Girls basketball: Seeds, schedule released for 2021 St. Bede Bruins Christmas Classic

PERU - The seeds and schedule are set for the 2021 St. Bede Academy Bruins Christmas Classic girls basketball tournament, set to feature eight teams and open this coming Saturday, Dec. 18.

Eureka drew the top seed and headlines the Green Pool, followed by No. 4 Princeton, No. 5 Kewanee and No. 8 Yorkville Christian. Fieldcrest earned the No. 2 seed and sits atop the seeds in the White Pool, which also consists of No. 3 Seneca, No. 6 Putnam County and the seventh-seeded host Bruins.

The schedule was revised shortly after its initial release.

The revised schedule for the three-day tournament tips off with a busy Saturday slate.

Saturday, Dec. 18

9 a.m. - Princeton vs. Kewanee

10:30 a.m. - Eureka vs. Yorkville Christian

noon - Seneca vs. Putnam Co.

1:30 p.m. - Fieldcrest vs. St. Bede

3 p.m. - Eureka vs. Kewanee

4:30 p.m. - Princeton vs. Yorkville Christian

6 p.m. - Fieldcrest vs. Putnam Co.

7:30 p.m. - Seneca vs. St. Bede

Monday, Dec. 20

2 p.m. - Kewanee vs. Yorkville Christian

3:30 p.m. - Putnam Co. vs. St. Bede

5 p.m. - Fieldcrest vs. Seneca

6:30 p.m. - Eureka vs. Princeton

Wednesday, Dec. 22

2 p.m. - 7th place

3:30 p.m. - 5th place

5 p.m. - 3rd place

6:30 p.m. - championship