In what could be one of the toughest tournaments in the region, the CW Stessman Invitional will be a tourney that basketball fans will love to attend. Cokely Fieldhouse will host the tournament which is set for Jan 19th, 21st, and 22nd.
On the top side of the bracket, Liberty hosts '09 tourney champions Lee's Summit West at 7pm and the #3 ranked team in Kansas, Leavenworth will battle Fort Osage @ 8:30pm. The winners of these games will play at 7pm on Jan 21st and the losers will play at 4pm on the same date.
The lower half of the bracket features Raytown South against St. Joe Central at 4pm and then 4-1 Olathe East verses Center at 5:30pm. All first round games will be Jan 19th. The winners will play each other in the semifinals on Jan 21st at 8:30 and the losers play at 5:30pm.
"We are very pleased with the quality teams we have in tournament this year, states Coach Stirtz. It is going to be very competitive and multiple teams have opportunities to win it. We are looking forward to an exciting week of basketball."
The BlueJay JV team will participate in the William Chrisman tournament the week of Jan 18th. The Jays face off against Belton at 1:30 on the 18th. If the Jays win, they will play Thursday, Jan 21st at 5pm. The championship round is slated for Saturday, Jan 23rd at William Chrisman HS.