Bontrager, Mercer Among Top 60
INDIANAPOLIS – Top senior boys basketball players from the 2013-2014 season have been invited to participate in the 27th annual Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 60 Senior Boys Workout. They were selected from approximately 1,600 senior players statewide.
Ten players that will participate in the 2014 IHSAA State Finals highlight the list of the Top 60 invitees. Seven of the eight IHSAA state finalist teams have a Top 60 Senior Workout invitee. Among those chosen participating in the finals is Jordyn Bontrager of Westview, which play fellow nominated senior Trevon Bluiett of Park Tudor in the Class 2-A championship game this Saturday at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Also making the list from the area are Plymouth standout Mack Mercer, Culver Academy’s Devonte Campbell, South Bend Adams’ Terry Davis and Tra’Veon Johnson of South Bend Washington.
NorthWood had a pair of stars make the list of unable to participate in Zach Zurcher and Jon Wilkinson while Northridge’s Nate Ritchie also made the list but is unable to participate.
Statistical evaluation, game observation and statewide research were conducted throughout the
season and the 2014 state tournament to determine Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s Top 60. Two sessions of the Top 60 Senior Workout will be hosted on Sunday, April 6, 2014 by Hoosier Basketball Magazine, in conjunction with the IHSAA and the IBCA, on the campus of Marian University in Indianapolis.
Boys, primarily from Northern and Southern Indiana, will participate in the first session (1-3 p.m.). The remaining players, primarily from Central Indiana, will compete during the second session (3:30-5:30 p.m.).
Coach Steve Lynch (Brownsburg) will direct both sessions. Four other outstanding IBCA coaches – Brent Chitty (Columbus East), Andy Hodson (Bloomington North), Stacy Meyer (Greenburg) and Jason Speer (Columbus North) have been selected to assist with on court coaching. Both sessions are open to the public for $7 per person.