Wellington and Conway Springs basketball teams again participating in Kingman Eagle Classic
by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The 15th annual Kingman Eagle Classic will be held Dec. 6-10 with two Sumner County schools participating.
Conway Springs and Wellington will be joining Sterling, Haven, Sunrise Christian Academy and host Kingman for the annual preseason tournament. Wellington girls and Sterling boys are the defending tournament champions.
All varsity games will be played in the gymnasium at Kingman with the JV teams playing in the JV gym. Kingman High School is located at 260 W. Kansas Ave.
There will be two brackets: The black pool will include Haven, Wellington and Conway Springs. The red pool will include Kingman, Sunrise Academy and Sterling. The varsity schedule for the two Sumner County teams are as follows:
Tuesday, Dec. 6
Game #1 – Wellington vs. Conway Springs girls, 3 p.m.
Game #2 – Wellington vs. Conway Springs boys, 20 minutes after game #1.
(JV games will be played vise versa).
Thursday, Dec. 8
Game #5 – Conway Springs vs. Haven girls, 3 p.m.
Game #6 – Conway Springs vs. Haven boys, 20 minutes after game #1.
Friday, Dec. 9
Game #9 – Wellington vs. Haven girls, 3 p.m.
Game #10 – Wellington vs. Haven boys, 20 minutes after game #1.
Saturday, Dec. 10
Finals:
5th/6th girls game, 12 noon.
5th/6th boys game, 20 minutes after girls game.
3rd/4th girls game, 3 p.m.
3rd/4th boys game, 20 minutes after girls game.
1st/2nd girls game, 6:30 p.m.
1st/2nd boys game, 20 minutes after boys game.
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The Eagle Classic Tournament Champions from years past are as follows:
2002 – Boys – Kingman, Girls – Kingman.
2003 – Boys – Kingman, Girls – Kingman.
2004 – Boys – Kingman, Girls – Wellington.
2005 – Boys – Kingman, Girls – Kingman.
2006 – Boys – Wellington, Girls – Kingman.
2007 – Boys – Wellington, Girls – Kingman.
2008 – Boys – Haven, Girls – Haven.
2009 – Boys – Nickerson, Girls – Wellington.
2010 – Boys – Nickerson, Girls – Haven.
2011 – Boys – Medicine Lodge, Girls – Wellington.
2012 – Boys – Haven, Girls – Sterling.
2013 – Boys – Kingman, Girls – Sterling.
2014 – Boys – Wellington, Girls – Kingman.
2015 – Boys – Sterling, Girls – Wellington.
