Prep Hoops Indiana 2025-26 High School Preview – Class 4A (North)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It is almost time to tip-off the Indiana High School Basketball season. The games begin on Monday, November 22nd which means we are in full season preview mode here at Prep Hoops Indiana headquarters. We have spent the last few weeks updating and expanding our prospect rankings so that they are nice and fresh for the 2025-2026 season. This week, along with class-by-class previews, we will unveil our Prep Hoops Indiana All-State teams plus Mr. Basketball candidates. Let's dive on in here with an overview look at the Class 4A North.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Field</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 1 @ Crown Point High School:</strong> Crown Point, Hammond Central, Hammond Morton, Lake Central, Munster</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 2 @ Chesterton High School:</strong> Chesterton, Hobart, Merrillville, Portage, Valparaiso</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 3 @ Mishawaka High School:</strong> LaPorte, Michigan City, Mishawaka, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Riley, South Bend Saint Joseph</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 4 @ Elkhart High School:</strong> Concord, Elkhart, Goshen, Northridge, Warsaw Community</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 5 @ Fort Wayne Northrop High School:</strong> Carroll (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 6 @ Huntington North High School:</strong> Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Homestead, Huntington North</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 7 @ Lafayette Jefferson High School:</strong> Harrison (West Lafayette), Kokomo, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sectional 8 @ Noblesville High School:</strong> Carmel, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Noblesville, Westfield, Zionsville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Toughest Sectional: Sectional 8 at Noblesville High School</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rinse and repeat. Sectional 8 is always one of the toughest across the entire state of Indiana and that will be the case one again this year. Fishers has been to back-to-back Class 4A State Championship games winning it all in 2024 and finishing as the Runner-Up in 2025. They will enter this season as one of the favorites to return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Meanwhile, Noblesville and Westfield have serious cases to be included in the Class 4A Top 10 while Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern expect to be very competitive this season as well. Zionsville certainly isn't an easy out either. It is very possible that by Sectional time this field features five of the Top 25 teams in the state.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">State Title Contenders</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Crown</strong> <strong>Point</strong>: The Bulldogs will enter the 2025-2026 as the Prep Hoops Indiana Class 4A #1 team in the state. They feature a pair of Division I signees in [player_tooltip player_id='1561445' first='Mason' last='Darrell'] (Bellarmine) and [player_tooltip player_id='1561617' first='Dikembe' last='Shaw'] (Illinois-Chicago) along with a host of other college prospects. Crown Point is incredibly well coached, have a depth of talent, and have the top end guys necessary to win it all. Also, for whatever it is worth, they went 4-0 in the toughest pool at the Charlie Hughes Showcase over the summer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>South Bend St. Joseph:</strong> Fresh off of a Class 3A State Championship, South Bend St. Joseph will run it back with a very familiar core at the Class 4A level. Despite making the jump in class this is without a doubt one of the top contenders. Notre Dame signee [player_tooltip player_id='2024513' first='Nick' last='Shrewsberry'] and point guard [player_tooltip player_id='1560973' first='Ethan' last='Roseman'] are back alongside junior guard [player_tooltip player_id='2140359' first='Elijah' last='King'] and a plethora of other talented players. This group will be tough to beat.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fishers:</strong> [player_tooltip player_id='2267046' first='Jason' last='Gardner Jr.'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2140345' first='Cooper' last='Zachary'] are an incredible 59-2 in their two-year career in the backcourt at Fishers High School. Those two junior guards, teamed up with senior forward [player_tooltip player_id='1509229' first='Kai' last='McGrew'], will make the Tigers incredibly tough to beat once again. Until someone can knock Fishers out they deserve to be mentioned among the favorites to reach Gainbridge Fieldhouse once again.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Top Players</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2457404' first='Caleb' last='Coolman'] (Penn H.S. 2028)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1534261' first='Justin' last='Curry II'] (Noblesville H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1561445' first='Mason' last='Darrell'] (Crown Point H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2267046' first='Jason' last='Gardner Jr.'] (Fishers H.S. 2027)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1988138' first='Drew' last='Haffner'] (Westfield H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1561440' first='Korbyn' last='Hammel'] (Kokomo H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2565742' first='Charles' last='Hardiman'] (Merrillville H.S. 2028)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560952' first='Evan' last='Harrell'] (Carmel H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2398991' first='Tyrese' last='Jones'] (South Bend Riley H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140359' first='Elijah' last='King'] (South Bend St. Joseph H.S. 2027)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1509229' first='Kai' last='McGrew'] (Fishers H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1989437' first='Logan' last='Pokorney'] (Chesterton H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560973' first='Ethan' last='Roseman'] (South Bend St. Joseph H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2398995' first='Brady' last='Scholl'] (Northridge H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1561617' first='Dikembe' last='Shaw'] (Crown Point H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2024513' first='Nick' last='Shrewsberry'] (South Bend St. Joseph H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1561054' first='Baron' last='Walker'] (Noblesville H.S. 2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2932419' first='Mack' last='Welker'] (Homestead H.S. 2027)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140345' first='Cooper' last='Zachary'] (Fishers H.S. 2027)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Quick Hitters</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>South Bend St. Joseph, the favorite in Sectional 3, won the Class 3A State Championship last season and finished as the Runner-Up in 2024. They moved up due to the IHSAA Success Factor.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>The Fishers Tigers are searching for their third straight trip to Gainbridge Fieldhouse as well. They were Runner-Up last season and cut down the nets in 2024.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>There are seven committed Division I prospects from the Class of 2026 here in the Class 4A North.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list -->