The Austin boys basketball team will compete in the 27th annual Pacesetter Sweet Sixteen basketball tournaments, in which leading varsity teams from each of the four classes compete in a one-class tournament in St. Joseph, Minn. this weekend.

Games will be held Saturday and Sunday and the championship game is 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

There will also be third, fifth, and seventh place games and a consolation championship.

In the boys tournament, the pairings at 10 a.m. Saturday are Cretin-Derham Hall vs. Springfield, Mayer Lutheran vs. Austin, St. Thomas Academy vs. Cedar Mountain-Comfrey, St. Cloud Cathedral vs. Park Center and Apple Valley vs. Waconia. The pairings at 11:20 a.m. Saturday are Ada-Borup vs. Breckenridge, Rushford-Peterson vs. Hopkins and Orono vs. Minneapolis North.

Pacesetter invites teams expected to be highly-ranked in each of the classes, and four from each class are included in the tournaments.