How to Use tourney in a Sentence
tourney
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Hope to see these two again in the state tourney in March.
— Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022 -
Take a look at some of the best offers as the tourney comes to an end.
— Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022 -
Vrana has one goal in the tourney; Hronek has no points.
— Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2022 -
By the time the tourney started, the team had narrowed it down.
— Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022 -
The Seminoles are one of three teams from the Sunshine State in the tourney.
— Tom Layberger, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023 -
He was hurt in practice on March 16 and didn’t play in the tourney.
— Jim Vertuno, ajc, 25 Mar. 2022 -
Plans call for the tourney to remain in that slot on the tour schedule.
— Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024 -
The tourney’s top two teams hit the hardwood in Houston.
— Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023 -
Sherman Oaks LL won the state tourney for 11-year-olds.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 -
From the defending champs to new challengers, the tourney has it all.
— Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022 -
There was hope and an assumption the tourney might get pushed back a year.
— Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2022 -
Along with a berth in the U.S. Open main draw, the title entitled to a spot in this tourney as well.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023 -
Things went south pretty much from the opening faceoff in the second game of the tourney for the Stars.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Beechwood, in the state tourney for the third-straight season, ended with a 29-7 record.
— James Weber, The Enquirer, 16 June 2022 -
There were 9 Houston-area teams and five Lubbock-area teams in the tourney.
— Mike Waters, Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2023 -
But the Coyotes had never won a tourney game before the last few days.
— Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 21 Mar. 2022 -
Lovan was named the most valuable player of the tourney.
— Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2023 -
The Longhorns’ last appearance in the tourney’s second weekend was the Elite Eight in 2008.
— Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2023 -
To see a full list of local women’s hoopers who are (or were) in the tourney, click here.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023 -
As Aemma screams, the camera whizzes back and forth between her writhing body and the clashing spears of the tourney.
— Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Aug. 2022 -
Mewis’s only touch in the World Cup tourney was her penalty-kick laser.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023 -
State was on probation in 1973 and barred from playing in the NCAA tourney).
— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024 -
The Roos women’s squad opens the tourney on Friday as the No. 8 seed against Omaha.
— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024 -
But perhaps no one thought the Musketeers would be back in the tourney this soon, let alone with such a high seed.
— Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2023 -
And even if UConn wants to be treated as a true blue blood, its last tourney win before this year came in 2016.
— Michael Shapiro, Chron, 28 Mar. 2023 -
The Spurs’ magic number to clinch a spot in the tourney as at least the 10th seed — and for the Lakers to be eliminated — is four.
— Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2022 -
The comeback was tied for the fifth-largest comeback in tourney history.
— Michael Marot, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2023 -
Both the boys and girls Juneau-Douglas squads took care of business in the opening round of the tourney with dominant wins.
— Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022 -
This game is going to light up fighting game tourneys for years.
— Gene Park, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024 -
The past two tourneys have seen four bids for the Mountain West — and quick losses by everyone except the Aztecs — and the Broncos are going for their third straight berth.
— Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 18 Feb. 2024
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