Night 1 at Flyin to the Hoop in Kettering Trent Arena is going to be an action packed can’t miss night. Dynamic Prep faces off against 3 time defending State Champ Richmond Heights! Dynamic Prep is led by Jermaine O’Neal Jr the son of long time NBA star Jermaine O’Neal. Alongside the SMU commit O’Neal is his HS teammate and future SMU Mustang teammate Jaden Toombs 6’9 Class of 2025. The highest rated prospect in this matchup however goes to Marcus Spears 6’7 Class 2027 #3 Overall Recruit in ESPN 100 for class 2027. The trio looks to make the long trip to take down the 3 time state defending champs. Richmond Heights is led by a trio of their own in Dorian Jones, De’Erick Barber, and Demarris Winters. All 3 are committed to play basketball at the D1 level next year. Dorian Jones is the highest rated prospect for Richmond Heights. He is ranked #76 overall in the 2025 ESPN recruiting class as a 4 Star recruit. This matchup should be high flying and electrifying without a doubt. 

The second game of the night is a matchup between 2 of the best Prep schools in the country in Prolific Prep and AZ Compass Prep. Prolific Prep has the highest rated prospect in the whole event in #2 overall prospect Darryn Peterson 6’5!! Peterson is no stranger to Flyin to the Hoop or even Ohio basketball. He spent his first 2 years in Ohio in the Cleveland area before transferring to Huntington Prep for his Junior year. Now he is at powerhouse Prolific Prep for his Senior year and is looking to lead them to a big time win over a top 5 National team in AZ Compass Prep. AZ Compass is led by the #4 overall recruit in class 2026 Mikka Muurien who is a 6’10 stretch big that is one of the highest rated prospects at FTTH. Kaden House is also the #13 overall recruit in the 2026 class and is looking to help Muurien to take down Prolific Prep. Prolific Prep, outside of future NBA player Darryn Peterson, has Niko Bundalo a Top 30 Recruit in the 2025 class. Bundalo is 6’10 and will go toe to toe with Muurien on Friday’s nightcap. 

My Prediction will be wins from Dynamic Prep in the first game and Darryn Peterson returns home to Ohio to lead Prolific Prep to a bigtime win over AZ Compass in the last game of the night.