KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska
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The 49th Annual Joe Floyd Winter Classic Basketball Tournament kicks off this evening at the Kodiak High School gym. Visiting teams this year come from Anchorage Christian School, North Pole, Service, and Eagle River.
While play begins today, the Kodiak Bears won’t see action until tomorrow (Friday). Games tonight have the Anchorage Christian Lions facing the North Pole Patriots – girls kick off the tourney at 6:30, boys play at 8:30.
On Friday, the Kodiak girls bookend the day, opening play against North Pole at 9 a.m. and wrapping up the night at 7:30 against the Service Cougars. The Kodiak boys play the Lions at 5:30. Earlier in the day, the ACS and Service girls play at 11 and the Eagle River Wolves play the North Pole boys at 3:30 p.m.
There are five more games and a three-point contest in the jam-packed Saturday schedule. It opens with the Kodiak boys taking on Eagle River at 9 a.m. North Pole and Service Girls are at 11; ACS and Eagle River boys are at 2 p.m.; the Kodiak girls face the ACS girls at 4 p.m. and the Kodiak boys wrap up the round-robin tournament at 6 p.m. facing the Patriots.
