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BABC Veterans Day Classic tips off this weekend

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By Seth Lakso, Globe Correspondent

The Boston Amateur Basketball Club's (BABC) Veterans Day Classic is set to tip off this Saturday. Team's from the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade divisions will play 20 games in total at the Tobin Community Center, the Vine Street Community Center and the Shelburne Community Center -- all in Roxbury.

The tournament will showcase some of the best the basketball talent in New England, with the winner in each division determined based on pool play records.

The BABC sophomore squad, which plays on Saturday at the Tobin Community Center at 4:35 p.m. and again on Sunday at the Shelburne Community Center at 1:40 p.m., has won the Amateur Athletic Association (AAU) National Championship three years in a row.

To see video highlights of the BABC from a tournament earlier this year, click here.

Listed below is the schedule:

Saturday, Nov. 3 @ the Tobin Community Center, 1481 Tremont St., Roxbury
Division Time Teams
Junior/Senior - 9:00 a.m. South Shore WP vs. LOX

Junior/Senior - 11:00 a.m. MPC vs. LOX

Eighth Grade - 12:15 p.m. BSS vs. Shooting Stars

Junior/Senior - 1:20 p.m. South Shore WP vs. MPC

Freshmen - 2:25 p.m. NE Storm vs. CT Gladiators

Eighth Grade - 3:30 p.m. Shooting Stars vs. BABC (2017)

Sophomore - 4:35 p.m. MPC vs. BABC (Soph)

Eighth Grade - 5:40 p.m. B2TL vs. BABC (2017)

Saturday Nov. 3 @ the Vine Street Community Center, 339 Dudley St., Roxbury
Division Time Teams
Sophomore - 2:00 p.m. MPC vs. MABC

Eighth Grade - 3:05 p.m. BSS vs. B2TL

Freshmen - 4:10 p.m. CT Gladiators vs. MABC

Freshmen - 5:15 p.m. Boston Spartans vs. NE Storm

Freshmen - 6:45 p.m. Boston Spartans vs. MABC

Sunday Nov. 4 @ Shelburne Community Center, 2730 Washington St., Roxbury
Division Time Teams
Freshmen - 9:00 a.m. Boston Spartans vs. CT Gladiators

Junior/Senior - 10:05 a.m. South Shore WP/LOX vs. BABC (SO/JR)

Junior/Senior - 11:30 a.m. South Shore WP/LOX vs. BABC (SO/JR)

Freshmen - 12:35 p.m. NE Storm vs. MABC

Sophomore - 1:40 p.m. MABC vs. BABC (Soph)

Eighth Grade - 2:45 p.m. BSS vs. BABC (2017)

Eighth Grade - 3:50 p.m. B2TL vs. Shooting Stars

*Home team on left

For more information make sure to check out the BABC's Facebook page.

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