Rogers, Portela among Ballislife event standouts

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ANAHEIM – Ninth-graders to-be Isaiah Rogers and Rider Portela – teammates on the Compton Magics 15U team this summer – were among the many standouts over the weekend during the Ballislife Junior All-American Camp presented by EBC at Open Gym Premier.

Rogers (pictured), who is expected to play on the varsity for Coach Josh Giles on the Corona Centennial High’s defending State Open Championship team in 2022-23, and Portela – expected to play varsity for his coach and father, Ray Portela, on the Phoenix Sunnyslope team in the fall – were terrific in the Top 20 8^th grade all-star game that wrapped things up Sunday afternoon.

The bulk of the nearly 600 players (from grades 2 thru 8 for the past academic year) were from Southern California but the rest of the state, and west, were also well-represented.

 

My Top 25(based upon how they played when I watched them, Saturday and Sunday; not on how I “rate” them as “prospects”, long term; some of the players are expected to be “held back”/repeat their previous class grade )

Jordan Askew                                   6-0                        8^th                         Costa Mesa, CA

Darrell Bagsby III                             5-4                        7^th                         Hawthorne, CA

Kaiden Bailey                                   6-1                        8^th                         Irvine, CA

Jade Bailes                                        6-0                        8^th                         San Diego

Jaden Berry                                       5-9                        7^th                         Riverside, CA

Karter Butler                                    5-9                        6^th                         Corona, CA

Will Conroy Jr.                                 5-1                        5^th                         Seattle

Jason Crowe Jr.                               6-1                        8^th                         Lynwood, CA

Braedon Davidson                          6-1                        8^th                         Irvine, CA

Justice Griffith                                  6-0                        8^th                         Corona, CA

Amyas Hall-Chiari                            5-8                        7^th                         Boston

Caeden Hutcherson                        6-2                        8^th                         San Francisco

Austin Rob Kirksey                          5-7                        6^th                         Los Angeles

Patrick Lam                                       5-5                        6^th                         Temple City, CA

S.J. Madison                                     6-3                        8^th                         Los Angeles

Brandon McCoy                              6-2                        8^th                         Oakland, CA

Jakyi Miles                                        5-4                        6^th                         Laveen, AZ

Ilan Nikolov                                      6-2                        7^th                         Salt Lake City

Rider Portela                                    6-2                        8^th                         Phoenix

Jeremiah Profit                                6-4                        8^th                         Temecula, CA

Andre Ray                                         6-4                        7^th                         Redlands, CA

Isaiah Rogers                                    6-1                        8^th                         Corona, CA

Kingston Smith                                 5-10                      7^th                         Westlake Village, CA

JoJo Wicker                                       6-1                        8^th                         Long Beach, CA

Devin Wright                                    6-0                        8^th                         Walnut Creek, CA