Eight area players made the McDonald's All-American Game boys basketball nomination list. 

Mitchell Ballock, Eudora
Elijah Childs, Lee's Summit West
Tyler Geiman, Blue Valley
Jacob Gilyard, Barstow
Darien Jackson, Blue Valley Northwest
JaMichael Morgan, Blue Valley Northwest
Semaj Ray, Bishop Miege
Zach Thornhill, St. James Academy

Also participating in the upcoming 810 Varsity's Best of the Midwest Showcase, Session II is McDonald's nominee Connor McCaffery of Iowa City West, which will play Blue Valley Northwest at 8:30 pm on Saturday at JCCC.