Nashville Bankers Classic starts Monday

Next week, the Nashville Athletic Department will host the annual Bankers Classic at Scrapper Arena. Eight girls’ teams and seven boys’ teams will be competing for a chance to be the 2022 Nashville Bankers Classic champs.

Nashville boys head basketball coach Aaron Worthen mention how many people it takes to host this tournament and how valuable the local sponsors are to making the tournament such a success.

Worthen said the eight teams in the girls bracket will include the Nashville Junior Varsity team, De Queen, Mineral Springs, Kirby, Acorn, Arkadelphia, Smackover and Cossatot River. He said the boys teams will be Nashville, De Queen, Mineral Springs, Kirby, Acorn, Cossatot River and Smackover.

Worthen said just about any team could win this year’s Bankers Classic and he provided a scouting report of the boys bracket.

He also talked about the girls teams that will be competing.

Games will be played at Scrapper Arena Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.