Top Notch Assessment Challenge

The first-ever Top Notch Health Awareness Challenge will be Sunday, Jan. 13 at Kankakee Community College’s Ryan Gymnasium.

The competition will have three girls basketball games and three boys games. Each contest features a Chicago team challenging a Kankakee-area team. As part of the event, the high school student athletes also will take part in a 30-minute session on health awareness presented by KCC faculty who are certified nurses. Tips related to college life skills from an experienced college advisor also will be shared with the students.

Games begin at 11 a.m. and continue until the final contest, which will tip-off at 6 p.m. General admission is $10, and includes all six games. Fans can receive $5 off at the door by participating in a health assessment offered at the venue. Proceeds will benefit KCC.

KCC is located south of downtown Kankakee off River Road, near U.S. 45-52, or take Interstate 57 to Exit 308 and follow the signs. Directions are online at kcc.edu/directions.

More information about the event is available from Vern Turner, director of Top-Notch Officials training program, topnotchofficiating@gmail.com or 773-671-1910.

Top Notch Health Awareness Challenge

11 a.m. - (Girls) Peotone Blue Devils vs. Providence St. Mel Knights
12:45 p.m. - (Girls) Bradley-Bourbonnais Boilermakers vs. Chicago Hope Academy Eagles
2 p.m. - (Boys) Bradley-Bourbonnais Boilermakers vs. Providence St. Mel Knights
3:15 p.m. - (Girls) Bishop McNamara Catholic Fighting Irish vs. John Marshall Metropolitan Commandos
4:30 p.m. – (Boys) Bishop McNamara Catholic Fighting Irish vs. Chicago Hope Academy Eagles
6 p.m. - (Boys) Kankakee High School Kays vs. Kenwood Academy Broncos