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Matchups, and list of who's who at 7th CitC [01/15/2010]
By CHRISTY JOHNSON & ART HOLDEN
Daily Record Sports Writers
What: Classic in the Country VII
Where: Hiland High School's Reese Center
When: Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Cost: $10 for a one-day pass, $25 for a three-day pass.
Area teams: Hiland, Smithville, West Holmes
Other teams: Canton McKinley, Cincinnati Indian Hill, Cincinnati Mt. Notre Dame, Columbus Africentric, Columbus Brookhaven, Dayton Chaminade Julienne, Dresden Tri-Valley, Marion Harding, Mason, Minster, Mogadore, North Canton Hoover, Potter's House Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.), Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown, South Euclid Regina, Springboro, Springfield Kenton Ridge, Toledo Start, Twinsburg, University (Newark, N.J.), Wadsworth, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, Waterford, West Chester Lakota West, Westlake, Youngstown Boardman.
It's time for Classic in the Country [01/14/2010]
By KEVIN LYNCH
Welcome to Classic in the Country Challenge VII, going on this weekend, Jan 16-18 at Hiland High School in Berlin.
This year, there are 29 teams competing in the three-day basketball smorgasbord that begins Saturday morning at 10 a.m., and runs through Monday evening.
All four reigning State champions from Ohio will be here, as well as four other teams that were competing in the Final Four last season...
ESPNRise.com: Girls Basketball FAB 50 rankings [01/13/2010]
By CLAY KALLAM & MARK TENNIS
Contributing: RONNIE FLORES, DOUG HUFF, PAUL MUYSKENS
The place to be this weekend is Berlin.
No, we're not talking the Berlin on the other side of the pond. And you also wouldn't expect the best girls' basketball event in the country this weekend to be in Amish country, but that's exactly where Berlin, Ohio, happens to be -- and so is the three-day Classic in the Country.
Champions are headed to Hiland: Seventh Classic in the Country tips off Saturday [01/12/2010]
By CHRISTY JOHNSON
Daily Record Sports Writer
The phrase "Where champions compete" is often used by Classic in the Country organizers to describe the one-of-a-kind girls basketball tournament held at Hiland's Perry Reese Jr. Community Center every January.
With a 29-team field, including 22 seniors who've committed to Div. I schools, ready to set foot on the court in this year's classic, those three words couldn't be more true...
Volunteers make sure there is plenty of fine cuisine at concession stand for big basketball weekend [01/07/2010]
By DAVE MAST
While basketball will be the main focus of the upcoming Classic in the Country VII, when 29 teams from throughout Ohio and top girls' programs from New Jersey and Florida square off at the Reese Center at Hiland High School over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend Jan. 16-18, it won't be the only thing making headlines.
No venue as big as the Classic is worth its salt unless it has plenty of great grub to go with it, and thanks to a dedicated committee of volunteers at the helm of the food stand, there will be plenty of quality cuisine to satisfy basketball fans throughout the weekend. And this isn't just your garden variety concession stand...
Dr. King reenactor highlights list of Classic in the Country VII additions [12/27/2009]
By JONATHAN SCHOLLES
The Budget Sports Editor
Each year, the powerful and poignant words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reverberate throughout the packed Perry Reese Jr. Community Center during the Classic in the Country weekend, held in Berlin over the MLK holiday weekend.
And each year, those words are pulled from an audio file of Dr. King's greatest speeches.
This year, however, as the Classic in the Country (CitC) preps for its seventh installment, coordinators decided to shake things up a bit, adding a Dr. King reenactor to deliver the infamous 18-minute "I Have a Dream" speech...
Classic in the Country: Still seeking sponsors for crucial winter event [12/07/2009]
By DAVE MAST
Millions and millions of dollars have flowed through Holmes County the past six years over the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, a time in the middle of winter when tourism is at its weakest in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country.
That cash flow is attributed to the Classic in the Country, Holmes County's high school girls basketball showcase, which has grown into one of the premier high school athletic events, not just in Ohio, but in the nation. Drawing hundreds of college scouts and coaches, tens of thousands of fans to Holmes County for a weekend full of basketball, entertainment and fun, the Classic has been a beacon of light in what has been a normally dreary winter time for businesses in and around the county...
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