MONTEGO BAY, St James — Inner City Avalanche will debut in the 2010 Western Basketball Association’s Division 1 league when they take on Trelawny Tornadoes at the Montego Bay Cricket Club, starting at 7: 00 pm on Saturday .

Avalanche were demoted form the NBL-West last season and is one of seven clubs taking part in the competition that started last weekend.

The teams are- Granville Wolfpack, Central Flames, Hopewell Vipers, Trelawny Tornadoes, Sav-La-Mar Hawks and Inner City Avalanche and Montego Bay Cricket Club Knights.

According to president of the WBA Donalda Reid, the goal this year is to return to games to the community courts but admitted this might not happen until in the return round as most of the courts required a lot of work to get them into playing condition.

Meanwhile the president expressed optimism that they are anticipating an exciting season despite a late start.

On Saturday Tornadoes will be seeking to avoid a second straight loss after being beaten 66-42 by Sav Hawks, the other demoted team.

There were also wins for last season’s Division 2 champions Montego Bay Cricket Club Knights who beat Granville Wolfpack 67-60 and Central Flames who beat Hopewell Vipers 62-057 in a Hanover derby.

Two more games will be played on Sunday, Wolfpack and Flames will meet in the first game at 4:00 pm followed by Vipers against Knights.