DiFranco Classic Set for November 27

The 2024 DiFranco Memorial Basketball Classic is scheduled to return to Midview High School's Troy DiFranco Court inside Kubuski Gymnasium on Wednesday (November 27) afternoon. The 24th edition of the event will feature six varsity basketball match-ups.

Midview's Girls will open the day against Vermilion High School at 11:30 a.m. Amherst Steele High School will face North Olmsted High School at 1 p.m. Olmsted Falls High School will battle Elyria Catholic High School at 2:30 p.m. North Ridgeville High School is slated to play Lorain High School at 4 p.m. Elyria and Sandusky will renew their rivalry at 5:30 p.m. Midview's Boys will close out the night against Keystone at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students (K-12). Senior Citizens (60+) will be admitted free. One admission will allow you to watch all six games. They can be purchased online via https://midview.hometownticketing.com/embed/all or at the gate via cash, credit card, Apple Pay, etc. In addition, no Midview passes or league passes are accepted at this event.

WEOL-AM 930 will broadcast all six games on the radio and online at http://weol.northcoastnow.com/

The event began with the idea of hosting a tournament and starting a scholarship fund worthy of bearing Bob DiFranco's name. What has emerged is an event that brings together the entire Lorain County community and has raised over $95,000 since 2000 for deserving students.

All proceeds from program advertisements, program and t-shirt sales and 50-50 raffles go directly into the DiFranco Sportsmanship Scholarship fund. Midview senior student-athletes who earned a varsity sportsmanship award during their careers are eligible for the annual post-graduate scholarship.

The real beneficiaries of this tournament are both the student-athletes who participate in the tournament and the scholarship recipients who are able to offset a portion of their college education as a result of the tournament. Hopefully, these young men and women will remember the tournament with kindness and respect and will continually associate these values with the name of Bob and Troy DiFranco.

Fans unable to attend can watch the action live via HudlTV at the following link: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/oh/grafton/organization/5417/midview-high-school or with the Team1Sports App on your smart tv.