From The Sun's Stefen Lovelace:

Early-season basketball tournaments are a great way for teams to get a barometer of how they compare to schools outside their conference. There are some good ones this weekend.

Baltimore will welcome teams from Washington in the "Baltimore vs. Washington, D.C. Boys and Girls Basketball Challenge." The boys games will take place Saturday, Dec. 8 at Lake Clifton. Anacostia will play No. 6 Northwestern at 1, Ballou plays No. 10 Mervo at 3, Dunbar (D.C.) plays No. 11 Lake Clifton at 5, and Cardozo plays No. 12 Dunbar (Baltimore) at 7.

The girls games will take place on Friday, Dec. 7. Roosevelt will play at Poly at 6 p.m., while H.D. Woodson travels to No. 3 Western, also at 6. Admission to the games is $5.

The Randallstown Tip-Off Tournament will take place at Randallstown, with Eastern Tech playing Aberdeen at 5, and Carver playing No. 4 Randallstown at 7.