McDonald's Games Stay in Chicago until 2015

coming Christmas 2012

McDonald's announced on Wednesday that the boys and girls All American Games will stay in Chicago at the United Center through 2015, with an option for 2016. Bottom line, the fans keep turning out to watch the best-of-the-best in high school basketball. "Fans throughout the U.S. can now make Chicago their destination to see the greatest high school basketball players participate in this annual rite of passage," Douglas Freeland, director of the games, said in a release. The 2013 game will take place on April 3. Tickets will be available in January and the rosters will be announced in February. According to McDonald's, Chicago ranks first in average attendance with 17, 388 in the three years it has hosted the game (1982, 2011, 2012). Philadelphia is a distant second with 11,610 in two years hosting.

Not to mention, our local talent for the next two years is rock solid including Simeon senior Jabari Parker (class of 2013) and Young's Jahlil Okafor is likely to be selected in 2014. Jabari Parker playing defense against Thornton a few years back...   Jahlil Okafor driving to the basketball... Other local players with a chance to be selected for this year include Simeon's Kendrick Nunn, Proviso East's Sterling Brown, St. Charles East's Kendall Stephens and Morgan Park's Billy Garrett Jr. Kendrick Nunn driving the length of the court...   Billy Garrett Jr. taking on a tough defender in the paint... Well, we'll be courtside for the event... For more, visit McDonald's All-American Game site. Stay tune!

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