Rivals Camp Series: Predictions for St. Louis this weekend
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St. Louis will host the final stop of the regional Rivals 3 Stripe Camp Series presented by adidas for 2019, and nearly half the states on the continent will be represented in the Gateway City this weekend. Rivals.com Midwest Analyst Josh Helmholdt has a few predictions for what we will see this weekend in St. Louis.
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A MOSAIC OF STATES
Sunday’s camp may prove to be the most diverse of the entire series. Fitting for the Gateway to the West, there are prospects from 17 different states registered for the event. This is known as “Flyover Country,” and due to less populated centers around the region it does not host the number of camps seen in places such as Florida, Texas and the East Coast. The Rivals Camps were the first to make regular appearances in St. Louis, and we even had an event one year in Kansas City. Missouri and Illinois will be the best represented, since the camp takes place on the border of the two states, but prospects are scheduled to come from as far as Colorado, Minnesota, Alabama and Mississippi.
SHOWCASING THE REGION'S TALENT
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One of the reasons the Rivals Camps have continued to return to the St. Louis area is because the events are always well-represented by the top talent in the region. This year’s event will be no different, with the top five from Missouri and 17 of the top 20 from the Show-Me-State’s 2020 class slated to participate. The camp will actually take place on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River at East St. Louis High School. Even though that puts it 300 miles south of the state’s major population center in Chicago, the top two prospects in Illinois’ 2020 class – safety Antonio Johnson and all-purpose back AJ Henning – will be in attendance, along with seven of the top 10. When you bring the top camps to St. Louis, the region responds.
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