Vermilion County basketball tournament schedule released

OAKWOOD - The game schedule for the upcoming seven-team boys and girls tournament was announced this week. Pool play is set to begin on Friday, January 13, at 5pm, opens with Georgetown against Westville.

Following the opener, Oakwood will face Hoopeston Area in Game 2 at 6:30pm, and the nightcap will be Armstrong-Potomac tipping off against Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin at 8pm.

The boys side of the tournament starts Saturday afternoon at 3:45pm on January 14, with the Hoopeston Area's Cornjerkers taking on the Buffaloes from Georgetown. Game 2, scheduled for 5:15pm, will be between Oakwood and Westville.

The last game of the boys' opening day will be between Salt Fork and Armstrong-Potomac at 6:45pm.

The girls' trophy games will be on Friday, January 20. The boys championship games will be played the following day starting 5pm.

All games will take place at Danville Area Community College.



Vermilion County Basketball Tournament Schedule

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IPC teams to play at Christie Clinic Shootout this Saturday

St. Joseph - St. Joseph-Ogden High School will host 13 teams this Saturday, January 7, for the 2023 installment of the Christie Clinic Shootout.

The competition starts at 9am with the first junior varsity contest of the day between Beecher and Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin in SJO's practice gym. The varsity contest between the two teams follows two hours later at 11am. The final varsity game will start at 6pm featuring Peoria Notre Dame against the Kays of Kankakee.

Normal University's Mason Funk and SJO's Tanner Jacob collide during the State Farm Classic Holiday Tournament Small School championship game last Friday. The two teams won't run into each other at this weekend's Christie Clinic Shootout. The Spartans claimed a narrow victory beating the Pioneers, 58-49. U-High will take on the Rockets from Unity at 5pm on Saturday in St. Joseph. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks


Monticello, Unity, and SJO will represent the Illini Prairie Conference with back-to-back-to-back games starting at 3:30pm. The Sages will start the three-game run squaring up to face Newton. The Rockets will tipoff around 5pm against Normal U-High, who the Spartans beat in a heated contest on December 30 for the State Farm Holiday Classic title. St. Joseph-Ogden (11-1) closes out the IPC league bouts for the day against the currently 6-6 Nashville Hornets. All three teams will be home on the scoreboard.

Admission for spectators is $8 and $5 for students. Student IDs are required for the discount.


Game Schedule

Varsity (SJO Main Gym)

11:00 AM: Beecher vs. BHRA
12:30 PM: Addison Trail vs. Champaign Centennial
2:00 PM: Mt. Zion vs. Bloomington
3:30 PM: Newton vs. Monticello
5:00 PM: Normal U-High vs. Unity
6:30 PM: Nashville vs. St. Joseph-Ogden
8:00 PM: Peoria Notre Dame vs. Kankakee


Junior Varsity (SJO PRACTICE GYM)

9:00 AM: (SE Locker Room) Beecher vs. BHRA
10:30 AM: (SW Locker Room) Addison Trail vs. Champaign Centennial
12:00 PM: (B103) Mt. Zion vs. Bloomington
1:30 PM: (B102) Newton vs. Monticello
3:00 PM: (B103) Normal U-High vs. Unity
4:30 PM: (B102) Moline vs. St. Joseph-Ogden
6:00 PM: (B103) Peoria Notre Dame vs. Kankakee

***** Home team is listed on the right for all games


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