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<p>The Chicago Elite Classic will take place on Friday and Saturday at UIC's Credit Union 1 Arena. Annually one of the best events to see a ton of top prospects in a short amount of time. There will be 13 games in the span of 36 hours with a ton of ranked prospects! It is led by the #1 prospect in the 2026, 2027, and 2028 classes in [player_tooltip player_id='2105360' first='Lincoln' last='Williams'] (Kankakee), [player_tooltip player_id='2323571' first='Jaxson' last='Davis'] (Warren), as well as [player_tooltip player_id='2531973' first='Brady' last='Pettigrew'] (Bolingbrook).</p>
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<p>There are 28 prospects in the 2026 class that will be participating in the event. That includes 10 of the top 25 seniors in the state of Illinois. In the junior class there are 12 top 50 prospects that will be playing in CEC led by Davis. How about the sophomore group? There are six top 25 players with Pettigrew leading the way along with HF duo [player_tooltip player_id='2467517' first='Darrius' last='Hawkins'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2540205' first='John' last='Brown IV']. From the PHI Top 40 watch list has six prospects we could potentially see play including Whitney Young's [player_tooltip player_id='2886496' first='Travis' last='Jamison'] and New Trier's [player_tooltip player_id='2405910' first='Denym' last='Wallace'].</p>
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<p><strong>Schedule</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Friday, December 5</strong></p>
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<p>4:30 PM Crane vs Perspectives<br>6:00 PM Oak Park River Forest vs Fenwick<br>7:30 PM New Trier vs Lane Tech<br>9:00 PM Hyde Park vs Lincoln Park</p>
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<p><strong>Saturday, December 6</strong></p>
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<p>9:00 AM Julian vs King<br>10:30 AM Bolingbrook vs Homewood Flossmoor<br>12:00 PM Kankakee vs Pace (GA)<br>1:30 PM Warren vs Curie<br>3:00 PM Simeon vs Chaminade (MO)<br>4:30 PM DePaul Prep vs La Lumiere (IN)<br>6:00 PM Whitney Young vs Kenwood<br>7:30 PM Marist vs Sidwell Friends (DC)<br>9:00 PM Rich Township vs St. Laurence</p>
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<p><strong>Top 100 2026 Prospects</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2105360' first='Lincoln' last='Williams'] (Kankakee)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552475' first='Marquis' last='Clark'] (Whitney Young – Tennessee)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1845360' first='Rashaun' last='Porter'] (DePaul Prep – Toledo)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552625' first='EJ' last='Hazelett'] (Kankakee – Indiana State)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1845350' first='Stephen' last='Brown'] (Marist – NC State Football)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1554516' first='Christopher' last='Kirkpatrick'] (New Trier – Princeton)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1435692' first='Rykan' last='Woo'] (DePaul Prep – Brown)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552436' first='Karson' last='Thomas'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552486' first='Danny' last='Houlihan'] (New Trier – High Point)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2297870' first='Matthew' last='Szafoni'] (Lane Tech – Illinois State)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2244002' first='Jayden' last='Madden'] (Bolingbrook)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2454169' first='Brad' last='Blackman'] (Crane)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552445' first='Charles' last='Barnes Jr'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2105399' first='Ahmad' last='Lee'] (Lincoln Park)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2734369' first='Justin' last='Oliver'] (Curie)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1874752' first='Kenaz' last='Jackson Jr.'] (Kanakee)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552408' first='TJ' last='Williams'] (Bolingbrook)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2323334' first='AJ' last='Chambers'] (DePaul Prep – Michigan Tech)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2376273' first='Zion' last='Lee'] (DePaul Prep)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2298580' first='Kaydin' last='Williams'] (Simeon)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1845365' first='Adoni' last='Vassilakis'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2875676' first='Elijah' last='Anderson'] (Bolingbrook)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2323288' first='Isaiah' last='Coleman'] (Simeon)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1874876' first='Trey' last='Brost'] (Bolingbrook – Michigan Tech)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2437519' first='Braylon' last='Walker'] (Warren)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2376277' first='Prince' last='McCord'] (Kenwood)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2439327' first='Jalil' last='Amous'] (Lincoln Park)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1845364' first='Morgan' last='Travis'] (Perspectives)<br><br><br></p>
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<p><strong>Top 50 2027 Prospects</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2323571' first='Jaxson' last='Davis'] (Warren)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2323622' first='Damari' last='Stephens'] (Kenwood)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125677' first='Reggie' last='Stevens'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125658' first='Kendall' last='Meyers'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125641' first='Jamier' last='Montgomery'] (Crane)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2532358' first='Zaire' last='Green'] (Whitney Young)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2425702' first='Magnus' last='Johnson'] (DePaul Prep)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2323617' first='Markese' last='Peoples'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2881313' first='Isaiah' last='Rogers'] (Bolingbrook)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2323596' first='Noah' last='Emmanuel'] (Whitney Young)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2540149' first='Tobyus' last='Banks'] (Curie)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125591' first='Caden' last='Crudup'] (Whitney Young)<br><br></p>
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<p><strong>Top 25 2028 Prospects</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2531973' first='Brady' last='Pettigrew'] (Bolingbrook)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2467517' first='Darrius' last='Hawkins'] (Homewood Flossmoor)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2542413' first='Alvin' last='Robinson'] (Lincoln Park)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2540205' first='John' last='Brown IV'] (Homewood Flossmoor)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2532014' first='Logan' last='Brown'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2842573' first='Blake' last='Choice'] (DePaul Prep)</p>
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<p><strong>Watch List 2029 Prospects</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2922280' first='Jalonny' last='Billingsley'] (Simeon)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2886496' first='Travis' last='Jamison'] (Whitney Young)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2940657' first='Duece' last='Johnson'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2369925' first='Evan' last='Lemons'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2405910' first='Denym' last='Wallace'] (New Trier)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2385677' first='Noah' last='Young'] (Lincoln Park)</p>
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<p><strong>Out of State Top Prospects</strong> Hayden Clay (Pace – 2026 – Georgia Southern)<br>Jake Agolli (Pace – 2026)<br>Gavin Foutain (Pace – 2027)<br>Brielen Craft (Pace – 2028)<br>Johnny Jordan (Chaminade – 2026 - Omaha)<br>Elijah Poniewaz (Chaminade – 2028)<br>Mo Kourama (Chaminade – 2028)<br>Jesiah Buchanan (Chaminade – 2028)<br>Luke Jordan (Chaminade – 2029)<br>Vance Webber (Chaminade – 2029)<br>Jonathan Sanderson (La Lumiere – 2026 – Notre Dame)<br>Jacob Webber (La Lumiere – 2026 – Purdue)<br>Gan-Erdene Solongo (La Lumiere – 2026 – Notre Dame)<br>Gabe Weis (La Lumiere – 2026 – Western Kentucky)<br>Rivers Knight (La Lumiere – 2026 – Purdue)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2894776' first='Devin' last=''] Cleveland (La Lumiere – 2027)<br>Ferlandes Wright (La Lumiere – 2027 – Louisville)<br>Peyton Kemp (La Lumiere – 2027)<br>Jalyn Collingwood (Sidewell Friends – 2026 – Mississippi State)<br>Ian Condon (Sidwell Friends – 2027)<br>Andrew Ross (Sidwell Friends – 2027)<br>Judah Washington (Sidwell Friends – 2028)<br>Elijah Schneeberg (Sidwell Friends – 2029)</p>
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