COVERAGE ALERT: MUDECAS Basketball Tournament Starts Next Week In Beatrice

BEATRICE - Next week, the MUDECAS basketball tournament tips off in the Beatrice Municipal Auditorium and Beatrice Middle School.   This year the tournament is celebrating its 94th year.  The longest running high school hoops tournament West of the Mississippi brings together thirty-two teams from Southeast Nebraska that will battle for the MUDECAS title with an A and B Division Champion being crowned for both boys and girls.

The MUDECAS basketball tournament is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Beatrice Noon Kiwanis Club, which uses the money for educational and charitable projects. The club also awards each MUDECAS tournament participant school with a scholarship of $200.

KWBE and Ol' Red 99-5 are set to broadcast many of the games throughout the week, highlighting several different towns.  

Monday's Girls Broadcasts:

KWBE
Sacred Heart vs Diller Odell @ 3:30 PM
Palmyra vs Tri County @ 8:30 PM

Ol' Red
JCC vs Exeter Milligan @ 4:00 PM
Meridian vs Pawnee City @ 5:30 PM

Tuesday's Boys Broadcasts:

KWBE
Parkview Christian vs Southern @ 5:00 PM
Tri County vs Johnson Brock @ 8:00 PM

Ol' Red 
BDS vs HTRS @ 4:00 PM
Exeter Milligan vs Sterling @ 8:30 PM

The rest of the radio schedule will be decided after the first round.

News Channel Nebraska TV will also televise the finals for both divisions of the girls and the boys on Friday and Saturday.

Below are the brackets for the tournament: