Area basketball tournaments continue on New Year’s Eve

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High school basketball makes up the local New Year’s Eve schedule as tournament play continues.

Two area teams will return to Jonesboro, as they compete for the Division 1 championship of the NEA Basketball Tournament on the campus of Arkansas State University. Izard County’s girls will tip off at noon against Manila, and the Salem boys will meet Ridgefield Christian at 1:30.

Izard County’s boys will play for the consolation championship of the Beach Ball Classic at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Cougars will face Harvard-Westlake from Studio City, California, at 12:45.

The opening round of the North Arkansas College Invitational High School Tournament will come to an end at the Pioneer Pavilion in Harrison. In girls’ action, Valley Springs and Deer will begin at noon, and Western Grove takes on Kingston at 2:40. The Western Grove boys will play Mount Judea at 4.

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