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2024 CoBL Girls' Fall Classic: Saturday Standouts (Oct. 5)

10/08/2024, 1:30pm EDT

By CoBL Staff

By CoBL Staff (@hooplove215)
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The 2024 edition of the CoBL Girls’ Fall Classic brought more than 50 high school teams to the courts at Spring-Ford this weekend for our biggest preseason girls’ event yet.

Here’s who stood out to the CoBL staff in games we watched Saturday:

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Central Bucks West (Pa.) 2025 Scarlett Baumgardner. (Photo: Mark Jordan/CoBL)

Scarlett Baumgardner (2026 | CB West)
Baumgardner seems ready to seize a go-to role for the Bucks, the 5-foot-8 wing is a confident scorer with a good mix of ways to get her points. In Saturday’s loss to Agnes Irwin, the junior had 18 points mixing in a couple of threes and drives to the rim. Baumgardner showed good control around the rim, using some nice footwork in the post to sink a turnaround and converting after a hop step around a defender.

Riley Campbell (2026 | Central Bucks South)
Campbell showed patience, although mostly, she showed she can shoot the 3-ball from good range when open. She finished with a game-high 10 points in the Titans’ win over Renaissance Academy. Teamed with the Tropea twins, Campbell may get her share of open looks this coming season. When Renaissance began attacking her, she had the awareness to find one of her teammates inside for easy layups. Defensively, she held her own by being able to read plays before they unfolded with a few steals.

Elle Carter-Soriano (2025 | Sanford School, Del.)
In what started out as a back-and-forth match against Perkiomen School, Carter-Soriano lit the fuse that extended the Warriors’ lead. As soon as someone collapsed or tilted the defense, they automatically got the ball to her on the perimeter where she drained two first-half threes. Then she came out in the second and knocked down another long ball above the break and a fourth later on. She scored inside the arc on a cut and fastbreak lay as she tallied a game-high 17 points.

Alena Cofield (2025 | Neshaminy)
The pint-sized 5-foot-5 senior was hard to miss. She was explosive, heady, and showed good command with the ball in her hands during Neshaminy’s 28-23 loss to West Catholic on Saturday. During one sequence, she stole the ball, and then showed a great first step in beating her defender to the basket for a layup on the other end. In the second half, she showed she could hit the three, nailing a trey from the corner during a tight moment in the game. Defensively, she was able to stay with West Catholic’s explosive freshman Milan Trusty.

Alexis Eberz (2026 | Archbishop Carroll)
The Patriots slightly trailed Perkiomen School for most of the game, but Eberz was the catalyst who took them over the top. She jump-started their offense with drives to the paint and mid-range jumpers. She even scored by cutting to the basket on a baseline out of bounds play. Most importantly, Eberz made impact plays on defense, which rubbed off on her teammates, including three second-half steals that all resulted in points.

Gloucester Catholic (N.J.) 2026 SF Jahzara Green. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

Jahzara Green (2026 | Gloucester Catholic)
One of the top players in her class in South Jersey, put her all into a matchup with Westtown in the Rams’ second game Saturday. A 6-foot-1 forward with plenty of athleticism, Green competed against a Moose lineup containing a few Philly Rise teammates with plenty of size and held her own. The junior, who has multiple Division I offers, is good at getting to the basket and can be a presence on defense.

Simone Harvey (2027 | Agnes Irwin)
Harvey doesn’t need much space or time to get a shot off and if the guard has even a sliver of space when she does, there’s a high chance it’s going in. She was lights-out against CB West on Saturday, the 5-foot-7 guard raining in six threes and drawing a shooting foul from behind the arc as well in accumulating 28 points.

Kennedy Henry (2025 | Westtown)
The future Villanova Wildcat looked plenty comfortable with her new team and Henry was a contributor and beneficiary to some crisp Westtown ball movement. Henry, a 6-foot wing, adds even more floor spacing as a knockdown three point shooter but she also flashed some good court vision, adding a couple of assists in the two wins the Moose chalked up.

Zamiya Lowe (2027 | George School)
In the Cougars’ victory over Spring-Ford, Lowe led the way with her complete floor game. She got rolling early by blocking a shot, grabbing the rebounding, then taking it coast-to-coast for a fastbreak layup. Her consistency on defense generated a number of other transition opportunities, whether she was forcing turnovers or cleaning the glass. Lowe finished the game with 14 points, 7 boards, 3 steals, and 3 blocks.

Sanyiah Littlejohn (2025 | Lansdale Catholic)
In the Crusaders’ 12-point win over Spring-Ford, Littlejohn had herself a day, finishing with 16 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists - one of those steals leading to a gorgeous coast-to-coast lay-in for the future George Mason Patriot. Despite pressure being sent her way by the Rams possession after possession, the 5-9 senior was cool and collected and let the game come to her, a result that paid dividends for Lansdale Catholic.

Grace McDonough (2025 | Lansdale Catholic)
The other half of a dazzling duo for the Crusaders, McDonough showed off what made her such a highly sought after Division I prospect - and what an impact freshman she could be for JMU come next season. With a cool 16 points and 10 rebounds, the 6-2 forward was dominant on Saturday, making life difficult for Spring-Ford on both ends of the floor, consistently outdueling opposing players for boards and being the go-to player for Lansdale Catholic.

Jessie Moses (2027 | Westtown)
“Jessie Buckets” was locked in Saturday, the talented sophomore breaking out all the tricks on her way to back-to-back strong showings. Moses started her getting a runner to roll in with some deft touch, then splashed a three for her next score. The guard didn’t cool off after that, hitting a quartet of threes in an 18-point outing against Lansdale Catholic, then went for 20 against Gloucester Catholic. Moses also thrived in the open floor once Westtown broke things open in both of its wins.

Friends' Central (Pa.) 2027 SF Zya Small. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

Zya Small (2027 | Friends Central)
Small created plenty of havoc when FCS faced Council Rock South. With her run-and-jump ability, she picked off four passes and took three of them the other way for lay ups. The 6-1 wing defended on-ball and in-space just as well, throwing a wrench in CRS’s offense. Small also sprinkled in some half court offense of her own, scoring on a putback, a mid-range jumper, and another lay up to finish with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 4 steals.

Dallis Stewart (2026 | Renaissance Academy)
Playing with just five players, Stewart was arguably the best player on the court in Renaissance’s 30-16 loss to Central Bucks South. She showed a great handle and when pressured, she showed great control in her ability to slow the game down in her head and find the open teammate. There were more than a few times when she was cornered by CB South defenders, even when apparently fatigued, and found her way through, whether it was spotting an open teammate down low, or mostly, dribbling through a maze of defenders. During one sequence, she took one dribble after a CB South bucket, looked up and tossed a one-handed touch pass to an open teammate down the court for a layup.

Alyssa Thomas (2028 | Pennsbury)
Down three usual starters due to other commitments and without rising sophomore Joely Hohman for the season with an ACL tear, it was one of the youngest players in Saturday’s slate of games making a major impact. Thomas set the tone early, knocking down four three-pointers and leading all scorers with 16 in a 33-24 win over Agnes Irwin and then being the x-factor in a low-scoring 22-15 win over Parkland, making plays on both ends that look more like a four-year starter rather than a 14-year-old. With uncertainty surrounding who will be in head coach Frank Sciolla’s starting five come their season opener, Thomas’ success, youthful development (she’ll be 14 her entire freshman year), and talent, evidenced by Saturday’s performance, might just push her into a major role.

Gabriella + Julianna Tropea (2026 | Central Bucks South)
The pair serve as CB South’s version of the “Twin Towers.” Julianna is listed at 5-foot-10 and is a three-year starter, and Gabriella, her younger sister, is listed at 6-foot, pose a formidable threat inside for any team. They are athletic, they are long, and in the Titans’ 30-16 victory over Renaissance Academy, they imposed all kinds of trouble. There was one sequence in which Gabriella blocked a shot, and was at the other end of the court to receive a pass inside for a layup. There was another occurrence when Julianna deflected a pass, and then came from behind the Renaissance player who picked up the deflection and knocked it away to a CB South teammate. It showed great hustle. With the addition of some outside shooting underclassmen, and the Tropea twins inside, the Titans could make a push in the Suburban One League Colonial Division this season.

Milan Trusty (2028 | West Catholic)
Trusty will easily be one of the best freshmen in the rugged Philadelphia Catholic League this coming season. The 5-foot-7 guard showed sustained flashes of quality play in the Burrs’ 28-23 victory over Neshaminy on Saturday. She was explosive, showed she could score on all three levels, with a three-pointer, a backdoor layup, and pull-up eight-foot jumper. On the defensive side, she showed she was not afraid to get in the mix of taller players inside, attacking the defensive boards. Her speed and handle make it possible for her to dribble through a maze of Neshaminy players more than a few times. Trusty is a special talent who can create, and she scored 14 of West Catholic’s 28 points. She has vast potential. Here’s a big key: Although it was a summer camp game, Trusty wanted the ball in her hands with West Catholic clinging to a 26-23 lead. She banged a three that clinched the victory for the Burrs.

Faith Watson (2028 | Friends Central)
A wrecking crew all on her own, Watson displayed a ton of promise versus Council Rock South. Her rebounding was crucial. She scored eight points by crashing the boards for second-chance buckets. The Phoenix got the ball to her in on the low block too, where she went to work with quick post ups. Her activity on defense made for an impressive performance on that end as well. She walled up and got her hands into passing lanes. In the end, Watson totalled 18 points, seven rebounds, and two steals.

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