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By CoBL Staff (@hooplove215)
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The 2024 high school preseason gets underway this weekend with the Never Forget Classic, a one-day event taking place at both Competitive Edge Sports and Chestnut Hill College. 

Around 50 varsity programs from the tri-state area will be participating, including a few girls’ teams, as well as a few middle school and junior varsity squads. 

The court at Chestnut Hill College will feature some of the best boys’ matchups, including several Catholic League squads, a District 1 contender in Coatesville and the two-time defending PAISAA state champions, the Perkiomen School. But the action at Competitive Edge is strong as well, with some of the area’s top girls teams joining the likes of Friends’ Schools League champs Academy New Church, PAC champs Phoenixville, District 1 5A champ Unionville, Delaware powerhouse Salesianum School and more.

Admission costs are still TBD. 

The complete list of participants:

Boys: Abington, Academy New Church, Archbishop Carroll, Archbishop Ryan, Bensalem, Boyertown, Camden Catholic (N.J.), Cardinal O’Hara, Coatesville, Coventry Christian, Cristo Rey, Cumberland Valley, Daniel Boone, Delco Christian, Downingtown East, Downingtown West, Eng. & Sciences, Episcopal Academy, Executive Education, Friends’ Central, Great Valley, Haverford School, J.P. McCaskey, Lancaster Mennonite, Life Center (N.J.), Marple Newtown, New Hope (Md.), Owen J. Roberts, Perkiomen School, Phoenixville, Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Reading, Salesianum (Del.), SCH Academy, St. Elizabeth (Del.), St. Mark’s (Del.), Unionville, West Catholic, West Chester Henderson, Wissahickon

Girls: Archbishop Carroll, Conestoga, Downingtown East, Perkiomen Valley, Renaissance Academy, Spring-Ford, West Chester Rustin

Here’s the complete schedule for the day:

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Full Schedule
Chestnut Hill College
9:30 AM: Life Center (N.J.) vs. Archbishop Carroll
10:40 AM: Haverford School vs. Life Center (N.J.)
11:45 AM: Perkiomen Prep vs. Cardinal O’Hara
12:50 PM: West Catholic vs. Coatesville
1:55 PM: West Catholic vs. Perkiomen Prep
3:00 PM: Coatesville vs. Cardinal O’Hara
4:05 PM: Marple Newtown vs. Archbishop Carroll
5:10 PM: Reading vs. Friends’ Central
6:15 PM: Archbishop Ryan vs. Cristo Rey
7:20 PM: Reading vs. Cristo Rey
8:25 PM: Friends’ Central vs. Archbishop Ryan

Competitive Edge
8:00 AM
Court 1: Unionville vs. St. Mark’s (Del.)
Court 2: Phoenixville vs. Wissahickon
Court 3: SCH Academy vs. Salesianum (Del.)
Court 4: Delco Christian vs. Owen J. Roberts
Court 5: Spring-Ford vs. Downingtown East (Girls)

9:10 AM
Court 1: Eng. & Science vs. St. Mark’s (Del.)
Court 2: Wissahickon vs. Bensalem
Court 3: Executive Education vs. SCH Academy
Court 4: Owen J. Roberts vs. Great Valley
Court 5: Downingtown East vs. Renaissance Academy (Girls)

10:20 AM
Court 1: Eng. & Sciences vs. Unionville
Court 2: Bensalem vs. Phoenixville
Court 3: Salesianum (Del.) vs. Executive Education
Court 4: Great Valley vs. Delco Christian
Court 5: Spring-Ford vs. West Chester Rustin (Girls)

11:30 AM
Court 1: J.P. McCaskey vs. St. Elizabeth (Del.)
Court 2: Pope John Paul II vs. Cumberland Valley
Court 3: Downingtown West vs. Camden Catholic (N.J.)
Court 4: Boyertown vs. Coventry Christian
Court 5: West Chester Rustin vs. Renaissance Academy (Girls)

12:40 PM
Court 1: New Hope National (Md.) vs. J.P. McCaskey
Court 2: Academy New Church vs. Pope John Paul II
Court 3: Episcopal Academy vs. Downingtown West
Court 4: Daniel Boone vs. Boyertown
Court 5: Great Valley JV vs. Boyertown JV

1:50 PM
Court 1: New Hope National (Md.) vs. St. Elizabeth (Del.)
Court 2: Haverford School vs. Marple Newtown
Court 3: Camden Catholic (N.J.) vs. Episcopal Academy
Court 4: Daniel Boone vs. Coventry Christian
Court 5: Great Valley JV vs. EPE JV

3:00 PM
Court 1: New Hope Regional (Md.) vs. West Chester Henderson
Court 2: Academy New Church vs. Cumberland Valley
Court 3: Archbishop Carroll vs. Perkiomen Valley (Girls)
Court 4: Lancaster Mennonite vs. Abington
Court 5: EPE JV vs. Boyertown JV

4:10 PM
Court 1: West Chester Henderson vs. Pottsgrove
Court 2: Coatesville JV vs. Rocktop Academy JV
Court 3: Archbishop Carroll vs. Conestoga (Girls)
Court 4: Pottstown vs. Abington
Court 5: EPE vs. ECP (Middle School)

5:20 PM
Court 1: Pottsgrove vs. New Hope Regional (Md.)
Court 2: Downingtown West JV vs. Rocktop Academy JV
Court 3: Conestoga vs. Perkiomen Valley (Girls)
Court 4: Lancaster Mennonite vs. Pottstown
Court 5: ECP vs. Fidonce (Middle School)

6:30 PM
Court 2: Downingtown West JV vs. Coatesville JV
Court 5: Fidonce vs. EPE (Middle School)