Weather continues to impact start of holiday tournaments

Snowy weather has continued to delay starts or alter schedules for the traditional high school basketball holiday tournaments.

These changes were made Monday:

BURKE COUNTY INVITATIONAL: Opponents in two first-round games in the girls’ tournament were corrected, and details were ironed out about where games would be played.

The tournaments begin, as scheduled, on Tuesday. Admission is $6.

In the girls’ bracket, original pairings should have pitted McDowell against the Charlotte Catholic girls at 4 p.m. on Tuesday at Freedom, and the Freedom girls against West Adelaide (Australia) at 7 p.m., Freedom head coach Amber Fox said.

The accumulated snow at East Burke High at first appeared to derail games being played there on Tuesday, and the plan was to play those games in the Freedom auxiliary gym.

But as the day progressed, Fox said, tournament officials were able to stick with the original game sites, so there will be four games on Tuesday and Wednesday at East Burke and four at Freedom on Tuesday and Wednesday.

All of the Burke County Invitational games on Thursday will be played at Freedom in the main gym.

PIONEER HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL: The weather in Boone moved the start back one day, with the first games now scheduled on Wednesday.

The tournament field includes girls’ and boys’ teams from Mountain Heritage, Watauga, West Caldwell and Nation Ford (S.C.).

HIBRITEN GIRLS GET NEW OPPONENT: The start of the Lady Hilltopper Classic at R-S Central High, an eight-team girls’ tournament that includes Hibriten, will be delayed one day.

The tournament is now scheduled Tuesday through Thursday and, because of travel considerations, Hibriten and R-S Central have switched first round opponents.

Hibriten girls’ head coach Monte Simmons said the Panthers will now face Asheville Christian at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. R-S Central will play Crest at 6:30 p.m.

These changes were announced Sunday:

CATAWBA VALLEY CLASSIC: The girls’ and boys’ tournaments, originally slated to begin with games Monday at Hickory High (girls) and Catawba Valley Community College (boys), were moved to Tuesday.

The three-day tournament, in its 24^th year, will include games on Wednesday at Hickory and CVCC.

Thursday's six games,  including the championships, will be at CVCC.

Admission is $6 per night at each site or a tournament pass ($15) can be purchased at game sites on Tuesday.

REVISED HOLIDAY BASKETBALL PAIRINGS

(at mid-day on Monday, Dec. 27)

CATAWBA VALLEY CLASSIC

(at CVCC and Hickory High)

GIRLS

Tuesday at Hickory High

No. 5 Alexander Central vs. No. 4 Fred T. Foard, 4 p.m.

No. 7 Bunker Hill vs. No. 2 Hickory, 5:30 p.m.

No. 8 St. Stephens vs. No. 1 S. Caldwell, 7 p.m.

No. 6 Maiden vs. No. 3 Newton-Conover, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Hickory High

St. Stephens-S. Caldwell loser vs. Fred T. Foard-Alex Central loser, 4 p.m.

Maiden-Newton-Conover loser vs. Bunker Hill-Hickory loser, 5:30 p.m.

Maiden-Newton-Conover winner vs. Bunker Hill-Hickory winner, 7 p.m.

St. Stephens-S. Caldwell winner vs. Fred T. Foard-Alex Central winner, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday at CVCC

Fifth-place game, 1 p.m.

Third-place game, 4 p.m.

Championship, 7 p.m.

BOYS

Tuesday at CVCC

No. 8 S. Caldwell vs. No. 1 St. Stephens, 4:30 p.m.

No. 6 Maiden vs. No. 3 Alexander Central, 6 p.m.

No. 5 Newton-Conover vs. No. 4 Bunker Hill, 7:30 p.m.

No. 7 Fred T. Foard vs. No. 2 Hickory, 9 p.m.

Wednesday at CVCC

S. Caldwell-St. Stephens loser vs. Newton-Conover-Bunker Hill loser, 4:30 p.m.

Maiden-Alex Central loser vs. Hickory-Fred T. Foard loser, 6 p.m.

S. Caldwell-St. Stephens winner vs. Newton-Conover-Bunker Hill winner, 7:30 p.m.

Maiden-Alex Central winner vs. Hickory-Fred T. Foard winner, 9 p.m.

Thursday at CVCC

Fifth-place game, 2:30 p.m.

Third-place game, 5:30 p.m.

Championship, 8:30 p.m.

BURKE COUNTY CHRISTMAS INVITATIONAL

(at East Burke and Freedom)

GIRLS

Tuesday

At Freedom

McDowell vs. Charlotte Catholic, 4 p.m.

Freedom vs. West Adelaide (Australia), 7 p.m.

At East Burke

Charlotte Christian vs. George Washington (Va.), 4 p.m.

East Burke vs. Herndon (Va.), 7 p.m.

Wednesday

At Freedom

Charlotte Christian-George Washington winner vs. E. Burke-Herndon winner, 4 p.m.

McDowell-Charlotte Catholic winner vs. Freedom-West Adelaide winner, 7 p.m.

At East Burke

McDowell-Charlotte Catholic loser vs. Freedom-West Adelaide loser, 12:30 p.m.

Charlotte Christian-George Washington loser vs. E. Burke-Herndon loser, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday

At Freedom

Seventh-place game, 10 a.m.

Fifth-place game, 1 p.m.

Consolation game, 4 p.m.

Championship, 7 p.m.

BOYS

Tuesday

At Freedom

McDowell vs. Charlotte Catholic, 5:30 p.m.

Freedom vs. Australia, 8:30 p.m.

At East Burke

Enka vs. Concord, 5:30 p.m.

East Burke vs. Hibriten, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday

At East Burke

McDowell-Catholic loser vs. Freedom-Australia loser, 2 p.m.

Enka-Concord loser vs. E. Burke-Hibriten loser, 5 p.m.

At Freedom

McDowell-Catholic loser vs. Freedom-Australia winner, 5:30 p.m.

Enka-Concord loser vs. E. Burke-Hibriten winner, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday

At Freedom

Seventh-place game, 11:30 a.m.

Fifth-place game, 2:30 p.m.

Consolation game, 5:30 p.m.

Championship, 8:30 p.m.

WILDCAT HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL

(at Draughn High)

GIRLS

Tuesday

Avery County vs. Highland Tech, 1 p.m.

Draughn vs. Burns, 4 p.m.

Wednesday

Consolation game, 4 p.m.

Championship, 7 p.m.

BOYS

Tuesday

Patton vs. Highland Tech, 2:30 p.m.

Draughn vs. East Henderson, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Consolation game, 5:30 p.m.

Championship, 8:30 p.m.

PEOPLE’S BANK HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

(at N. Lincoln High)

GIRLS

Wednesday

Lincolnton vs. W. Lincoln, 3:30 p.m.

Bandys vs. N. Lincoln, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday

Wednesday losers, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s winners, 6:30 p.m.

BOYS

Wednesday

Lincolnton vs. W. Lincoln, 5 p.m.

Bandys vs. N. Lincoln, 8 p.m.

Thursday

Wednesday losers, 5 p.m.

Wednesday’s winners, 8 p.m.

PIONEER HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL

(at Watauga High)

GIRLS

Wednesday

W. Caldwell vs. Mountain Heritage, 3 p.m.

Watauga vs. Nation Ford, 6 p.m.

Thursday

Third-place game, 1 p.m.

Championship, 4 p.m.

BOYS

Wednesday

W. Caldwell vs. Mountain Heritage, 4:30 p.m.

Watauga vs. Nation Ford, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday

Third-place game, 2:30 p.m.

Championship, 5:30 p.m.

STATESVILLERECORD AND LANDMARK HOLIDAY CLASSIC

(at Lake Norman High)

 GIRLS

Tuesday

No. 3 S. Iredell vs. No. 6 Statesville, 2 p.m.

No. 4 Forbush vs. No. 5 W. Iredell, 6 p.m.

Wednesday

S. Iredell-Statesville loser vs. Forbush-W. Iredell loser, 10 a.m.

No. 2 Lake Norman vs. S. Iredell-Statesville winner, 2 p.m.

No. 1 N. Iredell vs. Forbush-W. Iredell winner, 6 p.m.

Thursday

Third-place game, 2 p.m.

Championship, 6 p.m.

BOYS

Tuesday

No. 3 Lake Norman vs. No. 6 S. Iredell, 3:30 p.m.

No. 4 W. Iredell vs. No. 5 N. Iredell, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Lake Norman-S. Iredell loser vs. W. Iredell-N. Iredell loser, 11:30 a.m.

No. 2 Forbush vs. Lake Norman-S. Iredell, 3:30 p.m.

No. 1 Statesville vs. W. Iredell-N. Iredell, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday

Third-place game, 3:30 p.m.

Championship, 7:30 p.m.

LADY HILLTOPPER CLASSIC

(at R-S Central High)

Tuesday

Gaffney, S.C., vs. Kings Mountain, 2 p.m.

Hibriten vs. Asheville Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Shelby vs. Socastee, S.C., 5 p.m.

R-S Central vs. Crest, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Shelby-Socastee loser vs. Gaffney-Kings Mountain loser, 2 p.m.

R-S Central-Crest loser vs. Hibriten-Asheville Christian loser, 3:30 p.m.

Shelby-Socastee winner vs. Gaffney-Kings Mountain winner, 5 p.m.

R-S Central-Crest winner vs. Hibriten-Asheville Christian winner, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday

Seventh-place game, 2 p.m.

Fifth-place game, 3:30 p.m.

Third-place game, 5 p.m.

Championship, 6:30 p.m.