The Tulip City basketball teams clash at Pella High School tonight to open the Little Hawkeye Conference season.

Both opponents in each of the girls and boys games find themselves in similar situations heading into the league opener: the Eagles and Lady Dutch each have young, inexperienced teams coming off of frustrating losses, while each of the boys teams are aiming for long postseason runs in February, with each proving to be a big test to the other to open conference play.

The two schools each split in 2018-19 in both the girls and boys matchups after years of Dutch dominance in the series. Coverage from the Tulip City Showdown begins at 5:45 p.m. on 92.1 KRLS from Pella High School, with Andrew Schneider and Trevor Castle calling the rivalry matchup.