Tonight's opening of the annual Perryville Thanksgiving Tournament will help usher in the first real night of the area high school basketball season.
The four-team round-robin girls event features two games tonight: Notre Dame vs. North County at 6 p.m. and Perryville vs. Chester, Ill., at 7:30. There will also be two games both Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
In boys openers tonight, Leopold hosts Meadow Heights and Oak Ridge entertains East Prairie. Other girls games tonight have Kelly visiting Delta and Fredericktown hosting West County.
There will also be assorted area games Tuesday and this weekend before the majority of the local squads tip things off next week.
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