For the first time, the Ashtabula County Basketball Foundation will host a tournament for freshman boys teams.
The eight-team tournament will run from today through Thursday at two of the area’s brand-new gymnasiums at Jefferson and Harvey high schools. Four Ashtabula County teams, three Lake County squads and a Cuyahoga County team will participate.
The tournament will be run on a double-elimination format, which guarantees each team at least two games. Teams reaching the tournament’s championship and consolation finals will play three games.
Admission fee is $3 for adults and $2 for senior citizens and students. No passes will be honored for the tournament, which will serve as a fundraiser for the ACBF.
Two games will be played today at Jefferson. Shaker Heights and Lakeside will meet in the tournament opener at 5:30 p.m., followed by Conneaut against Jefferson at 6:30 p.m.
Action will shift to Harvey for the games Tuesday. Perry will play Riverside at 4:30 p.m., followed by Geneva against Harvey at 5:45 p.m.
All semifinal action in the championship and consolation brackets will be played Wednesday at Jefferson. The losers of the games between Jefferson and Conneaut and Geneva and Harvey will play at 4:30 p.m., as well as the losers of the games between Lakeside and Shaker Heights and Riverside and Perry.
The winners of the Conneaut-Jefferson and Geneva-Harvey games will play in the upper-bracket winners’-bracket semifinal at 5:30 p.m. The winners of the Lakeside-Shaker Heights and Perry-Riverside games will play in the lower-bracket winners’-bracket semifinal at 6:45 p.m.
The championship and consolation finals will be played Thursday at Jefferson. The consolation final is set for 4:30 p.m., while the championship final will be played at 7 p.m.
