Pontiac Holiday Tournament Preview
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It is that time of year! We are gearing up for the holiday tournament season! Tournaments all across the state! Over the next few days we will be previewing some of the top events in the state. Here is our…
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Continue ReadingIt is that time of year! We are gearing up for the holiday tournament season! Tournaments all across the state! Over the next few days we will be previewing some of the top events in the state. Here is our Pontiac Holiday Tournament!
Dates of Event
December 26, 27, 28
Location
Pontiac High School
First Day Schedule
December 26
9:00 AM Benet vs Danville
10:30 AM Manual vs Warren
1:00 PM Bloom vs Lockport
2:30 PM OPRF vs Plainfield North
4:00 PM St. Charles North vs New Trier
6:00 PM Curie vs West Aurora
7:30 PM Simeon vs Pontiac
9:00 PM Joliet West vs Bloomington
Favorites to Win
There are three legit title contenders in Bloom, Simeon, and Curie. We will put Bloom as the early favorite. They have played the best early in the season and want this one bad! Wouldn’t surprise us at all to see either of the public league powers win.
Final Four and Championship Picks
Manual
Bloom (Champion)
Curie
Simeon
Sleeper Teams
Benet
St. Charles North
Joliet West
Top 6 Prospects
Keshawn Williams (Bloom – 2020)
Martice Mitchell (Bloom – 2020)
Dante Maddox (Bloom – 2020)
Ramean Hinton (Curie – 2020)
Ahamad Bynum (Simeon – 2021)
Jaylen Drane (Simeon – 2022)
Best Unsigned Seniors
Pee Wee Brown (Manual)
Christian Shumate (Bloom)
Justin Moore (Bloom)
Justin Cross (OPRF – Reclassifying to 2021)
Luke Scheffers (St. Charles North)
Armond Williams (Curie)
Elijah Pickens (Curie)
Jeremiah Williams (Simeon)
Sincere Callwood (Simeon)
Jamere Hill (Joliet West)
Non-Senior Prospects Most Looking Forward to Evaluating
Tyler Van Eekeren (Benet – 2021)
Tevin Smith (Danville – 2021)
Nathanael Hoskins (Danville – 2021)
Emaryon Byrd (Manual – 2021)
Emondrek Erkins (Bloom – 2022)
Isaiah Barnes (OPRF – 2021)
Joshua Smith (OPRF – 2021)
Phillip Berryhill (Curie – 2021)
Reggie Ward (Curie – 2021)
Ahamad Bynum (Simeon – 2021)
Fred Poole (Simeon – 2021)
Jaylen Drane (Simeon – 2022)
Jalen Griffith (Simeon – 2023)
Jaiden Lee (Joliet West – 2021)
Andrew Johnson (Joliet West – 2021)
Ashawn Burbridge (Joliet West – 2021)
Jeremy Fears (Joliet West – 2023)
Landon Moore (Bloomington – 2021)
Demarco Clayton (Bloomington – 2021)