Rosters Announced, Buy Tickets For Midwest Challenge!
- Updated: April 24, 2021
Prep Ball Stars will host its 3rd annual Midwest Challenge Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Lawrence North High School, 7802 Haque Road, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The top Division I high school senior boys basketball recruits from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin will face off to determine who is the best in the Midwest. Team Michigan will square off with Team Illinois at 10:00 a.m. followed by Team Indiana against Team Wisconsin at 12:00 p.m.
There will also be an Unsigned Senior Game at 2:30 p.m., a consolation game at 4:30 p.m. and the championship game will begin at 6:30 p.m. Team Illinois returns to the event after being in the inaugural Midwest Challenge in 2018.
Rosters are below. Some of the top players coming to the event for Team Indiana are Notre Dame commits Blake Wesley and JR Konieczny, Illinois commit Luke Goode and Northwestern commit Brooks Barnhizer. Lawrence North stars Shamar Avance (Mr. Basketball finalist) and Butler Commit DJ Hughes will also play their final games on their home floor. Michigan State commit and Michigan Mr. Basketball Pierre Brooks II and Top 100 player Kobe Bufkin are playing for Team Michigan as well as Hawaii commit Brock Heffner and Kent State commit Julius Rollins for Team Wisconsin and Team Illinois, respectively. State champion (Barr Reeve)and Bellarmine commit Curt Hopf was also added to Team Indiana, along with East Carolina commit Javon Small.
Full rosters are below. Tickets are on sale for $16.00 for general admission and $38.00 for VIP/Hospitality. Fans and in-person viewing will be limited to 500 tickets based on Covid-19 protocols. The games will also be live-streamed via partnership with Frontrunner Media and the Prep Stream platform. Link for live tickets is below. For more information and media requests, contact Anthony Leach with Sports Ventures International at (317)743-0784.
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In-Person Ticket link:
https://checkout.square.site/buy/WEHQCEFSDIJMMX2LKVSJOG5S
Live-stream Ticket Link:
prepstream.net/prepballstars-midwestchallenge
