Cameron Boozer, Koa Peat, four state champions headline Les Schwab Invitational 2023 field
Four defending state champions and two of the top three high school basketball prospects in the nation are coming to the Portland area in December.
After what was arguably its strongest field in tournament history last December, Les Schwab Invitational organizers have locked in another strong group of out-of-state teams for the next rendition of the prestigious annual holiday basketball showcase .
Two-time defending Florida 7A champion Columbus, back-to-back reigning Arizona Open Division state champion Perry, 2023 CIF Open Division state champion Harvard-Westlake and WIAA Class 3A power Mount Spokane (Washington) have agreed to play and will take on a field of the top teams from Oregon.
That sets two of the nation's three highest-ranked 2025 prospects on a potential crash course: Perry's Koa Peat and Cameron Boozer of Columbus.
LSI 2023: National teams
- 2022-23 FHSAA Class 7A state champions
- End of season Power 25 ranking: No. 7
Harvard-Westlake Wolverines (California)
- 2022-23 CIF Open Division state champions
- End of season Power 25 ranking: No. 6
- 2022-23 AIA Open Division state champions
- End of season Power 25 ranking: No. 18
Boozer is the nation's top player in the 2025 class according to every major recruiting site. The 6-foot-9 forward led the Explorers to Florida Class 7A state championships as a freshman and sophomore alongside his twin brother, 6-foot-3 four star guard Cayden Boozer. They are the sons of former NBA player Carlos Boozer.
Peat averaged 19.7 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a sophomore, leading Perry to a repeat AIA state title and the first Open Division championship in Arizona state history.
The 6-foot-8 forward is being pursued by a long list of blue bloods and has not narrowed his choices.
"Cameron Boozer and Koa Peat have never faced each other in a high school basketball game or travel ball, so this could be an interesting matchup of future top picks in the NBA draft," Les Schwab Invitational director John McCallum said. "Four state champions playing in this from across the U.S., it's going to be another epic year like it was last year."
Harvard-Westlake won the California Open Division state championship in March and returns four-star 6-foot-4 combo guard Trent Perry, among other high-major prospects.
Last December, hometown West Linn jumped into the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national rankings following an LSI semifinal win over nationally ranked Sierra Canyon (California) and a defeat of No. 1 Duncanville (Texas) in the championship game.
Tualatin went on to exact revenge over West Linn in the Oregon Class 6A state championship game in March to win its second consecutive state title and recently added 2025 forward Winters Grady, one of the best players in Oregon, via transfer from Lake Oswego (Oregon).
Tualatin and West Linn are both slated to return in the 2023 field, but spots for the rest of the in-state teams have not been finalized.
Mount Spokane is the fourth out-of-state team locked in. The Wildcats have become a consistent WIAA Class 3A state contender under head coach David Wagenblast, reaching the Washington state semifinals in March.
They graduate SBLive Washington all-state forward Maverick Sanders, but return crafty point guard Ryan Lafferty, a second-team all-state selection.
Wagenblast formerly coached at Beaverton (Oregon) under Nick Robertson, one of the founders of the LSI, and played in a post-LSI tournament run by the same organizers called "The Eight" in 2020.
