Dec 27, 2007
Back to court
Two unbeatens part of field in West Christmas tourney
| West Henderson's Mike James tries to get past Hendersonville's Lance Allen their game on Nov. 30 at Hendersonville. The Falcons will be back in action tonight when they take on Carolina Day in the West Henderson Christmas Tournament Doubleheader. MIKE DIRKS/TIMES-NEWS |  |
By Dean Hensley
Times-News Staff Writer
It will be a reunion of sorts over the next two days on the basketball court when West Henderson plays host for its first-annual West Henderson Christmas Tournament Doubleheader.Falcon boys coach Rob Bliss will be getting to see two of his former workmates -- Smoky Mountain coach Jimmy Cleveland and North Buncombe coach David Roney."My first year at Brevard, Jimmy and I worked together, and David Roney and I were both assistants at Freedom under (coach) Rogers, who is now at Mars Hill. It should be a lot of fun," Bliss said.And entertaining.Both of those programs -- the Smoky Mountain boys and North Buncombe boys -- are currently unbeaten. They will face each other at 7 p.m. tonight in the second game of the tournament. The Smoky Mountain and North Buncombe girls tip off first at 5:30."Smoky and North are undefeated, and we will be playing North Buncombe in the final game of the tournament on Friday. So, we will be facing either a team that's undefeated or a team that has only one loss," Bliss said.The Falcons' first game of the tournament will be the nightcap tonight -- an 8:30 p.m. showdown with the Carolina Day boys."We're going to have two tough games, and that's what we want to get ready for our conference season coming up to start the year. Carolina Day is very athletic, especially the Salzano kid (Evan). He's a really good player," Bliss, whose team is 5-5, said.Friday's lineup will be the host West girls taking on North Buncombe at 5:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain facing Carolina Day in boys' action at 7, followed by the Falcons' game with the Blackhawks at approximately 8:30.The tournament originally had eight teams competing, but the Carolina Day's girls team dropped out."Most of their players were out of town, so they didn't have enough to play," Bliss said.
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