The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys Varsity basketball teams began 2017-18 campaign this past weekend at the Annual Chester-Joplin-Inverness Preseason Tip Off Basketball Tournament. The tournament is actually more like a Jamboree where eight teams from the region get together and each play two games over the course of the three days.

The benefit of these tournaments is not only to dust the cobwebs off before starting conference play but to give coaches and fans a chance to see teams play that they may not normally get to in person.

Thursday the Pioneer teams faced the Dutton/Brady Diamondb...