Altamont, Newton, WSS, Neoga, North Clay In Girls Holiday Tourneys

Following are several of the area teams and the tournaments they are competing in.

Knights Holiday Classic Tournament

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg will be the first area team to open tournament play Thursday, December 21. The tournament finishes out Saturday, December 23.

There are two pools. Pool A members are host Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, Chrisman, Unity Christian and Rantoul. In Pool B are Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, Heritage, Shelbyville and Decatur Eisenhower.

WSS will open play Thursday at 6 p.m. in the East Gym against Heritage. The Hatchets will face Decatur Eisenhower at 6 p.m. Friday in the East Gym and will finish out pool play Friday at 11:30 a.m. against Shelbyville in the West Gym.

The finals are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. with the seventh place contest in the East Gym and the fifth place game in the West Gym and finish out with the third place game at 4:30 p.m. in the East Gym and the championship in the West Gym.

Knights Holiday Classic Tournament

Thursday, December 21

Game 1 -- Chrisman vs. Rantoul, 6 p.m. (West Gym)

Game 2 -- Heritage vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 6 p.m. (East Gym)

Game 3 -- Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond vs. Unity Christian, 7:30 p.m. (West Gym)

Game 4 -- Decatur Eisenhower vs. Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m. (East Gym)

Friday, December 22

Game 5 -- Shelbyville vs. Heritage, 6 p.m. (West Gym)

Game 6 -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. Decatur Eisenhower, 6 p.m. (East Gym)

Game 7 -- Rantoul vs. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 7:30 p.m. (West Gym)

Game 8 -- Unity Christian vs. Chrisman, 7:30 p.m. (East Gym)

Saturday, December 23

Game 9 -- Decatur Eisenhower vs. Heritage, 10 a.m. (West Gym)

Game 10 -- Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond vs. Chrisman, 10 a.m. (East Gym)

Game 11 -- Shelbyville vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 11:30 a.m. (West Gym)

Game 12 -- Unity Christian vs. Rantoul, 11:30 a.m. (East Gym)

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

Game 14 -- Third Place Pool A vs. Third Place Pool B, 3 p.m., West Gym (fifth place)

Game 15 -- Second Place Pool A vs. Second Place Pool B, 4:30 p.m., East Gym (third place)

Game 16 -- First Place Pool A vs. First Place Pool B, 4:30 p.m., West Gym (championship)

Robinson Holidaze Hoopla

Altamont will be competing in the Robinson Hoopla Wednesday, December 27, Thursday, December 28 and  Friday, December 29.

The tourney is divided into two pools. In Pool A are Robinson, Tri-County, Oswego and Sullivan. In Pool B are Altamont, Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville, Terre Haute South and North Central.

Altamont will meet Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville at 12:30 Wednesday. The Indians will then take on Terre Haute South at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and North Central at 4:30 p.m.

The finals are scheduled for Friday.

Robinson Holidaze Hoopla

Wednesday, December 27

Game 1 -- Robinson vs. Tri-County, 11 a.m.

Game 2 -- Altamont vs. Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville, 12:30 p.m.

Game 3 -- Oswego vs. Sullivan, 2 p.m.

Game 4 -- Terre Haute South vs. North Central, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 28

Game 5 -- Robinson vs. Oswego, 9 a.m.

Game 6 -- Altamont vs. Terre Haute South, 10:30 a.m.

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

Game 8 -- Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville vs. North Central, 1:30 p.m.

Game 9 -- Robinson vs. Sullivan, 3 p.m.

Game 10 -- Altamont vs. North Central, 4:30 p.m.

Game 11 -- Tri-County vs. Oswego, 6 p.m.

Game 12 -- Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville vs. Terre Haute South, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 29

Game 13 -- Seventh Place

Game 14 -- Fifth Place

Game 15 -- Third Place

Game 16 -- Championship

Merry Mule Tournament

Newton will be competing in the Merry Mule Tournament at Fairfield High School.

The tournament is divided into four pools. In Pool A are Fairfield, Lawrenceville and Webber Township (Bluford). In Pool B are Edwards County (Albion), Wayne City and Woodlawn. In Pool C are Newton, Carmi and Murphysboro. In Pool D are Flora, Mount Carmel and Meridian.

The tourney games will be held at Fairfield High School and Center Street Grade School.

Newton will be competing at the grade school and will face Murphysboro at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, December 27 and then take on Carmi at 6:45 p.m.

The winners from the four pools will be placed in the Gold Bracket, second place in the Silver Bracket and third place in the Bronze Bracket.

The brackets will be played Thursday, December 28 with the third place game at 6:15 p.m. and the champoinship at 7:45 p.m.

Merry Mule Tournament

Wednesday, December 27

At Fairfield High School

Game 1 -- Fairfiield vs. Lawrenceville, 10 a.m.

GAme 2 -- Edwards County vs. Wayne City, 11:45 a.m.

Game 3 -- Lawrrenceville vs. Webber Township, 1:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Wayne City vs. Woodlawn, 3:15 p.m.

Game 5 -- Webber Township vs. Fairfield, 5 p.m.

Game 6 -- Woodlawn vs. Edwards County, 6:45 p.m.

At Center Street Grade School

Game 1 -- Flora vs. Mount Carmel, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- Carmi vs. Murphy, 11:45 a.m.

Game 3 -- Mount Carmel vs. Meridian, 1:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Murphy vs. Newton, 3:15 p.m.

Game 5 -- Meridian vs. Flora, 5 p.m.

Game 6 -- Newton vs. Carmi

Thursday, December 28

At Center Street

Game 1 -- C vs. D Bronze, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- C vs. D Silver, 11:45 a.m.

Game 3 -- C vs. D Gold, 1:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Losers of Bronze, 3:15 p.m.

Game 5 -- Losers of Silver, 4:45 p.m.

At Fairfield High School

Game 1 -- A vs. B Bronze, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- A vs. B Silver, 11:45 a.m.

Game 3 -- A vs. B Gold, 1:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Winners of Bronze, 3:15 p.m.

Game 5 -- Winners of Silver, 4:45 p.m.

Game 6 -- Losers of Gold (third place), 6:15 p.m.

Game 7 -- Winners of Gold (championship), 7:45 p.m.

Monticello Holiday Tournament

Neoga will be competing in the Monticello Holiday Tournament December 26-28.

Neoga is in Purple Pool with Monticello, Clinton and Ridgeview. In the Gold Pool are Paxton/Buckely/Loda, Tuscola, Tri-Valley and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley.

Neoga will meet Monticello in the opening game of the tournament Tuesday, December 26 at 10 a.m. Neoga then faces Clinton in the final game of the day at 7:30 p.m.

Neoga takes on Ridgeview at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 27.

The finals are scheduled for Thursday, December 28 with the third place game at 2 p.m. and the championship at 6 p.m.

Monticello Holiday Tournament

Tuesday, December 26

Game 1 -- Monticello vs. Neoga, 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. Tri-Valley, 3:30 p.m.

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

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

Wednesday, December 27

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

Game 8 -- Tri-Valley vs. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 11:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Thursday, 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)