The fifth annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational Presented by CSI Companies tipped off Thursday at the South Campus of FSCJ.

The fifth installment of the Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational is right around the corner, with six of the games streamed on News4JAX.com and the final two being televised live on CW17.

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Fleming Island and Nease punched their tickets to the Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational championship game with victories on Friday night.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Starting Thursday, some of our area’s best high school basketball players will begin to compete in the third annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Invitational presented by the CSI Companies. This year’s basketball tournament has a new venue -- Fletcher High -- and expanded broadcast coverage. “We are excited to start some new traditions with this year’s tournament, thanks to Tammie Talley and the staff at Fletcher, with a new venue,” said Alan Verlander, Founder and CEO of Airstream Ventures and High School 9:12. The game-day experience will be different this year at Fletcher, compared to the previous two years when the tournament was held at Episcopal School of Jacksonville. “Lee is a very tough team, Episcopal is a tough team, West Nassau is a tough team, I’m not sure that there is not a tough team in the tournament, so it’s going to be fun,” said Gilbert.

The Fortegra High School 9:12 Invitational presented by the CSI Companies will be played at Fletcher High School Dec. 10-12. The championship game will be televised live at 7 p.m. on CW17. The third-place game will be televised live at 4 p.m. on CW17. I hope our community will come out and watch this event and see the wonderful basketball talent our area offers.”The schedule for the Fortegra High School 9:12 Invitational presented by the CSI Companies. Providence won the first two Fortegra basketball events.

Airstream Ventures founder Alan Verlander holds a check for $10,000 presented to High School 9:12 by CSI Gives Back on Thursday. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - High School 9:12 received a big donation on Thursday. High School 9:12 was started last year by Alan Verlanders Airstream Ventures. We want to impact them directly and truly help where we can," said Becky Lowry, director of CSI Gives Back. CSI Companies has been active in supporting area athletics and high school students the last two years, helping support the inaugural Fortegra High School 9:12 basketball tournament last December.