This week features girls basketball district tournaments and hockey regional events along with the final week of the boys basketball regular season.

Next week will get the boys basketball districts going along with girls regionals and hockey quarterfinals onto the state finals.

For this week, the most tournament action takes place Wednesday night, since a few districts are running today and Wednesday, others only going on Wednesday and Friday and those with more than four teams needing all three nights to complete their schedules.

Hockey regionals, at least in Marquette County, run Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, though L’Anse’s tourney at Michigan Tech takes place on Wednesday and Saturday.

Ishpeming’s Mariah Austin, right, prepares to pass the ball to a teammate as Gwinn’s Brooke Mannor, center, defends Wednesday night, Feb. 1, 2017, at Gwinn High School. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley)

Only two districts in girls basketball along with the Division 2 hockey regional are “nontraditional,” meaning there isn’t one single site hosting all the games.

It sets up a couple interesting scenarios, both involving Marquette Senior High School.

If the Redettes win their Class A district opener tonight at host Gaylord, Marquette in effect becomes the host for the rest of the district, setting up home games against Lower Peninsula teams on Wednesday, and if they win again, in the district championship on Friday.

In hockey, if Marquette defeats Escanaba on Tuesday, the Redmen host again Thursday against Negaunee or Kingsford, though the regional final shifts downstate to Gaylord no matter what.

L’Anse is also in a nontraditional Class C girls basketball district hosted by Ironwood, but the Purple Hornets won’t get a chance to host any games based on where they landed in the bracket.

To avoid girls basketball tourney games, boys basketball games were originally scheduled only on Tuesday and Thursday this week. However, several games had to be moved to tonight due to recent postponements, including Negaunee at Norway boys and even Westwood at Gwinn girls.

Here is the tournament schedule, day by day, for this week. Included are games without area teams if the district or regional itself has at least one area team:

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TODAY

Girls basketball — Class A, hosted by Gaylord: Marquette at Gaylord, 6 p.m.; Alpena at Traverse City Central, 6 p.m. Class C, all games at Rudyard: Manistique vs. St. Ignace, 6 p.m.; Newberry vs. Rudyard, 8 p.m. Class C, hosted by Ironwood: L’Anse at Hancock, 6 p.m.; Calumet at Ironwood, 6 p.m. EST. Class D, all games at Mid Peninsula: Superior Central vs. Big Bay de Noc, 6 p.m.; Rapid River vs. Mid Peninsula, 7:30 p.m. Class D, all games at Republic-Michigamme: Bessemer vs. Ewen-Trout Creek, 6 p.m.; Wakefield-Marenisco vs. Watersmeet, 8 p.m. Class D, all games at Baraga: Jeffers vs. Ontonagon, 6 p.m.; Baraga vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell, 7:30 p.m.

Hockey — Division 2, no host listed: Traverse City Central at Muskegon Mona Shores, TBA. Division 3, all games at Michigan Tech: Hancock vs. Calumet, 7 p.m.

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TUESDAY

Hockey — Division 2, no host listed: Escanaba at Marquette, 7 p.m.; Kingsford at Negaunee, 7 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY

Hockey — Division 3, all games at Michigan Tech: Jeffers vs. Calumet-Hancock winner, 6 p.m.; L’Anse vs. Houghton, 8 p.m.

Girls basketball — Class A, hosted by Gaylord: Petoskey at Marquette-Gaylord winner, 6 p.m.; Traverse City West at Alpena-Traverse City Central winner, TBA. Class C, all games at Negaunee: Munising vs. Ishpeming, 6 p.m.; Gwinn at Negaunee, 7:30 p.m. Class C, at West Iron County: Westwood vs. Norway, 6 p.m. EST; Iron Mountain vs. West Iron County, 8 p.m. EST. Class C, at Rudyard: championship, 6 p.m. Class C, hosted by Ironwood: championship, L’Anse-Hancock winner at Calumet-Ironwood winner, 6 p.m. Class D, all games at Mid Peninsula: championship, 7 p.m. Class D, all games at Republic-Michigamme: Forest Park vs. Bessemer-Ewen-Trout Creek winner, 6 p.m.; Republic-Michigamme vs. Wakefield-Marenisco-Watersmeet winner, 8 p.m. Class D, at Baraga: Chassell vs. Jeffers-Ontonagon winner, 6 p.m.; Dollar Bay vs. Baraga-Lake Linden-Hubbell winner, 7:30 p.m.

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THURSDAY

Hockey — Division 2, no host listed: Negaunee-Kingsford winner at Marquette-Escanaba winner, 7 p.m.; Petoskey at Muskegon Mona Shores-Traverse City Central winner, 6:30 p.m.

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FRIDAY

Girls basketball — Class A, hosted by Gaylord: championship, hosted by Marquette, Gaylord or Petoskey, 6 p.m. Class C, all games at Negaunee: championship, 7 p.m. Class C, all games at West Iron County: championship, 7 p.m. EST. Class D, all games at Republic-Michigamme, championship, 7 p.m. Class D, all games at Baraga, championship, 7 p.m.

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SATURDAY

Hockey — Division 2, no host listed: Upper Peninsula winner vs. Lower Peninsula winner, 1 p.m., at Otsego County Sportsplex, Gaylord. Division 3, all games at Michigan Tech: championship, 1:30 p.m.

Information compiled by Journal Sports Writer Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.