The following is reprinted, with permission, from i95Ballerz.com.

Having occurred for several years now, the National High School Hoops Festival is firmly planted on high school hoops lover's calendars in the District-Maryland-Virginia area. Yearly it brings a host of players one will see in college and beyond, up close and in person, to attendees. This year is no different, as December 10th and 11th DeMatha Catholic High School will be rocking with roundball action.

Why did Keith Stevens, head of the Team Takeover travel team basketball organization, again effectuate the Festival?

"It's one of those things when you can bring some stuff back to the community" said Stevens recently. "And people can see some of the kids going to Georgetown and stuff like that before they get to the campuses".

A future Hoya is definitely scheduled to play, as are players who have signed to play for UCLA, Purdue, Syracuse, George Washington, Wake Forest, Fairfield, Cornell, Navy, Baylor, VCU, NC State, Pitt, and other schools.

Specifics follow. Cost is $10 per day. See you there:

Saturday DECEMBER 10, 2011

12:15pm - Riverdale Baptist (MD) VS. Bullis School (MD)

2:00pm- Episcopal (VA) VS. Benedictine (VA)

3:45pm- West Charlotte (NC) VS. Paul VI (VA)

5:45pm- Oak Hill Academy (VA) VS Grace Prep (TX)

7:30pm- Dematha Catholic (MD). VS Jamesville-Dewitt (NY)

Sunday DECEMBER 11, 2011

1:00pm- National Christian.(MD) VS. OSNA (NY)

2:45pm- Paul VI (VA) VS. Episcopal (VA)

4:30pm- Jamesville-Dewitt (NY) VS St.Johns (DC)

Featured Players

Jordan Burgess (Benedictine) VCU

Arnaud Adala Moto (Episcopal) Wake Forest University

Kethan Savage (Episcopal) George Washington University

Kennedy Meeks (West Charlotte)

Tillman Dunbar (Paul VI) Naval Academy

Coleman Johnson (Paul VI) Fairfied University

Tim Higgins (Paul VI) class of 2013 Committed to Cornell University

Stanford Robinson (Paul VI)

Damien Wilson (Oak Hill)

D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Oak Hill) Georgetown

Tyler Lewis (Oak Hill) North Carolina State

Jordan Adams (Oak Hill) UCLA

AJ Hammons (Oak Hill) Purdue

Isaiah Austin (Grace Prep) Baylor University

Emmanuel Mudiay (Grace Prep)

Beejay Anya (Dematha)

Jairus Lyles (Dematha)

James Robinson (Dematha) Pittsburgh

Jerami Grant (Dematha) Syracuse

DaJuan Coleman (Jamesville Dewitt)

Tyler Cavanaugh (Jamesville Dewitt) Wake Forest University