Chipotle Nationals opening round: live updates, scores from No. 9 Wasatch Academy vs. No. 10 Link Academy

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Apr 1, 2026 - 18:32

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Chipotle Nationals opening round: live updates, scores from No. 9 Wasatch Academy vs. No. 10 Link Academy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

FISHERS, Indiana, April 1 — The field is set, and the Chipotle Nationals tournament will finally get under way Wednesday evening at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Indiana.

The opening game is set to tip at 6 p.m. EST when The Sporting News preseason No. 1 Link Academy [Branson, MO] Lions (25-4) take on the Wasatch Academy [Mt. Pleasant, UT] Tigers (24-6). Link is currently ranked No. 10 and also enters the nation's premier high school boys basketball tournament as the #10 seed.

Wasatch, meanwhile, is No. 9 in the rankings, but they are the #7 seed heading into the opening-round contest against the Lions.

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The two teams played all the way back on November 24 with Link Academy escaping with a 70-66 win. It was part of 15-0 run to start the season for the Lions who are no longer in the running for The Sporting News High School Boys Basketball national championship after losing four games down the stretch.

Wasatch is also eliminated from national title consideration, but the two teams certainly have an opportunity this week in Indiana to play a role in determining the national champion if they can make a deep run.

STREAM:Watch Link Academy vs. Wasatch Academy on the YouTube League Ready channel

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SECOND QUARTER

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Near the five-minute mark, Wasatch bangs home another three to make it 18-all, but it's raining threes on both ends and Link answers yet again to make it 21-18 at the 4:47 mark headed into a timeout.

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After a free throw made it 15-12 in favor of Link, Wasatch canned a triple of its own to even it at 15-all. But the pace is quickening around the six-minute mark, and Link hits its fifth three pointer of the game to go back up 18-15.

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Wasatch took its first lead on a three-pointer to make it 12-9, but Link answers with their fourth triple of the game to regain the lead at 14-12.

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The second quarter is under way!

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END OF FIRST QUARTER — Link Academy 11, Wasatch Academy 9

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The opening quarter is in the books, and it's been a defensive battle so far. It feels like two teams still feeling each other out.

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Wasatch trimmed it to 9-7 inside two minute, but a Link answer makes it 11-7.

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Under the three-minute mark, it's 9-5, Link.

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At the 4:10 mark, Link knocks down another trey, and it's 9-2, Lions.

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Inside five minutes, that early flurry of activity is all we've had. It's still 6-2, Link Academy.

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Link drills a couple of three-pointers to get the scoring started, and Wasatch comes up empty on its first possession before answering with a basket. Link out to the early 6-2 lead.

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They are under way in Indiana!

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Coming soon! Game time is set for 6 p.m. EST local!

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