Summer basketball has come and gone and now it’s time to rest up and get ready for the high school basketball season in the winter. With that being said, it’s important to look back on what went on during the…
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Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log inSummer basketball has come and gone and now it’s time to rest up and get ready for the high school basketball season in the winter. With that being said, it’s important to look back on what went on during the busy months of June and July.
Midwest Live is huge success
June was headlined by Midwest Live, a three-day event hosted at the Cedar Point Sports Center in Sandusky, Ohio. This event featured one hundred high school programs from Ohio or Michigan. This event drew many of the coaches from the Big 10, MAC and colleges from every level of college basketball. (Division II, III, NAIA and JUCO) This event helped dozens of players get new offers and hundreds to be seen by college coaches that weekend.
Ohio’s shoe circuit programs stand out

Ohio has programs on each of the major shoe circuits and there was a lot of success between them. All Ohio Red had one of their best 17 U seasons in recent memory, qualifying for the Peach Jam after finishing above .500 in EYBL regular season play. That squad is headlined by
Devin Royal
Devin
Royal
6'6" | PF
Pickerington Central | 2023
State
#49
Nation
OH
,
Dailyn Swain
Dailyn
Swain
6'7" | SF
Africentric | 2023
State
#81
Nation
OH
,
George Washington III
George
Washington III
6'3" | CG
Chaminade Julienne | 2023
State
#92
Nation
OH
and
Lawrent Rice
Lawrent
Rice
6'4" | PG
Huber Heights Wayne | 2023
State
#184
Nation
OH
. Midwest Basketball Club was also one of the top Adidas 3SSB programs in their circuit, finishing near the top of the regular season standings before being knocked out of the 3SSB finals on a buzzer-beater. Midwest Basketball Club is headlined by
Gabe Cupps
Gabe
Cupps
6'1" | PG
Centerville | 2023
State
#80
Nation
OH
, Rayvon Griffith,
Lance Hayes
Lance
Hayes
6'4" | SG
St. Vincent-St. Mary's | 2023
State
OH
,
Donovan Hunter
Donovan
Hunter
6'7" | PF
Spire | 2023
State
OH
and out of state studs Reed Sheppard and Maki Johnson. On the Under Armour Rise circuit, Nova Village was headlined by Illinois State commit
Chase Walker
Chase
Walker
6'8" | C
St. Charles | 2023
State
OH
and
Ryan Nutter
Ryan
Nutter
6'3" | PG
Dublin Jerome | 2023
State
OH
who claimed a recent Marshall offer.
Prep Hoops Circuit standouts

The Prep Hoops Circuit wrapped up last weekend but the headline event for the Ohio prep hoops circuit squads was the Grit Region Finals. This event had the top Prep Hoops Circuit squads from the midwest battle it out for a championship. Cincy Fire Elite made the deepest run of any Ohio program as
Deshawne Crim
Deshawne
Crim
6'0" | PG
Fairfield | 2023
State
OH
was a huge addition. The Mid Ohio Pumas had multiple teams win their first game as Sliemers was headlined by
Trenton Collins
Trenton
Collins
6'4" | SF
Utica | 2023
State
OH
, who picked up a Delta State offer, and
Colin Minerd
Colin
Minerd
6'1" | SG
Canal Winchester | 2023
State
OH
. Mid Ohio Pumas Price was led by
Jordan Edwards
Jordan
Edwards
6'2" | PG
Olentangy Orange | 2023
State
OH
, one of the top stock risers in the entire state this summer, and
Jack Ullom
Jack
Ullom
6'5" | SF
Mason | 2023
State
OH
. We can’t forget about R4L who made a deep run,
Julian Mitchell
Julian
Mitchell
6'5" | SF
Lakota East | 2023
State
OH
is receiving a lot of scholarship interest with one scholarship offer from Taylor already on the table. R4L also had standouts like
Cooper Matthews
Cooper
Matthews
6'1" | CG
Hamilton | 2023
State
OH
,
Lebron Bennie-Powell
Lebron
Bennie-Powell
6'2" | SG
Lakota East | 2023
State
OH
,
Ben Golan
Ben
Golan
6'4" | PF
Mason | 2023
State
OH
and more all summer on the Prep Hoops Circuit. Finally, out of NW Ohio Hopson Elite and CLP Elite both had great summers as well on the Prep Hoops Circuit. Hopson Elite was led by
Ayden Carter
Ayden
Carter
6'4" | SG
Fremont Ross | 2023
State
OH
,
Antwaun Hathcock
Antwaun
Hathcock
6'6" | PF
Ponitz | 2023
State
OH
and some Michigan studs. CLP got production from
Cale Rammel
Cale
Rammel
6'4" | SF
Fort Recovery | 2023
State
OH
,
Parker Davidson
Parker
Davidson
6'2" | SG
Bradford | 2023
State
OH
and a group of shooters.
Who’s getting lots of offers?

Outside of the high major recruits, there have been a lot of other Ohio prospects with a battle for their commitment.
Lance Hayes
Lance
Hayes
6'4" | SG
St. Vincent-St. Mary's | 2023
State
OH
and
Amire Robinson
Amire
Robinson
6'4" | SF
Buchtel | 2023
State
OH
are two of the most highly sought after mid-major wing prospects in the Midwest.
Solomon Callaghan
Solomon
Callaghan
6'0" | PG
Wadsworth | 2023
State
OH
and
Cody Head
Cody
Head
6'1" | CG
Lutheran East | 2023
State
OH
each have multiple Division I offers at the point guard position while
Kyler D’Augustino
Kyler
D’Augustino
6'1" | CG
Albany Alexander | 2023
State
OH
has plenty of Division II offers and some Division I programs very interested right now. At the Division II level,
Ayden Carter
Ayden
Carter
6'4" | SG
Fremont Ross | 2023
State
OH
and
Logan Beaston
Logan
Beaston
6'4" | SG
Tiffin Columbian | 2023
State
OH
are two of the hottest wing prospects, both coming from NW Ohio. Many Division II programs have also used the summer to evaluate and will be having prospects on official visits in the fall where some schools prefer to offer when players are on campus.
Hoop stars playing other sports in college
While Prep Hoops Ohio is focused on getting the top high school basketball players in Ohio to the next level, we also evaluate kids who excel at multiple sports. Some of the most notable two sport athletes to commit are
Cole Rhett
Cole
Rhett
6'7" | C
Bishop Watterson | 2023
State
OH
(Toledo Football),
RJ Mukes
RJ
Mukes
5'10" | PG
Huber Heights Wayne | 2023
State
OH
(Ball State Football) and
Charlie Russell
Charlie
Russell
6'5" | PF
Bishop Ready | 2023
State
OH
(Air Force Baseball). Congratulations to these young men for committing to these programs.
Injuries already set to affect the high school season

One of the worst parts about summer basketball is that kids will get injured playing so many games and two of the top players in OHSAA Division II went down with serious knee injuries this summer.
Chico Johnson
Chico
Johnson
6'2" | SG
Toledo Central Catholic | 2023
State
OH
of Toledo Central Catholic and
Boubacar Djigo
Boubacar
Djigo
6'7" | C
Lutheran West | 2023
State
OH
of Lutheran West both have their senior season already in jeopardy over injuries suffered this summer. Hoping for a speedy recovery for both players and health for the rest of the athletes competing this fall around the state.