A total of 25 area basketball teams and six hockey teams from the region will be rich in holiday spirit this week with tournaments springing up all over the Bay State and New Hampshire.
Here’s a look at where and when the action will be:
Boys Basketball
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Greater Lowell Christmas Tournament
All Games at Westford Academy
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Game 1: Merrimack vs. Lowell, 2 p.m.
Game 2: Pinkerton Academy vs. Groton-Dunstable, 3:45 p.m.
Game 3: Leominster vs. Haverhill, 5:30 p.m.
Game 4: Pelham vs. Westford Academy, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 2, 3:45 p.m.
Game 7: Semifinal, Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 5:30 p.m.
Game 8: Semifinal, Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 30
Seventh Place Game: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 2 p.m.
Fifth Place Game: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 3:45 p.m.
Third Place Game: Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 5:30 p.m.
Championship: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 7:15 p.m.
Queen City Invitational
Basketball Tournament
All games at Manchester Memorial
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Game 1: Bow vs. Exeter, 3 p.m.
Game 2: Salem vs. Bedford, 4:30 p.m.
Game 3: Central vs. West, 6 p.m.
Game 4: Trinity vs. Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 3 p.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 4:30 p.m.
Game 7: Semifinal, Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m.
Game 8: Semifinal, Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Seventh Place Game, 3 p.m.
Fifth Place Game, 4:30 p.m.
Third Place Game, 6 p.m.
Championship, 7:30 p.m.
Doug Chandler Memorial Christmas Tournament
All games at Manchester Central
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Game 1: Derryfield vs. Bow, 1:30 p.m.
Game 2: Trinity vs. Lebanon, 3 p.m.
Game 3: Central West vs. Monadnock, 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: Pelham vs. Memorial, 6 p.m.
Thursday Dec. 28
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1:30 p.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 3 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4, 6 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Seventh Place Game, 1:30 p.m.
Fifth Place Game, 3 p.m.
Third Place Game, 4:30 p.m.
Championship, 6 p.m.
Oyster River Basketball Holiday Tournament
All games at Oyster River High School and Middle School Tuesday, Dec. 26
Game 1: Spaulding vs. Winnacunnet, 1 p.m. (HS)
Game 2: Saint Thomas vs. Keene, 2:30 p.m. (HS)
Game 3: Dover vs. Timberlane, 11:30 a.m. (HS)
Game 4: Newmarket vs. Oyster River, 10 a.m. (HS)
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1 p.m. (MS)
Game 6: Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3, 2:30 p.m. (MS)
Game 7: Semifinal, Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 1 p.m. (HS)
Game 8: Semifinal, Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 2:30 p.m. (HS)
Thursday, Dec. 28
Seventh Place Game, 10 a.m. (MS)
Fifth Place Game, 2:30 p.m. (MS)
Third Place Game, 11:30 a.m. (MS)
Championship, 1 p.m. (HS)
David Green Memorial Basketball Tournament
All games at Winthrop High School
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Semifinals
North Reading vs. Greater Lawrence Tech, 12 noon
Winthrop vs. Saugus, 4 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Consolation, 10 a.m.
Championship, 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Semifinals
O’Bryant vs. Melrose, 4 p.m.
Whittier Tech vs. Somerville, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Consolation, 4 p.m.
Championship, 5:30 p.m.
All Games at Farmington High School
Tuesday, Dec. 26
Sanborn vs. Windham, 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Noble vs. Windham, 12:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball
All games at Londonderry High School
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Pinkerton vs. Bishop Feehan, 10 a.m.
Bedford vs. LaSalle, 11:30 a.m.
Londonderry vs. Barrington, 1 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Pinkerton vs. Hall-Dale, 10 a.m.
CCA vs. LaSalle, 11:30 a.m.
Bedford vs. Barrington, 1 p.m.
Londonderry vs. Bishop Feehan, 2:30 p.m.
CCA vs. Hall-Dale, 4 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Pinkerton vs. LaSalle, 10 a.m.
CCA vs. Barrington, 11:30 a.m.
Bedford vs. Bishop Feehan, 1 p.m.
Londonderry vs. Hall-Dale, 2:30 p.m.
All Games at Hollis Brookline High School
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Bishop Guertin vs. Windham, 10 a,m.
Goffstown vs. Alvirne, 11 a.m.
Bishop Guertin vs. Salem, 12 noon
Hollis Brookline vs. Goffstown, 1 p.m.
Windham vs. Alvirne, 2 p.m.
Hollis Brookline vs. Salem, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Salem vs. Alvirne, 10 a.m.
Hollis Brookline vs. Windham, 11 a.m.
Bishop Guertin vs. Goffstown, 12 noon
Fifth place game, 1 p.m.
Third place game, 2 p.m.
Championship game, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Semifinals
Northeast vs. Shawsheen, 3 p.m.
Greater Lawence vs. Essex, 5 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Consolation, 3 p.m.
Championship, 5 p.m.
All games at Amesbury High School
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Semifinals
Fitchburg vs. Whittier Tech, 1 p.m.
Lawrence vs. Amesbury, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Consolation, 1 p.m.
Championship, 3 p.m.
Boys Hockey
All games at Veterans Arena, Haverhil
Palm Division
Tuesday, Dec. 26
Pentucket vs. Haverhill, 5 p.m.
Salem vs. Sanborn, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Consolation, 5 p.m.
Championship, 7 p.m.
Guptill Division
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Wilmington vs. Windham, 5 p.m.
Nashoba vs. Winnacunnet, 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Consolation, 5 p.m.
Championship, 7 p.m.
All games in Cambridge
Thursday, Dec. 28
Methuen vs. North Reading, 4 p.m.
Somerville vs. Cambridge, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Consolation, 4 p.m.
Championship, 6:30 p.m.
All games at Essex Sports Center, Middleton
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Central Catholic vs. Saint Francis, 1 p.m.
Saint John’s Prep vs. BC High, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Consolation, 1 p.m.
Championship, 3 p.m.
Girls Hockey
All games at Pop Whalen Ice Rink, Wolfeboro, N.H.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Berlin-Gorham-Kennett vs. Kingswood, 12 noon
Concord vs. Exeter, 1:15 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29
Berlin-Gorham-Kennett vs. ConVal-Conant, 10:30 a.m.
Concord vs. Salem, 11:45 a.m.
Skills Competition, 1 p.m.
ConVal-Conant vs. Kingswood, 2:10 p.m.
Salem vs Exeter, 3:25 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 30
Consolation Game, 12:30 p.m.
Third Place Game, 1:45 p.m.
Championship Game, 3 p.m.