(shown in the photo is Batavia's Jaycee Shirk (left), Pavilion's Maddy Griep, O-A's Dani Sage and Notre Dame's Brittany Morelli)
The Batavia girls basketball Rotary Club Tournament is set for Jan. 5 and 7 at Genesee Community College.
The annual action-packed tournament features Batavia, Notre Dame, Oakfield-Alabama and Pavilion.
Batavia opens up with Oakfield-Alabama at 6 p.m. in the opening round with Pavilion and Notre Dame following at about 7:45 p.m. The consolation and finals are at the same time on the 7th.
Batavia captured the title last year after dropping two games the previous season. The Blue Devils toppled O-A in the finals last year, 44-31, as Annie Palermo and Alyssa Tretter were the dominant players on the floor.
But we did see an emergence of current Batavia stars Jaycee Shirk and Brittany Mazurkiewiecz in the tournament, with Mazurkiewiecz scoring nine and Shirk adding eight.
This is the 20th year the Rotary Club Girls Basketball Tournament has been held.
A more interesting
A more interesting back-story is Bill Wade's history in this tournament. He engineered Notre Dame's dominance in this tournament and their ascendancy in general.
The price of admission should be a bargain.