2025 Holiday Break Schedule
Many of our STAC schools are in action over the Holiday Break. Here is a list of games for girls & boys basketball, and boys & girls wrestling (boys swimming and bowling are off until January).
Please note that games and times are always subject to change, especially in winter weather. Refer to the school’s Aktivate (Schedule Galaxy) page for the most accurate updates.
GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL
Josh Palmer Tournament: 12/27 – 12/30 at Elmira
Link to full schedule: https://joshpalmerfund.org/tournament-schedule-1
Girls Teams:
Large Division – Horseheads, Elmira, Waverly
Regional Division 1 – Corning
Regional Division 2 – Ithaca, Johnson City
Boys Teams:
National Division – Elmira, Ithaca, Binghamton
Regional Division 1 – Horseheads
Regional Division 2 – Corning, Waverly
First Round Games (at Elmira HS unless otherwise noted):
12/27 (Girls games)
Johnson City vs. Elmira Notre Dame, 11:45 am
Ithaca vs. Towanda, 1:30
Corning vs. Jamestown, 1:30 (at Ernie Davis Academy)
Waverly vs. Cardinal O’Hara, 3:15
Horseheads vs. Bishop Kearney, 6:45
Elmira vs. Rochester Aquinas, 8:30
12/27 (Boys Games)
Horseheads vs. Trumansburg, 3:15 (at Ernie Davis Academy)
12/28 (Boys games)
Waverly vs. Elmira Notre Dame, 11:45 am
Corning vs. Mansfield, 1:30
Ithaca vs. New Rochelle, 3:15
Binghamton vs. Calvert Hall, MD, 6:45
Elmira vs. St. Andrew’s Episcopal, MD, 8:30
(Refer to the bracket link above for times of games after the First Round.)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tournaments:
Coaches vs. Cancer at Union College: 12/27 and 12/28
12/27
Chenango Forks vs. Cold Springs Harbor, Time TBD
12/28
Chenango Forks vs. KIPP Capital, 12:30
Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament: 12/27 and 12/29
12/27
Norwich vs. Greene, 1:30
Unadilla Valley vs. Sherburne-Earlville, 4:30
12/29
Consolation, 2:00
Championship, 5:00
Valley Holiday Tournament at Athens, PA: 12/29 – 12/30
12/29
Owego vs. Candor, 2:30
Athens, PA, vs. Tioga, 6:00
12/30
Consolation, 2:30
Championship, 6:30
Kazalski Tournament at Bainbridge-Guilford: 12/29 – 12/30
12/29
Harpursville vs. Spencer-Van Etten, 2:40
Windsor vs. Bainbridge-Guilford, 6:00
12/30
Consolation and Championship, Times TBD
Amsterdam Holiday College Showcase: 12/27 – 12/28
12/27
Binghamton vs. Cornwall, 6:30
12/28
Binghamton vs. Grand St. Campus, 2:00
TexasBank Holiday Classic at Brownwood Coliseum and Brownwood HS: 12/29 – 12/31
Small School Division
12/29 – Maine-Endwell vs. Early, TX, 2:40
12/30 – Maine-Endwell vs. Dublin, TX, 8:00
12/31 – Maine-Endwell vs. Coleman, TX, 10:40 am
Full Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OBDjfliFbwfVHZAO7V05I5i16n2vs4zWBzkL8ftXSyM/edit?gid=1232638079#gid=1232638079
Regular Season:
12/27
Susquehanna Valley vs. South Jefferson, 2:00
12/30
Chenango Valley at Vestal, 1:45
BOYS BASKETBALL
Tournaments:
Mirabito Coaches vs. Cancer at Arena: 12/27 – 12/28
12/27
Windsor vs. Whitney Point, 1:00
Chenango Forks vs. Dryden, 2:30
Susquehanna Valley vs. Unatego/Franklin, 4:00
Chenango Valley vs. Greene, 5:30
Owego vs. Union-Endicott, 7:00
Seton vs. Johnson City, 8:30
12/28
Chenango Forks vs. Whitney Point, 1:00
Windsor vs. Dryden, 2:30
Chenango Valley vs. Unatego/Franklin, 4:00
Susquehanna Valley vs. Greene, 5:30
Union-Endicott vs. Seton, 7:00
Johnson City vs. Owego, 8:30
Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament: 12/27 and 12/29
12/27
Norwich vs. Stamford/Jefferson, 4:30
Unadilla Valley vs. South Kortright, 6:15
12/29
Consolation and Championship, Times TBD
TexasBank Holiday Classic at Brownwood Coliseum and Brownwood HS: 12/29 – 12/31
Gold Division
12/29 – Maine-Endwell vs. Jarrell, TX, 6:40
12/30 – Maine-Endwell vs. Little River Academy, TX, 12:00
(One more game on 12/31 vs. TBD)
Full Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OBDjfliFbwfVHZAO7V05I5i16n2vs4zWBzkL8ftXSyM/edit?gid=1232638079#gid=1232638079
Regular Season:
12/27
Oneonta at Broadalbin-Perth, 1:30
12/30
Afton/Harpursville at Vestal, 5:15
BOYS WRESTLING
Cooperstown Invitational: 12/27, 9:00 am
Adirondack, Beekmantown, Central Square, Columbia, Cooperstown, Goshen, Hoosick Falls, La Salle Institute, Little Falls, Maine-Endwell, Morrisville-Eaton, Mount Markham, New Hartford, Odessa-Montour, Victor, Watervliet, Canajoharie-Fort Plain, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill, Herkimer
Spc Kenneth Haines Memorial Tournament at SUNY Oswego: 12/27 and 12/28, 9:30 am
Fulton, Holland Patent, Lansingburgh, Cicero-North Syracuse, Oswego, South Lewis, Southern Hills, Mexico, Canton, Watertown, Liverpool, Rome Free Academy, Chittenango, Newark Valley, Owego
Windsor Christmas Tournament: 12/29 and 12/30, 9:00 am
Chenango Forks, Sidney, Norwich, Union-Endicott, Amsterdam, Marcellus, Susquehanna Valley, Burnt Hills, Saratoga Springs, Sherburne-Earlville, South Jefferson, Copenhagen, BGAH, Deposit-Hancock, Horseheads, Ithaca, Johnson City, Lansing, Oxford-Greene, SVEC, Tioga, Walton-Delaware Academy, Blue Ridge, PA, Collegiate, Fairport, Gouverneur, Honeoye Falls-Lima, Indian River, Manhasset, McQuaid, Minisink Valley, Newfane, Odessa-Montour, Poquoson, VA, Southwestern, St. Francis, Towanda, PA, Waverly, Windsor
GIRLS WRESTLING
Frosty Freestyle Invitational at Midlakes: 9:00 am
Cicero-North Syracuse, Camden, Homer, Waverly, Fulton