Eufaula, champions of the last three Downtown Dothan Hoops Classic basketball tournaments, will have to go through perhaps its toughest obstacle in Game 1 this year.
The defending champion Tigers will match up against the Dothan High Wolves in the opening round on what will be the second night of the 16-team, single-elimination boys basketball tournament traditionally held at the Dothan Civic Center.
“Obviously the Dothan-Eufaula matchup in the first round … in any other year it could be a final,” tournament director Tyson Carter of Dothan Department of Leisure Services said. “That’s incredible.” Carroll earned its way into the tournament by winning the eight-team Turkey Classic at the Dothan Civic Center in November. It was the second year that tournament had been held as a way for a team to earn the final spot in the Hoops Classic.
The second day of the tourney opens with Daleville against Geneva County at 3:30 p.m., followed by Headland against Georgiana, the Dothan-Eufaula matchup and then Ashford taking on Northside Methodist Academy in the final game of the night. A 15-year tournament record $62,624 was raised last year in the tournament through sponsorships, ticket sales and concession revenues minus expenses to go back to the schools selected to compete in the boys basketball tournament held annually.
The eight eliminated in the first round – Abbeville, Barbour County, Dale County, Daleville, Geneva, Georgiana, Northside Methodist Academy and Rehobeth – took home $1,957.
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