While there will be games played at Albany High School in the 2020 Albany Invitational Basketball Tournament, those will only be four of the six games played by the Albany girls and boys, part of sweeping changes announced by the AHS athletic department earlier this week.
In order to keep teams, players, and fans as safe as possible during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, four games each will be played (two girls and two boys) from Monday, November 30th to Saturday, December 5th. Tip-times will be 6 o’clock for girls games and 7:30 for boys games. The eight schools in the tourney have been divided into two “pools” of four teams each, with the first-place finishers in each pool declared a co-champion of this year’s AIT. For games on Saturday, December 5th, girls games will start at 1 o’clock, followed by the boys at 2:30. Champions will be declared after the Saturday games are completed.
Here is the revamped schedule for the 2020 AIT:
Monday, 11/30/20 (Pool B):
Worth County Tigers at Stanberry Bulldogs – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at Stanberry H.S. gymnasium)
King City Wildkats at Princeton Tigers – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at Princeton H.S. gymnasium)
Tuesday, 12/1/20 (Pool A):
Albany Warriors at Platte Valley – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at Jefferson H.S. gymnasium)
Pattonsburg Panthers at South Harrison Bulldogs – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at South Harrison H.S. gymnasium)
Wednesday, 12/2/20 (Pool B):
King City Wildkats at Worth County Tigers – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at Worth County H.S. gymnasium)
Princeton Tigers at Stanberry Bulldogs – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at Stanberry H.S. gymnasium)
Thursday, 12/3/20 (Pool A):
Platte Valley at South Harrison Bulldogs – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at South Harrison H.S. gymnasium)
Pattonsburg Panthers at Albany Warriors – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at Albany H.S. gymnasium)
Friday, 12/4/20 (Pool B):
Princeton Tigers at Worth County Tigers – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at Worth County H.S. gymnasium)
Stanberry Bulldogs at King City Wildkats – 6:00 Girls / 7:30 Boys (both games at King City H.S. gymnasium)
Saturday, 12/5/20 (Pool A):
South Harrison Bulldogs at Albany Warriors – 1:00 Girls / 2:30 Boys (both games at Albany H.S. gymnasium)
Platte Valley at Pattonsburg Panthers – 1:00 Girls / 2:30 Boys (both games at Pattonsburg H.S. gymnasium)
