O’Fallon Shootout Preview
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One of the best shootouts of the year in Illinois will be held this weekend in O’Fallon. The O’Fallon Shootout has quickly become one of the premier events for teams and players from Illinois, Missouri, and now even Indiana!
This year the headliners are a pair of McDonald’s All-Americans who are the #1 players in the states of Illinois and Indiana. They also happen to both be apart of the Michigan State recruiting class as Spartans commits Jeremy Fears Jeremy Fears 6'1" | PG Joliet West | 2023 State #31 Nation IL (Joliet West) and Xavier Booker Xavier Booker 6'11" | PF Cathedral | 2023 State #4 Nation IN (Indianapolis Cathedral) will square off in the final game of the night. That game will have a ton of other star power including top ranked sophomore in Illinois Jeremiah Fears Jeremiah Fears 6'1" | PG AZ Compass Prep | 2025 State #31 Nation AZ , UNC-Greensboro signee Matthew Moore Matthew Moore 6'7" | PF Hillcrest | 2023 State IL , and top 25 junior Justus McNair Justus McNair 6'3" | SG Joliet West | 2024 State IL . On the Cathedral side Booker has a ton of help in Mercer commit Jake Davis Jake Davis 6'6" | SF Cathedral | 2023 State IN and Purdue football signee Jaron Tibbs Jaron Tibbs 6'4" | SF Cathedral | 2023 State IN .
Simeon and Vashon will match up in a game of two blue blood programs with elite coaches. It is Robert Smith’s final season at Simeon and they are primed to go out in style as the 3A title favorite behind twins Miles Rubin Miles Rubin 6'7" | PF Homewood Flossmoor | 2023 State #243 Nation IL (Loyola commit) and Wesley Rubin Wesley Rubin 6'7" | PF Homewood Flossmoor | 2023 State IL (Northern Iowa commit). Vashon is led by top 5 Missouri senior Kennard Davis Kennard Davis 6'5" | PG Vashon | 2023 MO who is headed to Southern Illinois.
Friday night the featured player will be the #3 junior in Illinois Cole Certa Cole Certa 6'4" | SG IMG Academy | 2024 State #129 Nation FL . The elite scoring guard who is racking up Big 10 offers will go against reigning 2A state champion Nashville who is known for their defense.
When
Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February, 4
Where
O’Fallon High School (O’Fallon, IL)
Schedule
Friday
5:00 PM O’Fallon vs Cardinal Ritter (Girls)
6:30 PM O’Fallon vs Whitfield
Players to Watch
Koby Wilmouth (O’Fallon – 2023)
Jalen Smith
Jalen
Smith
6'1" | SG
O'Fallon | 2021
State
KS
(O’Fallon – 2023)
Rini Harris
Rini
Harris
6'3" | SG
O'Fallon | 2024
State
IL
(O’Fallon – 2024)
Jaeden Rush
Jaeden
Rush
6'0" | PG
O'Fallon | 2024
State
IL
(O’Fallon – 2024)
Jorden Williams
Jorden
Williams
6'0" | PG
Whitfield | 2023
State
MO
(Whitfield – 2023)
Holden Souter
Holden
Souter
6'6" | PF
Whitfield | 2024
State
MO
(Whitfield – 2024)
8:00 PM Bloomington Central Catholic vs Nashville
Players to Watch
Cole Certa
Cole
Certa
6'4" | SG
IMG Academy | 2024
State
#129
Nation
FL
(Bloomington Central Catholic – 2024)
Colin Hayes
Colin
Hayes
6'6" | PF
Bloomington Central Catholic | 2024
State
IL
(Bloomington Central Catholic – 2024)
Bennett Briles
Bennett
Briles
6'9" | PF
Nashville | 2023
State
IL
(Nashville – 2023)
Saturday
3:30 PM Belleville East vs Lanphier
Players to Watch
Jordan Pickett
Jordan
Pickett
6'1" | SG
Belleville East | 2023
State
IL
(Belleville East – 2023 – SIU-Edwardsville)
Antwine Wilson
Antwine
Wilson
6'4" | SF
Belleville East | 2023
State
IL
(Belleville East – 2023)
Alex Jackson IV
Alex
Jackson IV
6'5" | PF
Belleville East | 2023
State
IL
(Belleville East – 2023)
Darien Singleton
Darien
Singleton
6'1" | SG
Belleville East | 2023
State
IL
(Belleville East – 2023)
Austin Robinson
Austin
Robinson
6'4" | C
Springfield Lanphier | 2023
State
IL
(Lanphier – 2023)
JaiQuan Holman
JaiQuan
Holman
5'10" | PG
Springfield Lanphier | 2025
State
IL
(Lanphier – 2025)
Shaunassey Hatchett
Shaunassey
Hatchett
6'4" | SF
Springfield Lanphier | 2025
State
IL
(Lanphier – 2025)
5:00 PM Chaminade vs O’Fallon
Players to Watch
Koby Wilmouth (O’Fallon – 2023)
Jalen Smith
Jalen
Smith
6'1" | SG
O'Fallon | 2021
State
KS
(O’Fallon – 2023)
Rini Harris
Rini
Harris
6'3" | SG
O'Fallon | 2024
State
IL
(O’Fallon – 2024)
Jaeden Rush
Jaeden
Rush
6'0" | PG
O'Fallon | 2024
State
IL
(O’Fallon – 2024)
B.J. Ward
B.J.
Ward
6'0" | PG
Chaminade | 2023
State
MO
(Chaminade – 2023 – SEMO)
Nilivan Daniels
Nilivan
Daniels
6'3" | SG
Chaminade | 2023
State
MO
(Chaminade – 2023)
Ben Winker
Ben
Winker
6'11" | PF
Chaminade | 2025
State
MO
(Chaminade – 2025)
6:30 PM Simeon vs Vashon
Players to Watch
Miles Rubin
Miles
Rubin
6'7" | PF
Homewood Flossmoor | 2023
State
#243
Nation
IL
(Simeon – 2023 – Loyola)
Wesley Rubin
Wesley
Rubin
6'7" | PF
Homewood Flossmoor | 2023
State
IL
(Simeon – 2023 – Northern Iowa)
Sam Lewis
Sam
Lewis
5'7" | PG
Bishop Chatard | 2023
IN
(Simeon – 2023 – Toldeo)
Jalen Griffith
Jalen
Griffith
5'9" | PG
Simeon | 2023
State
IL
(Simeon – 2023)
Kaiden Space
Kaiden
Space
6'2" | SG
St.Rita | 2023
State
IL
(Simeon – 2023 – Stony Brook)
Steve Turner
Steve
Turner
6'8" | C
Simeon | 2023
State
IL
(Simeon – 2023)
Michael Ratliff
Michael
Ratliff
6'2" | SG
Simeon | 2023
State
IL
(Simeon – 2023)
Ameer Morrow (Simeon – 2024)
RJ McKinnie
RJ
McKinnie
6'2" | SG
Simeon | 2024
State
IL
(Simeon – 2024)
Kennard Davis
Kennard
Davis
6'5" | PG
Vashon | 2023
MO
(Vashon – 2023 – Southern Illinois)
Jordan Logan
Jordan
Logan
6'7" | PF
Vashon | 2023
State
MO
(Vashon – 2023)
Jayden Nicholson
Jayden
Nicholson
6'4" | SG
St Louis Christian | 2023
State
MO
(Vashon – 2023)
Cameron Stovall
Cameron
Stovall
6'5" | SF
Vashon | 2023
State
MO
(Vashon – 2023)
Anthoni Sandford
Anthoni
Sandford
6'5" | SF
Vashon | 2023
State
MO
(Vashon – 2023)
Jordyn Richard
Jordyn
Richard
6'5" | SF
Vashon | 2024
State
MO
(Vashon – 2024)
Nicholas Randall
Nicholas
Randall
6'8" | PF
Vashon | 2025
State
#96
Nation
MO
(Vashon – 2025)
Trey Williams
Trey
Williams
6'0" | PG
Loyola Academy | 2026
IL
(Vashon – 2025)
Dierre Hill (Vashon – 2025)
Christian Williams
Christian
Williams
5'9" | PG
Vashon | 2025
State
MO
(Vashon – 2025)
8:00 PM Joliet West vs Indianapolis Cathedral
Jeremy Fears
Jeremy
Fears
6'1" | PG
Joliet West | 2023
State
#31
Nation
IL
(Joliet West – 2023 – Michigan State)
Matthew Moore
Matthew
Moore
6'7" | PF
Hillcrest | 2023
State
IL
(Joliet West – 2023 – UNC Greensboro)
Jayden Martin
Jayden
Martin
6'2" | SG
Joliet West | 2023
State
IL
(Joliet West – 2023)
Justus McNair
Justus
McNair
6'3" | SG
Joliet West | 2024
State
IL
(Joliet West – 2024)
Drew King (Joliet West – 2024)
Jeremiah Fears
Jeremiah
Fears
6'1" | PG
AZ Compass Prep | 2025
State
#31
Nation
AZ
(Joliet West – 2025)
Xavier Booker
Xavier
Booker
6'11" | PF
Cathedral | 2023
State
#4
Nation
IN
(Cathedral – 2023 – Michigan State)
Jake Davis
Jake
Davis
6'6" | SF
Cathedral | 2023
State
IN
(Cathedral – 2023 – Mercer)
Jaron Tibbs
Jaron
Tibbs
6'4" | SF
Cathedral | 2023
State
IN
(Cathedral – 2023 – Purdue Football)
Kamari Slaughter
Kamari
Slaughter
6'2" | SG
Cathedral | 2023
State
IN
(Cathedral – 2023)
Sheldon Gatlin
Sheldon
Gatlin
6'7" | SF
Cathedral | 2024
State
IN
(Cathedral – 2024)
Anthony Fields (Cathedral – 2024)
Lebron Gough
Lebron
Gough
6'1" | PG
Cathedral | 2025
State
IN
(Cathedral – 2025)
Brady Koehler
Brady
Koehler
6'9" | SF
Cathedral | 2025
State
#199
Nation
IN
(Cathedral – 2025)
Deric Cannady
Deric
Cannady
5'11" | PG
Cathedral | 2025
State
IN
(Cathedral – 2025)