Ruritan tips off Monday

The county?s seventh- and eighth-grade basketball teams will tip off their season in traditional fashion this week, when the Morrison Ruritan Club Invitational Tournament tips off Monday night.

Six different schools will be competing in this year?s tourney, which begins Monday at 4 p.m. with a girls? matchup between Irving College and Centertown. The Eagles of Morrison will take their home court next, for a 5:15 game against Irving College?s Tigers, followed by a Morrison girls matchup against Warren County Middle?s seventh-graders. The first night concludes with the WCMS boys facing Eastside.

Semifinal action is scheduled for Thursday, beginning with the top-seeded Eastside girls taking on the Irving College-Centertown winner at 4 p.m. At 5:15, Dibrell?s boys will take on either Morrison or Irving College. Dibrell?s girls meet the WCMS-Morrison winner at 6:30, and Centertown?s boys face either Eastside or WCMS at 7:45 p.m.

The consolation and championship games are set for Saturday, with the girls? consolation game beginning at 4 p.m. followed by the boys? consolation game, then the girls? and boys? championships.

Seedings for the Ruritan are based on last year?s county league results, with the Eastside girls and Dibrell boys entering Monday with this year?s No. 1 seeds.