College basketball:
Double-header at Lake Land as the Lakers and Lady Lakers take on John A. Logan
The EIU women’s team plays Florida A&M
Boys’ high school basketball:
Mattoon opens the season against Robinson at the St. Anthony Thanksgiving Tournament, following the Effingham/St. Thomas More game.
Charleston has the late game against Dieterich at the Cumberland Turkey Tourney. Prior to that, it’s Casey-Westfield and Robinson, Newton and Oblong, and Neoga against the host Pirates.
At the Mulberry Grove Tournament, North Clay opens with Ramsey, followed by South Central and Patoka, and the host school takes on Sandoval.
Elsehwere, Sullivan hosts Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, and Shelbyville is at Hillsboro
Girls’ basketball:
Charleston plays Olney, Neoga vs. Dieterich, CH/BC against Sandoval, Effingham battles Altamont, Newton takes on Flora, Tuscola @ Heritage, and T-town hosts St. Thomas More