Proviso West Holiday Tournament Gets Even Stronger

February 2, 2006

9:45 P.M. CST

There is a reason why Joe Spagnolo is the premier holiday tournament coordinator in Illinois.  It is because even though Spagnolo helps oversee the state's top holiday tournament at Proviso West, he does not stand pat.  Sure enough, Spagnolo has gone out and added three quality teams to the field for the 2006 Proviso West Holiday Tournament and in doing so has made the tournament stronger than ever.

The three new additions to next year's Proviso West tournament field are T.F. North, St. Patrick and Morgan Park.  T.F. North and St. Patrick will be making their first appearances at Proviso West, while Morgan Park returns for the first time since 1975, the year they won the Class AA state championship.

All three teams sport players who are D1 caliber and rank among the top prospects in Illinois from the class of 2007.  Those players are 6'7 Demond Watt from T.F. North, 6'0 Sam Maniscalco from St. Patrick and 6'8 Isaiah Martin from Morgan Park. 

Schools that have shown interest in Watt include Northern Illinois, Loyola-Chicago, Mississippi, Vanderbilt, Indiana State and Bradley.  Maniscalco is being recruited by Bradley, Loyola-Chicago, Northern Illinois and Wisconsin-Green Bay as well as others.  Meanwhile, schools on Martin's list include Southern Illinois, Illinois, Xavier, Baylor and Valparaiso.

More information on the Proviso West Holiday Tournament can be found by visiting the tournament web site at http://www.pwhoops.com/.

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