BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Bradford, Keystone Heights and Union County high schools will play in district boys and girls basketball tournaments this week, with both Bradford teams earning number-two seeds and the Union boys team earning its district’s third seed.
The Bradford boys team plays in District 3-3A, which also consists of Keystone. The Tornadoes and top seed Newberry will have first-round byes.
Keystone travels to play third seed Palatka in a quarterfinal game on Monday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m. Bradford will host the winner of that game in a semifinal game on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m.
Fourth seed Interlachen and fifth seed Baldwin play each other in a Feb. 3 quarterfinal game, with the winner traveling to play Newberry in a Feb. 5 semifinal game.
The semifinal winners will play for the championship on Friday, Feb. 7, at a time to be determined. The higher seed will host.
Bradford and Keystone are also part of District 3-3A in girls basketball. That tournament begins with fifth seed Keystone traveling to play fourth seed Baldwin in a quarterfinal game on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m.
If Keystone wins, it’ll travel to play top seed Newberry in a semifinal game on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m.
Bradford will host third seed Palatka in the other semifinal game, which will also be played on Feb. 6 at 6 p.m.
The two semifinal winners will play for the championship on Saturday, Feb. 8, at a time to be determined. The higher seed will host.
The Union boys team will play in the District 6-Rural tournament, with all games being played at Bell High School. The Tigers will play second seed Trenton in a semifinal game on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 5:30 p.m. Top seed Fort White will play either fourth seed Bell or fifth seed Dixie County in the other semifinal game at 7 p.m.
Bell and Dixie play each other in a quarterfinal game on Monday, Feb. 3.
The championship game is set for Friday, Feb. 7, at a time to be determined.
Union will play in the District 6-Rural girls tournament, which is being hosted by Trenton High School. The Tigers are the fifth seed and will play fourth seed Bell in a quarterfinal game on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. If Union wins, it’ll play top seed Fort White in a semifinal game on Thursday, Feb. 6, at a time to be determined.
Second seed Trenton and third seed Dixie County will play in the other semifinal game.
The championship game will be played Saturday, Feb. 8, at a time to be determined.
