Preview: Sager Shootout
The field is set for the Sager Shootout, which will be held on Saturday at MICDS.
The four-game showcase event will pit four teams from Missouri against four teams from Illinois. The proceeds from the shootout will benefit the Sager Strong Foundation for leukemia research. The event is named in honor of Craig Sager, the famed NBA reporter and personality who died from leukemia last December. The showcase game of the event will the finale when a veteran Duchesne team will take on a Pickneyville (IL) squad that won 29 games last season.
Players to Watch
2018
Austin Thompson 6’2″ MICDS
Mitch Fairless 6’5″ Duchesne
Adam Moore 6’6″ Duchesne
Grant Jausel 6’2″ Pickneyville
Blake Weiss 6’6″ Mascoutah (IL)
Luke Lowenstein 6’5″ Duchesne
Lucas Theising 6’4″ Mater Dei (IL)
Julian Cheaney 6’5″ MICDS
JC Moll 5’10” Pickneyville
2019
Malik Green 6’2″ Mascoutah (IL)
Nick Kurz 6’5″ Priory
Bret Greiner 6’4″ Priory
Darryl Sams 5’10” Priory
2020
Luke Ervie 6’1″ Freeburg
Darion Smith 6’3″ MICDS
Dawson Yates 6’1″ Pickneyville
Devin Kitchen 6’1″ Pickneyville
Schedule
Freeburg vs. Clayton, noon
Priory vs. Breese Mater Dei, 1:30 p.m.
MICDS vs. Mascoutah, 3 p.m.
Duchesne vs. Pinckneyville, 4:30 p.m.