This begins our NEW weekly feature wherein we select the top five hoops games of the week of Dec. 15-21 and provide a COMPLETE schedule of this week’s area high school basketball games! You asked for it, you got it. Yes!
NOTE: As for times, girls games generally start at 6 p.m., with boys starting at 7:30.
Here’s your best bets for this week’s hoop action:
Pelion at Gilbert, Thursday, Dec. 18
Hammond v. Dreher at Chick-Fil-A Friday Dec. 19, 8:30 p.m.
Spring Valley v. Wando, Chick-Fil-A Friday Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at RNE
Camden at Lugoff-Elgin, Friday, Dec. 19
Irmo at Dutch Fork, Friday, Dec. 19
And here’s your FULL SCHEDULE for the week of Dec. 15-21!
MONDAY, DEC. 15
Branchville at East Clarendon
Westwood at Richland Northeast
TUESDAY, DEC. 16
Fox Creek at Batesburg-Leesville
Dreher at Blythewood
Brookland-Cayce at C.A. Johnson
North at Calhoun County
Lakewood at Camden
Chesterfield at Central
Columbia at Newberry
Dutch Fork at White Knoll
Pelion at Eau Claire
Bethune Bowman at Hunter-Kinard-Tyler
Irmo at Spring Valley
Lake Marion at Orangeburg-Wilkinson
Crestwood at Lee Central
Lexington at Aiken
Lower Richland at Ridge View
North Central at McBee
River Bluff at Swansea
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17
Mid Carolina at Batesburg-Leesville
Lugoff-Elgin at Brookland-Cayce
Gray Collegiate at Williston-Elko
Scott’s Branch at Crestwood
Richland Northeast at Ridge View
THURSDAY, DEC. 18
Ridge View at A.C. Flora
Chapin at Brookland-Cayce
East Clarendon at Lake City
Pelion at Gilbert
Lake Marion at Denmark-Olar
Manning at West Florence
North Central at Buford
Saluda at McCormick
Providence Home School at Ben Lippen
FRIDAY, DEC. 19
Chick-Fil-A Classic
Hammond v. Dreher (8:30 p.m.)
W.J. Keenan v. Lower Richland (7 p.m.)
Barking Abbey (U.K.) v. Richland Northeast (8 p.m.)
Westwood at A.C. Flora
Airport at C.A. Johnson
Blythewood at Chester
Camden at Lugoff-Elgin
Andrew Jackson at Central
Irmo at Dutch Fork
Mid Carolina at Eau Claire
Fairfield Central at Pelion
Lake Marion at Cross
Lamar at Lee Central
Crestwood at Timmonsville
Manning at Scott’s Branch
North at Orangeburg Prep
Lakewood at Sumter
White Knoll at Midland Valley
Laurence Manning at Ben Lippen
SATURDAY, DEC. 20
Chick-Fil-A Classic
Ben Lippen v. Barking Abbey (U.K.) 3 p.m.
Athens Christian (Ga.) v. Richland Northeast, 5 p.m.
Wando v. Spring Valley (7 p.m.)
Fairfield Central at W.J. Keenan
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