Lots of hoop on tap for this weekend

By ROB NUNLEY

High school hoops fans will have plenty of excitement to choose from over this holiday weekend.

Both Warren County High School and Boyd Christian School are playing host to Thanksgiving “Classics,” with several teams coming to town to take part in the schools’ respective two-day events.

At WCHS’s Charlie Dalton Gym, the annual Dr Pepper Thanksgiving Classic gets under way this afternoon at 4 p.m., with the Lady Warriors of Riverdale taking on Rhea County. The Warrior boys will face Rhea County in today’s second game, which is scheduled to tip off at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Riverdale’s squads have been regular participants in past “Classics” at WCHS, and although they won’t be facing the Pioneers, both Pioneer coach Chris Turner and Lady Pioneer coach Ann Eades will be looking forward to seeing their District 7-AAA foes in action.

The home squads take the floor in the second half of tonight’s opening slate, facing Clarkrange.

Coach Turner’s family will be able to use this year’s Classic as part of the incentive for their holiday reunion, as the Lady Buffaloes, who face WCHS at 7 p.m., are coached by his father-in-law, Lamar Rogers. Turner’s Pioneers wrap up tonight’s action with the Buffaloes in a game slated to begin at 8:30.

Saturday’s action will feature just three games, with Clarkrange’s girls and Riverdale’s girls facing off at 5:30 p.m., followed by a doubleheader between Rhea County and WCHS.

Up the road at the J.R. Boyd/J.K. Stanley Gym, the Broncos and Lady Broncos also have a full weekend scheduled, beginning today at 4 p.m. when the Boyd girls face Montessori. The Broncos take the floor at approximately 5:30 p.m. against Montessori, and tonight’s action wraps up with a twin bill between David Brainerd Christian School and Hermitage Springs.

Saturday’s play begins with the Montessori girls facing Hermitage Springs at 4 p.m., followed by a contest between those two schools’ boys squads.

The Lady Broncos are scheduled to tip off against Brainerd at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday, with the Broncos facing Brainerd to conclude the weekend’s action.