Cardinal Shootout scheduled at BPMS

Published 6:00 am Thursday, January 10, 2019

Fifteen teams, including six from the Teche Area will join host Belle Place Middle School for its 19th annual Cardinal Shootout boys’ basketball tournament Friday and Saturday.

The tournament opens at 4 p.m. Friday with Loreauville playing Belle Place. At 4:45 p.m., St. Martinville Junior High plays Iberia Middle School, with J.H. Williams Middle School from Abbeville playing Franklin Junior High. At 6:15 p.m., Jeanerette plays Lafayette Middle. Milton Middle School plays Anderson Middle School at 7 p.m. and the first day wraps up with Paul Breaux Middle from Lafayette playing Parks Middle at 7:45 p.m.

Saturday games tip off at 8:30 a.m. with a consolation bracket game between the Loreauville/Belle Place and Jeanerette/Lafayette Middle losers. 

At 9:15 a.m., W.W. Lewis Middle School from Sulphur plays Breaux Bridge Junior High in a first-round game and at 10 a.m. F.K. White Middle School from Lake Charles plays Cecilia Junior High in the final opening-round game.

The Loreauville/Belle Place and Jeanerette/Lafayette Middle winners play in a quarterfinal game at 10:45 a.m. and the J.H. Williams/Franklin and W.W. Lewis/Breaux Bridge winners play another quarterfinal at 11:30 a.m.

At 12:15 p.m., the J.H. Williams/Franklin and W.W. Lewis/Breaux Bridge losers play in the consolation bracket. 

The Milton/Anderson and F.K. White/Cecilia losers play at 1 p.m. in the consolation bracket and the winners play at 1:45 p.m. in the quarterfinals. The final consolation quarterfinal at 2:30 p.m. features the St. Martinville/Iberia Middle and Paul Breaux/Parks losers, with the St. Martinville/Iberia Middle and Paul Breaux/Parks winners playing in the final quarterfinal game at 3:15 p.m.

Consolation semifinals are at 4 and 4:4:45 p.m. with semifinal games at 5:30 and 6:15 p.m.

The consolation game is at 7 p.m. with the championship game at 7:45 p.m.