Young basketball players in the area are getting back into the swing of things after the Christmas break.

The Middle Lake Senior Girls' basketball team was host to the first post-holiday tournament on Friday and Saturday.

Teams from Foam Lake, St. Walburg, Lake Lenore, Kenaston, St. Brieux, Southey, and Humboldt met the team from the hosting team at Three Lakes School for the Senior Girls' Classic tournament.

Middle Lake coach, Trevor Otsig says it's "been some pretty good basketball so far" and the girls are improving after each game.

"It's a good tournament. We've probably got some of the top couple teams in 2A and out of that we probably have five of the top teams in 1A," says Otsig.

The tournament concludes in the final round at 7:30 pm Saturday when the 2018 Champions will be named.