Preview: Midwest Showdown Shootout
The Ninth Annual Rameybasketball Midwest Showdown Shootout will be held on Saturday, Dec. 19 at CBC. The event will features many of the top teams in the St. Louis metro area against top teams from the Chicago area. Here is Saturday’s…
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Continue ReadingThe Ninth Annual Rameybasketball Midwest Showdown Shootout will be held on Saturday, Dec. 19 at CBC. The event will features many of the top teams in the St. Louis metro area against top teams from the Chicago area.
Here is Saturday’s lineup:
Alton (Ill) vs. Soldan, 1 p.m.
Whitfield vs. Fayette Ware (TN), 2:30 p.m.
Riverview Gardens vs. Cardinal Riter, 4 p.m.
SLUH vs. Chicago Bogan, 5:30 p.m.
CBC vs. Chicago Curie, 7 p.m.
Vashon vs. Chicago Morgan Park, 8:30 p.m.
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Players to Watch (2016)
Charlie Moore 5’11” Morgan Park; Zeke Moore 6’7″ Riverview Gardens; Devin Gage 6’2″ Chicago Curie; Jarrin Randall 5’11” Morgan Park;
Jordan Barnes 5’10” CBC; James Jones 6’4″ Chicago Bogan; Brandon Jackson 6’7″ Cardinal Ritter; Christian Willis 6’2″ CBC; Duane Clark 6’7″ CBC
DeVaughn Rucker 6’5″ Whitfield; Matt Nester 5’11” SLUH; Sterling Wooten 6’3″ Cardinal Ritter; Marcus Latham 6’2″ Alton; Bryce Berry 6’0″ Whitfield
Daimon Taylor 6’7″ Vashon
Players to Watch (2017)
Daniel Farris 5’11” Vashon; Levi Stockard III 6’8″ Vashon; Brandon McKissic 6’2″ SLUH; Brett Smith 6’7″ SLUH;
Josh Nunn 5’10” CBC; Sam Orf 6’2″ CBC; Maurice Edwards 6’1″ Alton; Traveon Martin 6’6″ Currie
Players to Watch (2018)
Torrence Watson 6’4″ Whitfield; Kale Catchings 6’5″ CBC; Kyle Younge 5’8″ Riverview Gardens; Mikey Sanders 5’10” SLUH; Will Matthews 6’0″ Whitfield; Ayo Dosunme 6’0″ Morgan Park
Players to Watch (2019)
Mario McKinney 5’11” Vashon; Jesse Little 6’0″ Soldan; Luther Taylor 6’3″ Whitfield
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Matchups: The Vashon-Morgan Park game will feature a battle between Vashon’s 2017 PG Daniel Farris against stellar 2016 G Charlie Moore of Bogan, who has signed with Memphis.
Another excellent matchup of guards will take place with CBC’s Jordan Barnes, who is headed to Indiana State, taking on Curie’s Devin Gage, who will attend DePaul.
The Cardinal Ritter-Riverview Gardens game features an excellent matchup of wing players with 6’7″ Saint Louis U. signee Zeke Moore of Riverview and 6’3″ stock riser Sterling Wooten of Ritter. The low post will feature a pair of 6’7″ seniors in Brandon Jackson of Ritter and K’Quan Carter of Riverview.
The SLUH-Bogan game will feature a pair of excellent big guards in 6’2″ 2017 Brandon McKissic of SLUH against 6’4″ 2016 James Jones of Bogan, who is headed to Buffalo.
Whitfield-Fayette Ware features 6’4″ 2018 standout Torrence Watson of Whitfield and 6’2″ 2016 Mikkel Norment of Ware.