There are plenty of holiday boys basketball tournaments in the area to kick off the new year. Check out Thursday’s scores, then look ahead to today’s schedules for each one in Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas County.
Dunedin Holiday Tournament
White bracket
Thursday’s scores
Clearwater Central Catholic 82, Pinellas Park 45
Osceola 62, Hernando 44
Tarpon Springs 55, Dunedin 51
Today’s games
Pinellas Park vs. Hernando, 9 a.m. (fifth place game)
Dunedin vs. Clearwater Central Catholic, 10:30 (third place)
Osceola vs. Tarpon Springs, 6 (title game)
Red Bracket
Thursday’s scores
Sumner 65, Palm Harbor University 34
Lennard 79, Canterbury 32
Northeast 58, IMG Blue 57
Today’s games
* Matchups for the third and fifth place games are not available because teams either did not submit scores and/or their schedule on MaxPreps.
Northeast vs. Sumner, 7:30 (title game)
Gold bracket
Thursday’s scores
Land O’ Lakes 36, IMG White 32
Calvary Christian 69, Boca Ciega 64
Clearwater 71, Sickles 61
Today’s games
Boca Ciega vs. IMG White, 3 p.m. (fifth place game)
Sickles vs. Land O’ Lakes, 4:30 (third place game)
Clearwater vs. Calvary Christian, 9 (title game)
Ninth Annual Greg O’Connell Holiday Tournament (Presented By Glory Days)
Where: Springstead
Thursday’s scores
University 73, Mitchell 66
Robinson 61, Gulf 54
Archbishop McCarthy 64, Springstead 54
Sunlake 70, Armwood 46
Today’s games
Gulf vs. Armwood, 3 p.m. (Seventh place game)
Robinson vs. Sunlake, 6 (Fifth place game)
Mitchell vs. Springstead, 4:30 (Third place game)
University vs. Archbishop McCarthy, 7:30 (Title game)
River Ridge New Year’s Tournament
Thursday’s scores
Winthrop College Prep 67, Excel Christian 63
Today’s schedule
Consolation games, 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Semifinal games, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Tampa SLAM Hoopfest
Thursday
Little Rock Central (AR) 49, Orlando Olympia 44
First Assembly 71, Miami Norland 67
Tampa SLAM 89, Lee Huntsville (AL) 68
Coronado (NV) 73, Tampa Catholic 58
Orlando Olympia vs. Little Rock Central (AR), 3 p.m.; Miami Norland vs. FACS (TN), 4:45; Tampa SLAM vs. Lee Huntsville (AL), 6:30; Tampa Catholic vs. Coronado (NV), 8:15.
Today’s schedule
Wesley Chapel vs. Bloomingdale, 11:30 a.m. (Showcase game); Wiregrass Ranch vs. Seffner Christian, 1:15 p.m. (Showcase game); Consolation games, 3 and 4:45 p.m.; Semifinal games, 6:30 and 8:15 p.m.
