Ronnie Barnes speaks to area basketball coaches during Wednesday's meeting to draw pairings for the 2019 Cullman County Basketball Tournament. (Nick Griffin for The Cullman Tribune)
FAIRVIEW – The pairings for this year’s Cullman County Basketball Tournament were drawn at Fairview High School Wednesday afternoon, and in the varsity boys' bracket, a coin flip was needed to determine three of the seeds. Fairview, Holly Pond and West Point all entered the drawing tied for third place in the county and the Warriors came out on top after the tie-breaking coin toss, with Fairview and Holly Pond placing fourth and fifth, respectively. Good Hope secured the top seed with its win at Hanceville Tuesday night, and the Bulldogs claimed the second seed. Cold Springs and Vinemont rounded out the boys' bracket as the sixth and seventh seeds.
The Raiders will get a pass in round one,. Hanceville will take on Vinemont, West Point will face Cold Springs, and Fairview will match up against Holly Pond.
On the varsity girls' side, West Point finished as the no. 1 seed after compiling a 6-0 record in the county. Fairview secured the second seed with a 5-1 record, Hanceville finished one spot behind the Lady Aggies at 4-2, Cold Springs took the fourth seed at 3-3, Holly Pond finished fifth at 2-4, Good Hope sixth seed at 1-5 and Vinemont rounded out the bracket as the seventh seed at 0-7.
The Lady Warriors will enjoy a bye in round one while Fairview takes on Vinemont, Hanceville plays Good Hope and Cold Springs faces off with Holly Pond.
2019 Cullman County Basketball Tournament Schedule:
Wallace State Community College (Admission is $6 per day)
Saturday, Jan. 19
JV Girls' Game 1 – (4) Good Hope v. (5) Holly Pond – 2 p.m.
JV Boys' Game 1 – (4) Cold Springs v. (5) Vinemont – 3:15 p.m.
JV Boys' Game 2 – (3) West Point v. (6) Holly Pond – 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys' Game 3 – (2) Good Hope v. (7) Hanceville – 5:45 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 21
JV Boys' Game 4 – (1) Fairview v. winner of game 1 – 5:30 p.m.
Varsity Girls' Game 1 – (2) Fairview v. (7) Vinemont – 6:45 p.m.
Varsity Boys' Game 1 – (4) Fairview v. (5) Holly Pond – 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
JV Boys' Game 5 – winner of game 2 v. winner of game 3 – 5 p.m.
Varsity Girls' Game 2 – (3) Hanceville v. (6) Good Hope – 6:15 p.m.
Varsity Boys' Game 2 – (3) West Point v. (6) Cold Springs – 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Ninth Grade Boys' Game 1 – (1) West Point v. (4) Vinemont – 4 p.m.
Ninth Grade Boys' Game 2 – (2) Fairview v. (3) Good Hope – 5 p.m.
Varsity Girls' Game 3 – (4) Cold Springs v. (5) Holly Pond – 6:15 p.m.
Varsity Boys' Game 3 – (2) Hanceville v. (7) Vinemont – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 24
JV Girls' Game 2 – (1) West Point v. winner of game 1 – 5 p.m.
Varsity Girls' Game 4 – (1) West Point v. winner of game 3 – 6:15 p.m.
Varsity Girls' Game 5 – winner of game 1 v. winner of game 2 – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 25
JV Girls' Game 3 – (2) Cold Springs v. (3) Fairview – 5 p.m.
Varsity Boys' Game 4 – (1) Good Hope v. winner of game 1 – 6:15 p.m.
Varsity Boys' Game 5 – winner of game 2 v. winner of game 3 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26
Ninth-Grade Championship Game – winner of game 1 v. winner of game 2 – 1 p.m.
JV Girls' Championship Game – winner of game 2 v. winner of game 3 – 2:30 p.m.
JV Boys' Championship Game – winner of game 4 v. winner of game 5 – 4 p.m.
Varsity Girls' Championship Game – winner of game 4 v. winner of game 5 – 5:30 p.m.
Varsity Boys' Championship Game – winner of game 4 v. winner of game 5 – 7 p.m.
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