STL High School Sports previews the event:
....Last year, Merritt's baby featured 10 teams and was a one-day event with just 10 teams involved. This year, he's expanded it to two days -- Sunday and Monday -- 11 games and 16 teams from Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio and Florida.
Merritt hopes the event, which will feature five teams ranked in ESPN's top 50 in the country, will make some money for his program......
.....The local headliner in the event is Incarnate Word Academy. The defending Class 5 champion Red Knights, who entered this week with a 11-2 record and with the top spot in the STLhighschoolsports.com large-schools rankings, are ranked No. 26 nationally by ESPN. IWA will face Memphis Ridgeway at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the final game of the two-day affair......
......Rolfes said he doesn't know a whole lot about his opponent in the event.
"I know they have one very good player who's going to Auburn," Rolfes said of 6-1 guard/forward Hasina Muhammad. "Besides that, I haven't watched them."
The 5 p.m. game Monday also will be a dandy, with national powers Potters House Christian of Florida (No. 6 in the nation) and Memphis Central (No. 22 nationally) doing battle.
In other games Monday, North Tech will take on East St. Louis at 11 a.m., Memphis White Station plays Career Academy at 12:30 p.m., Chicago Whitney Young (No. 19) plays Memphis Overton (No. 47) at 2 p.m., and Butlersville (Ohio) plays Metro at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday's schedule is as follows: Cahokia vs. Career Academy at noon, Memphis White Station vs. Hazelwood Central at 1:45 p.m., McCluer North vs Butlersville at 3:30 p.m.; Memphis Overton vs. Webb City (No. 1 in Missouri Class 5) at 5:15 p.m., and Memphis Ridgeway vs. Potters House at 7 p.m.
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