H.S. SPORTS: Area teams to host holiday tournaments

Some high school teams consider the time from several days before Christmas to a couple of days after New Year's Day to be a break.

But most consider that a break only from league games and every day practices.

Because in reality, the majority of area sports teams are in action during this hoilday time, and most travel out of the area to participate in those events.

There are four events scheduled to be hosted by area teams -- the Hound Invitational Tournament (HIT) at Shippensburg and the Fannett-Metal Christmas Tournament for boys basketball, the Teddy Thanos Lions Club Tournament for girls hoops and the Dale Bock Memorial Holiday Tournament at Chambersburg for wrestling (see Tuesday's paper for preview).

The F-M Christmas and HIT have had long lives -- this year is the 39th edition at Fannett-Metal and it's the 38th for Shippensburg.

However, the F-M event will have a different look because Forbes Road decided not to participate this year for the first time in quite a while. Shalom Christian has taken the Cardinals' spot.

The HIT was only a three-team event last year, but picked up Exeter to go with Camp Hill and Palmyra.

The Lions Club tourney at Forbes Road has the same four teams as last year -- the host Cardinals, Fannett-Metal, Hyndman and the Frederick (Md.) Force.

Chambersburg's boys did not play in a holiday tournament a year ago, but have been invited to the Red Lion Tournament. The Trojans are paired against Penn Manor in the

first round, while the host Lions take on Bradford, which is making the trip from the northernmost part of the state.

The Trojan girls were originally scheduled to play in a tournament at Susquehanna Township, but that event was scrapped. So Chambersburg will host Palmyra on Wednesday and play at Warwick on Thursday.

Southern Fulton's boys get the holiday schedule kicked off tonight, playing Hancock at the Tri-State Shootout in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.

Other boys teams in action this week include Greencastle-Antrim (Doub Tourney in Williamsport, Md.), James Buchanan (Big Spring Holiday) and Cumberland Valley Christian (Valley Forge Christian).

Shippensburg's girls (Lower Dauphin Winter Classic), James Buchanan's girls (Big Spring Holiday) and Southern Fulton's girls (Hancock, Md. Holiday) are also competing this week.

Greencastle (Francis Scott Key) and Waynesboro (Conestoga Valley) are involved in individual style wrestling events this week, while Chambersburg, JB and Ship will all compete at Big Spring's Bulldog Bash swimming meet.

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Ed Gotwals can be reached at 262-4755 and egotwals@publicopinionnews.com.

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Below are the holiday tournaments taking place this week involving area teams:

BOYS BASKETBALL

Tri-State Shootout -- Today and Tuesday at Berkeley Springs, W.Va.; Southern Fulton (4-1), Hancock, Md. (1-3), Clear Spring, Md. (6-0), Berkeley Springs (3-2)

Red Lion -- Tuesday and Wednesday; Chambersburg (2-4), Penn Manor (3-2), Bradford (4-2), Red Lion (4-4)

Richard Doub -- Tuesday and Wednesday at Williamsport, Md.; Greencastle-Antrim (6-0), Broadfording (5-4), Mountain Ridge (2-3), Williamsport (1-4)

Hound Invitational -- Wednesday and Thursday at Shippensburg; Shippensburg (1-4), Camp Hill (1-5), Exeter (2-2), Palmyra (2-3)

Big Spring Holiday -- Thursday and Friday; James Buchanan (2-4), Northern (3-2), Mount Calvary (4-1), Big Spring (4-2)

Fannett-Metal Christmas -- Thursday and Friday; Fannett-Metal (2-4); Shalom Christian (5-3); Southern Huntingdon (1-4); Maryland School for the Deaf

Valley Forge Christian -- Thursday and Friday; Cumb. Valley Christian (2-5), Timothy Christian (3-1), Valley Forge, TBA

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Teddy Thanos Lions Club -- Tuesday and Wednesday at Forbes Road; Fannett-Metal (1-4), Forbes Road (1-4), Hyndman (1-4), Frederick Force (0-1)

Lower Dauphin Winter Classic -- Wednesday and Thursday; Shippensburg (4-2), Carlisle (4-2), Manheim Central (5-1), Lower Dauphin (4-3)

Hancock Holiday -- Wednesday and Thursday; Southern Fulton (4-0), Broadfording (2-2), Clear Spring (1-3), Hancock (1-4)

Big Spring Holiday -- Thursday and Friday; James Buchanan (1-5), Northern (0-6), Mechanicsburg (4-2), Big Spring (3-2)

WRESTLING

Francis Scott Key -- Wednesday, at Westminster, Md.; Greencastle-Antrim

Dale Bock Memorial Duals -- Thursday and Friday, at Chambersburg; James Buchanan, State College, Bermudian Springs, Chestnut Ridge, Carlisle, Gettysburg, Fairfield, Southern Huntingdon, Century, Md., Urbana, Md., Fluvanna County, Va.

Conestoga Valley -- Thursday and Friday; Waynesboro

SWIMMING

Bulldog Bash -- Wednesday, at Big Spring; Chambersburg, James Buchanan, Shippensburg

Source: http://www.gametimepa.com/ci_19619605?source=rss_viewed

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