Teams announced for 2018 Highland Shootout

Defending Class 3A state champion Chicago Morgan Park will take on Chaminade College Preparatory School from St. Louis in the marquee game of the 27th annual Highland Optimist/Scott Credit Union Shootout on Jan. 6 at Highland High School.

The metro-east will be represented by the Highland and Lebanon girls teams and Edwardsville, Belleville West, Highland and Columbia boys teams.

Event Director Matt Powers announced the seven-game schedule earlier this week.

“There was a period when the shootout would get one or two top-100-ranked kids. Now we’re getting eight to 10 each year,” Powers said. “We’re just very fortunate there is so much basketball talent in the St. Louis area.

“Morgan Park has a number of Division I recruits and a top-25 ranked player in senior guard Ayo Dosunmu, while Chaminade has a pair of highly recruited players in Jericole Hellems and Carrington Davis. That’s our marquee game.”

The shootouts other matchups are: Highland vs. Lebanon (girls); Edwardsville vs. Kansas City (Mo.) Rockhurst; Whitfield (Mo.) vs. Carbondale; Highland vs. Columbia; Belleville West vs. Poplar Bluff (Mo.); and St. Louis Vashon vs. Champaign Central.

Tickets will go on sale in December and are priced at $8 for the first three games or $12 for an all-day pass.

This story was originally published July 29, 2017 at 4:49 PM with the headline "Teams announced for 2018 Highland Shootout."