Illinois doesn’t bring the deepest group in the tournament but they do bring some quality.
There’s a returning champion in Ben Davino. A returning finalist in Seth Mendoza. And Davino’s teammate, Dom Munaretto, who has a 6th place finish to his credit. All 3 should be right back where they were, and in the case of Mendoza and Munaretto, maybe improving on their position.
As for the rest of the state kids, I’m intrigued by Rocco Hayes and Nick Garcia to see if they’re ready to make leaps this season. Interestingly enough, Hayes isn’t even the only Illinois 106 named Rocco. Cassioppi has been doing extremely well this Summer season and might be poised for a run here. 106 is deep with 6 of the top 7 in the bracket.
I’ll have a more in-depth preview for the state later.
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