Both the Martin County West boys and girls basketball teams will play in the Windom Convention Visitors Bureau Holiday Classic Friday and Saturday. Each Mavericks squad will face host Windom on Friday.
The boys tournament starts at 1:30 p.m. Friday with St. James Area playing BOLD. The MCW boys, 3-5, then face the host Eagles (3-4) at about 3 p.m.
Martin County West will be trying to end a three-game losing streak. The most recent game for the Mavericks was a 66-63 loss at Nicollet on Dec. 20. Windom has lost two in a row with the most recent coming 106-89 to Redwood Valley, also on Dec. 20.
The girls teams then hit the floor for the evening games Friday, with three of the four teams entering the tournament with only one loss.
Glencoe-Silver Lake plays Fairmont at 6 p.m., followed by MCW vs. Windom.
The Martin County West girls won six straight to start the season before a 42-41 loss at Fairmont on Dec. 14. The Mavericks have won two in a row since, with the most recent by a 71-47 margin at Nicollet on Dec. 20.
Third place and championship games will be played on Saturday. There will also be a three-point shooting contest for girls and boys, a Skills Challenge for girls and a dunk contest for the boys.
WINDOM CVB HOLIDAY CLASSIC
Boys
Friday, Dec. 27
Semifinals
BOLD (2-3) vs. St. James Area (2-5), 1:30 p.m.
Windom (3-4) vs. Martin County West (3-5), 3 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 28
Third place, 4:30 p.m.
Championship, 6 p.m.
Girls
Friday, Dec. 27
Glencoe-Silver Lake (3-4) vs. Fairmont (5-1), 6 p.m.
Windom (7-1) vs. Martin County West (8-1), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 28
Third place, 1:30 p.m.
Championship, 3 p.m.
MCW boys basketball schedule/results
Monday, Dec. 2: at United South Central, W 73-54
Tuesday, Dec. 3: TMLGHEC, W 69-67
Thursday, Dec. 5: St. Clair, L 57-51
Tuesday, Dec. 10: Minnesota Valley Lutheran, L 64-47
Thursday, Dec. 12: at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, W 71-51
Saturday, Dec. 14: at Fairmont, L 69-31
Tuesday, Dec. 17: at Madelia, L 67-60
Friday, Dec. 20: at Nicollet, L 66-63
Friday, Dec. 27: at Windom, 3 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 28: TBA at Windom
Monday, Jan. 6: St. James Area, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 10: Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 13: at Mankato Loyola, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 16: at TMLGHEC, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 21: Nicollet, 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 27: Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 30: Madelia, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 4: at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 6: Blue Earth Area, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 8: Mankato Loyola, 5 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 10: at Edgerton, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 14: at Cedar Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 17: New Ulm Cathedral, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 20: at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, 7:15 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 24: Windom, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28: New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, 7 p.m.
MCW girls basketball schedule/results
Monday, Nov. 25: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, W 53-39
Tuesday, Nov. 26: at Cleveland, W 61-41
Saturday, Dec. 30: Edgerton at Worthington, W 49-41
Tuesday, Dec. 3: Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, W 46-42
Thursday, Dec. 5: at Mankato Loyola, W 57-42
Tues., Dec. 10: Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther, W 58-48
Saturday, Dec. 14: at Fairmont, L 42-41
Tuesday, Dec. 17: at United South Central, W 53-49
Friday, Dec. 20: at Nicollet, W 71-47
Friday, Dec. 27: at Windom, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 28: TBA at Windom
Friday, Jan. 3: Maple River, 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 6: at Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (Comfrey), 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 9: at Madelia, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 11: at Minnesota Valley Lutheran, 12 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 14: Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 17: at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (Alden), 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 21: Nicollet, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 24: at St. Clair, 7 p.m.
Thursday., Jan. 30: Sleepy Eye, 7 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 3: Madelia, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 7: Mankato Loyola, 3 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 10: at Maple River, 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13: at Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 14: at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 18: St. James Area, 7 p.m.