Big Basketball Event Coming to St. Cloud This Weekend

The Granite City Classic boys and girls basketball event returns to the St. Cloud area Friday, December 27 - Saturday, December 28.  The 2-day event  is put on by Breakdown Sports USA for the 14th straight year.  Justin Hegna of Breakdown Sports joined me on WJON.  He says they will have 92 varsity teams and more than 100 sophomore or junior varsity teams competing at venues throughout the metro area.  Hegna says they will use St. Cloud State, St. John's, St. Ben's, Tech, Apollo, Sartell-St. Stephen and Sauk Rapids-Rice high school gyms for varsity games and other area venues for the lower levels.

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December 27 Schedule:

@ SCSU
10:30am Princeton vs Providence Academy (Boys)
12:00pm  Fridley vs. Brainerd (Boys)
1:30pm  Andover vs. Stillwater (Boys)
3:15pm  Hancock vs. MIB (Girls)
4:45pm  Cass Lake-Bena vs. MIB (Boys)
6:15pm  Apollo vs. Richfield, (Boys)
8:00pm  Buffalo vs. Elk River (Boys)

@ St. Ben's
10:30am  Edina vs. Maple Grove (Girls)
12:00pm  Rock Ridge vs. Delano (Girls)
1:30pm  Wayzata vs. White Bear Lake (Girls)
3:15pm  Anoka vs. Minnetonka (Girls)
4:45pm  Crosby-Ironton vs. SW Christian (Girls)
6:15pm  Alexandria vs. Lakeville North (Girls)
8:00pm  Hopkins vs. Providence Academy (Girls)

@ Apollo High School
12:30pm  Robbinsdale Armstrong vs. Fargo North (Girls)
2:00pm  Pierz vs. WHA (Girls)
3:45pm  Brainerd vs. Robbinsdale Cooper (Girls)
5:15pm  Fargo South vs. Rogers (Boys)
7:00pm  STMA vs. Prior Lake (Boys)

@ St. John's University
11:30am  Osakis vs. Spectrum (Boys)
1:15pm  St. Croix Prep vs. Holy Family Catholic (Boys)
2:45pm  Dawson-Boyd vs. Nevis (Boys)
4:30pm  Grand Rapids vs. ROCORI (Boys)
6:00pm  Goodhue vs. Albany (Girls)
7:30pm  Marantha vs. Albany (Boys)

@ St. Cloud Tech High School
11:30am  Spring Lake Park vs. Bloomington Jefferson (Girls)
1:15pm  Holdingford vs. Hawley (Girls)
2:45pm  Rockford vs. Hawley (Boys)
4:30pm  Watertown-Mayer vs. Hibbing (Boys)
6:00pm  St. Croix Prep vs. St. Cloud Crush (Girls)
7:30pm  Spring Lake Park vs. St. Cloud Tech (Boys)

@ Sartell-St. Stephen High School
11:30am  Pequot Lakes vs. Mankato West (Girls)
1:15pm  Cass Lake-Bena vs. BBE (Girls)
2:45pm  Heritage Christian vs. BBE (Boys)
4:30pm  Becker vs. West Fargo Horace (Boys)
6:00pm  Becker vs. Sartell-St. Stephen (Girls)
7:30pm  Osseo vs. Sartell-St. Stephen (Boys)

@ Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
11:30am  Champlin Park vs. Owatonna (Girls)
1:15pm  Hutchinson vs. North Branch (Boys)
2:45pm  Buffalo vs. Rochester Century (Girls)
4:30pm  Orono vs. Duluth Marshall (Girls)
6:00pm  Irondale vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice (Girls)
7:30pm  Champlin Park vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice (Boys)

December 28 Schedule:

@ St. Cloud State
10:00am Hawley vs. Spectrum (Boys)
11:30am  Heritage Christian vs. Nevis (Boys)
1:15pm  West Fargo Horace vs. Andover (Boys)
2:45pm  STMA vs. Champlin Park (Boys)
4:30pm  Sauk Rapids-Rice vs. Fargo Davies (Boys)
6:00pm  Brainerd vs. Osseo (Boys)
7:30pm  Prior Lake vs. Rogers (Boys)

@ St. Ben's
10:00am  Southwest Christian vs. Albany (Girls)
11:30am  Lakeville North vs. Anoka (Girls)
1:15pm  Prior Lake vs. Wayzata (Girls)
2:45pm  Goodhue vs. Crosby-Ironton (Girls)
4:30pm  Rochester Mayo vs. Minnetonka (Girls)
6:00pm  Duluth Marshall vs. Providence Academy (Girls)
7:30pm  Maple Grove vs. Hopkins (Girls)

@ Apollo High School
11:00am  Rochester Century vs. Robbinsdale Armstrong (Girls)
12:30pm  MIB vs. Hillcrest Lutheran (Boys)
2:15pm  MIB vs. Hawley (Girls)
3:45pm  Buffalo vs. Spring Lake Park (Girls)
5:30pm  Spring Lake Park vs. Stillwater (Boys)
7:00pm  Fridley vs. St. Cloud Apollo (Boys)

@ St. John's University
11:30am  Becker vs. Edina (Girls)
1:15pm  Southwest Christian vs. Becker (Boys)
2:45pm  Alexandria vs. Rock Ridge (Girls)
4:30pm  Elk River vs. Sartell-St. Stephen (Boys)
6:00pm  North Branch vs. ROCORI (Boys)
7:30pm  Dawson-Boyd vs. Albany (Boys)

@ St. Cloud Tech High School
10:00am  WHA vs. BBE (Girls)
11:30am  BBE vs. Cass Lake-Bena (Boys)
1:15pm  Orono vs. Mankato East (Girls)
2:45pm  Rockford vs. Holy Family Catholic (Boys)
4:30pm  White Bear Lake vs. Brainerd (Girls)
6:00pm  Irondale vs. St. Cloud Crush (Girls)
7:30pm  Hutchinson vs. St. Cloud Tech (Boys)

@ Sartell-St. Stephen High School
11:30am  Hibbing vs. Princeton (Boys)
1:15pm  Owatonna vs. Delano (Girls)
2:45pm  Pierz vs. St. Croix Prep (Girls)
4:30pm  St. Croix Prep vs. Providence Academy (Boys)
6:00pm  Osakis vs. Maranatha (Boys)
7:30pm  Champlin Park vs. Sartell-St. Stephen (Girls)

@ Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
11:00am  Twin Cities Academy vs. Grand Rapids (Boys)
12:30pm  Richfield vs. Fargo South (Boys)
2:15pm  Bloomington Jefferson vs. Fargo North (Girls)
3:45pm  Cass Lake-Bena vs. Hancock (Girls)
5:30pm  Robbinsdale Cooper vs. Pequot Lakes (Girls)
7:00pm  Holdingford vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice (Girls)

If you'd like to listen to my conversation with Justin Hegna, it is available below.