by Josh Prewitt for the FCT

This year Phil Campbell held a play date for PCHS summer basketball. It’s a basketball tournament for all the local teams to compete in and practice for the upcoming year.

“Fans of the community got a preview of basketball on Tuesday in Phil Campbell,” Coach Darit Riddle said. “Eight county junior high teams representing four different county schools took part in a summer practice date. The 7/8th grade boys teams and 9th grade boys teams all played three games each.”

Riddle continued, “I really appreciated all who participated – the referees, the fans of the community, everyone who worked concession stands and all the teams who represented their schools well.”

The results of the summer basketball play date tournament were:

9 a.m. – Red Bay beat East Franklin 8th-9th grade boys

9:45 a.m. – Phil Campbell beat Tharptown 7-8th grade boys

10:30 a.m. – Red Bay beat Phil Campbell 8th-9th grade boys

11:15 a.m. – Phil Campbell beat East Franklin 7-8th grade boys

Noon – Tharptown beat East Franklin 9th grade boys

12:45 p.m. – Red Bay beat Tharptown 7-8th grade boys

1:30 p.m. – Phil Campbell beat East Franklin 9th grade boys

2:15 p.m. – Phil Campbell beat Red Bay 7-8th grade boys

3 p.m. – Tharptown beat Phil Campbell 9th grade boys

3:45 p.m. – Red Bay beat East Franklin 7-8th grade boys

4:15 p.m. – Tharptown beat East Franklin 7-8th grade boys

Games consisted of two 16-minute halves, one timeout per half, two-minute breaks between halves and  two-minute warm-ups if needed before games.

“We had a good turn out and a great day of basketball for all the teams, coaches, referees and fans to enjoy,” Riddle said. “The future looks bright for Franklin County.”