RECRUIT WISCONSIN

6th ANNUAL

13U-18U BOYS & GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Join us for the premier basketball showcase, Recruit Wisconsin, on June 18, 2025, at the state-of-the-art Community First Champion Center in Appleton, WI. This high-profile tournament is designed for Boys and Girls teams, ages 13u to 18u, offering elite competition and unparalleled exposure.

For more information or any inquiries, please email us at team@blaze365.com.

Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your talent and compete at the highest level. Register now and be part of the excitement at Recruit Wisconsin 2025!

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BOYS & GIRLS 13u-18u

June 18th, 2025

1-Day Tournament

3 Games | $375

Appleton, WI

CLICK TO REGISTER

Registration Deadline is June 2nd

TOURNAMENT INFO

This is a high profile Boys and Girls 7th through High School Basketball Tournament hosted by 1on1 Milwaukee, Team Wisconsin, Wisconsin Blaze and Wisconsin Legends.

Elite competition, free Sports Recruits profile, and live streaming action. Games will be showcased by WIAA Certified refs in the beautiful Community First Champion Center, in Appleton, Wisconsin on 8 full-length hardwood basketball courts.

DATE: June 18, 2025

Boys & Girls 13u-18u

EVENT FEE: $375 (sales tax included) - (1) Day, (3) Games

DIVISIONS: Division 1 (Elite) & Division 2 (Competitive) available for Boys and Girls

AGES: 13U (7th grade) through 18u (12th grade)

Boys and Girls have Elite and Competitive Divisions at each grade level

MULTI-TEAM DISCOUNT:

$25 off each team registration for (3) or more teams registered.

Email team@blaze365.com for a Special Multi-Team discount code.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 2nd, 2025

**NOTE: All athlete contact details required so we can provide SportsRecruits necessary details to create their profiles for the Event Beacon app to be used before, during, and after tourney.

ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Yes, On-Site

DOCTORS: On Call

AWARDS: Team Champions and Runner-Ups. Individual Recruit Wisconsin Top-Prospects.

APPAREL: Apparel will be available on-site.

Coaches Check-In:

Two coaches bands and one score keeper band will be given to first coach to check-in your team

CFCC - Downstairs on lower level - come in through main entrance and you can bypass the payment lane if you tell them you are a coach but must go downstairs right away to grab your bands

Spectator Check-In:

CFCC - Main Entrance; Cash and Check

ALL spectators can purchase wristbands at the CFCC all three days

ONE DAY TOURNEY

1 Day Pass: $12; 5 and under FREE

ALL PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING COACHES, ATHLETES, SPECTATORS, MEDIA, AND VOLUNTEERS AGREE TO THE

BLAZE PARTICIPANTS WAIVER TERMS & CONDITIONS

This waiver does not need to be signed by participants as registration of your team and participation of all athletes and spectators is agreement to the terms and conditions therein. This waiver will be distributed to all teams. It is the Director's role to make sure all families are given this information, and Directors and Coaches take full responsibility in acknowledging they have done so.

Thank you!

Your Blaze Staff

Sports Recruits is the Official Recruiting Partner of Blaze and Wisconsin Blaze basketball Tournaments! There are many benefits to participating in the Hardwood Hustle, Recruit Wisconsin and Fight For the Fox tournaments, but if you want to be recruited, or recruit the best, you have to set yourself up for success! Here are all the benefits that SportsRecruits will provide to our participants using SportsRecruits innovative platform and Event Beacon app:

ATHLETES CAN:
Connect with Universities

"Favorite" universities and colleges
Search out every college in the nation
Access vital biographical and geographic information on colleges

Connect with Coaches

Obtain easy access to basketball programs and their coaches
Email coaches direct!!!
Share all your academic and athletic details including highlight film
Track all your communication in one organized manner
See which coaches have viewed your profile and watched your film

Athletes will be able to update their athletic and academic information leading up to, during, and after the event.

All of the families attending our events will have access to exclusive webinars hosted by the
recruiting specialists at SportsRecruits. They will offer advice about leveraging tournaments and showcases during your recruiting process!

If you don't have a password, SportsRecruits will contact players & their families directly to provide access to a free SportsRecruits profile to complete.

College Coaches will have full access to this information by simply logging in to EventBeacon, a product powered by SportsRecruits. This sideline evaluation tool will allow college coaches to access the most up to date athlete information, build a strategic recruiting schedule onsite, and focus their recruiting efforts on the players they are most interested in.

COACHES CAN:

Connect with Athletes

"Favorite" players
Take notes on them
Collaborate with staff!

Access every players':

Academic information
Athletic information
Complete schedule

Access full tourney schedule

Track your "favorite" players in each game

Export your notes and favorite players into any recruiting software you use

If you already have a password set on SportsRecruits, simply go to EventBeacon on your desktop or mobile device and login with your email address and password.

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Community First Champion Center

8 Hardwood Courts under 1 roof!!!

Check-In All teams must checkin with signed liability forms from all players.

Site Information

Coolers and carry-ins are NOT permitted (except for athletes downstairs on the court level)
There will be healthy concession and restaurant options on site with full meals and snacks

160,000 square feet of space for:

8 hardwood basketball courts
Seats 1,300
Year-round ice rink with seating for 1,000
Seasonal Arena that converts to one ice rink or four more hard courts
Heated viewing areas with views to both courts and ice
On-site concessions
Meeting & event spaces
Elevated seating
Restaurant and bar
And more!

College Coaches Register HERE

ALL COLLEGE COACHES MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR EACH RW & HH EVENTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
COMMUNICATION AND LINKS TO ATHLETES AND GAMES

FREE REGISTRATION FOR COACHES ONLY ABLE TO WATCH ON LIVE STREAM!
PLEASE REGISTER SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE UPDATES TO YOU!

RECRUITING: COACHES CHECK-IN

College Coaches, please check in at the CFCC.

If you check in at Blaze first for games, your gift bag will be at the CFCC.

SPECIAL COACHES ROOM
Coaches Snacks and Gift Bags

SPECIAL COACHES SEATING
In Community First Champion Center, Spectators are only allowed in Mezzanine seating
Coaches ONLY alongside courts

ATHLETE DATABASE
Packet AND Sports Recruits Profiles
Sports Recruit Event Beacon App

ENTRY FEE

LIVE STREAM ONLY - $0 (separate Fee for BallerTV through their platform)
NCAA D3, NAIA, JUCO - $25
NCAA D2 - $50
NCAA D1 - $75
MEDIA - $50 (Recruiting Companies, Newspapers, and Sports Writers)

ID is required

We have conveniently provided great hotel options for you and your families!

Click on this Link to view the Appleton area hotels where we have rooms blocked.

You can reserve individual rooms or blocks right from our Site Search engine!!

If the hotel link expires or shows no vacancies, please email Elizabeth at admin@sitesearchllc.com so she can give you personal service for you and your teams!

"I wanted to let you know how well run the Hardwood Hustle tournament was. I go to so many basketball tournaments, all over the country, and this was one of the best. Many thanks to you and your team for putting on a professional event. Your facility is amazing as well! I bet I know who did the drywall!" - JH1 Elite Parent and Administrator

"You guys run one of the best tournaments we've been to and we've traveled all over the country!" - Wisconsin Focus Parent

"Thank you for being available to answer all my questions. I know you have a lot going on setting up for the tournament, but you always responded in a timely manner. " - Xtreme Coach

"It was great seeing the college coaches watching the games. I know that was extra effort on your part to get them to the tourney. It's apparent you do care about the kids and put them first." - Blaze Parent

"I've never been to a tournament that gives the coaches free sugar cookies! You're the Best!" - Midwest Magic

"Lisa is such a kind person and has always treated us well, that's why I told our parents, all our teams are going to the Hardwood Hustle this summer." - WI Shooters Director

"I love being able to bring my entire boys and girls program to this event. It gives us a whole weekend to really support each other while getting great competition." - WI Evolution Director

"Lisa, Thanks for having our team at your tournament. We didn’t fare as well as last year but it gave our boys another opportunity to play without traveling across the state. We appreciate all of the attention to detail that you put into the event." - Northern Heat Coach

"You folks did an excellent job. You should all be commended for what you accomplished for these young athletes.
I am just very pleased that these kids could get out and compete and become better players." - WI Extreme Parent

All registrations are bound to the following terms:

I hereby expressly assume the risk of taking part in any course of training. I hereby acknowledge, and agree that I have read this instrument and understand its terms and am executing this instrument voluntarily. I furthermore acknowledge and agree that I have read, understand and will at all times abide by all rules and procedures stated by one or more of the Indemnified Parties. I expressly agree that this instrument is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by law and that if any provision of this instrument is held invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be impaired thereby. No remedy conferred by any of the specific provisions of this instrument is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy now or hereafter existing at law or in equity, or by statute or otherwise. I certify that I approve of and will follow the complete liability waiver, terms, and conditions as stated in Enspire365’s system in whole. I agree that signing this waiver is in addition to all other waiver, terms, and conditions and does not exclude me from abiding by all the terms in the comprehensive waiver. This instrument binds me and my executors, personal representatives, administrators, assignees, heirs and next of kin.

All Blaze Sports & Fitness events, tournaments, and camps are subject to cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances. In the case that we have to cancel, we will notify all registrants as soon as possible and refund the registration fees. All hotel reservations, travel, or other cost, are the sole responsibility of the registrants. Therefore, Blaze will not be held liable for any of those costs incurred in the event of a cancellation. Refunds will only be granted if canceling from an event prior to 60 days before the event minus a $75 processing fee. No credit/refund will be given to teams that cancel within 59-1 days before the event begins. 60 days before the event = Refund with $75 processing fee. 59-1 days before the event = No Refund

PAYMENT OPTIONS

All 8th grade and older teams must register online to update their roster details for Sports Recruits, but you can still send in a paper or Venmo payment

Credit Card / PayPal payment online

Venmo

Send payment via Venmo to @Blaze365 and include team names, gender, and divisions

Paper Registration

– Download the Paper Registration Above

- OR Send note including team names, gender, and divisions

– Mail Paper Registration to:

BLAZE
Attn: Recruit Wisconsin
230 S. McCarthy Rd.
Appleton, WI 54914

- Checks should be made payable to BLAZE

- Registration spots are not guaranteed until payment has been made.