City of Basketball Love

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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The 10th Annual Kutztown WBB One-Day Challenge takes place this Sunday at Kutztown University, with 28 teams — largely from the Philadelphia area — making their way up to the Lehigh Valley for a day of competition. 

Games will start at 8 o’clock in the morning with action on the four courts; six morning and early/afternoon sets feature two groups of eight teams playing three games apiece in alternate sets. Six more sets, running on three courts from 2-7 PM, see the other dozen participants play their three games, also in alternating sets. 

The full list of participants: Abington Heights, Archbishop Wood, Bishop Shanahan, Boyertown, Central Dauphin, Conwell-Egan, Downingtown East, Downingtown West, Emmaus, Executive Education, Governor Mifflin, Great Valley, Gwynedd Mercy, Hazleton Area, Jim Thorpe, Lancaster Catholic, Lansdale Catholic, Nazareth, Neshaminy, Parkland, Pennsbury, Perkiomen Valley, Pottstown, Spring-Ford, Upper Perkiomen, West Catholic, York, York Suburban

It’s an event loaded with quality matchups, including some potential future 6A state playoff games, like Perk Valley/Parkland, Pennsbury/Emmaus, Archbishop Wood/York Suburban and more. 

Tickets are $10, and free for children under 10. They can be purchased in advance at this link, or at the door. 

Here’s the full schedule: 

8:00 AM
Fieldhouse 1: Neshaminy vs. Hazleton
Fieldhouse 2: N/A
Fieldhouse 3: Emmaus vs. Downingtown East
Keystone: Downingtown West vs. Executive Education

9:00 AM
Fieldhouse 1: Perkiomen Valley vs. York Suburban
Fieldhouse 2: Parkland vs. Gwynedd Mercy
Fieldhouse 3: Spring-Ford vs. Central Dauphin
Keystone: Abington Heights vs. Archbishop Wood

10:00 AM
Fieldhouse 1: Pennsbury vs. Emmaus
Fieldhouse 2: Executive Education vs. Downingtown West
Fieldhouse 3: Neshaminy vs. Governor Mifflin
Keystone: Downingtown West vs. Hazleton

11:00 AM
Fieldhouse 1: Spring-Ford vs. Parkland
Fieldhouse 2: Archbishop Wood vs. York Suburban
Fieldhouse 3: Gwynedd Mercy vs. Central Dauphin
Keystone: Abington Heights vs. Perkiomen Valley

12:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: Governor Mifflin vs. Downingtown East
Fieldhouse 2: Executive Education vs. Neshaminy
Fieldhouse 3: Emmaus vs. Downingtown West
Keystone: Pennsbury vs. Hazleton

1:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: Archbishop Wood vs. Central Dauphin
Fieldhouse 2: Gwynedd Mercy vs. York Suburban
Fieldhouse 3: Parkland vs. Perkiomen Valley
Keystone: Abington Heights vs. Spring-Ford

2:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: Upper Perkiomen vs. York
Fieldhouse 2: Pottstown vs. Conwell-Egan
Fieldhouse 3: Kutztown vs. Jim Thorpe

3:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: Lansdale Catholic vs. Bishop Shanahan
Fieldhouse 2: West Catholic vs. Lancaster Catholic
Fieldhouse 3: Great Valley vs. Nazareth

4:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: Boyertown vs. Conwell-Egan
Fieldhouse 2: Pottstown vs. York
Fieldhouse 3: Upper Perkiomen vs. Jim Thorpe

5:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: West Catholic vs. Nazareth
Fieldhouse 2: Bishop Shanahan vs. Lancaster Catholic
Fieldhouse 3: Great Valley vs. Lansdale Catholic

6:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: Pottstown vs. Jim Thorpe
Fieldhouse 2: Upper Perkiomen vs. Conwell-Egan
Fieldhouse 3: Boyertown vs. York

7:00 PM
Fieldhouse 1: Great Valley vs. Lancaster Catholic
Fieldhouse 2: Nazareth vs. Lansdale Catholic
Fieldhouse 3: Bishop Shanahan vs. West Catholic