TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: North Kansas City Tournament
TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: North Kansas City Tournament
KANSAS CITY — The North Kansas City Hornets have earned the No. 1 overall seed at its own tournament and are one of four state ranked Missouri Class 5 teams in the field.
Rock Bridge, the state’s No. 4 ranked team in Missouri Class 5, is seeded second and currently holds a 10-0 record entering play, which is scheduled to start on Monday.
The host Hornets are 12-0 this season and are currently ranked fifth in Class 5, Oak Park, the state’s No. 8 ranked team in Class 5 is 9-1 and are seeded third.
In a testament to the tournament’s strength, Park Hill South, coming off a big win over Blue Valley Northwest as part of the 810varsity Shootout on Saturday, is seeded fourth.
The tournament features several standout individual players, including Rock Bridge 2019s Isiaih Mosley and Dajuan Harris, Oak Park 2018 Ochai Agbaji, Park Hill South 2018 Lamel Robinson and several others.
Game Schedule
Monday
(2) Rock Bridge vs. (7) Truman, 2:30 p.m.
(1) NKC vs. (8) St. Pius X, 4 p.m.
(3) Oak Park vs. (6) Raymore Peculiar, 5:30 p.m.
(4) Park Hill South vs. (5) Liberty North, 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Consolation semifinals
Rock Bridge-Truman vs. Oak Park-Ray-Pec loser, 3:30 p.m.
NKC-St. Pius X vs. Park Hill South-Liberty North loser, 5 p.m.
Semifinals
Rock Bridge-Truman vs. Oak Park-Ray-Pec winner, 6:30 p.m.
NKC-St. Pius X vs. Park Hill South-Liberty North winner, 8 p.m.
Thursday
Seventh-place game, 4 p.m.
Fifth-place game, 7 p.m.
Friday
Third-place game, 5:30 p.m.
Championship, 7 p.m.
Top Players to Watch
Ochai Agbaji, 6’5, SG, 2018, Oak Park
T.J. Babikir, 6’2, G, 2018, North Kansas City
Deng Bol. 6’1, 2018, North Kansas City
Tyson Cathy, 6’5, F, 2018, Liberty North
Donald Edmondson, 6’1, G, 2019, Truman
Kaden Evans, 6’3, SG, 2018, Oak Park
Robbie Hanson, 6’2, SG, 2018, Liberty North
Dajuan Harris, 6’3, PG, 2019, Rock Bridge
Wesley McCullough, 6’7, F, 2018, Raymore-Peculiar
Isiaih Mosley, 6’6, F, 2019, Rock Bridge
Jhaidyn Richadson, 6’4, G/F, 2018, Oak Park
Saadique Perkins, 6’4, G/F, 2018, Park Hill South
Lamel Robinson, 5’11, PG, 2019, Park Hill South
Kian Scroggins, 6’6, F, 2020, Raymore-Peculiar
Desi Williams, 5’9, PG, 2019, Park Hill South