Home from the holidays-Teams return to regular-season hoops schedules

Local high school basketball teams are returning to their regular-season schedules this week after traveling around the midstate over their break.

Warren County’s high school basketball teams saw their share of road trips over the Christmas break, but with the holiday season now complete, they’re all returning home, as well, as the second half of their seasons begins.

Boyd Christian’s high school squads were scheduled to get the 2008 portion of their season off to an early start, facing off against Sale Creek in a girls game Thursday afternoon. The Lady Broncos will be joined by their counterparts on the boys team tonight at Victory Baptist, with the Bronco boys looking to continue a three-game winning streak they enjoyed over the Christmas break.

Over on Pioneer lane, Warren County High School’s teams didn’t enjoy as much success as they would’ve liked over the break. Two wins at Gallatin over Greenbrier, as well as a Lady Pioneer win over Maplewood in the Overton tournament, marked the only Pioneer or Lady Pioneer victories of the holiday season. But the teams will try to get back on the winning track at home tonight, when they return to District 7-AAA play with a doubleheader against Riverdale.

For the Lady Pioneers, who enter tonight’s game at 6-7 overall and 1-2 in district play, tonight’s game will be especially challenging, as they play host to a Lady Warrior squad which won the state tournament a year ago and is already off to a 3-0 start against league teams.

Riverdale’s girls have defeated Cookevile, Oakland and Blackman so far this year, and have won their last eight contests, going undefeated over the Christmas break at the Bear Classic in Antioch and the Cactus Jam in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The Riverdale boys haven’t seen quite the same amount of success as their female schoolmates, with just three wins balanced against 11 losses this year. Coach Brandon Burks’ squad is 1-2 in league play, defeating Cookeville while losing to Oakland and Blackman.

The Pioneers, also at 3-11, lost their last contest by a lopsided margin, falling to Harpeth 62-37 at the Williamson County Invitational. The team is seeking its first district win of the season.

Tip-off tonight at the Dalton Gym is scheduled for 6:30.