Monterey High School’s Daniella D’Agostino drives to the basket during the Lady Wildcats’ recent game with Van Buren County. D’Agostino and her MHS teammates open district tournament action tonight at Pickett County. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
Monterey's Faith Walker drives to the basket.
Basketball coaches around the state may be a little tense this week as the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association begins its district tournaments.
Local contests will begin tonight with District 6/1A action when the Monterey High School girls travel to Byrdstown to face Pickett County. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
Other first-round games Monday include: Gordonsville at Clarkrange, Trousdale at Clay County and Jackson County hosting Red Boiling Springs. The girls’ semifinals will be Thursday at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at White County High School in Sparta. The championship game is Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Monterey boys will host Gordsonville in the first round on Tuesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Other first-round games starting on Tuesday night will be Jackson County hosting Clarkrange, Clay County hosting Red Boiling Springs and Trousdale County visiting Pickett County.
The semifinals will be Friday night at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The championship game is scheduled for Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
The District 8/2A girls tournament will get started Tuesday night at Tennessee Tech’s Eblen Center with the Upperman High School Lady Bees, the defending state champs in Class 2A, receiving a bye until the semifinals.
DeKalb County, the fifth seed in the tournament, will open play in Upperman’s bracket on Wednesday at 6 p.m. against eighth-seeded Watertown. That winner then moves on to battle Cannon County, the fourth seed, on Friday at 6 p.m. The winner of that game takes on UHS at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
In the other bracket, Livingston Academy, the sixth seed, will take on No. 7 Smith County.
That winner will play third seed York Institute on Thursday at 6 p.m. Macon County, the second seed in the tournament waits in the semifinals. That game will be Saturday at 3 p.m. The championship game is slated for Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
In the boys’ district tournament, DeKalb County, the sixth seed, and eighth-seeded Watertown will start things off on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. The winner will get the third-seed Macon County Tigers on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
The team advancing from that game will face second-seed Livingston Academy on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
In the other bracket, Smith County and Cannon County, the fifth- and eighth-seeded teams respectively, will play at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. That winner advances to face York Institute, the fourth seed, on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. That winner gets Upperman Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
The boys’ championship contest is slated for Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.