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Germantown Ac., La Salle highlight SJU team camp

06/17/2015, 1:00pm EDT

By Josh Verlin

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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Three-time defending Inter-Ac champion Germantown Academy headlines a field of two dozen area programs participating in this weekend’s Saint Joseph’s Commuter Team Camp, held Friday through Sunday.

Action gets underway at 5 PM on Friday, with games running on two courts inside Hagan Arena plus four others in the practice facility connected to the gym. The teams involved will play between 6-8 games on the weekend, which will have four sets on Friday night and five each on Saturday and Sunday morning.

Here are a few programs to watch:

--Germantown Academy loses seniors Sam Lindgren (Colgate) and Tim Guers (St. Anselm’s) from its third-straight Inter-Ac championship, but the cupboard is far from bare for head coach Jim Fenerty. Rising senior point guard Devon Goodman is one of a few Division I prospects on the team, but it’s rising junior wings Kyle McClosky and Evan-Eric Longino (pictured) that are going to see a large rise in production as they move into their upperclassmen years.

--Thanks to two straight trips to the PIAA Class AAAA quarterfinals (and a finals run in 2014), La Salle College HS graduating seniors Shawn Witherspoon (Nyack), Kitt Najee Walls (East Stroudsburg) and David Krmpotich (Colgate) set the bar pretty high for the Explorers. Rising seniors Shane Stark and Ryan McTamney give head coach Joe Dempsey some good length and athleticism; the development of rising junior guards Jarrod Stukes and Matt Paulus will go a long way into determining how good this team is.

--Conestoga has earned the top seed in District 1’s AAAA bracket each of the last two years, and this year’s group looks like it could be just as strong despite the loss of some very talented seniors. Rising senior guards M.J. Lezanic and Darryl Caldwell have looked very strong this spring, as have a pair of sharp-shooting wings in rising senior Charlie Martin and rising junior Andrew Larkin.

--Cherry Hill East is the two-time defending South Jersey Group 4 champions, but they have a big piece to replace in Penn-bound guard Jake Silpe. This year’s Cougars are sure to be a more interior-focused group, with the centerpiece 6-foot-8 rising senior forward Timmy Perry. His classmate, guard Olin McClendon, is a good small-college prospect with a solid outside shot and a strong frame.

Friday, June 19
5:00 PM
Hagan 1: Germantown Academy vs. Penn Wood
Hagan 2: Conestoga vs. Cherry Hill East
Practice 1: La Salle HS vs. Neshaminy
Practice 2: Boys’ Latin vs. Holy Ghost
Practice 3: Notre Dame vs. C.B. West
Practice 4: Philly Electric vs. Morris Catholic

6:10 PM
Hagan 1: North Penn vs. Shipley
Hagan 2: Lower Moreland vs. Marple Newtown
Practice 2: Bonner-Prendie vs. Tasis Dorado
Practice 3: Bishop Shanahan vs. Shawnee
Practice 4: Bishop Eustace vs. WC Rustin

7:20 PM
Hagan 1: Germantown Ac. vs. Boys’ Latin
Hagan 2: Conestoga vs. La Salle
Practice 1: Penn Wood vs. C.B. West
Practice 2: Neshaminy vs. Cherry Hill East
Practice 3: Holy Ghost vs. Morris Catholic
Practice 4: Notre Dame vs. Philly Electric

8:30 PM
Hagan 1: WC Rustin vs. Bonner-Prendie
Hagan 2: Shipley vs. Bishop Shanahan
Practice 2: Tasis Dorado vs. Shawnee
Practice 3: North Penn vs. Marple Newtown
Practice 4: Lower Moreland vs. Bishop Eustace

Saturday, June 20
9:00 AM
Hagan 1: Boys’ Latin vs. Neshaminy
Hagan 2: Morris Catholic vs. C.B. West
Practice 1: Conestoga vs. Holy Ghost
Practice 2: Penn Wood vs. Cherry Hill East
Practice 3: La Salle HS vs. Philly Electric
Practice 4: Germantown Ac. vs. Notre Dame

10:10 AM
Hagan 1: Bishop Shanahan vs. Newburgh Ac.
Hagan 2: Bonner-Prendie vs. Tatnall
Practice 1: Shipley vs. Shawnee
Practice 2: Lower Moreland vs. Tasis Dorado
Practice 3: North Penn vs. Bishop Eustace
Practice 4: WC Rustin vs. Marple Newtown

11:20 AM
Hagan 1: Penn Wood vs. Notre Dame
Hagan 2: Neshaminy vs. Holy Ghost
Practice 1: Conestoga vs. Morris Catholic
Practice 2: Cherry Hill East vs. Philly Electric
Practice 3: Germantown Ac. vs. C.B. West
Practice 4: Boys’ Latin vs. La Salle HS

12:30 AM
Hagan 1: Shawnee vs. Tatnall
Hagan 2: Tasis Dorado vs. Bishop Eustace
Practice 1: Bonner-Prendie vs. North Penn
Practice 2: Shipley vs. Marple Newtown
Practice 3: Newburgh Ac. vs. WC Rustin
Practice 4: Lower Moreland vs. Bishop Shanahan

1:40 PM
Hagan 1: Germantown Ac. vs. Tatnall
Hagan 2: La Salle HS vs. Newburgh Ac.

Sunday, June 21
9:00 AM
Hagan 1: WC Rustin vs. Germantown Ac.
Hagan 2: C.B. West vs. Philly Electric
Practice 1: Neshaminy vs. Morris Catholic
Practice 2: Notre Dame vs. Conestoga
Practice 3: Cherry Hill East vs. Boys’ Latin
Practice 4: Bishop Shanahan vs. La Salle HS

10:10 AM
Hagan 1: North Penn vs. Tasis Dorado
Hagan 2: Penn Wood vs. Shawnee
Practice 1: Newburgh Ac. vs. Bonner-Prendie
Practice 2: Marple Newtown vs. Bishop Eustace
Practice 3: Shipley vs. Tatnall
Practice 4: Lower Moreland vs. Holy Ghost

11:20 AM
Hagan 1: Cherry Hill East vs. La Salle HS
Hagan 2: Philly Electric vs. Neshaminy
Practice 1: Notre Dame vs. Bishop Shanahan
Practice 2: WC Rustin vs. Morris Catholic
Practice 3: Germantown Ac. vs. Conestoga
Practice 4: C.B. West vs. Boys’ Latin

12:30 PM
Hagan 1: North Penn vs. Shawnee
Hagan 2: Tasis Dorado vs. Marple Newtown
Practice 1: Tatnall vs. Bishop Eustace
Practice 2: Newburgh Ac. vs. Penn Wood
Practice 3: Holy Ghost vs. Bonner-Prendie
Practice 4: Shipley vs. Lower Moreland

1:40 PM
Hagan 1: Newburgh Ac. vs. Tatnall