CENTRE – With the dismissal of Cherokee County schools at 11 a.m. Thursday morning due to snow in the weather forecast, Cherokee County Basketball Tournament officials have postponed Thursday’s scheduled games at the Gadsden State-Cherokee Arena.

The tournament will now begin on Friday at 4 p.m. with the Gaylesville-Cherokee County B-team boys game, followed by the Cedar Bluff varsity girls taking on Gaylesville at 5:30 p.m.

Gaylesville-Cherokee County and Spring Garden-Sand Rock varsity boy games will conclude action on Friday at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. respectively.

Saturday’s schedule will be two sessions. Session one begins at 9 a.m. with the Cherokee County varsity girls taking on Friday’s Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville girls winner. That game will be followed by the Cedar Bluff varsity boys against the winner of Friday’s Gaylesville-Cherokee County game at 10:30 a.m.

The final game of Saturday’s first session will be Sand Rock varsity girls against Spring Garden at noon.

After the completion of Saturday’s first session, the arena will be cleared and admission will be charged for the second session.

Session two begins at 4 p.m. Saturday with Sand Rock’s B-team girls taking on Cherokee County in the B-team girls championship. The B-team boys championship will follow at 5:30 p.m. The varsity girls title game is set for 7 p.m., followed by the varsity boys championship at 8:30 p.m.

Admission to the tournament is $5.