City of Basketball Love

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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Penncrest High School will host two dozen area high school teams for the Delco Shootout this Saturday, bringing together many of the best programs from Delaware County along with several other notable teams from around District 1.

Not surprisingly, the Central League is very well-represented, with Lower Merion, Conestoga, Garnet Valley, Marple-Newtown, Radnor, Springfield (Delco.) and Upper Darby as well as the hosts in the field. Defending Suburban One champs Central Bucks West are also involved, as are Catholic League squads Archbishop Wood and Bonner-Prendergast.

There will be several Division I prospects throughout the event: Episcopal Academy’s Nick Alikakos, a tough-minded 6-foot-7 combo forward, has offers from Lafayette, Hartford and more; Church Farm’s towering duo of 6-11 rising junior Fred Odhiambo and 6-10 rising sophomore Jon Bol Ajak will make the Griffins a must-watch team this year; Valley Forge has its own impressive interior duo in 6-11 Abraham Deng and 6-8 Will Colleran, both rising juniors; Lower Merion senior Terrell Jones leads an up-and-coming Aces group with some talented underclassmen; Archbishop Wood rising senior Collin Gillespie and rising junior Tyree Pickron are two reasons why the Vikings should once again be a top-5 caliber team in the PCL.

The full list of participating teams: Academy New Church, Archbishop Wood, Bonner-Prendergast, Central Bucks West, Christopher Dock, Church Farm, Conestoga, Episcopal Academy, Garnet Valley, Hazelton, Lower Merion, Marple-Newtown, Methacton, Oxford, Penncrest, Phoenixville, Plumstead Christian, Radnor, Springfield (Delco.), Sun Valley, Valley Forge Military Academy, Upper Darby, Upper Moreland, West Chester East

Admission is $2 per person and $5 for families

Here’s the complete schedule for the day:

9:00 AM
Main 1: West Chester East vs. Upper Moreland
Main 2: Oxford vs. Radnor
Aux: Sun Valley vs. Valley Forge

9:55 AM
Main 1: Garnet Valley vs. Hazelton
Main 2: Upper Darby vs. Episcopal
Aux: Lower Merion vs. Academy New Church

10:50 AM
Main 1: West Chester East vs. Valley Forge
Main 2: Sun Valley vs. Radnor
Aux: Oxford vs. Upper Moreland

11:45 AM
Main 1: Garnet Valley vs. Academy New Church
Main 2: Lower Merion vs. Episcopal
Aux: Upper Darby vs. Hazelton

12:40 PM
Main 1: Sun Valley vs. Upper Moreland
Main 2: Oxford vs. VFMA
Aux: WC East vs. Radnor

1:35 PM
Main 1: Lower Merion vs. Hazelton
Main 2: Upper Darby vs. ANC
Aux: Garnet Valley vs. Episcopal

2:30 PM
Main 1: Penncrest vs. Bonner
Main 2: Conestoga vs. Wood
Aux: Church Farm vs. Springfield

3:25 PM
Main 1: Methacton vs. C.B. West
Main 2: Phoenixville vs. Marple
Aux: Christopher Dock vs. Plumstead Christian

4:20 PM
Main 1: Penncrest vs. Church Farm
Main 2: Springfield vs. Wood
Aux: Conestoga vs. Bonner

5:15 PM
Main 1: Methacton vs. Plumstead Christian
Main 2: Christopher Dock vs. Marple
Aux: Phoenixville vs. C.B. West

6:10 PM
Main 1: Springfield vs. Bonner
Main 2: Conestoga vs. Church Farm
Aux: Penncrest vs. Wood

7:05 PM
Main 1: Christopher Dock vs. C.B. West
Main 2: Phoenixville vs. Plumstead Christian
Aux: Methacton vs. Marple