The 57th Annual Eldorado Holiday Tournament kicked off today with sixteen teams participating in this years tourney.
The Carterville Lions started the EHT today as they took on the Redbirds from West Frankfort in the 11:30 AM matchup.
Carterville picked up the 64-46 win after leading by two points at the half. Fairfield defeated Anna-Jonesboro 49-33 in the 1:45 PM tilt.
Quarter-final round action will begin tomorrow afternoon. The Lions, who are the number five seed in the EHT will have the number four Fairfield Mules starting at approximately 3:15 PM.
Scott Hudson and I will have the play-by-play starting with the pre-game show at about 3:00 PM on NewsRadio WJPF and here on our livestream. Hope you can join us.
I want to say "thank you" to John Homan who filled in for both Scott and I today.
You can watch the livestream of tomorrow game here: