The brackets for the SPVA boys and girls basketball tournaments were released Friday and North Platte St. Patrick’s is the top seed in both tournaments.
The SPVA used the NSAA points system to determine the seeding for the tournament and the St. Pat’s boys with a 10-1 record had 45.73 points at seeding time. St. Pat’s will host eighth-seeded Maxwell in the first round of the tournament at 7:00 pm Monday. Maxwell comes into the tournament with a 5-7 record.
Hershey is the fourth-seed in the 2015 tournament and will host No. 5 Perkins County at 7:00 pm Monday. The Panthers are 4-8, while the Plainsmen at 5-6. Sutherland is the No. 7 seed and will travel to second-seeded Chase County for a 6:00 pm tip-off Monday. The Sailors are 2-8 on the season and the Longhorns are 8-3.
The higher seeded team hosts the first round games then the tournament moves to North Platte Community College. The bracket for the boys tournament can be seen below.
The Lady Irish from St. Pat’s are 10-2 on the season and earned the No. 1 seed with 44.17 points. St. Pat’s will host eighth-seeded Perkins County at 7:00 pm on Tuesday. St. Pat’s beat the Plainswomen 57-22 on Friday, January 9. Perkins County is still looking for its first win at 0-10.
Hershey is the No. 4 seed in the girls tournament and will host No. 5 Sutherland at 6:00 pm Tuesday. The Lady Panthers are 6-6 and the Lady Sailors are 4-7, but Sutherland beat Hershey 45-29 on Tuesday. Maxwell is the No. 7 seed and will travel to No. 2 Kimball to play at 7:00 pm Tuesday. The Lady Wildcats are 6-6 on the season and Kimball is 6-4.
The higher seeded team hosts the first round games then the tournament moves to North Platte Community College. The bracket for the girls tournament can be seen below.