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No. 1 high school basketball team in the nation coming to T of C

The reigning high school basketball national champs will play in the 2018 Bass Pro Tournament of Champions in Springfield.

Tournament organizers announced the field for the next Tournament of Champions on Thursday afternoon. La Lumiere (La Porte, Indiana) will make its Tournament of Champions debut as the reigning Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals winners.

La Lumiere finished the 2016-2017 season 29-1 as winners of the Dick’s Nationals and the No. 1 team in the USA Today Super 25 Expert rankings. The Lakers will be led by Tyger Campbell. The 6-foot point guard is a consensus four-star junior recruit and the holder of 15 NCAA Division I basketball scholarship offers.