -- Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley vs. Neoga, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 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, 2 p.m. (third place)

Game 16 -- First Place Purple vs. First Place Gold, 6 p.m. (championship)

CENTRALIA CHRIST OUR ROCK LUTHERAN WINTERFEST TOURNAMENT

Tuseday, December 27

Game 1 -- Greenville vs. Sandoval, 9:30 a.m.

Game 2 -- Hamilton County vs. Chester, 11 a.m.

Game 3 -- Johnston City vs. Dupo, 12:30 pm..

Game 4 -- Staunton vs. Anna-Jonesboro, 2 p.m.

Game 5 -- Father MCGivney vs. Elkville/Zeigler-Royalton, 3:30 p.m.

Game 6 -- Vandalia vs. Pinckneyville, 5 p.m.

Game 7 -- North Clay (Louisville) vs. Trenton Wesclin, 6:30 p.m.

Game 8 -- Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran vs. E. Alton Wood River, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, December 28

Game 9 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 9:30 a.m.

Game 10 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 11 a.m.

Game 11 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 12:30 p.m.

Game 12 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 2 p.m.

Game 13 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 3:30 p.m.

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

Game 15 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 6:30 p.m.

Game 16 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m.

Thursday, December 29

Game 17 -- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, noon

Game 18 -- Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 1:30 p.m.

Game 19 -- Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14, 3:30 p.m.

Game 20 -- Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 5 p.m.

Game 21 -- Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 6:30 p.m.

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

Friday, December 30

Game 23 -- Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, 3 p.m. (consolation championship)

Game 24 -- Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 20, 4:30 p.m. (fifth place)

Game 25 -- Loser Game 21 vs. Lose rGame 22, 6:30 p.m. (third place)

Game 26 -- Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 22, 8 p.m. (championship)