Three North Okanagan teams are among the field of eight in the 23rd annual Fulton Maroons Corporate Classic senior boys basketball tournament.
The three-day event tips off today, Thursday, Jan. 12, with the host Maroons taking on the Sa-Hali Sabres of Kamloops at 3:30 p.m.
That’s followed by an all-North Okanagan matchup between the Vernon Panthers and Kalamalka Lakers of Coldstream.
Opening day concludes with the Westsyde Whundas of Kamloops taking on the Grand Forks Wolves at 6:30 p.m., and the South Okanagan Hornets of Oliver facing the Summerland Rockets at 8 p.m.
The teams are grouped into a pair of four-team pools.
Preliminary play wraps up Friday, Jan. 13. The Lakers take on Westsyde at 9 a.m. and face Grand Forks at 3 p.m.
The Panthers take on the Wolves at 10:30 a.m. and meet the Whundas at 4:30 p.m.
Fulton tangles with South Okanagan at 1:30 p.m. and closes out the round-robin at 7:30 p.m. against Summerland.
The fourth-place teams in each pool play Saturday, Jan. 14, at 9 a.m., followed by the two teams in third place at 10:45 a.m.
The teams that were second meet in the bronze-medal match at 12:30 p.m. and the championship game is slated for 2:15 p.m.
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