Step Higher Pre Season Tip Off Classic 2026

About this event

STEP HIGHER TIP-OFF CLASSIC

YEAR 4

Bring your game, not your name.

Saturday, November 28 · Holmes High School · Covington, KY

First tip at 10:00 AM. Main Event at 7:45 PM.

THE EVENT

Year 4 is here, and it’s the biggest one yet. Nine games. Eighteen of the top high school programs in the Midwest. One gym, all day.

College coaches and scouts will be in the building. Every possession counts.

THE LINEUP

10:00 AM: Purcell Marian vs. Western Hills

11:15 AM: North College Hill vs. Holmes

12:25 PM: Hughes vs. Dayton Dunbar

1:35 PM: CCPA vs. Taft

2:45 PM: Aiken vs. Expression Prep Regional

3:55 PM: Pickerington Central vs. W.E.B. Du Bois

5:05 PM: Moeller vs. Lima Sr

6:25 PM: Lakota West vs. Covington Catholic

🏆 MAIN EVENT · 7:45 PM

Princeton vs. Expression Prep National

TICKETS

General Admission: $12 presale (ends the night before) / $20 at the door

Courtside: $70, limited to seating

Can’t make it? Watch every game live on pay-per-view.

MORE THAN A GAME

Ticket proceeds support local Midwest community groups serving at-risk youth. When you pull up, you’re putting back into the next generation.

MEDIA

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