Bluegrassrivals

The pairings have been set for the boys’ 2011 Republic Bank/Coca-Cola Louisville Invitational Tournament, set for Jan. 10-15 at Bellarmine University’s Knights Hall.

Ballard, which won titles at the Hoopin It Up Holiday Classic at South Laurel and the Republic Bank Classic at Lexington Catholic, is the No. 1 seed for the LIT and will face the Central-DeSales winner in a second-round game at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 12.

Eastern is the No. 2 seed, Jeffersontown is No. 3 and defending LIT champion Trinity is No. 4.

Here are the pairings (seeds in parentheses):

* Mon, Jan. 10 – St. Xavier (13) vs. Doss (20), 3:30; Central (16) vs. DeSales (17), 5; Pleasure Ridge Park (14) vs. Christian Academy (19), 6:30; Butler (15) vs. Fairdale (18), 8:15

* Tues., Jan. 11 – Iroquois (7) vs. Seneca (10), 3:30; Moore (5) vs. Fern Creek (12), 5; Bullitt East (6) vs. Western (11), 6:30; Male (8) vs. Manual (9), 8:15

* Wed., Jan. 12 – Trinity (4) vs. St. Xavier-Doss winner, 3:30; Jeffersontown (3) vs. Pleasure Ridge Park-Christian Academy winner, 5; Ballard (1) vs. Central-DeSales winner, 6:30; Eastern (2) vs. Butler-Fairdale winner, 8:15

* Fri., Jan. 14 – Bullitt East-Western winner vs. Jeffersontown-Pleasure Ridge Park-Christian Academy survivor, 3:30; Eastern-Butler-Fairdale survivor vs. Iroquois-Seneca winner, 5; Moore-Fern Creek winner vs. Trinity-St. Xavier-Doss survivor, 6:30; Ballard-Central-DeSales survivor vs. Male-Manual winner, 8:30

* Sat., Jan. 15 – Semifinals at 10:30 a.m. and noon; final at 8 p.m.

http://blogs.courier-journal.com/khs/201...rings-set/

J*town will win the LIT, they are one of the top teams in the Country