Tornado warning: Both the Norwich boys and girls basketball teams are set to take the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena by storm on Sunday. The girls will take on Newark Valley at 4:45 p.m. while the boys follow against Seton Catholic at 6:30 p.m. (Photos by Jamey Mullen)

NORWICH – This isn’t the first time both the Purple Tornado shared the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Arena floor on the same day. However, it could be the first time that the two teams return home champions.

The Norwich boys will have to get through Brett Rumpel and the top-seeded Seton Catholic Saints while the girls face a tough test of the 22-0 Newark Valley Cardinals. The Lady Tornado will take the floor first at 4:45 p.m. with the boys to follow at 6:30 p.m.

Here is a brief preview of both games that will take place on Sunday:

4-Norwich (14-6) vs 3-Newark Valley (22-0), 4:45 p.m.

Half of the Lady Purple Tornado squad is no stranger to the arena since a season ago Norwich captured the third sectional championship in the program’s history.

While they may have graduated over half the team and lost an essential piece to the 2019-2020 season because of an injury, the Tornado girls have found their way back to the title game for the second year in a row.

Many expected Norwich to walk back into the championship game with the senior leadership of Halea Eaton, who signed her letter of intent to Division-II LeMoyne two weeks before the season officially got underway. Unfortunately for the senior, a devastating knee injury ended Eaton’s high school career earlier than anyone wanted – in just the third game of the Norwich schedule.