Both the Palmyra boys and girls varsity basketball teams received the second seed in the 98th annual Monroe City Tournament Dec. 5-10.
The Lady Panthers will open play at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6, against seventh-seeded Marion County, while the Panthers will play at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 against seventh-seeded Paris.
A win would advance the girls into the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 and play the winner of Tuesday’s quarterfinal between third-seeded Highland and sixth-seeded Louisiana.
A boys victory would send them to the quarterfinals and play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, against the winner of Monday’s quarterfinal between third-seeded Louisiana and sixth-seeded Mark Twain.
The other two girls quarterfinals are Monday featuring top-seeded South Shelby against eight-seeded Paris and fourth-seeded Monroe City against fifth-seeded Mark Twain.
The other two boys quarterfinal games are Tuesday featuring top-seeded Monroe City against eighth-seeded Marion County, and fourth-seeded South Shelby against fifth-seeded Highland.
The championship games are set for Saturday, Dec. 10, at 5 p.m. for the girls and 6:30 p.m. for the boys.
The third place games are Friday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. for the girls and 7:30 p.m. for the boys.
The defending champions are the Monroe City boys and South Shelby girls.
