There will be plenty of opportunities for area high school hoops teams to give themselves a belated gift or two this holiday season.

A loaded smorgasbord of prep games will be on tap on local hardwoods in the coming week or so in the form of holiday tournament play.

The Tippecanoe Valley girls team, which boasts a 12-1 record, will return to action in an event being hosted by Concord on Dec. 30. The Vikings, who are ranked No. 4 in Class 3-A, will play West Noble (10-3) in a first-round game. Valley has won nine in a row since its lone loss, a 42-32 final to Warsaw back on Nov. 17.

The Warsaw girls squad will host its own annual TCU Lady Tiger Tournament Dec. 27. The team is off to a fine 9-3 start under first-year coach Lenny Krebs. Warsaw, which hosts Norwell on Friday night, will play Mishawaka (6-7) in its own tourney.

The NorthWood girls team will play four games in two days at the Bankers Classic hosted by Northridge Dec. 29-30. The Panthers, who play at Bremen Thursday night, are 9-3 after a loss Tuesday night to Class 3-A No. 6  Fairfield.

Wawasee will play in the Plymouth tourney on Dec. 30. Coach Matt Carpenter’s team, which is 6-6, will face Norwell and Brebeuf.

LCA, which is having a strong year at 6-5, will host its annual event on Dec. 28-29 with the first day at LCA and the second at Grace College.

The boys side will have Warsaw playing in the first Champions of Character Classic at Grace College on Dec. 30. The Tigers, who snapped a five-game losing streak with a 67-49 home win over Whitko Wednesday night, are 3-5. Warsaw will play Zionsville and Fishers.

The Champions of Character Classic features Class 4-A No. 7 Zionsville, which is 5-0, and No. 11 Valparaiso, which is 6-0. Fishers is coached by former Grace College player and assistant coach Matt Moore.  Moore, a native of Columbia City, is in his first season at Fishers after coaching at Kokomo High School the past three years.

The trio of Wawasee, NorthWood and LCA will all host their own events on the boys side. Wawasee will face Knox in a first-round game of its tourney on Dec. 29. The Warriors are 2-4 and play Knox in their one-day event Dec. 29.

NorthWood will host Edwardsburg, Mishawaka and South Bend Clay for the second Dan Gunn Holiday Tourney Dec. 28-29. The hosts, who are 5-2, play Edwardsburg on the first night.

LCA will hold its annual event at Grace College on Dec. 28-29. The Cougars are 3-5.

 

BOYS TOURNAMENTS

Wawasee Tourney

Dec. 29

10 a.m: Wawasee vs. Knox

11:30 a.m.: Northridge vs. South Bend St. Joseph

6 p.m.: Consolation Game

7:30 p.m.: Championship game

Dan Gunn Holiday Tourney at NorthWood

Dec. 28

6 p.m.: Mishawaka vs. South Bend Clay

7:45 p.m.: NorthWood vs. Edwardsburg

Dec. 29

6 p.m.: Consolation game

7:45 p.m.: Championship game

Champions of Character Classic (at Grace College)

Dec. 30

11 a.m. Fishers vs. Valparaiso

12: 30 p.m.: Warsaw vs. Zionsville

6 p.m. Valparaiso vs. Zionsville

7:30 p.m.: Warsaw vs. Fishers

LCA Classic (At Grace College)

Dec. 28

9:30: LCA vs. South Bend Trinity

11: Clinton Christian vs. Granger Christian

12:30: LCA vs. Covenant Christian (DeMotte)

2: Granger vs. Noble-Whitley Home School

3:30: Trinity vs. Covenant

5: Clinton vs. Noble-Whitley

Dec. 29

11:30: 5th place

2:30: 3rd place

5:30: Championship game

GIRLS TOURNAMENTS

At Concord

Dec. 30

10 a.m.: Concord vs. Lakeland

11:45 a.m.: Tippecanoe Valley vs. West Noble

3 p.m.: Consolation game

4:45 p.m.: Championship game

At Plymouth

Dec. 30

10 a.m. Norwell vs. Plymouth

11:45: Wawasee vs. Brebeuf

6 p.m.: Norwell vs. Wawasee

7:45: Brebeuf vs. Plymouth

At Warsaw

Dec. 27

10 a.m.: Warsaw vs. Mishawaka

11:45: Chesterton vs. Perry Meridian

6 p.m.: Consolation game

7:30: Championship game

JV Tourney (in Career Center Gym)

10 a.m.: Chesterton vs. Perry Meridian

11:30: Warsaw vs. Mishawaka

6 p.m.: Consolation game

7:30: Championship game

AT LCA

Dec. 28

9:30: Clinton Christian vs. Granger Christian

11: LCA vs. South Bend Trinity

12:30: Granger Christian vs. Kalamazoo Home School

2:00: LCA vs. Covenant Christian (DeMotte)

3:30: Kalamazoo vs. Clinton Christian

5:00: SB Trinity vs. Covenant Christian

Dec. 29 (At Grace College)

10: 5th place game

1:00: 3rd place game

4:00: Championship game

At Northridge (Bankers Classic)

Dec. 29

10 a.m.: Northridge vs. Portage and East Noble vs. Andrean

11:30: South Bend Adams vs. Lake Central and NorthWood vs. Columbia City

2:00: Northridge vs, Andrean and Portage vs. East Noble

3:30: Adams vs. Columbia City and Wood vs. Lake Central

Dec. 30

10 a.m.: Northridge vs. East Noble and Andrean vs. Portage

11:30: Wood vs. Adams and Lake Central vs. Columbia City

2:30: 7th place game and 5th place game

4:30: 3rd place game and championship game