Area boys and girls basketball players from the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference competed in their high school uniforms one last time at the Jim Shaw All-Star Basketball Classic on Sunday at Eastland High School.
Competing players had to be in the WCCI-listening area and be an all-conference member. The event is sponsored by the Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame.
In the boys game, Eastland’s Adam Awender earned the Most Valuable Player honor after scoring 33 points to help the South team beat North 93-64. Awender hit nine 3-pointers, including six in the third quarter. The team was coached by Eastland’s Tyler Zumdahl.