Tournaments will tip off on Thursday with all games at East Lincoln
HobbsDailyReport.com
DENVER, N.C. – North Gaston High’s girls and East Lincoln’s boys are top seeds for the East Lincoln Winter Jam tournaments that tip off on Thursday at East Lincoln.
North Gaston’s girls — who last season won the People’s Bank Holiday Clash — start the Jam on Thursday at 4 p.m., facing No. 8 Concord Robinson in East Lincoln’s new gym.
East Lincoln’s boys, unbeaten through Dec. 20, have an 8:30 p.m. tipoff on Thursday against No. 8 seed Garinger in the new gym.
The defending boys’ champion is Mallard Creek, seeded No. 5, and it won last year’s championship as a No. 8 seed, beating East Lincoln 65-60 in the championship game.
Hickory Ridge won last season’s Jam title in girls as a top seed, beating No. 3 North Mecklenburg 70-43 in the title game.
The first tournament game this year is Thursday at 1 p.m., pitting No. 7 Northwest Cabarrus against No. 2 North Mecklenburg in a girls’ game in East Lincoln’s old gym.
The first boys’ game is Thursday at 1 p.m. in East Lincoln’s new gym with No. 7 Forestview facing No. 2 A.L. Brown.
There are eight games on the opening day of the tournaments then four on Dec. 28 and four on Dec. 29, capped by the title games – girls at 7 p.m. and boys at 8:30 p.m.
EAST LINCOLN WINTER JAM
(Dec. 27-29 at East Lincoln High)
Admission: $9 daily; 3-day tournament pass $24
GIRLS
Thursday
Game 1: No. 7 NW Cabarrus vs. No. 2 N. Mecklenburg, 1 p.m., old gym
Game 2: No. 6 Forestview vs. No. 3 Butler, 2:30 p.m., old gym
Game 3: No. 8 Concord Robinson vs. No. 1 N. Gaston, 4 p.m., new gym
Game 4: No. 5 E. Lincoln vs. No 4 Kings Mountain, 7 p.m., new gym
Friday, Dec. 28
Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 4 p.m., old gym
Game 6: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2:30 p.m., old gym
Game 7: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, semifinal, 4 p.m., new gym
Game 8: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, semifinal, 7 p.m., new gym
Saturday, Dec. 29
Game 9: Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 10 a.m., seventh place, new gym
Game 10: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 11:30 a.m., fifth place, new gym
Game 11: Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 4 p.m., third place, new gym
Game 12: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7 p.m., championship, new gym
BOYS
Thursday
Game 1: No. 7 Forestview vs. No. 2 A.L. Brown, 1 p.m., new gym
Game 2: No. 5 Mallard Creek vs. No. 4 NW Cabarrus, 2:30 p.m., new gym
Game 3: No. 6 Cuthberston vs. No. 3 Victory Christian, 5:30 p.m., new gym
Game 4: No. 8 Garinger vs. N. 1 E. Lincoln, 8:30 p.m., new gym
Friday, Dec. 28
Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 1 p.m., new gym
Game 6: Game 2 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 2:30 p.m., new gym
Game 7: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, semifinal, 5;30 p.m., new gym
Game 8: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, semifinal, 8:30 p.m., new gym
Saturday, Dec. 29
Game 9: Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 11 p.m., seventh place, new gym
Game 10: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2:30 p.m., fifth place, new gym
Game 11: Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 5:30 p.m., third place, new gym
Game 12: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 8:30 p.m., championship, new gym
