Franklin County Tournament brackets set
By Bart Moss for the FCT
Franklin County’s basketball coaches met last week to draw for the 2017 Franklin County Tournament. The junior high division will be held at Red Bay High School Jan. 7, 12 and 14. The varsity division will be held at Vina High School Jan. 17, 19, 20 and 21.
Here is an early look at the schedule. The Franklin County Times will reprint this schedule the week before the respective tournaments.
CHART
JUNIOR HIGH TOURNAMENT AT RED BAY HIGH SCHOOL
7th/8th Grade Girls
Jan. 7 10 a.m. Tharptown vs. Belgreen
Jan. 7 11:15 a.m. Vina vs. Red Bay
Jan. 7 5:30 p.m. Phil Campbell vs. Tharptown/Belgreen winner
Jan. 14 10 a.m. Finals
7th/8th Grade Boys
Jan. 7 12:30 p.m. Vina vs. East Franklin
Jan. 7 1:45 p.m. Belgreen vs. Tharptown
Jan. 12 4 p.m. Phil Campbell vs. Belgreen/Tharptown winner
Jan. 12 6:30 p.m. Red Bay vs. Vina/East Franklin winner
Jan. 14 11:15 a.m. Finals
9th Grade Girls
Jan. 7 3 p.m. Belgreen vs. East Franklin
Jan. 7 4:15 p.m. Phil Campbell vs. Vina
Jan. 12 5:15 p.m. Red Bay vs. Phil Campbell/Vina winner
Jan. 12 7:45 p.m. Tharptown vs. Belgreen/East Franklin winner
Jan. 14 12:30 p.m. Finals
9th Grade Boys
Note: There are only two 9th grade boys teams in the tournament. Both are automatically in finals.
Jan. 14 1:45 p.m. Finals: Phil Campbell vs. East Franklin
CHART
VARSITY TOURNAMENT AT VINA HIGH SCHOOL
B-Varsity Boys
Note: there are only three B-Varsity boys teams in the tournament.
Jan. 20 5 p.m. Belgreen vs. Tharptown
Jan. 21 5 p.m. Finals: Phil Campbell vs. Belgreen/Tharptown winner
Varsity Girls
Jan. 17 6 p.m. Phil Campbell vs. Tharptown
Jan. 19 6 p.m. Red Bay vs. Phil Campbell/Tharptown winner
Jan. 20 6:30 p.m. Vina vs. Belgreen
Jan. 21 6:30 p.m. Finals
Varsity Boys
Jan. 17 7:30 p.m. Vina vs. Red Bay
Jan. 19 7:30 p.m. Belgreen vs. Vina/Red Bay winner
Jan. 20 8 p.m. Tharptown vs. Phil Campbell
Jan. 21 8 p.m. Finals
