By Pat Culverhouse

A total of 22 teams will be hitting the hardwood Wednesday (Nov. 19) when the 31st annual Don Stahl Memorial Basketball Tournament, hosted by Lakeside Jr/Sr High, tips off for a three-day run.

Games are scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in both boys and girls brackets, with championships set for 3 p.m. Saturday on the girls’ side and 4:30 p.m. Saturday for the boys.

Included among the squads in the boys bracket vying for the championship trophy are a pair of out-of-staters, Camden, Arkansas and Waco, Texas.

Games will be played at three locations: Lakeside junior and senior high gyms and at the Minden Recreational Center. Both championship contests will be played at the Lakeside Sr. High gym.

A consolation bracket will also be featured, and finals on that side are scheduled for noon and 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

All three Webster Parish schools are scheduled to compete for the title.

In the girls’ bracket, host Lakeside will take on Lincoln Prep at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Lakeside Sr. High gym, while Minden and North Webster are set to tangle at 5 p.m. in the school’s junior high gymnasium.

Boys’ action will see Minden square off against Camden at 6:30 p.m. at Lakeside’s high school gym while North Webster will also play at 6:30 p.m. at the Minden Recreation Center against Northwood. Lakeside’s first contest comes at 8 p.m. Wednesday against Benton in the high school gym.

Former Sibley (now Lakeside) basketball coach Don Stahl, the tournament’s namesake, won 824 games at five different schools during his career. During his tenure at Sibley, his teams produced a 100-game win streak from 1980-81 (a national record at the time) and a 58-0 season (a national record).

His Sibley teams won two state championships.

Please see attached brackets for a complete schedule of games.