Southern Hills Athletic Conference Releases 2025-26 Junior High Brackets; Championship Feb. 14

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference has released the 2025-26 junior high tournament brackets. "Championship Saturday will be February 14 at North Adams High School," the announcement states, signalling a focal weekend for Adams County youth sports.

The release does not include full bracket pairings or game-by-game times in the materials provided, and a calendar entry published alongside the schedule lists a potential alternative date: "SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 SHAC JUNIOR HIGH BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FINALS, H.S." Both dates appear in the SHAC materials available to local outlets, so families, coaches, and school athletic departments should confirm which session hosts which games before finalizing travel or spectator plans.

The SHAC calendar for the 2025-26 school year, published through the league's SIDtools feed, contains a broader slate of events that frames the junior high postseason. The calendar lists a SHAC bowling tournament at Highland Lanes on Monday, February 2 at 4:00 PM, and a SHAC winter sports awards program on Sunday, March 22 at Eastern H.S., among other previews, tournaments, and all-conference selection nights. Recent local coverage also shows bowling tournament winners by program: Girls 1st Place, Whiteoak and Boys 1st Place, Fayetteville, indicating active junior-high and middle-school sports coverage in the county.

Practical implications for Adams County are straightforward. Championship sessions require coordination among school transportation, volunteer staff for scorekeeping and concessions, and local businesses that serve families on event days. Schools and boosters often rely on ticket revenue and concession sales to offset athletic budgets; clear scheduling matters for volunteer availability and local vendors. For coaches and athletes, a confirmed bracket release starts the preparation cycle for seeding, scouting, and final practices.

The calendar and bracket pages appear to be hosted with technology credited on the schedule feed: "Powered by SIDtools from Sports Websoft." Technical metadata in the materials lists Build: 2025.12.766, reflecting the platform used to publish SHAC schedules and results.

People’s Defender, which reproduced the announcement, can be contacted locally at 206 N. Pleasant Street, West Union, Ohio 45693. Call 937-544-2391 or fax 937-544-2298 for further local inquiries.

What comes next: confirm the correct Championship Saturday timing with SHAC or North Adams High School, and obtain the full bracket PDFs or web pages for team pairings and game times. Once dates and brackets are confirmed, families and booster organizations can finalize travel plans, ticketing, and volunteer rosters for the county’s junior high basketball postseason.