Bayside Basketball’s Peake Tip-Off

Bayside Basketball’s Peake Tip-Off is expanded to two days, Dec. 6 and 7, for the 2024-2025 season. Games are hosted by Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, which gives local high school basketball players the opportunity to see the campus and play on a larger court, said organizer Brad Plutschak, who also is Colonel Richardson High School Boys Basketball coach.

Peake Tip-Off is not a tournament; it is conference play. “These are real home games,” Plutschak said. Two times a season, the whole south plays the whole north. The event at the college is held when all the South Bayside teams travel north to play the local teams.

“It’s just like a regular season game. The south is already getting on a bus to head north — they’re just going to one location,” Plutscak said.

All the public schools are invited. Seven of the nine North Bayside schools are participating this year, and Michelle Hall, events manager at the college, was able to accommodate expanding the event to include Friday. If a school doesn’t have a junior varsity team, they’ll bring their girls varsity — there’s usually at least one girls game each year, Plutschak said.

“It’s fun for the fans,” he said, adding it’s a great atmosphere. There’s an announcer, concessions, and all-day passes for either day.