QUEST FOR THE GOLD BALL CONTINUES IN 2023 SEVEN HILLS ROTARY CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT – UPDATED SCORES FROM SATURDAY, A LOOK AHEAD TO WLAQ’S BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY

It’s time for the 2023 Seven Hills Rotary Christmas Tournament! Area girls and boys high school basketball teams are competing for the coveted Gold Ball trophies in the 70th annual tournament. Armuchee High School is the site of games on Friday, Saturday, and Monday. Berry College’s Cage Center will host the championship games on Tuesday, December 19th.

In winner’s bracket scores from Saturday:

Girls –

Rome 58, Coosa 18

Calhoun 44, Darlington 22 (semifinal)

Boys –

Darlington 89, Unity Christian 34

Model 57, Rome 53 (semifinal)

WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM is proud to provide broadcast coverage of the Christmas Tournament again this year with play-by-play from Matt Davis and Ian Griffin.

Here is the broadcast schedule for Monday night’s semifinal round games:

7:00 p.m. – Rome vs. Model girls

8:30 p.m. – Darlington vs. Calhoun boys

In Monday’s consolation games:

4:00 p.m. – Coosa vs. Darlington girls

5:30 p.m. – Unity Christian vs. Rome boys

All of those games will take place in Armuchee’s New Gym.

WLAQ will also broadcast Tuesday night’s championship games out at Berry College. Here’s that schedule:

7:00 p.m. – Rome/Model vs. Calhoun girls

8:30 p.m. – Darlington/Calhoun vs. Model boys