The holiday season in Lexington County will be filled with basketball action once again.

Brookland-Cayce High School will hold a 3-day tournament at its newly-constructed gymnasium. The Cayce Roundball Classic is scheduled for Dec. 26-28 and feature 16 teams from 3 states competing in 2, 8-team brackets. 

Local teams representing Chronicle Country along with the host team include Dutch Fork, Gilbert and 2-time defending Class 2A champion Gray Collegiate. A.C. Flora, Lower Richland, Conway, Lugoff-Elgin, Fairfield Central, Westwood, Hammond, C.A. Johnson and South Aiken round out the Palmetto State representation.

Lakeside and Westside high schools out of Georgia and Flemming Island (Fla.) are the out-of-state teams. 

"We are excited to play in a first class event and new facility," Dutch Fork head coach Bret Jones said. "Glad to play in a great Christmas Tournament in (Cayce), too."

“I think it’s great,” Falcons’ head coach Joshua Staley said. “Really good competition, excellent exposure and you don’t have to travel during the holidays.”

Updates on the tournament are available @cayceroundball on Twitter.