City of Basketball Love

By Sean McBryan
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The Philly USA Basketball All-City Classic returns this week with three showcase events at Imhotep Charter featuring four classes of the top boys and girls basketball players throughout the greater Philadelphia region. 

The event begins Tuesday night with the Jr. All-City Classic, two games of boys in the class of 2029 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The 12th annual Girls’ All-City Classic features three games Wednesday starting with the class of 2028 at 5:45, followed by the class of 2027 at 7:00 and the class of 2026 at 8:00. The same format is followed Friday in the 29th Annual Rasual Butler Boys’ All-City Classic.

Here are the rosters for all three events: 

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Junior All-City Classic
Tuesday, May 27; Imhotep Charter 

Boys Game 1 (7:00 PM)
White
Nick Cameron (Quakertown MS/Lansdale Catholic)
Isa Corbin​ (​​John F. McCloskey/TBD)
Carson Costello (​​Atlantic Christian School)
Bryce Hackett (​​Gunning Bedford/St. Georges Tech, Del.)
Ayden McDowell (Harambee/TBD)
Jalen Price​​​ (​​St. Georges Tech, Del.)
Charles Quackenbush (Vision Academy Charter/TBD)
Chad Smith (Colonial MS/Plymouth Whitemarsh​)
Takai Tanner (Life Center/Gloucester Catholic)
Damere Vennie (Eisenhower/Overbrook High, N.J.)
Kahhar Wali​ (​​SALA/Lenape, N.J.)

Black
Robert Anderson  ​
Adam Atkins​​ (Friends Select)
Rajon DuBose (Gesu/Archbishop Ryan)
Tavon English ​
Kamor Sears (SALA/TBD) 
Jayden Simmons (Warwick JR/SR High)
Chris Simon (​​Academy of New Church)
Chase Smalls (Our Mother of Consolation/AFS)
Blake Wallace (Colonial MS/Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
Fohadu Willie ​

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Imhotep Charter 2028 PG Ian Smith (above) in last year's Jr. All-City Classic. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

Boys Game 2 (8:00 PM)
White
Drew Baskerville (Colman John Neumann/Cardinal O’Hara)
James Coleman (SALA/Camden High)
Zion Dawkins (Atlantic Christian)
Mekhi Graves (SALA/West Catholic)
Tyce Harbin (Louis Redding/TBD)
Jalen Littlejohn (Red Lion Middle, Del./TBD)
Nas Locetto (Discovery Charter/Imhotep Charter
Adonis Rozier (KIPP West/Overbrook)
Shyheim Starling (Central Dauphin)
Jett Truitt (Everett Meredith/TBD)

White
Khory Copeland (Harambee/Father Judge)
Hanif Gaines (Imhotep Charter)
Dreyden Garner (SALA/Camden High)
Zion Rothwell (St. Edmonds/Salesianum, Del.)
Ahmod Spence (Louis Redding/TBD)
Nolan Stock (Archbishop Carroll)
Kaden Trawick (St. Francis Xavier/Roman Catholic)
Amare White (Discovery Charter/Neumann-Goretti)
Alex Whitworth (Clearview, N.J.)
B.J. Williams (SALA/TBD)

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Girls’ All-City Classic
Wednesday, May 28; Imhotep Charter

2028 Game (6:00 PM)
Team One
Skylar Rothley (Bonner-Prendergast)
Damiya Carter (Wildwood Catholic, N.J.)
Milan Harvey (Agnes Irwin)
Kiyari King (Friends’ Central)
Londyn Mayo (Friends’ Central)
Rhianna Moore
Lexi Ngo (Upper Dublin)
Halle Newsome (Shipley)
Haniyyah Solis-Morgan (Neumann-Goretti)
Milan Trusty (West Catholic)
Faith Watson (Friends’ Central)

Team Two
Kennedy Broughton (Paul VI, N.J.)
Gabby Delbridge (Cristo Rey)
Kayla Eberz (Archbishop Carroll)
Kelsey Eberz (Archbishop Carroll)
Iyonna Ellison (Audenreid)
Chloe Kham (Neumann-Goretti)
Edore Pela (Camden Catholic)
Aubrie Smith (Penn Charter)
Ishana Sundararajan (Westtown School)
Radhi Sundararajan (Westtown School)
Taylor Williams (Germantown Academy)

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2027 Game (7:00 PM)
Team One
Asia Adams (Sanford, Del.)
Jezelle ‘G.G.’ Banks (St. James, Va.)
Tamia Clark (Upper Dublin)
Brigidanne Donohue (Cardinal O’Hara)
Zamiyah Lowe (George School)
Demi Pujadas
Nasiaah Russell (Audenreid)
Kayla Snyder (Emmaus)
Shiyah Travis (Friends’ Select)
Ahlexus Villefranchie (Academy of the New Church)
Phoenix Walker (Friends’ Central)

Team Two
McKenna Alston (Imhotep Charter)
Reginna Baker (Neumann-Goretti)
Ashlee Boykin (Imhotep Charter)
Kai Dwirantwi (Padua Academy, Del.)
Ava London (Susquehanna Township)
Tori Richardson (Neumann-Goretti)
Daniella Pujadas
Maya Ravindranathan (George School)
Kieara Sellers (Paul VI, N.J.)
Brooke Stagliano (Paul VI, N.J.)
Carly Wakefield (Cardinal O’Hara)

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Ursuline Academy (Del.) 2026 PG Sanai Johnson in last year's Girls' All-City Classic. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

2026 Game (8:00 PM)
Team One
Kamora Berry (Neumann-Goretti)
Aniyah Cheeseboro (Audenreid)
Zion Coston (Neumann-Goretti)
Alexis Eberz (Archbishop Carroll)
Geren Hawthorne (Imhotep Charter)
Mia Henry (Penncrest)
Sanai Johnson (Ursuline Academy, Del.)
Anai Kenyatta (Imhotep Charter)
Heaven Reese (Audenreid)
Makayla Vaughn
Aaliyah Wright 

Team Two
Laila Alexander (Cristo Rey)
Skylar Bolden (St. Elizabeth, Del.)
Emilia Coleman (Upper Dublin)
Jahzara Green (Gloucester Catholic, N.J.)
Aubrey Mobley (Lansdale Catholic)
Meg Ngo (Upper Dublin)
Ciani Scott (West Catholic)
Makayla Sullivan (St. Elizabeth, Del.)
Rachel Thatcher (Paul VI, N.J.)
Tykira Tucker (Vineland, N.J.)
Atlee Vanesko (Westtown)

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Boys’ All-City Classic
Friday, May 30, Imhotep Charter

2028 Game (5:45 PM)
Catholic
Jaylin Avery (Archbishop Ryan)
Melore Aylmer (Lansdale Catholic)
Ayden Lewis (Neumann-Goretti)
Jack McMullin (Archbishop Ryan)
Rowan Phillips (Westtown School)
Dylan Powell (Archbishop Wood)
Dwayne Ruffin (Roman Catholic)
Ernest Stanton (Neumann-Goretti)
Chase Stevens (Lansdale Catholic)
Yasir Turner (Archbishop Carroll)
Brad Wanamaker (Roman Catholic)

Public/Non-Public
Jalen Bell (Pennington School)
Jayvon Byrd (Cristo Rey)
Logan Chwastyk (Malvern Prep)
Rezon Harris (Imhotep Charter)
Rakiem Johnson (Simon Gratz)
Cole Maguire (Haverford School)
Jayden Ortiz-Muhammad (Lincoln)
Demere Salisbery (J.P. McCaskey)
Carter Smith (Penn Carter)
Ian Smith (Imhotep Charter)

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2027 Game (7:00 PM)
Catholic
Derek Carr (Roman Catholic)
Korey Francis (Bonner-Prendergast)
Munir Greig (Archbishop Carroll)
Kam Jackson (Bonner-Prendergast)
Jaydn Jenkins (Archbishop Wood)
Caleb Lundy (Archbishop Wood)
Mekhi Robertson (St. Joseph’s Prep)
Eric Scott (West Catholic)
Semaj Stone (Archbishop Ryan)
Tyler Sutton (Roman Catholic)
Nazir Tyler (Father Judge)

Public/Non-Public   
Kevin Benson (Imhotep Charter)
Buddy Denard (Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
Patrese Feamster (Friends’ Central)
Silas Graham (Haverford School)
Zion Green (Camden)
Nick Harken (Malvern Prep)
Marquis Newson (Academy of the New Church)
Max Okebata (La Salle)
Marvin Reed (Malvern Prep)
Azyris Richmond (Camden Catholic)

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Plymouth Whitemarsh 2026 G Mani Sajid in last year's All-City Classic. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

2026 Game (8:00 PM)
Public/Non-Public
Torrey Brooks (Camden)
Larry Brown (Coatesville)
Dior Carter (Academy of the New Church)
Jordan Dill (Germantown)
Ethan Johnston (Hill School)
Michael Mita (Penncrest)
Mike Periera (Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
Mani Sajid (Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
R.J. Smith (Imhotep Charter)
Ryan Warren (Academy of the New Church)

Catholic
Brady MacAdams (Archbishop Wood)
Luca Foster (Archbishop Carroll)
Malik Hughes (Archbishop Ryan)
Derrick Morton-Rivera (Father Judge)
Stephon Ashley-Wright (Neumann-Goretti)
Will Spross (St. Joseph’s Hammonton, N.J.)
Milik Myatt (Cardinal O’Hara)
Kingston Wheatley (West Catholic)
Rocco Westfield (Father Judge)
Deshawn Yates (Neumann-Goretti)|
Alassan N’Diaye (Neumman-Goretti)