The Item Sports Holiday Edition: The Blitzen - Basketball & other reindeer games

12/26/22 • 22 min

We hope you had a festive holiday weekend!

If you're a local basketball fan you have a lot to look forward this week. The District 9 Basketball Officials Christmas Tournament begins at Manning High School on Tuesday. The championship games will be hosted at Morris College on Friday night.

https://www.theitem.com/stories/district-9-christmas-basketball-tournament-coming-to-manning,392764

For this holiday edition of the Blitz, we gave coaches a break and brought sports reporter Isaiah Lucas in to chat about the local basketball scene, what he's seen so far, and his expectations for the teams in the area.

You can listen to the episode below, at theitem.com/podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

We hope you had a festive holiday weekend!

https://www.theitem.com/stories/district-9-christmas-basketball-tournament-coming-to-manning,392764

You can listen to the episode below, at theitem.com/podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

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