Photo by Kim North Pictured are some players representing teams competing in the third annual Union Local Jets Summer Slam Girls Basketball Shootout on Friday. Pictured, from left, in the front row are Bella Fitzsimmons (Wheeling Central); K’Lyn Neider and Karringtyn Miller (Wheeling Park) and Giana Chirpas, Savannah Koller and Maddie Lucas (Martins Ferry). Back row, from left, are Lindsey Davis and Edyn McGary (Union Local); Layla Samsa and Kamryn Parker (Shadyside); and Savannah Cisar (St. Clairsville).

MORRISTOWN – The third annual 2026 Union Local Jets Summer Slam Girls Basketball Shootout will be held on Friday with 24 teams from across the Ohio Valley competing.

Schools participating include Barnesville, Claymont, Dover, East Fairmont, Edison, Fairmont Senior, Fort Frye, Frontier, John Glenn, Magnolia, Martins Ferry, Meadowbrook, Monroe Central, Shadyside, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, St. Marys WV, Union Local, Waterford, Weir, Wheeling Central, Wheeling Park Red, Wheeling Park Blue and Zanesville.

Admission: $6 per person, with an all-day pass to all three locations. There will also be concessions. Entry fee is $225 per team. Make checks payable to Union Local Girls Basketball Boosters, 66779 Belmont-Morristown Rd., Belmont, OH, 43718.

The event will begin as pool play with six pools of four teams. Those pools are:

Pool A: East Fairmont, Shadyside, Union Local, Weir

Pool B: Claymont, Frontier, Meadowbrook, Wheeling Park Red

Pool C: Barnesville, Fort Frye, Edison, Steubenville

Pool D: Fairmont Senior, Martins Ferry, Wheeling Central, Zanesville

Pool E: Monroe Central, St. Clairsville, St. Marys WV, Wheeling Park Blue

Pool F: Dover, John Glenn, Magnolia, Waterford

Games will consist of 16-minute halves with a running clock. The last minute of each half will be played with regular clock rules. There will be a 3-minute halftime.

Shooting fouls will be one point, plus on foul shots. Each team will be given one timeout per half-No carry over, and any ties at the end of regulation will go to sudden-death overtime. If the optional overtime tourney game ends in a tie, it will also be sudden-death.

The day begins with action at 9 a.m. and continues all day.

Game sites are Union Local High School, 66779 Belmont-Morristown Rd.; The ECO Center, 68332 Bannock Rd., St Clairsville; and East Richland Christian School, 67885 Friends Church Rd., St Clairsville.

The schedule follows:

9 a.m.–UL HS-1 Pool A Union Local vs Shadyside; UL HS-2 Pool B Frontier vs Claymont; UL Middle Gym Pool C Barnesville vs Fort Frye; ECO Center 1 Pool D Fairmont Senior vs Wheeling Central; ECO Center 2 Pool E Park Blue vs St. Clairsville

9:00 AM East Richland HS Gym Pool F Dover vs John Glenn

10 a.m.–UL HS-1 Pool A Weirton vs East Fairmont; UL HS-2 Pool B Park Red vs Meadowbrook; UL Middle Gym Pool C Edison Local vs Steubenville; ECO Center 1 Pool D Zanesville vs Martins Ferry; ECO Center 2 Pool E St. Marys WV vs Monroe Central; East Richland HS Gym Pool F Waterford vs Magnolia

11 a.m.–ECO Center 1 Pool A Union Local vs Weirton; ECO Center 2 Pool B Frontier vs Park Red; UL HS-1 Pool C Barnesville vs Edison Local; East Richland HS Gym Pool D Fairmont Senior vs Zanesville; UL Middle Gym Pool E Park Blue vs St. Marys WV; UL HS-2 Pool F Dover vs Waterford

Noon-ECO Center 1 Pool A Shadyside vs East Fairmont; ECO Center 2 Pool B Claymont vs Meadowbrook; UL HS-1 Pool C Fort Frye vs Steubenville; East Richland HS Gym Pool D Wheeling Central vs Martins Ferry; UL Middle Gym Pool E St. Clairsville vs Monroe Central; UL HS-2 Pool F John Glenn vs Magnolia

1 p.m.–East Richland HS Gym Pool A Union Local vs East Fairmont; UL Middle Gym Pool B Frontier vs Meadowbrook; 1:00 PM ECO Center 1 Pool C Barnesville vs Steubenville; UL HS-2 Pool D Fairmont Senior vs Martins Ferry; UL HS-1 Pool E Park Blue vs Monroe Central; ECO Center 2 Pool F Dover vs Magnolia

2 p.m.–East Richland HS Gym Pool A Shadyside vs Weirton; UL Middle Gym Pool B Claymont vs Park Red; ECO Center 1 Pool C Fort Frye vs Edison Local; UL HS-2 Pool D Wheeling Central vs Zanesville; UL HS-1 Pool E St. Clairsville vs St. Marys WV; ECO Center 2 Pool F John Glenn vs Waterford