78th annual NTC Tournament seeds, schedule announced
The seeds and schedule have been released for the 78th annual National Trail Conference Tournament, which begins on Jan. 21 at Altamont High School.
Dieterich was awarded the top seed in the boys basketball event, and Altamont, Stew-Stras, Cowden-Herrick and St. Elmo round out the top five.
Other area teams in the tournament are No. 7 Brownstown and No. 10 South Central.
Monday, Jan. 21
•Game 1: (8) Neoga vs. (9) Beecher City, 5 p.m.
•Game 2: (7) Brownstown vs. (10) South Central, 6:30 p.m.*
•Game 3: (6) St. Anthony vs. (11) Windsor, 8 p.m.*
Tuesday, Jan. 22
•Game 4: (1) Dieterich vs. Winner of Game, 6:15 p.m.
•Game 5: (4) Cowden-Herrick vs. (5) St. Elmo, 7:45 p.m.*
Wednesday, Jan. 23
•Game 6: Second-lowest seed among first-day losers vs. Lowest seed among first-day losers, 5 p.m.
•Game 7: (2) Altamont vs. Winner of Game 2, 6:30 p.m.*
•Game 8: (3) Stew-Stras vs. Winner of Game 3, 8 p.m.*
Thursday, Jan. 24
•Game 9: Loser of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 5, 6:15 p.m.
•Game 10: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 7:45 p.m.*
Friday, Jan. 25
•Game 11: Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8, 6:15 p.m.
•Game 12: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8, 7:45 p.m.*
Saturday, Jan. 26
•Game 13: Highest seed of first-day losers vs. Winner of Game 6, 11:30 a.m.
•Game 14: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 11, 1 p.m.*
•Game 15: Loser of Game 10 vs. Loser of Game 12, 3:30 p.m.*
•Game 16: Winner of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 12, 7:30 p.m.
*All games in the schedule that begin after another game will start 20 minutes after the previous game is completed. Times listed for those games are approximate.
