Salem Invitational Tournament Preview
The Salem Invitational Tournament is annually one of our favorite January events to attend. The four day event is an 8 team tournament with some quality southern Illinois and metro east teams. This year’s event has even a little more pop to it with the state’s hottest prospect Edwardsville 2017 point guard Mark Smith in attendance. Smith has landed a handful of high major offers in the last two weeks and there are expected to be quite a few coaches in to see him. Below check out all the details, schedule, and prospect watch for the event.
Dates
January 18 – January 21
Location
Salem High School
Salem, IL
Website
Schedule
Wednesday, January 18
6:30 PM Edwardsville vs Mt. Vernon
8:00 PM Salem vs Triad
Thursday, January 19
6:30 PM Centralia vs Mattoon
8:00 PM Effingham vs Andrew Osborne
Friday, January 20
6:30 PM Edwardsville/Mt. Vernon Winner vs Salem/Triad Winner
8:00 PM Centralia/Mattoon Winner vs Effingham/Osborne Winner
Saturday, January 21
11:30 AM Edwardsville/Mt. Vernon Loser vs Salem/Triad Loser
1:00 PM Centralia/Mattoon Loser vs Effingham/Osborne Loser
4:00 PM Loser of Consolation Saturday AM Games
5:00 PM 3rd Place
6:30 PM Consolation Championship
8:00 PM Championship
Prospect Watch
2017
PG Mark Smith (Edwardsville)
SF Oliver Stephen (Edwardsville)
PF AJ Epenesa (Edwardsville – Iowa FB)
SG Brenden Boles (Salem)
PF Cole Steward (Salem)
SF Dawson Berry (Centralia)
SF Drake Jeffries (Mattoon)
PG Grant Wolfe (Effingham)
SF Jacob Donaldson (Effingham – McKendree)
2018
PF Caleb Strohmeier (Edwardsville)
PG Jack Marinko (Edwardsville)
SF Damond Crosby (Salem)
SF Javon Williams (Centralia)
SG Jordan Maines (Centralia)
SG John Keeler (Centralia)
2019
SG Luke Cooper (Mt. Vernon)
SF Landon Wolfe (Effingham)
2020
PG Amir Span (Mt. Vernon)