City of Basketball Love

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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For the last seven years, Philly Live has been one of the top boys’ events of the June high school scholastic live periods. Now, the girls’ event is growing to match. 

The second edition of the Philly Girls’ High School Live event takes place this upcoming Thursday through Saturday (June 12-14), with three days of competition at Jefferson University in front of college coaches from all levels. It’s the only three days all offseason where Division I women’s coaches can watch girls high school teams play intersquad competition, and many of the area’s top teams — plus a few quality squads from a little further away — are making the trip up to the Gallagher Athletic Center to show their stuff.

Participants in the 2025 Philly Girls’ Live event include Catholic League powerhouses (Archbishop Wood, Archbishop Carroll, Cardinal O’Hara), some of the best programs in District 1 (Upper Dublin, Pennsbury, Spring-Ford), the city’s top programs (Audenried Charter, Imhotep Charter), top teams from New Jersey (Paul VI, Wildwood Catholic) and even a D.C. powerhouse in St. John’s College.

The event runs on Thursday (game sets starting from 3 PM to 7:40 PM), Friday (1:50 PM through 7:40 PM) and Saturday (10:10 AM through 5:10 PM). Spectator cost will be $12 per day (free for anyone 12 and under).

We’ll have an expanded preview later this week with games and players to watch; CoBL will have writers in attendance all three days to cover the event 

Here’s the schedule for the event, as of Monday morning:

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Thursday, June 12
3:00 PM
Court 1: Freire Charter vs. Conwell-Egan
Court 2: West Catholic vs. Lincoln

4:10 PM
Court 1: Archbishop Carroll vs. Imhotep Charter
Court 2: Great Valley vs. Delcastle (Del.)

5:20 PM
Court 1: Audenried Charter vs. Camden Catholic (N.J.)
Court 2: Freire Charter vs. Springfield (Delco.)

6:30 PM
Court 1: Archbishop Carroll vs. Paul VI (N.J.)
Court 2: Lincoln vs. Delcastle (Del.)
Court 3: Council Rock South vs. Scranton

7:40 PM
Court 1: Conwell-Egan vs. Camden Catholic (N.J.)
Court 2: Great Valley vs. Frankford
Court 3: Renaissance Academy vs. West Philadelphia

Friday, June 13
1:50 PM
Court 1: Cardinal O’Hara vs. Upper Dublin
Court 2: Wildwood Catholic (N.J.) vs. Smyrna (Del.)
Court 3: Howard (Del.) vs. Woodbury (N.J.)

3:00 PM
Court 1: Archbishop Wood vs. Paul VI (N.J.)
Court 2: Bensalem vs. York
Court 3: Renaissance Academy vs. A.I. DuPont (Del.)

4:10 PM
Court 1: Imhotep Charter vs. Upper Dublin
Court 2: Woodbury (N.J.) vs. Governor Mifflin
Court 3: Pennsbury vs. Smyrna (Del.) 

5:20 PM
Court 1: Archbishop Wood vs. St. John’s College (D.C.)
Court 2: Cardinal O’Hara vs. Wildwood Catholic (N.J.)
Court 3: York Suburban vs. Spring-Ford 

6:30 PM
Court 1: Bensalem vs. Governor Mifflin
Court 2: Springfield (Delco.) vs. Renaissance Academy
Court 3: York vs. Howard (Del.)

7:40 PM
Court 1: Paul VI (N.J.) vs. St. John’s College (D.C.)
Court 2: Pennsbury vs. York Suburban
Court 3: Frankford vs. Penn Wood

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Saturday, June 14
10:10 AM
Court 1: St. John’s College (D.C.) vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (N.J.)
Court 2: Cedar Crest vs. Shawnee (N.J.)
Court 3: Red Lion vs. Sanford School (Del.)

11:20 AM
Court 1: Gloucester Catholic (N.J.) vs. South River (Md.)
Court 2: Arts (N.J.) vs. Susquehanna Twp.
Court 3: West Catholic vs. Holy Spirit (N.J.)

12:30 PM
Court 1: Bethlehem Catholic vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (N.J.)
Court 2: West Philadelphia vs. Chester
Court 3: Liberty vs. St. Elizabeth (Del.)

1:40 PM
Court 1: Gloucester Catholic (N.J.) vs. St. John’s College (D.C.)
Court 2: Spring-Ford vs. Red Lion
Court 3: Hudson Catholic (N.J.) vs. Sanford School (Del.)

2:50 PM
Court 1: Arts (N.J.) vs. Cedar Crest
Court 2: Chester vs. Shawnee (N.J.)
Court 3: Susquehanna Twp. vs. Westside (N.J.)

4:00 PM
Court 1: Hudson Catholic (N.J.) vs. Liberty
Court 2: West Catholic vs. A.I. DuPont (Del.)
Court 3: St. Elizabeth (Del.) vs. Holy Spirit (N.J.)

5:10 PM
Court 1: Bethlehem Catholic vs. Upper Dublin
Court 2: St. John’s College (D.C.) vs. South River (Md.)
Court 3: Penn Wood vs. Westside (N.J.)