Six Girls Holiday Basketball Tournaments Ready To Open Play

The Dieterich Holiday Tournament will play host to Dieterich, Brownstown/St. Elmo, Cumberland, South Central, Marshall, Arcola, Casey-Westfield and Red Hill (Bridgeport).

The tournament opens Tuesday and will run Wednesday and finish out Thursday.

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

Also entered are Monticello, Clinton, Ridgeview, Gibson City/Melvin-Sibley, Paxton-Buckley-Loda, Tuscola and Tri-Valley.

Neoga faces Monticello Tuesday at 10 a.m. and Clinton at 7:30 p.m. and takes on Ridgeview Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

The finals are scheduled for Thursday.

Altamont will take part in the Robinson Holidaze Hoopla. Also entered are Robinson, Tri-County, Oswego, Sullivan, Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville, Terre Haute South and North Central.

Altamont will meet Oblongt/Palestine/Hutsonville at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday and Terre Haute South at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and North Central at 4:30 p.m.

The finals are scheduled for Friday.

Newton will take part in the Merry Mule Tournament at Fairfield.

The Eagles start their tourney stay Wednesday against Murphysboro at 3:15 p.m. and Carmi at 6:45 p.m.

The finals are scheduled for Thursday.

North Clay (Louisville) will take part in the Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran Winterfest Tournament, December 27-30. The Cardinials meet the host squad at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The tourney finals are set for Friday.

St. Anthony, Effingham and Teutopolis are competing in the Coles County Holiday Tournament Thursday and Friday.

St. Anthony is in Pool A, T-town in Pool B and Effingham in Pool D.

At Mattoon High School, the Bullodgs face Mattoon at 10 a.m. and take on Mahomet-Seymour at 1. T-town meets Marion at 11:30 a.m. and Galesburg at 3 p.m. Thursday.

Effingham will play at Charleston High School against Champaign at 11:30 a.m. and Danville at 3 p.m. Thursday.

The finals are scheduled for Friday.

DIETERICH HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, December 26

Game 1 – South Central vs. Dieterich, 10 a.m.

Game 2 – Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Arcola, 11:30 a.m.

Game 3 – Cumberland vs. South Central, 1 p.m.

Game 4 – Brownstown/St. Elmo vs. Red Hill (Bridgeport), 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 – Arcola vs. Casey-Westfield, 4 p.m.

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

Wednesday, December 27

Game 7 – Red Hill (Bridgeport) vs. Casey-Westfield, 10 a.m.

Game 8 – Marshall vs. South Central, 11:30 a.m.

Game 9 – Casey-Westfield vs. Brownstown/St. Elmo, 1 p.m.

Game 10 – Cumberland vs. Marshall, 2:30 p.m.

Game 11 – Brownstown/St. Elmo vs. Arcola, 4 p.m.

Game 12 – Dieterich vs. Cumberland, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, 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 – Championship, 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)

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

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.

CENTRALIA CHRIST OUR ROCK LUTHERAN WINTERFEST TOURNAMENT

Wednesday, December 27

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

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

Game 3 -- East Alton-Wood river vs. Wesclin, 12:30 p.m.

Game 4 -- Pinckneyville vs. Elverado-Zeigler Royalton, 42 p.m.

Game 5 -- Johnston City vs. Chester, 3:30 p.m.

Game 6 -- Father McGivney vs. Anna-Jonesboro, 5 p.m.

Game 7 -- Staunton vs. Dupo, 6:30 p.m.

Game 8 -- Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran vs. North Clay (Louisville), 8 p.m.

Thursday, December 28

Game 9 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 9:30 a.m.

Game 10 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 11 a.m.

Game 11 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 12:30 p.m.

Game 12 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 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, 3 p.m.

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

Friday, December 29

Game 17 -- Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, noon

Game 18 -- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 1:30 p.m.

Game 19 -- Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 3:30 p.m.

Game 20 -- Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14, 5 p.m.

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

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

Saturday, December 30

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

Game 24 -- Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 16, 4:30 p.m. (fifth place)

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

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

COLES COUNTY HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Thursday, December 28

At Mattoon High School

Game 1 – St. Anthony vs. Mattoon, 10 a.m.

Game 3 – Teutopolis vs. Marion, 11:30 a.m.

Game 5 – Mahomet-Seymour vs. St. Anthony, 1 p.m.

Game 7 – Galesburg vs. Teutopolis, 3 p.m.

Game 9 – Mattoon vs. Mahomet-Seymour, 4:30 p.m.

Game 11 – Marion vs. Galesburg, 6 p.m.

At Charleston High School

Game 2 – Charleston vs. Sullivan, 10 a.m.

Game 4 – Effingham vs. Champaign, 11:30 a.m.

Game 6 – Sullivan vs. Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Game 8 – Danville vs. Effingham, 3 p.m.

Game 10 – Jacksonville vs. Charleston, 4:30 p.m.

Game 12 – Champaign vs. Danville, 6 p.m.

At Mattoon High School

Game 13 – Third Pool A vs. Third Pool B, 10 a.m.

Game 15 – Second Pool A vs. Second Pool B, 11:30 a.m.

Game 17 – First Pool A vs. First Pool B, 1 p.m.

Game 19 – Winner 13 vs. Winner 14, 3 p.m. (9th-10th place)

Game 21 – Winner 15 vs. Winner 16, 4:30 p.m. (5th-6th place)

Game 23 – Winner 17 vs. Winner 18, 6 p.m. (1st-2nd place)

At Charleston High School

Game 14 – Third Pool C vs. Third Pool D, 10 a.m.

Game 16 – Second Pool C vs. Second Pool D, 11:30 a.m.

Game 18 – First Pool C vs. First Pool D, 1 p.m.

Game 20 – Loser 13 vs. Loser 14, 3 p.m. (11th-12th place)

Game 22 – Loser 15 vs. Loser 16, 4:30 p.m. (7th-8th place)

Game 24 – Loser 17 vs. Loser 18, 6 p.m. (3rd-4th place)