High school basketball: Brewster Academy, Prolific Prep, Sierra Canyon and Rainier Beach headline Hoophall Classic

Top 10 senior prospects Tyran Stokes, Bruce Branch, Caleb Holt, Dylan Mingo, Jordan Smith, Brandon McCoy and Derron Rippey Jr. among stars expected to take the floor.

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By Jordan Divens

Jan 15, 2026, 11:00am

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The Hoophall Classic is annually the top showcase in high school basketball with teams from coast to coast taking the floor in Springfield, Mass. — home of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Teams from 17 states will be represented in the 24th edition of event.

The individual talent is off the charts as 24 top 20 prospects across the junior and senior classifications will be taking the floor beginning today and running through Monday at Blake Arena on the campus of Springfield College.

Marquee matchups include No. 25 Columbus (Miami, Fla.) vs. No. 3 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), No. 10 Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) vs. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) and Notre Dame (West Haven, Conn.) vs. Inglewood (Calif.) on Saturday, Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Md.) vs. Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.) and Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) vs. AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) on Sunday and Prolific Prep (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) vs. Dynamic Prep (Irving, Texas), No. 1 Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) vs. St. Mary's (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.) vs. Spire Academy (Geneva, Ohio) on Monday.

See the complete schedule below.

Top-ranked senior Tyran Stokes is averaging 35 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists and four steals per contest this season. (FILE PHOTO: Kim Kisslo)

Top 20 Class of 2026 prospects Tyran Stokes of Rainier Beach, Bruce Branch III and Caleb Holt of Prolific Prep, Dylan Mingo of Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.), Jordan Smith of Paul VI, Brandon McCoy of Sierra Canyon, Deron Rippey of Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), Caleb Gaskins of Columbus, Cam Williams of St. Mary's, Jason Crowe of Inglewood, Christian Collins of St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), Tajh Ariza of Link Academy, Alex Constanza of Spire Academy and Toni Bryant of Southeastern Prep Academy (Orlando, Fla.) will be in action.

Top 20 Class of 2027 prospects expected to participate include C.J. Rosser, Obinna Ekezie and Beckham Black of Southeastern Prep, Moussa Kamissoko of Long Island Lutheran, Nasir Anderson of Prolific Prep, Marcus Spears Jr. of Dynamic Prep (Irving, Texas), Paul Osaruyi of CIA-Bella Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.), Lincoln Cosby of Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), King Gibson of Spire Academy and DeMarcus Henry of AZ Compass Prep.

Other players worth a note who are participating in the showcase this weekend include top five sophomore Adan Diggs of Millennium (Goodyear, Ariz.), highly-regarded freshman prospect J.J. Crawford of Rainier Beach and two-time reigning Connecticut MaxPreps Player of the Year Abdou Toure of Notre Dame.

All games Thursday, the first session Saturday and the 9 a.m. game Monday will be streamed by BallerTV.

The second session of games Saturday is streaming on NBATV or the NBA YouTube channel. Sunday games will be available on the League Ready YouTube channel and the 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. games Monday are streaming on ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Full schedule

Thursday, Jan. 15

3 p.m. — East Catholic (Conn.) vs. Shaker (N.Y.)

4:45 p.m. — Chicopee (Mass.) vs. South Hadley (Mass.)

6:30 p.m. — Putnam (Mass.) vs. Sci-Tech (Mass.)

8:30 p.m. — Central (Mass.) vs. Pope Francis (Mass.)

Friday, Jan. 16

1 p.m. — Central (Mass.) vs. Northwest Catholic (Conn.)

2:30 p.m. — Christ the King (N.Y.) vs. Mater Dei (Calif.)

4 p.m. — IMG Academy (Fla.) vs. The St. James Academy (Va.)

5:30 p.m. — Bullis (Md.) vs. Westtown (Pa.)

7 p.m. — Long Island Lutheran (N.Y.) vs. Sierra Canyon (Calif.)