THOROFARE, NJ – Twenty-one states were represented by – as would be expected – New Jersey and Pennsylvania players were among those making the biggest impressions Saturday during the first day of the Pangos All-East Frosh/Soph Camp.
Two hundred-plus players were in action at the RiverWinds Community Center, with the athletes spread over 24 teams that played twice apiece.
Action resumes Sunday morning at 9:15, with each team playing once (spread over three courts).
The camp will conclude with two all-star games, beginning at 1:15 in the afternoon and wrapping up about two hours later.
Among the multitude of standouts Saturday were New Jersey-based sophomores in 6-foot-3 Mark Armstrong (Jersey City St. Peter’s Prep); 6-2 Kyle Cuffe, Jr. (Blairstown Blair Academy) and 6-1 Julian Brown (Oradell Bergen Catholic).
From just across the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border were, among other sophomores, 6-5 Chance Westry (Camp Hill Trinity); 6-7 Khalif Crawley (Philadelphia Imhotep); 6-4 Aaron Clark (Easton Area) and 6-10 Demtrius Lilley (from Kobe Bryant’s alma mater, Lower Merion in Wynnewood, PA).
Other Class of 2022 standouts included 6-4 Roddy Gayle (Youngstown, NY, Lewiston Porter); 6-4 Judah Mintz (Washington, DC, Gonzaga College High) and 6-6 Tyrell Ward (Hyattsville, MD, DeMatha).
And among some of the Class of 2023 members who won’t make their “real” high school debuts for a few weeks, Javoy Thompson (pictured/Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx) and Shawn Simmons (Wynnewood, PA, Friends Central) – both 6-5 and oozing in athletic and basketball skill – were about as impressive Saturday as anyone at the event.
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