Four of the Baltimore area's top seven ranked girls basketball teams, including the top three, as well as three other state schools that reached the state semifinals last year, will take part in the season's first (and probably biggest) basketball festival this weekend at the Poly/Western complex.

The Breezy Bishop Classic, named for the former longtime Western coach, will take place with 19 games spread out over three days. In all, 22 teams from four states and the District of Columbia will participate.

Top-ranked Seton Keough will face St. John the Baptist of New York in the weekend's final game Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Poly gym. Second-ranked St. Frances will take on Notre Dame Prep of Massachusetts tonight at 7 p.m., and the aforementioned St. John the Baptist at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening, with both games in the Western gym.

Western, ranked third, will play the National Christian Academy tonight at 9, then face Abraham Lincoln of New York tomorrow night at 9, with both games in their gym. Poly, which reached the state 2A semifinals last year, will host New Town at 6 tonight and Surrattsville of Prince George's County tomorrow afternoon at 2.

If you plan to go, be advised that starting times, especially for the later games of each day's slate, are tentative. For more information, visit the Western girls basketball website.