Basketball: Tip-Off Tournament in Polson, Ronan

The Class A boys and girls basketball season opens this weekend for area teams with the annual Northwestern/Southwestern Tip-Off Tournament at Polson and Ronan high schools.

Play begins at 10 a.m. Friday with the girls on the court in Polson and the boys at Ronan.

On Saturday, action starts at 9 a.m. with the girls in Ronan and the boys in Polson.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for students per day.

Competing for Northwestern A are Frenchtown, Columbia Falls, Libby, Polson, Whitefish and Bigfork from District 7B.

Corvallis and Hamilton co-hosted this tournament last year.

Southwestern schools prevailed in last year’s matchups, with the boys winning 7-5 and the girls going 9-3.

The Columbia Falls boys and girls were both 2-0 in Tip-Off action last year.

Northwestern/Southwestern

Tip-Off Tournament

Friday

Polson

Girls

10 a.m. — Stevensville vs. Frenchtown

Noon — Anaconda vs. Columbia Falls

2 p.m. — Corvallis vs. Bigfork

4 p.m. — Ronan vs. Libby

6 p.m. — Hamilton vs. Whitefish

8 p.m. — Dillon vs. Polson

Ronan

Boys

10 a.m. — Corvallis vs. Bigfork

Noon — Hamilton vs. Whitefish

2 p.m. — Stevensville vs. Frenchtown

4 p.m. — Dillon vs. Polson

6 p.m. — Anaconda vs. Columbia Falls

8 p.m. — Ronan vs. Libby

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Saturday

Ronan

Girls

9 a.m. — Corvallis vs. Whitefish

11 a.m. — Stevensville vs. Libby

1 p.m. — Dillon vs. Frenchtown

3 p.m. — Anaconda vs. Polson

5 p.m. — Hamilton vs. Columbia Falls

7 p.m. — Ronan vs. Bigfork

Polson

Boys

9 a.m. — Dillon vs. Frenchtown

11 a.m. — Hamilton vs. Columbia Falls

1 p.m. — Stevensville vs. Libby

3 p.m. — Ronan vs. Bigfork

5 p.m. — Corvallis vs. Whitefish

7 p.m. — Anaconda vs. Polson