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Countdown to prep tipoff

Posted Monday, November 16, 2009, at 11:09 AM

The prep basketball season tips off a week from today with the Arcadia Valley Thanksgiving Tournament.

Here are the opening round games, in bracket order and seeds in ():

(1) Arcadia Valley vs. (8) Bismarck, Monday, 5 p.m.

(4) West County vs. (5) South Iron, Tuesday, 6 p.m.

(3) Park Hills Central vs. (6) Lesterville, Monday, 6:30 p.m.

(2) Clearwater vs. (7) Ellington, Monday, 8 p.m.

Also next week, here's the Current River Challenge in Van Buren schedule. Tickets are $4 for adults, $1 for students, $2 for seniors and age 5-under are free. The games are at Van Buren High School:

Friday, Nov. 27

Winona vs. Greenville, 9:30 a.m.

Bunker vs. Zalma, 11 a.m.

Alton vs. East Carter, 12:30 p.m.

Meadow Heights vs. Couch, 2 p.m.

Cabool vs. Ellington, 3:30 p.m.

Clarkton vs. Eminence, 5 p.m.

Doniphan vs. Grandview, 6:30 p.m.

Van Buren vs. Liberty-Mt. View, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 28

Zalma vs. Winona, 9:30 a.m.

Grandview vs. Alton, 11 a.m.

Ellington vs. Clarkton, 12:30 p.m.

Liberty-Mt. View vs. Twin Rivers, 2 p.m.

Clearwater vs. Mt. Grove, 3:30 p.m.

Eminence vs. Stoutland, 5 p.m.

Nixa vs. Gateway, 6:30 p.m.

Van Buren vs. Campbell, 8 p.m.

Here's the schedule for the Riverbend Classic in New Madrid:

Friday Nov 27

NMCC vs. West Memphis, Ark., 2 p.m.

Poplar Bluff vs. Pine Bluff, Ark. 3:30 p.m.

Scott County Central vs. Dallas (Texas) Lincoln 5 p.m.

Charleston vs. Memphis (Tenn.) Central 6:30 p.m.

Saturday Nov. 28th

Charleston vs. Pine Bluff 2 p.m.

Poplar Bluff vs. Memphis Central 3:30 p.m.

NMCC vs. Dallas Lincoln 5 p.m.

Scott County Central vs. West Memphis 6:30 p.m.

And finally, here's the schedule for the Pepsi Showcase at the Show Me Center:

Saturday, Nov. 28

Ballard Memorial (Ky.) vs. Fulton City (Ky.), 2:30 p.m.

Cape Central vs. Nettleton (Ark.), 4:15 p.m.

White Station of Memphis (Tenn.) vs. Vianney of St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Notre Dame vs. Lafayette of St. Louis, 7:45 p.m.

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White Station has one of the top point guards in the nation. Headed to University of Memphis..He is an awesome talent

-- Posted by crackerjack on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 12:09 PM
SCC vs. Dallas Lincoln will be a great one to watch. Dallas Lincoln is supposed to have an incredible group of bigs led by LeBryan Nash. SCC counters with the best big in the area in Otto Porter. And, they also have arguably the best Point Guard in the area Bobby Hatchett.

-- Posted by yah-yah on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 12:25 PM
I dearly hope that Notre Dame wipes the floor with Lafayette.

-- Posted by Showstopper on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 2:53 PM
I believe they will Showstopper. Lafayette lost a boat load of talent to graduation!

-- Posted by sportsfanatic on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 4:35 PM

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