WS Chronicle

This Saturday, Dec. 22, the 2018 Lash/Chronicle JV Basketball Tournament will be upon us once again.  With 13 teams in this year’s field, there are a few changes in the normal format to the tournament. The Parkland Mustangs will have a tough time defending their championship with so many tough teams in the tournament.

This year the tournament will be held at two locations, Carver High School and Winston-Salem Prep Academy.  The 13 teams were seeded into two separate brackets, The Lash Bracket and The Chronicle Bracket.

The games will be played on Dec. 22, 28 and 29. The first two rounds of the Lash Bracket will be held at Carver, while the first two rounds of The Chronicle Bracket will be held at Prep and those games will be played on the 22nd and 28th.  All games held on Dec. 29 will be held at Carver High School. 

The teams in the Lash Bracket are seeded as follows: No. 1 West Forsyth, No. 2 Glenn, No. 3 Mt. Tabor, No. 4 W-S Prep, No. 5 Reynolds and No. 6 Parkland.  The Chronicle Bracket is seeded as follows: No. 1 Forbush, No. 2 Atkins, No. 3 East Forsyth, No. 4 High Point Andrews, No. 5 Walkertown, No. 6 Carver and No. 7 Reagan.

The Day One matchups for The Chronicle Bracket are: No. 4 High Point Andrews vs. No. 5 Walkertown at 4:30 p.m., No. 3 East Forsyth vs. No. 6 Carver at 6 p.m., and No. 2 Atkins vs. No. 7 Reagan at 7:30 p.m. The Day One matchups for The Lash Bracket are: No. 4 W-S Prep vs. No. 5 Reynolds at 4:30 p.m. and No. 3 Mt. Tabor vs. No. 6 Parkland at 6 p.m.

The Chronicle Bracket No. 1 seed Forbush will have a bye for the first day and will play the winner of High Point  Andrews vs. Walkertown. West Forsyth and Glenn will receive a first round bye in The Lash Bracket. West Forsyth will play the winner of the W-S Prep vs. Reynolds game and Glenn will play the winner of Mt. Tabor vs. Parkland game.

The Day Two games will kick off at noon on Dec. 28. The consolation and championship games on Dec. 29 will begin at 4:30 p.m.