Basketball tournaments aplenty this week

They call it Christmas break, but the time around Christmas and New Year’s is hardly a holiday for Yadkin Valley area high school basketball teams. 

Teams from the Mountain Valley 1A/2A and Northwest 1A/2A conference are spreading out across the region for holiday tournaments, even some of the JV squads. A handful, like the Starmount and Ashe County girls, played in tournaments before Christmas. The rest will be in action this week. Here is a rundown of what’s going on. 

Because of the weekend snowstorm, be sure to check with each tournament site to confirm dates and times. We’ll post any schedule changes here at Yadkin Valley Sports and on our Facebook page if there are any. Coaches and school officials can report schedule changes to Eric Lusk at eric@yadkinvalleysports.com. 

Community For Education Shootout

Surry Central and Surry Community College will serve as the host sites for this year’s event on Tuesday and Wednesday. The tournament is essentially set up as a round-robin between select Northwest 1A/2A and Mountain Valley 1A/2A boys and girls teams, though the North Wilkes boys are not participating this year because the Vikings are playing in the Frank Spencer tourney in Winston-Salem.. 

Action will start at 4 p.m. each day, with quadruple headers slated for each site. 

The boys bracket will feature East Wilkes, North Stokes, Surry Central, West Wilkes, Mount Airy, Wilkes Central, East Surry and Chatham Central (which is taking the place of North Wilkes). The girls bracket will feature East Wilkes, North Stokes, North Wilkes, Surry Central, West Wilkes, Mount Airy, Wilkes Central and East Surry. 

Intriguing match-ups will include Wilkes Central facing off against East Surry in a girls-boys doubleheader at Surry Community College starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. East Wilkes and East Surry teams will square off in the early games Wednesday (girls at 4 p.m., boys at 5:30) at Surry Central. East Wilkes girls coach Billy Brown served as an assistant for several years at East Surry before coming to Ronda, including a state championship season. 

Wilkes Central and Surry Central will square off at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night at Surry Central in a rematch of the season opener for each squad. 

COMPLETE SCHEDULE 

Tuesday, Dec. 28 Games 

At Surry Central 

4 p.m. East Wilkes BOYS vs. North Stokes 

5:30 p.m. East Wilkes GIRLS vs. North Stokes 

7 p.m. Chatham Central BOYS vs. Surry Central 

8:30 p.m. North Wilkes GIRLS vs. Surry Central 

At Surry Community College 

4 p.m. West Wilkes GIRLS vs. Mount Airy 

5:30 p.m. West Wilkes BOYS vs. Mount Airy 

7 p.m. Wilkes Central GIRLS vs. East Surry 

8:30 p.m. Wilkes Central BOYS vs. East Surry 

Wednesday, Dec. 29 Games 

At Surry Central 

4 p.m. East Wilkes GIRLS vs. East Surry 

5:30 p.m. East Wilkes BOYS vs. East Surry 

7 p.m. Wilkes Central GIRLS vs. Surry Central 

8:30 p.m. Wilkes Central BOYS vs. Surry Central 

At Surry Community College 

4 p.m. Chatham Central BOYS vs. Mount Airy 

5:30 p.m. North Wilkes GIRLS vs. Mount Airy 

7 p.m. West Wilkes BOYS vs. North Stokes 

8:30 p.m. West Wilkes GIRLS vs. North Stokes 

Alleghany Holiday Tournament

The field has been expanded for this year’s tournament in Sparta, which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday at both of the Trojans’ gyms. There is even a JV division. 

Elkin’s varsity boys and girls will make their yearly appearance. The Starmount boys, as well as the North Surry boys and girls will join the field. 

Elkin teams will play at 4 and 5:30 p.m. each day, facing North Surry on Wednesday and South Stokes on Thursday. The Starmount will boys will square off against Chilhowie (Va.) at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and will go against Galax (Va.) at 7 p.m. on Thursday. 

The Starmount girls are not participating because the Rams played in the Mary Garber Holiday Classic in Winston-Salem last week. 

COMPLETE SCHEDULE 

Wednesday, Dec. 29 Games 

Old Gym 

1 p.m. Alleghany JV GIRLS vs. Patrick County 

2:30 p.m. Alleghany JV BOYS vs. Patrick County 

4 p.m. West Stokes GIRLS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

5:30 p.m. Starmount BOYS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

7 p.m. Alleghany GIRLS vs. Galax (Va.) 

8:30 p.m. Alleghany BOYS vs. Galax (Va.) 

New Gym 

1 p.m. North Surry JV BOYS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

2:30 p.m. North Surry JV GIRLS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

4 p.m. North Surry BOYS vs. Elkin 

5:30 p.m. North Surry GIRLS vs. Elkin 

7 p.m. Patrick County (Va.) BOYS vs. South Stokes 

8:30 p.m. Patrick County (Va.) GIRLS vs. South Stokes 

Thursday, Dec. 30 Games 

Old Gym 

1 p.m. Alleghany JV GIRLS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

2:30 p.m. Alleghany JV BOYS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

4 p.m. Patrick County (Va.) GIRLS vs. North Surry 

5:30 p.m. Patrick County (Va.) BOYS vs. North Surry 

7 p.m. Alleghany GIRLS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

8:30 p.m. Alleghany BOYS vs. Chilhowie (Va.) 

New Gym 

1 p.m. North Surry JV BOYS vs. Patrick County (Va.) 

2:30 p.m. North Surry JV GIRLS vs. Patrick County (Va.) 

4 p.m. Elkin BOYS vs. South Stokes 

5:30 p.m. Elkin GIRLS vs. South Stokes 

7 p.m. Starmount BOYS vs. Galax (Va.) 

8:30 p.m. West Stokes GIRLS vs. Galax (Va.) 

Statesville Record & Landmark Classic

The Forbush varsity boys and girls will join the field once again. This year’s tournament will be held at Lake Norman High School on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The Forbush boys are seeded second, while the girls are seeded fifth. Teams are guaranteed at least two games. 

Frank Spencer Classic 

Boys teams from North Wilkes, Ashe County and West Stokes are participating in this year’s Spencer tournament, which starts today (Monday) in Winston-Salem. This year’s event has been divided into two eight-team brackets. Coaches voted on the seeding, and the top eight seeds will play in the Pepsi Bracket, while seeds 9-16 will compete in the Winston-Salem Journal Bracket. 

Here are the match-ups, courtesy the Winston-Salem Journal: 

Pepsi Bracket 

(Quarters, consolations at Mount Tabor) 

(Semis, final at Joel Coliseum) 

Quarterfinals (Monday) 

Game 1: No. 1 Mount Tabor vs. No. 8 West Stokes, 2 p.m. 

Game 2: No. 2 Reagan vs. No. 7 Glenn, 3:45 

Game 3: No. 6 North Forsyth vs. No. 3 Parkland, 5:30 

Game 4: No. 5 W-S Prep vs. No. 4 FCD, 7:15 

Consolations (Tuesday, Dec. 28) 

Game 5: Losers Games 2-3, 11 a.m. 

Game 6: Losers Games 1-4, 12:45 

Semifinals (Tuesday, Dec. 28) 

Game 7: Winners Games 1-4, 7 p.m. 

Game 8: Winners Games 2-3, 8:30 

Consolations  

(Wednesday, Dec. 29) 

7th place: Losers Games 5-6, 1 p.m. 

5th place: Winners Games 5-6, 2:45 

3rd place: Losers of semifinal, 4:30 

Championship  

(Wednesday, Dec. 29) 

Winners of semifinal, 8:45 

   

Winston-Salem Journal Bracket  

(Quarters, consolations at East Forsyth) 

(Semis, final at Joel Coliseum) 

Quarterfinals (Monday) 

Game 1: No. 1 Ashe County vs. No. 8 Lexington, 2 p.m. 

Game 2: No. 2 East Forsyth vs. No. 7 Atkins, 3:45 

Game 3: No. 3 West Forsyth vs. No. 6 North Wilkes, 5:30 

Game 4: No. 4 Reynolds vs. No. 5 Carver, 7:15 

Consolations (Tuesday, Dec. 28) 

Game 5: Losers Games 2-3, 11 a.m. 

Game 6: Losers Games 1-4, 12:45 

Semifinals (Tuesday, Dec. 28) 

Game 7: Winners Games 1-2, 4 p.m. 

Game 8: Winners Games 2-3, 5:30 

Consolations  

(Wednesday, Dec. 29) 

7th place: Losers Games 5-6, 1 p.m. 

5th place: Winners Games 5-6, 2:45 

3rd place: Losers of semifinal, 4:30 

Championship 

(Wednesday, Dec. 29) 

Winners of semifinal, 7 p.m.