Hall of Fame Hardwood Classic Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Hall of Fame Hardwood Classic brings six games to Massillon Washington High School for a full day event starting at 12:30 P.M. with the last game set for 8:00 P.M.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">12:30 P.M. Mogadore Vs Canton Central Catholic</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mogadore returns a nice core from a team that won 20 games last season. Layne Miller is a senior to watch for Mogadore after being named special mention all Ohio as a Junior. For Canton Central Catholic, freshman Will Minor has gotten a lot of buzz. Saturday will be my first time watching him, I'm excited to see how he looks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">2:00 P.M. Canton South Vs Dalton</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Canton South has started the year 1-0 and they play against CVCA on Friday, around 19 hours prior to this scheduled tipoff. Dalton has a new look squad after stud brothers Jalen (class of 2022) and Braylon (class of 2023) Wenger have graduated from their program. Can the Bulldogs remain one of northeast Ohio's top small public schools?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">3:30 P.M. Uniontown Lake Vs Ashland</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This will be a battle of the guards as senior [player_tooltip player_id='1392313' first='Chance' last='Casenhiser'] is one of the top scorers in the 330. He'll be matched up with [player_tooltip player_id='2215934' first='Paxon' last='Ediger'], who is looking to make a name for himself as a Sophomore. That individual battle should be one of the more exciting battles to see all day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">5:00 P.M. North Canton Hoover Vs Archbishop Hoban</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How will the defending Division I state champs respond after dropping a game to Division IV Warren JFK? Find out when they take on federal league squad North Canton Hoover. Hoban has a lot of guard talent headlined by Kent State commit [player_tooltip player_id='1222351' first='Jonas' last='Nichols']. After graduating first team all federal league guard Wesley Collins, the Vikings will look to build around their 2025 core this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">6:30 P.M. Canton GlenOak Vs Mentor</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maybe the game I'm most excited for all day, GlenOak is one of the projected top teams in the federal league going against one of the top teams in the Greater Cleveland Conference. GlenOak has one of the top unsigned seniors in Ohio in [player_tooltip player_id='1346364' first='Ja'Corey' last='Lipkins'] while Mentor has a talented team headlined by GMAC commits [player_tooltip player_id='1373984' first='Ian' last='Ioppolo'] and Matthew Biddell.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">8:00 P.M. Walsh Jesuit @ Massillon Washington</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The host school wraps up the night with a visit from a new look Walsh Jesuit squad. After graduating a strong senior class, [player_tooltip player_id='1572302' first='Sean' last='Spicer'] is a key returner for Walsh Jesuit. They'll be met with a Massillon Washington squad that has a few pieces from their football state championship team. I'll be excited to check out both of these teams and see some new talent for the first time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->