The Boys and Girls teams play in two of the most iconic beginning of the season tournaments in the country. The Boys play in the Annual Arcadia Valley Thanksgiving Tournament that has been going on 93 years. The Girls play in the Lady Dawg Classic in Van Buren, they have the most Lady Dawg championships than any other team that has played in it. The boys have the second most AV Tournament championships with 10 behind the South Iron Panthers who have a outstanding 20. The Boys team used to host the regionally known Ellington Invitational Christmas Tournament which was one of the best tournaments around. The Whippets have won the most in that as well. They concluded play on December 19, 2009. The Whippets upset the #3 seed Winona Wildcats 77-76, and then turned around and upset the #2 seed Eminence Redwings 49-47, and played another underdog the #5 seed Zalma Bulldogs who upset the #1 seed Lesterville Bearcats. Ellington beat Zalma with a final score of 74-60.