The high school basketball tournament begins tonight with preliminary games taking place around the state including Brewer where the Witches host Mt. Ararat.The winner of this game advances to the Augusta Civic Center to play the number one seeded Edward Little Red Eddies Saturday at 9:30pm.

Brewer will try to forget the end of their regular season where they lost the final six games on the schedule and enter tonight's game with a record of 7-11. The Witches and Eagles only played once which came in their third game of the season and won by the Eagles 65-36.

Mt Ararat comes into the game having won three of their last five games including a win over Bangor in the regular season finale that locked up the final prelim spot.The Eagles also come into the game with a 7-11 record.

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