Chase McBride and the rest of the Nashua North-Souhegan hockey team will be home for the holidays, playing in the round robin HBDS Backyard Brawl this Wednesday through Dec. 31 at Conway Arena. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball coach Brad Kreick was asked whether he paused at all to use the week between Christmas and New Year’s for a couple of games to relieve this year’s much-talked about schedule crunch, or continue the team’s recent tradition of playing in a holiday tourney on the road.

“Never gave it a second thought,” said Kreick, who will take his team to Half Moon, N.Y., just north of Albany, for a high-powered tourney called the Impact Athletics Winter Showcase on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 28-30.

“Never. We always try to play high-caliber competition during this time, and the benefits we get both on the court and off it are huge. We get to bond during those few days out of town, and we’ll get three games against three very good teams.”

‘Tis the season, though not for everybody. Holiday tournaments, after a year’s absence due to the pandemic, are again being held but some local school teams, however, will remain home and play a couple of regular season contests rather than compete in tournaments.

Here’s a rundown of the known majority who are going where:

BOYS BASKETBALL

Bishop Guertin will again play in the boys basketball side of the Commonwealth Motors Classic, facing host Andover High School on Monday at 7:15 p.m. The tourney continues on Tuesday, and then the finals are on Thursday, all at Andover High. The other teams involved are Lawrence, North Andover, Central Catholic, Londonderry, St. John’s Prep, and Methuen.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Guertin will play on Tuesday at 5 p.m. (opponent TBA), and then take on Shenendehowa High on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and wrap