By Mark Carpenter
People’s Defender
The 2025-26 high school basketball season is quickly approaching and the official kickoff for boys basketball comes on Friday, November 21 at Peebles High School with the Southern Hills Athletic Conference Boys Preview. The previews are a great opportunity for fans to get an early look at the latest squads in the typical format of two quarters per contest with coaches putting their best “vanilla” efforts on the court, saving the good stuff for the regular season.
The match ups for the Boys Preview are determined in the same way as the girls the week earlier, from a poll of the coaches taken at the November 7 C-103 Basketball Kickoff Dinner, an annual event hosted by the radio station. With that poll complete, the match ups for Friday night’s preview will be as follows:
• 5 p.m.- West Union vs. Whiteoak
• 6 p.m.- Manchester vs. Ripley
• 7 p.m.- Lynchburg-Clay vs. Fayetteville
• 8 p.m.- North Adams vs. Peebles
• 9 p.m.- Eastern Brown vs. Fairfield
The admission prices for the SHAC previews are $6 for adults and $5 for students and tickets are good for all five games. No passes will be accepted.
