WCMS tournament begins Tuesday

Five of Warren County’s fifth- and sixth-grade basketball programs will square off to wrap up their 2005 campaigns this week, when the Warren County Middle School Invitational Tournament begins at WCMS.

Dibrell’s girls and Warren County Middle’s boys bring the top seeds into the tournament, which begins Tuesday night, and have earned first-round byes for their efforts.

Action begins Tuesday at 6 p.m., with Warren County’s third-ranked girls taking on No. 4 Centertown, and continues with a game tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. between the No. 3 Centertown boys and Irving College’s fourth-ranked Tigers.

The semifinal round is scheduled for Thursday, beginning at 4 p.m. with Morrison’s No. 2-ranked Lady Eagles facing off against Irving College. Dibrell’s top-seeded girls take the floor next, playing the WCMS-Centertown winner at roughly 5:30.

Boys’ teams wrap up Thursday’s play, with the fifth-ranked Eagles taking on No. 2 Dibrell at 6:30, and the top-seeded Pioneers facing the Centertown-Irving College winner at 7:45.

Friday night, the girls’ final is scheduled for 6 p.m., while the boys’ championship will follow at roughly 7 p.m.