All State Junior High Classic Boys Basketball Tournament comes to Lincoln this weekend

 

[March 01, 2019] 

Lincoln College will host over one-hundred forty boys from junior high teams across the State of Illinois on March 2-3, 2019. The boy’s All-State Junior High Classic was created to reward and recognize some of the top junior high players in the state! We believe it will be a great source of pride, motivation and FUN! This weekend’s event will boast players from twenty out of the thirty-two teams that played in the IESA State Tournament.

Players were selected based on IESA participation, their performance in the state tournament last year as 7th graders in 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A, coach nominations for top seeded teams this season in 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A, geography (larger towns have nominations for each school) and administrator nominations.

Teams were formed based on same school (if registered early), geography (area schools that were closest), when registration was received and lastly height. Teams will be coached by many of the state’s top junior high coaches with state tournament appearances.

There are a total of twelve teams participating with on Sunday, March 3rd in a tournament to determine the winner. Games will be played on the hour every hour at both gyms at Lincoln College starting at 9:00AM with the championship game tipping off at 6:00PM at the Lincoln Center.

The schedule of events includes:

Saturday, March 2nd

• 2:30-4:30PM Registration (Lincoln Center on the campus of Lincoln College)

• 4:30PM Introduction of Team Coaches

• 5:00-7:00PM Skills Competition (Lincoln Center & Davidson-Sheffer Gym)

• 7:30-9:00PM Team Practices (Gyms throughout Lincoln)

Sunday, March 3rd

• 8:00AM Doors Open (Lincoln Center & Davidson-Sheffer Gym)

• 9:00AM-7PM Basketball Games (Lincoln Center & Davidson-Sheffer Gym)

• 6:00PM Championship Game (Lincoln Center)

The people of Logan County will certainly recognize some of the players and the coach of this years Central Team. Terry Biggs, from West Lincoln Broadwell will coach the Central Team. Players from the Central Team include Tyler Sasse from Chester East Lincoln,
and Cadge Kingsley, Jacob Langley and Jake Bivin from West Lincoln-Broadwell.

The general public is welcome to come watch some of the top junior high players in the state this weekend. Free Admission on Saturday, March 2nd to the Skills Competition.

On Sunday, March 3rd there will be a gate charge with discounts for students and seniors.

[Kirk Whiteman]