It was not a very merry Christmas for the McAdams basketball teams as both lost to Leake County and Leake Central in their annual Christmas Tournament.
For the second time in a week, McAdams swept a pair of basketball games from Eupora.
The Central Holmes basketball teams will get almost two weeks off for Christmas.
On Friday, Dec. 28, the Lady Trojans will take on Newton County Academy at 4 p.m.. The Trojans will take on the Generals at 6:30 p.m.
The Central Holmes Lady Trojans picked up two big wins last week.
After beating Washington 54-39 on Tuesday, the Lady Trojans opened up district play with a 47-42 win over Carroll Academy on Friday.
McAdams has played one of the toughest schedules in Class 1A basketball.
The McAdams Lady Bulldogs had two scorers with more than 20 points as they hammered J.Z. George 72-39 last week, splitting the two games they played. The boys also lost one game and won one.
The Central Holmes girls improved to 5-3 on the basketball season with a pair of double-digit wins last week, beating Tri-County 45-29 and Benton 58-40.
The Trojans split their two games, beating Tri-County 55-28 and losing 43-42 win Benton.
McAdams continued its rigorous pre-division hoops schedule last week.
Both McAdams teams lost to Newton on Tuesday as the Bulldogs fell 35-34 while the Lady Bulldogs lost 66-32.
Two more Central Holmes football players will get to play at least one more game.
McAdams got basketball season underway for both squads last week with a win for each team.
