Duease has been doing this for as long as I can remember. There was one year, he played against Patrick Ewing Jr., and also they've been consistently competing in these out-of-state tournaments. In a way, it's the ability for kids to play great competition, to prep them for the conference season, and the tournaments. In fact, didn't MRA's football team play Oakland, Pulaski Academy, and Shedeur Sanders high school? It's giving kids an opportunity to compete with other good teams, and get better, win or lose.