(St. Louis, MO) – Two old traditions have joined forces to form one new exciting event. The ‘Meramec Holiday Tournament’ and ‘Coaches Vs Cancer’ were two different high school basketball tournaments at different times of the season and are one new tournament going on right now at Meramec Community College.
Courtesy of coachesvscancer.org
The 16-team extravaganza spans five days and includes some of the very best prep teams in St. Louis and across Missouri. Top seeded Webster Groves runs ten deep and great things are expected from the Statesmen. Defending champion Hazelwood Central is seeded second. The third seeded team is the top ranked team in the state of Missouri, Springfield Kickapoo.
Coaches Vs Cancer is raising money and awareness to fight the dreaded killer of so many Americans.
Some great players are participating in this year’s gala. Webster has two or three Division 1 prospects. Hazelwood Central is loaded with highly rated players and even lower seeded teams like St. Charles West have some star power in players like Logan Gonce and Davis Soderberg.
Join the Prep Sports Showcase for the semi-finals and finals. Kevin Paulus and I will be bringing you the coverage at www.prepsportsshowcase.com (there is a link on the front page of the site). The final four games are Monday night and the finals are Tuesday evening.
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Flooding, lightning strikes, etc. have cost @RacersHoops two home games. Had to play 'neutral site' tonight instead of at home and Wednesday's goes from home to away. Tough break for the Racers, and the whole area has been hit with difficulties. #FatherHarry
Murray State's scheduled home game Wednesday vs. Southern Illinois being moved to Banterra Center in Carbondale. #ValleyHoops
Gigantic game for @BradleyUMBB today in Des Moines. If they have a chance to catch @DrakeBulldogsMB, they have to win today. The Bulldogs can basically win the title today. @BustingBrackets breaks it all down. #FatherHarry https://bit.ly/3EGiVgi
Not rooting for any particular @ValleyHoops, but chaos is always fun. If things break certain ways, after today there could be a six-way tie for fifth place.
Fun to listen to @MLBLarry on the @SIU_Basketball/@BelmontMBB game tonight. Good job brother. #FatherHarry
