Four area girls' team set to play in Santo

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December 2, 2009

Anonymous The Mineral Wells Index Wed Dec 02, 2009, 09:08 AM CST

If watching some of the state's top girls' basketball teams is your idea of Heaven, then Santo is the place to be beginning Thursday.

Four of the state's best –Santo, Graford, Strawn and Millsap – are scheduled to compete in the 2009 Santo Invita-tional Basketball Tourna-ment. The event will run through Saturday.

Strawn, 6-2, will open the tournament against Jacksboro at 9 a.m. Santo will face Bellevue at noon, while Millsap will square off against Lingleville at 3 p.m.

Graford's first round game will be against Hico, beginning at 6 p.m.

The girls' championship game will be played Saturday at 6 p.m.

2009 Santo Tournament Thursday's Games

Jacskboro vs. Strawn, 9 a.m.

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Santo vs. Bellevue, Noon

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Millsap vs. Lingleville, 3 p.m.

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Graford vs. Hico, 6 p.m.

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