Chicago Demons Basketball Program

Class of 2007 Chicago Von Steuben star Michael Horton was named MVP as the Chicago Demons defeated Chicago Old Gold to win the title at the Nike Midwest Future Stars Showdown in Columubus, Ohio. The competing field of teams included the Illinois Fire, Illinois Bobcats, All-Ohio Red, the King James Shooting Stars and the Cleveland Basketball Club. Horton, a 5-8 point guard, made big plays all weekend long including a game-winning jumper at the buzzer in the semifinals. A number of other Demons had standout weekends including Mike Stovall (Chicago Marshall), Mike Fukuade and Wilfredo Escobar (Chicago Prosser) who all joined Horton on the All-Tournament Team. The Demons also received strong contributions from Dominque Walker, Devin Zajac, Warren Toetging and Darius Fields. Fields missed the championship game after being taken to th hospital for dehydration. Travis Clark stepped up from the 16-U Demons to replace Fields in the title game, and made plays on both ends of the floor. The Demons 16-U team, behind big efforts from Deon Thompson and Charles Golden, advanced to the Elite 8 in the 16-U age division.