There will be no shortage of games to watch this holiday season. Starting with the week before Christmas, and right into New Year’s Eve and 2017, holiday tournaments at the high school level are scheduled all over the area. We’ll break down the tournaments by sport, with the tourney title, dates and participants.

Basketball

There are over two dozen boys and girls basketball tournaments scheduled over the holiday break that feature teams from the area. Lakeland Christian Academy will host its own boys and girls tournaments, the latter of the two-day event held exclusively at Grace College, Warsaw will host its girls tournament and NorthWood will host their own boys tournament. Warsaw and Tippecanoe Valley will play in the Hall of Fame Classic in New Castle as well. Also a nod to Grace College, which will visit St. Francis on Jan. 4 in a men’s/women’s doubleheader, the St. Francis men are ranked No. 2 in NAIA.

Boys:
Goshen Tourney – Dec. 22-23, Goshen, Elkhart Central, Fairfield, East Noble

Plymouth Tourney – Dec. 27, Plymouth, Westview, Lakeland, DeKalb

St. Joe Tourney – Dec. 29, St. Joe, Northridge, SB Washington, Champaign Centennial (Ill.)

Caston Tourney – Dec. 29-30, Caston, Tippecanoe Valley, Oregon-Davis, Central Noble, Lowell, Eastern (Greentown), SB Career Academy, Knox (Tippecanoe Valley plays Oregon-Davis in round one)

Columbia City-Huntington North Shootout – Dec. 29-30, 12 teams including Columbia City

LCA Classic – Dec. 29-30, LCA, SB Trinity, Clinton Christian, Granger Christian, Covenant Christian, Calumet Christian (all boys games played at Grace College; pool play 12/29, place games 12/30; LCA plays SBT/Cov in pool)

NorthWood Dan Gunn Classic – Dec. 29-30, NorthWood, Mishawaka, SB Clay, Edwardsburg (Mich.) (NorthWood plays Mishawaka in round one)

Wabash County Tourney – Dec. 29-30, Northfield, Wabash, Southwood, Manchester

Hall of Fame Classic at New Castle – Dec. 30, Warsaw, New Albany, Logansport, Lawrence North (Warsaw plays New Albany in round one)

Kankakee Valley Tourney – Dec. 30, Whitko, Rensselaer Central, Boone Grove, Kankakee Valley (Whitko plays Rensselaer Central in round one)

Northeast Corner Conference Tourney – Jan. 10-14, 12 teams including Fairfield, West Noble

Bi-County Tourney – Jan. 17-21, 8 teams including Triton (Triton at Argos 1/17)

Girls:
Greenfield-Central Tourney – Dec. 22-23, Whitko, Richmond, Creenfield-Central, Gary West, East Central, East Chicago Central, Marion, Westfield (Whitko plays Gary West in the first round)

Warsaw TCU Classic – Dec. 27, Warsaw, Mishawaka, Chesterton, Perry Meridian (Warsaw plays Mishawaka in the first round)

Fremont Tourney – Dec. 28-29, Fremont, Bethany Christian, Bellmont, North Central (Ohio)

Hall of Fame Classic at New Castle – Dec. 29, Tippecanoe Valley, Greenfield-Central, Plainfield, North Harrison (Tippecanoe Valley plays North Harrison in the first round)

Penn Tourney – Dec. 29, Penn, Michigan City, Oregon-Davis, Michigan City Marquette

Rochester Classic – Dec. 29, Rochester, Elkhart Memorial, Kokomo, Mishawaka Marian

LCA Classic – Dec. 29-30, LCA, SB Trinity, Clinton Christian, Granger Christian, Covenant Christian, Calumet Christian (12/29 games played at LCA, 12/30 games played at Grace College; pool play 12/29, place games 12/30; LCA plays SBT/Cov in pool)

Northridge Banker’s Classic – Dec. 29-30, Northridge, SB Adams, Portage, NorthWood, Andrean, Columbia City, East Noble, Lake Central (NorthWood plays Columbia City, South Bend Adams and Lake Central in pool play)

Wabash County Tourney – Dec. 29-30, Northfield, Wabash, Southwood, Manchester

Lakeland Tourney – Dec. 30, Tippecanoe Valley, Lakeland, Concord, West Noble (Tippecanoe Valley plays Lakeland in the first round)

Norwell Classic – Dec. 30, Wawasee, Norwell, Plymouth, Indianapolis Brebeuf (Wawasee plays Norwell in the morning, Brebeuf at night)

Goshen Tourney – Dec. 31, Goshen, SB Clay, New Haven, DeKalb

Northeast Corner Conference Tourney – Jan. 10-14, 12 teams including Fairfield, West Noble

Bi-County Tourney – Jan. 17-21, 8 teams including Triton (Triton at Argos 1/17)

Wrestling:

There are three major tournaments happening during the holiday season, two of which bring some of the top talent in the state to the mats. The IHSWCA Team State features 24 teams from around the state in three classes, including Triton and NorthWood. The Al Smith Classic at Mishawaka is regarded as one of the elite tournaments in high school wrestling, and will have both NorthWood and Warsaw individuals working.

“I expect to see a whole bunch of 1-A teams in the state, just awesome competition,” said Triton head coach Ron Brown of the Team State, where his team will wrestle among eight Class 1-A programs. “I see teams that have four or five individuals that will compete for state championships. The dual series is something the coaches are pushing for again. Wrestling for your team, your community is drastically different than wrestling for yourself in a bracket tournament where it’s individually focused.”

IHSWCA Team State at Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne – Dec. 23, 24 teams in three classes; local teams include Penn in 3-A; Culver Academy, Garrett, Jimtown and NorthWood in 2-A; and Central Noble and Triton in 1-A

McKee Memorial Invite hosted by Rochester – Dec. 23, bracket draws for 14 weight classes includes Tippecanoe Valley

Al Smith Invite hosted by Mishawaka – Dec. 29-30, field includes 32 teams and bracket draws for 14 weight classes. Local teams include Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, Jimtown, Mishawaka, NorthWood, Penn, Rochester, SB Adams, SB Riley and Warsaw

Gymnastics:

Part of the lidlifter for area gymnastics, the Blazer Invite hosted by Elkhart Central is the first of several groupings that feed into the Wawasee Sectional. Central has fared well in its own invite, but also features Wawasee in the Lady Warriors’ second scheduled event after competing in last weekend’s LaPorte Pairs.

Blazer Invite hosted by Elkhart Central – Dec. 28, field includes Wawasee