The Hoophall Classic will showcase girls basketball for the first time, bringing some of the top teams in the country to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The inaugural event, which includes 15 games, will be held Jan. 15-16 over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend at Western New England University in Springfield.
Sixteen players who earned MaxPreps All-America honors last season will participate in the event, which is headlined by the MaxPreps Player of the Year. Kalina Smith from Ontario Christian (Ontario, California) and first team selection Ivanna Wilson Manyachka from Bullis (Potomac, Md.).
Girls schedule
Friday, January 15
Afternoon – IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) vs. Crestwood Secondary (Canada)
13:30 — Central (Springfield, Mass.) vs DePaul Catholic (Wayne, NJ)
15:00 — Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Md.) vs Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
16:30 — Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) vs Etiwanda (California)
18:00 — DME Academy (Daytona Beach, Fla.) vs St. James Academy of Performing Arts (Springfield, VA)
19:30 — Grace Christian (Sanford, USA) vs Bullis (Potomac, Md.)
21:00 — Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, NY) vs Ontario Christian (Ontario, California)
Saturday, January 16
at 9 o’clock Tilton School (Tilton, NH) vs Friends’ Central (Wynnewood, Pa.)
10:30 — Academy of the Sacred Heart (Hamden, Conn.) vs Andover, Mass.
Noon — DePaul Catholic (NJ) vs. Northwestern Catholic (West Hartford, Conn.)
13:30 — Dexter Southfield (Brookline, Mass.) vs. IMG Academy (Fla.)
3 p.m. — Bishop McNamara (Md.) vs. Etiwanda (Calif.)
4:30 p.m. — Crestwood Secondary (Canada) vs. Bullis School (Md.)
18:00 — Westtown (West Chester, Pa.) vs. DME Academy (Fla.)
8:00 p.m. — Grace Christian School (NC) vs. Ontario Christian (California)
