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Message from Chick-fil-A “For 22 years, the Chick-fil-A Classic Holiday Basketball Tournament, sponsored by Chick-fil-A Midlands restaurants have supported local students through scholarships. Since its inception, proceeds from the tournament have provided more than...

Ridge View (SC) rallied late to become the first team from South Carolina to win the Chick-fil-A Classic since 2019 when they knocked off nationally ranked Grayson (GA) 58-53 to win the American Bracket Championship Saturday night. Malachi Cooper came off the bench to...

Jermaine O’Neal returned to his old stomping grounds and his Dynamic Prep team left with the Chick-fil-A Classic National Bracket championship. Leon Horner scored 26 points as Dynamic defeated nationally-ranked Prolific Prep, 76-70, on Saturday at River Bluff High...

Babatunde Duradola scored 16 points to lead three players in double figures to propel DME Academy (FL) to a 57-53 win over Dream City (AZ) in the third-place game of the National Bracket. Jaylen Robinson added 13 points and Moustapha Thiam chipped in with 11 points as...

Latrell Allmond scored on a stick back as the buzzer sounded to help John Marshall (VA) escape with a 72-70 victory over St John College (DC) for third place in the American bracket. The Justices had the ball out of bounds on the side with 4.7 seconds remaining. Damon...

Combine Academy (NC) closed out its inaugural trip to the Chick-fil-A Classic with a 66-59 win over Gray Collegiate in a National Bracket consolation championship. The Goats finished the tournament with a 2-1 record.  Kansas signee Rakease Passmore and Jayan...

Keenan finished out the Chick-fil-A Classic on a strong note with a 57-46 win in the American Bracket consolation championship over host River Bluff. The Raiders finished the tournament at 2-1, the first time since 2018 they have won multiple games in the event....

Lancaster picked up its first Chick-fil-A Classic victory on Saturday with a ?-? Win over Imani Christian (Pa.) in the seventh-place game of the American Bracket. The Bruins, making their second tournament appearance, were 0-5 all-time before the win over the...

Clarence Massamba scored 27 points and had two huge baskets down the stretch to lead The Rock School (FL) to a 57-54 victory over Hillcrest Prep (AZ) in the seventh-place contest of the National bracket. Massamba was 11-of-13 from the field and added four rebounds, an...

Prolific Prep is headed to its second Chick-fil-A Classic National Bracket championship game in three years after a 60-45 win over DME Academy (Fla.) on Friday. Prolific will play Dynamic Prep out of Texas in the title game at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Prolific won the 2021...

Sophomore Korie Corbett scored 15 points and Joshua Smith added 11 points with a strong fourth quarter to lead Ridge View (SC) to a 58-53 victory over John Marshall (VA) in the semifinals of the American bracket. John Marshall was the defending American bracket...

Leon Horner scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Dynamic Prep (Texas) survived a last-second shot to defeat Dream City Christian (Az.), 72-69, in the semifinals of the Chick-fil-A Classic National Bracket. Dynamic will play the DME Academy/Prolific Prep winner...

Amir Taylor scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead four players in double figures as Grayson (GA) defeated St. John College (DC) 55-45 Saturday afternoon. Anthony Alston, Christian Hyland and Gicarri Harris each scored 10 points for the No. 22 team in the...

Georgia Southern signee Braylhan Thomas scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half to help Gray Collegiate over Hillcrest Prep (Ariz.), 53-47, in a National Bracket consolation game at the Chick-fil-A Classic. Gray will play Combine Academy (NC) on Saturday at 2:10...

Brian Sumpter and Cedric Schofield recorded double-doubles and Keenan (SC) parlayed a quick start into a 61-46 victory over Imani Christian (PA) Saturday afternoon. Sumpter finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds and Schofield added 14 points and 10 rebounds in a game...

River Bluff scored its first win at the Chick-fil-A Classic on Friday with a 55-48 victory over Lancaster. It is the first win in eight tries for the Gators, the host school of the event since 2021. River Bluff was 0-7 entering Friday’s American Bracket game against...

Rakease Passmore and Jahseem Felton each scored 19 points to lead Combine Academy (NC) to a 69-59 victory over The Rock School (FL) Friday morning to open day three of the Chick-fil-A Classic. Passmore, a Kansas signee, connected on 5-of-7 from beyond the arc. He...

DME Academy’s Jaylen Robinson and Dynamic Prep’s Leroy Kelly took home individual honors at the Chick-fil-A Classic on Thursday night. Robinson, the 6-foot-6 senior, won the slam dunk contest after an impressive dunk over one of his teammates in his final slam of the...

John Marshall began its Chick-fil-A Classic title defense with a 68-59 win over Lancaster on Thursday. Aiden Argabright scored a game-high 24 points and Redd Thompson added 19 for the Justices. The two guards each hit four 3-pointers in the game. Latrell Almond, one...

Prolific Prep (CA) entered the Chick-fil-A Classic as the No. 2 ranked team in the country according to ESPN and the The Crew got the best shot of Gray Collegiate (SC) before prevailing 63-47 in a first round game of the National bracket. Aiden Sherrell, an Alabama...