The Top 5 Holiday Events of 2023
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The final week of the calendar year is no doubt basketball time. And here are the top five holiday events of this Minnesota holiday season. One. Granite City Classic. The event in total has 84 varsity games, and even though…
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Continue ReadingThe final week of the calendar year is no doubt basketball time. And here are the top five holiday events of this Minnesota holiday season.
One. Granite City Classic. The event in total has 84 varsity games, and even though it includes SIX top ten match-ups in boys basketball, it’s an even bigger monster on the girls side. You can make your own schedule from the seven venues (five total on the boys side) and watch great basketball all over the St. Cloud Area. It has four top Class AAA top ten match-ups so you could be getting a potential mini state tournament preview with Alexandria Orono, Stewartville and Mankato East all playing.
When? Friday and Saturday.
Two. CSP Holiday Classic. With Minnetonka, Park Center, Cherry, and BSM the Concordia-St. Paul event is the best metro option as you get Tonka vs PAC, you get BSM vs Tonka, you get Cherry vs Park Center, and you get the David vs Goliath match-up of Class AAAA vs Class A (Park Center vs Cherry). I am still totally unsure about the concept of the school 1,900 kids against the school of 250 kids but it should be a nice storyline. Looks like three games a day at CSP.
When? Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Three. TCO Holiday Classic at Augsburg. This event does not have the depth of some ranked below it, but it has Breck vs Hopkins which is a very entertaining game potentially with
Daniel Freitag
Daniel
Freitag
6'1" | PG
Breck | 2024
State
#142
Nation
MN
vs
Jayden Moore
Jayden
Moore
6'0" | PG
Hopkins | 2026
State
MN
. Clear the baseline, the video guys will be out in full force. Osseo vs Hopkins and Minnehaha Academy vs Hopkins is also good from this event.
When? Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Four. East Ridge Holiday Tournament. Wayzata, East Ridge, Eastview, Edina, Lakeville South and Eden Prairie are included at the East Ridge event. Lots of good big school metro teams. A little steam is off because many of these teams have had some tough losses (save Wayzata of course) but there is still a ton of talent with
Jackson McAndrew
Jackson
McAndrew
6'10" | PF
Wayzata | 2024
State
#24
Nation
MN
,
Cedric Tomes
Cedric
Tomes
6'0" | PG
East Ridge | 2026
State
MN
,
Jonathan Mekonnen
Jonathan
Mekonnen
6'8" | PF
Eastview | 2024
State
#201
Nation
MN
and many others.
When? Thursday and Friday
Five. Capitol City Classic. Hamline is hosting two full day sets of games from morning to late night. South St. Paul has both Anoka and Rochester Century who have beaten Holy Family and Mankato East recently so they are both on the up. I really like that Eagan vs Woodbury game too. The big thing is the seven games in one day which bumps this up.
When? Friday and Saturday
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AmericaInn Holiday Classic in Fergus Falls
Delano Holiday Tournament
Rushford-Peterson Holiday Tournament
Bremer Bank Holiday Tournament in Willmar
Lakeville North Holiday Tournament