Published on January 15, 2026 9:50 am
Last Updated on January 15, 2026 9:51 am
Area girls basketball teams will be competing in four tournaments beginning Monday, January 19 and running through Saturday, January 24. Following are those tournament schedules:
NATIONAL TRAIL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Monday, January 19
Game 1 — Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. South Central 10 a.m.
Game 2 — Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. North Clay, 11:30 a.m.
Game 3 — Altamont vs. Dieterich, 1 p.m.
Game 4 — Cumberland vs. Neoga, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 20
Game 5 — Brownstown/St. Elmo vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.
Game 6 — St. Anthony vs. Winner Game 2, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21
Game 7 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 5 p.m.
Game 8 — Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 5, 6:30 p.m.
Game 9 — Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 5, 8 p.m.
Thursday, January 22
Game 10 — Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 6, 6 p.m.
Game 11 — Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 24
Game 12 — Loser Game 8 vs. Loser Game 10, 11:30 a.m. (seventh place)
Game 13 — Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10, 1 p.m. (consolation championship)
Game 14 — Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 2:30 p.m. (third place)
Game 15 — Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 7:30 p.m. (championship)
VANDALIA TOURNAMENT
Monday, January 19
Game 1 — Effingham vs. Mattoon, 10 a.m.
Game 2 — Hillsboro vs. Mascoutah, 11:30 a.m.
Game 3 — Salem vs. Vandalia, 1 p.m.
Game 4 — Wesclin vs. Greenville, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21
Game 5 — Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6p.m.
Game 6 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 22
Game 7 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m.
Game 8 — Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 24
Game 9 — Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 10 a.m. (seventh place)
Game 10 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 11:30 a.m. (fifth place)
Game 11 — Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 1 p.m. (third place)
Game 12 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 2:30 p.m. (championship)
LITTLE ILLINI CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
At Marshall
Saturday, January 17
Game 1 — Paris vs. Casey-Westfield, 1 p.m.
Game 2 — Newton vs. Robinson, 2:30 p.m.
Game 3 — Mount Carmel vs. Marshall, 4 p.m.
Game 4 — Olney Richland County vs. Lawrenceville, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, January 19
Game 5 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m.
Game 6 — Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 20
Game 7 — Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m.
Game 8 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 22
Game 9 — Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 6 pm.. (seventh place)
Game 10 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:30 p.m. (fifth place)
Game 11 — Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 6 p.m. (third place)
Game 12 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 7:30 p.m. (championship)
HIGHLAND TOURNAMENT
Saturday, January 17
Game 1 — Nashville vs. Belleville Althoff, 2:30 p.m.
Game 2 — Highland vs. Teutopolis, 1 p.m.
Game 3 — Glenwood vs. Okawville, 11:30 a.m.
Game 4 — Lift For Life vs. Edwardsville, 10 a.m.
Game 5 — Belleville East vs. Centralia, 4 p.m.
Game 6 — Breese Mater Dei vs. Bethalto Civic Memorial, 5:30 p.m.
Game 7 — Breese Central vs. Carlyle, 7 p.m.
Game 8 — O’Fallon vs. Troy Triad, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, January 19
Game 9 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 4 p.m.
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 20
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 21
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 22
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 24
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)