Preview: Rotating 8 Tournament
The field is set for the Rotating 8 Basketball Tournament, which will be held this year at Oakville High. The action begins today and will conclude with Friday night’s championship game. The No. 1 seed will be Whitfield at its stellar 2018 guard Torrence Watson. The Warriors are followed by Battle, Lutheran North and host Oakville.
Players to Watch
2018
Torrence Watson 6’5″ Whitfield
Trae Meny 6’5″ Battle
Brenden Gillmann 6’4″ Oakville
Marco Powells 6’0″ Fort Zumwalt North
Nick Bazzell 6’2″ St. Charles West
Amechi Ramsey 5’9″ Whitfield
Alex Smith 6’3″ Battle
2019
Luther Taylor 6’4″ Whitfield
Trent Champagne 6’3″ St. Charles West
Jalen White 6’2″ Lutheran North
Aurellio Stucco 6’3″ Whitfield
2020
Jordan Nesbit 6’5″ Lutheran North
Marcus Grant 6’2″ Battle
Joe Beardsley 6’5″ Oakville
Tahj Patterson 5’11” Lutheran North
2021
Cacao Gianquinto 6’3″ Battle
Schedule
Monday, January 8
2 Battle vs. 7 Clayton, 4 p.m.
3 Lutheran North vs. 6 St. Charles West, 5:30 p.m.
1 Whitfield vs. 8 Fort Zumwalt North, 7 p.m.
4 Oakville vs. 5 University City, 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 10 (Semifinals)
Whitfield-FZN winner vs. Oakville-UC winner, 7 p.m.
Battle-Clayton winner vs. LN-SCW winner, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, January 12
Seventh place, 4 p.m.
Consolation, 5:30 p.m.
Third Place, 7 p.m.
Championship, 8:30 p.m.