Shootout at Savvis Dec. 7
Of the St. Louis American
The return of the nationally-ranked Vashon Wolverines will headline the 25th anniversary of The Shootout, the area’s one-day basketball extravaganza.
The Wolverines will be making their first appearance at the Shootout since the 1996-97 season. Vashon will face Memphis-area power Mitchell High and All-American forward Thaddeus Young in the featured contest. The Shootout will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the Savvis Center.
The Vashon-Memphis Mitchell contest will be the finale, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Vashon returns three starters and several key players from last year’s 29-1 team that spent much of the season ranked No. 1 in the country by USA Today. Mitchell’s Young is ranked as one of the top five players in the nation. He is headed to Georgia Tech.
The rest of the seven-game Shootout lineup goes as follows:
Troy vs. Winter Park (Fla.), 11 a.m.
Belleville East vs. Edwardsville, 12:30 p.m.
Lee’s Summit North vs. Carlsbad (Calif.) La Costa Canyon, 2:15 p.m.
Borgia vs. Nashville (Ill.), 3:45 p.m.
Champaign (Ill.) Central vs. Houston Bellaire, 5:30 p.m.
Webster Groves vs. Birmingham Huffman, 7 p.m.
