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With everyone snowed out Friday night, I figured it made sense to get a jump on this week's girls hoop lookahead. Because of the holidays, this will run through Monday, Dec. 29. The next one will be posted late on the 29th. Top 10s will take the week off and return late on Thursday, Dec. 31.

Saturday, Dec. 20
Drury Tournament
Commerce vs. Wahconah Regional (noon) & Drury vs. Hampshire Regional (1:30) - First round doubleheader was pushed back from Friday and feature two good Division 2 matchups. This will help sort out the top 10 quite a bit. Wahconah is riding high after defeating an extremely undermanned Amherst squad last week. Can the Warriors carry that momentum to two wins and a tourney title? Hampshire, meanwhile, should concern any Division 2 team it takes the court against this year. The Red Raiders have experience, size, speed and talent. They'll need a strong defensive effort against Drury standout guard Taylor Desanty in order to advance to the finals on Monday.

Monday, Dec. 22
Drury Tournament championship/consolation games
Here's hoping for a Wahconah-Hampshire final. Would be worth the drive to North Adams.

Tuesday, Dec. 23
Easthampton at Turners Falls - The Eagles look for their first win of the season on the road and should get it behind the inside play of Allyson Rannikko.
Amherst at Holyoke - The Hurricanes did a 180 from Wahconah to Taconic. Another strong defensive effort would be huge heading into the Dec. 30 matchup at Minnechaug.
Northampton at Chicopee Comp - Blue Devils look for improved offensive effort to go with dominating defense.
Westfield at East Longmeadow - Spartans should go to 3-0 here.
Hoosac Valley at Pittsfield - Hoosac should join EL at 3-0.
Mahar Regional at Athol - A big on in the Franklin North (and D-2 overall). Amazing that this will be the Senators' opener. I'd get there early if you want a seat.
Mohawk Trail at Frontier Regional - Tough early test for the improved Red Hawks.
Hopkins Academy at Pioneer Regional - The Golden Hawks will have had 10 days off since falling to Smith Academy by 20 in their opener.
New Leadership at Sabis - Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir dropped 49 on South Hadley. What will she do for an encore?
Monson at McCann Tech - Big early game in the Bi-County West, which saw these two teams and Ware all finish 6-2 in league play last year.
Greenfield at Smith Academy - The Falcons look to make it three straight behind Abeni Davies (16.7 points per game).

Friday, Dec. 26
Mohawk Trail at Lee - Great game between Division 2 and Division 3 contenders here.
Commerce at Palmer - Two of the D-2 Cage teams from last year square off in what should be Palmer's first test of the year.

Saturday, Dec. 27
Millbury at Drury - Long trip for the Woolies out to North Adams in what should be a fantastic matchup between 5-8 guards Desanty and Cailin Bullett.

Monday, Dec. 29
Central at Newton North - Golden Eagles square off against a Tigers team that went 5-16 last year.

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