It doesn’t seem right to already be talking about the upcoming basketball season, but the Rockmart Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets squads are getting ready for the start of the season in November.

Schedules are set and the Lady Jackets will be the first to take the court in November for their first scrimmage, then getting onto the court in earnest in December as the regular season gets underway for winter sports’ start.

The Lady Jackets will open their season on November 16 with a scrimmage game against Bremen with tipoff at 6 p.m.

The Rockmart Boys will begin their year on November 16 for a scrimmage with Bremen, with tipoff planned for 7:30 p.m. following the girls varsity scrimmage.

Rockmart’s next time on the court will come a couple weeks after the scrimmage with Bremen as they open the season with region play at home hosting Adairsville with the JV squads starting at 4:15 and 5:30 p.m. for opening day, followed by 7 and 8:30 p.m. for the varsity squads at home.

They’ll get three more homestands before having to make a trip on the road, with a non-region contest with Darlington on Dec. 4, a Dec. 7 matchup with region foe Sonoraville, and then host another region contest on Dec. 10 against LaFayette.

The team’s first trip on the road will come when they head to Coahulla Creek on December 11 in region play for afternoon games on a Saturday, but they’ll be right back home on Dec. 14 hosting Murray County for Tuesday night matchups in region play.

A trip to LFO on Dec. 17, then to Bremen in non-region play on Dec. 18 is followed by a Dec. 20 trip for ninth-grade boys to play at Unity Christian School. Time is to be determined.

Rockmart will play in the Hillburn-Patterson Invitational at Haralson following the holidays on Dec. 28 through Dec. 30, then are back in action with all of the teams on January 4 hosting Ringgold, then remain at home against North Murray on January 7.

The regular season will see a number of road games after that, from Jan. 14 at Adairsville, a non-region game at Chattooga on Jan. 15, at Sonoraville for Jan. 18, at LaFayette on Jan. 21, at Cedartown for the first of two non-region annual rivalry matchups on Jan. 22, then hosting Coahulla Creek on Jan. 25. and rounding out the first month of 2022 on Jan. 28 at Murray County, followed by a return game with Chattooga on January 29 at home.

February’s final four games of the regular season feature LFO at home on Feb. 1, a trip to Ringgold on Feb. 4, Cedartown coming to Rockmart on Feb. 5, and the final game of the 2021-22 calendar is hosting North Murray to round out region play.

Keep up with basketball coverage throughout the year as Rockmart gets ready for region play.