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All-tournament passes are available at
Read's Sporting Goods, 812 IAA Drive in Bloomington; Tom's Parkway
Foods, 1710 R.T. Dunn Road in Bloomington; or through the
tournament’s official website,
www.theclassic.org. Passes are $20 for adults and $15 for
students. All-tournament passes and individual game tickets will be
available on game day at the various venues.
The 64-team State Farm Holiday Classic,
which is the largest coed high school basketball tournament in the
nation, features four top-notch fields. All four of last year's
champions will return to defend their 2002 State Farm Holiday
Classic titles:
--Class A girls: Normal University
High, the No. 7-ranked team in the state in the preseason Associated
Press poll
--Class AA girls: Peoria Richwoods,
also the No. 7-ranked team in preseason polls
--Class A boys: Quincy Notre Dame, the
No. 2-ranked Class A team in the state and winners of the past two
State Farm Holiday Classic titles
--Class AA boys: South Holland
Thornwood, last year's AA state runner-up and four-time defending
State Farm Holiday Classic champions
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"Our committee has done a great job of
bringing in state-caliber teams from throughout Illinois, and this
year we even stretched into Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Louisiana,"
said Dave Oloffson, vice-president of Classic Tournament Inc. "With
Galesburg (nine straight sectional titles and four state trophies in
the past six years) and Chicago Marshall (seven state titles), we
have two of the most storied programs in Illinois' girls basketball
history. On the boys’ side we have a state runner-up (Thornwood) and
a team that's ranked No. 2 in the state (Quincy Notre Dame). Fans
may be getting an early preview of the teams that will be coming to
Bloomington-Normal and Peoria in late February and March for the
state championships."
The pairings
for the 64-team field will be unveiled on Tuesday, Dec. 16. For the
brackets and more information on the 2003 State Farm Holiday
Classic, visit
www.theclassic.org.
[News release]
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