The 2026 Girls National Trail Conference Tournament seeds and schedule are out with the Brownstown-St. Elmo Lady Bombers taking the top seed for this year’s tournament that will get underway on Monday, January 19. The current 1A #1 ranked Lady Bombers are the top seed at 18-1 on the season and 3-0 on conference play and they are followed by #2 seed St. Anthony who is 4-0 in conference play and 11-6 on the season. Cumberland (15-3 overall, 5-1 in NTC) is the #3 seed, Altamont (9-7 overall, 5-1 in NTC) is the #4 seed and Dieterich (12-6 overall, 2-4 in NTC) comes in as the #5 seed to make up the top half of the tournament field. For the lower five seeds, Neoga (6-11 overall, 2-2) is #6, Windsor/Stew-Stras (5-7 overall, 0-3 in NTC) is #7 with CHBC (2-13, 1-4 in NTC), South Central ( 3-7, 1-3 in NTC) and North Clay (2-13, 0-6 in NTC) coming in as the eighth, ninth and tenth seeds respectively.
National Trail Conference Girls Basketball Tournament 2026 Schedule
Monday, January 19
10:00am – Game 1: #8 CHBC vs. #9 SOUTH CENTRAL
11:30am – Game 2: #7 WSS vs. #10 North Clay
1:00pm – Game 3: #4 ALTAMONT vs. #5 Dieterich
2:30pm – Game 4: #3 Cumberland vs. #6 Neoga
Tuesday, January 20
6:00pm – Game 5: #1 BSE vs. Winner of Game 1
7:30pm – Game 6: #2 St. Anthony vs. Winner of Game 2
Wednesday, January 21
5:00pm – Game 7: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
6:30pm – Game 8: Loser of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 3
8:00pm – Game 9: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 3
Thursday, January 22
6:00pm – Game 10: Loser of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 4
7:30pm – Game 11: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 4
Saturday, January 24
11:30am – Seventh Place Game: Loser of Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 10
1:00pm – Fifth Place Game: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10
2:30pm – Third Place Game: Loser of Game 9 vs. Loser of Game 11
7:30pm – Championship: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 11
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