This weekend Elyria Catholic hosted Vermilion, Lorain and Keystone for the annual Lorain County Girls Tip-off Tournament. The weekend opened on Friday night with Keystone facing off with Lorain and Elyira Catholic taking on Vermilion. To hear any of the games click on the scores below.

In the tournaments opening game, Youngstown State recruit Mckenah Peters exploded for a tournament high 31 points against the Lorain Titans. Along with strong post play from Sammie Stefan, who powered past Vermilion for 13 points, the Wildcasts edged their way to a 55-46 win.

In the opening day’s night cap, Elyria Catholic displayed a suffocating defense that Vermilion struggled to get past.  Nora Hopkins 18 points led the Panthers past the Sailors in a 53-26 win.

In the tournaments consolation game, Vermilion first year head coach Gary Bruner was rewarded with his first career win as his girls rallied past Lorain for a  36-35 win by ending the game on a 10-0 run.

The Championship game was a rematch of last years tournament title game in Keystone, and for the second straight year it ended with the Panthers hoisting the Lorain County Tip-off Tournament Trophy. Once again EC used defense to sprint past Keystone for a 56-27 win. EC’s Nora Hopkins picked up where she had left off the night before posting 14 points and earning tournament MVP honors.

High school winters sports are almost here. Before the seasons get started check out our Winter Forecast Magazine. Inside you will find previews of the upcoming High School Boys and Girls Basketball Seasons. This year we have also added a preview of the upcoming Wrestling season written by the Chronicle Telegrams Shaun Bennett. Find out who the favorites are before the county’s top grapplers hit the mats in December. Looking for a team schedule? We have you covered. Inside you will find high school basketball and wrestling, Ohio State Men’s Basketball and a Cleveland Cavaliers schedules. If you can’t get out to pick up the Magazine, don’t worry. Just click on this years cover and take a look inside. Enjoy!

We laced up the sneakers and went back out on the courts. If you missed the Nick Abraham Elyria Ford Boys High School Basketball Preview Show you can hear it all by clicking on the link above. You can either listen to the show in its entirety or just listen to what each coach had to say about his team. Check it out.

We jumped on the mats with the wrestling coaches of Lorain County last night at Cork’s and Stubby’s to preview the upcoming season. If you missed any of the show you can hear it in it’s entirety or you can listen to what your favorite coach had to say about your team. Click on the image above to see pictures from the night and hear what the coaches had to say.

If you missed the Nick Abraham Girls High School Basketball Preview Show from Wolfey’s Bistro and Pub and would like to know what each coach said about your team. Check out the show’s on demand page. You can listen to you favorite teams coach individually  or you can sit back and enjoy the entire show, as Tim Alcorn and Rob Polinsky get your ready for the Girls first tip-off the season on Nov. 20. Just click on the image above to take a listen.

The Girls Basketball Preview Show and the Wrestling Preview Show are in the books, but we aren’t done yet.  Tonight we head back to the hardwood to talk Lorain County Boys Basketball. Tim Alcorn and Rob Polinsky will interview area coaches about their off-seasons and how they perceive the upcoming year ahead. If you want to stop by, we will go live from Wolfey’s Bistro and Pub Monday night at 6pm. If you can’t get there. Make sure you check out the show on AM930 and right here on WEOL.com stream one.