The St. Louis Surge defeated the Missouri Arch Angels last weekend to finish their regular season at 9-1 in the Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League.
The Surge will host the WBCBL Midwest Regional Tournament on Saturday at the Mark Twain Building on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. There will be three games scheduled for the day.
Saturday’s regional semifinal games will be held at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with the winners playing for the regional championship at 7:05 p.m.
Admission for Saturday’s regional tournament will be $10 for a day pass for all three games of the tournament.
The Surge has been drawing some impressive crowds for their homes games this summer. Let’s make Saturday’s crowd for the regional playoffs the biggest one yet for the season.
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Showcase eventsÂ
The W.I.T.T.S. Training Academy will be presenting two basketball showcase events for young players around the region. The Middle School Elite Challenge will be held on Sunday, August 10 at CBC High School (1850 De LaSalle Drive) for top middle school-aged players. The High School Elite Challenge will be held on Saturday, August 30, also at CBC. Both events will begin at 9 a.m. with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The cost to participate in both events is $40 to pre-register and $50 at the door. For more information or to register, visit the website wittstraining.com.
Summer recruiting tidbits
Chaminade College Prep junior basketball standout Tyler Cook has really seen his stock rise during the July evaluation period. Playing with the St. Louis Eagles 17U, the 6’8” Cook has received several scholarship offers in the past two weeks. Among the new suitors for Cook are Saint Louis U., Iowa State, Wake Forest, Purdue, Memphis, Tennessee and Miami (FL) with many more to come. Cook had already received offers from Kansas and Iowa.
Junior forward Brendan Gooch (Althoff) of the Southwest Illinois Jets 16U team has received new offers from Western Illinois and San Jose State. Senior Emondre Rickman, a 6’8” forward from Collinsville, has received offers from Bradley and Western Illinois. Rickman plays for the Jets’ 17U team. Rickman’s Jets teammate, Carlos Anderson is also playing well this summer. The 6’4 Anderson picked up an offer from Drake University as well as Western Illinois.
