Bladen Offroad Christmas Tournament schedule announced
Tournament features four Cape Fear high schools
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WWAY) – West Bladen announced the return of the 11th annual Bladen OffRoad Christmas Tournament at West Bladen High School.
The following is from the release:
Scott Gordon, owner of Bladen Offroad, had this to say about the event. “Bladen Offroad is proud to be associated with this great event. For a number of years West Bladen has provided a quality high school tournament here in southeastern North Carolina. At Bladen Offroad we strive to provide excellent service and great prices to our customers. Our sponsorship of this tournament is one of many ways that we give back to our community.”
This year’s tournament field is again strong with more local teams participating. Scotland opens up against a very strong St. Paul’s team that boasts highly recruited sophomore Tyson Thompson. Tournament favorite North Brunswick will try to continue their hot start against a Whiteville team that should be coming around into basketball shape after a majority of their team is coming off of a deep football playoff run. Look for North Brunswick’s dynamic guard Malakhi Daniels to be one of the favorites for
Most Valuable Player. Lumberton brings a young team into the tournament to face West Columbus. West Columbus has gotten a late start on basketball as its football team reached the Eastern Finals. Unique Kelly will definitely be one to watch along with Lumberton’s Dimetrious Jones who comes in averaging a whopping 20.5 ppg. The nightcap will feature Dillon Christian versus host West Bladen. West Bladen is led by versatile big man 6’8 Chase Williams. Dillon Christian’s guard duo of Thompson Stone and Jackson Outlar hope to offset Williams’ strong inside play in a matchup of teams that are familiar with each other. West Bladen head coach Travis Pait would like to announce that the Most Valuable Player Award will be named The Sayaun Dent Most Valuable Player Award in honor of the late Sayaun Dent. Mr. Dent was a part of three Bladen Offroad Christmas Tournament Championship teams and is
the only two time winner of the Most Valuable Player Award. Sayaun went on to win a National Championship at Sandhills Community College and was named National Player of the Year. A portion of the proceeds from the concession stand will also help fund a scholarship in Sayuan Dents name.
Players to watch.
North Brunswick
Malakhi Daniels Sr.15.6 ppg 4.3 rpg
Ronnie Ballard Sr. 11.6 ppg 5.1 rpg
Caleb Bernard Sr. 11.6 ppg 2.4 rpg
West Columbus
Unique Kelly Sr. 19.5 ppg 7 rpg
Tristian Tubbs Sr. 13 ppg 7.5 rpg
St Pauls
Tyson Thompson So. 13.8 ppg 6 rpg 2.8 bpg
Theo Setzer Jr. 6.8 ppg 3.6 rpg
Jordan Cook Sr. 7.3 ppg 3 rpg
Dillon Christian
Thompson Stone Jr. 19.2 ppg 5.6 rpg
Jackson Outlar Jr. 19.8 ppg 9.2 rpg
Whiteville
Amari Best Sr. 11 ppg 12 rpg
Lumberton
Dimetrious Jones Sr. 20.5 ppg 10.5 rpg
Jaiden Shepherd Jr. 13.4 ppg 13 rpg
West Bladen
Hezekiah Adams Jr. 11.3 ppg
Chase Williams Jr. 18.7 ppg
Jackson Pait So. 11.7 ppg
Games will start each day at 2, 4, 6, and 8 with the gate opening at 1.
Admission will be $7 with no passes out. Only NCHSAA passes (coaches,
referees, and officials) will be allowed. Concessions will be available for
purchase.
Dec 28
G1-2pm Scotland vs St Pauls
G2-4pm Whiteville vs North Brunswick
G3-6pm Lumberton vs West Columbus
G4-8pm Dillon Christian vs West Bladen
Dec 29
G5 2pm Loser G1 vs Loser G2
G6 4pm Loser G3 vs Loser G4
G7 6pm Winner G1 vs Winner G2
G8 8pm Winner G3 vs Winner G4
Dec 30
G9 2pm 7th place Loser G5 vs Loser G6
G10 4pm 5th place Winner G5 vs Winner G6
G11 6pm 3rd place Loser G7 vs Loser G8
G12 8pm Championship Winner G7 vs Winner G8
