At just 16 years old, Blake Stanfill, a 11th-grade student at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, is turning his passion for basketball into an innovative technology venture designed to bring young people together. As a recipient of the i.Invest Louisiana Young Entrepreneurs Grant, Stanfill is developing Check Ball, a youth connection app that uses basketball to create community, increase access to recreational opportunities, and get young people off the side

Richa Krishna, 17, of Los Altos, CA along with her team members, William Barkoff, 16 of New York, NY and Anna Pertl, 17, of Munich,...