The basketball prep season might have finished, but the games involving Arlington athletes aren’t quite over. Two local showcases have announced multiple basketball players, representing three of the four Arlington high schools.
Bishop O’Connell head coach Joe Wootten will lead the Capital All-Stars against Danny Hurley (St. Benedicts Prep, N.J.), who will coach the US All-Stars Team, in the 2008 Under Armour Capital Classic. The exhibition will be held on April 13 at the University of Maryland's Comcast Center.
There will be two games, with the first one set to start at 2:30 p.m. and both will be televised on MASN. The 35th annual game will once again feature the nation’s elite seniors, which includes O’Connell’s Jason Clark.
Clark will team with Gonzaga’s Max Kenyi, Mount Vernon’s Marquel De Lancey and future Georgetown teammate Chris Braswell on the Capital All-Stars. Their squad will be pitted against Olek Czyz (Duke), Ralph Sampson, Jr. (Minnesota) and Henry Sims (Georgetown), among others.
O’Connell’s 6-foot-10 center Frank Ben-Eze was selected to play for the District All-Stars, though he is unlikely to play due to a knee injury. Ben-Eze’s team will take on the Suburban All-Stars, which includes Annandale’s Erik Etherly and T.C. Williams’ Anthony Winbush. Springbook’s Tom Crowell is set to coach the Suburban All-Stars, while Bullis’ Bruce Kelley will coach the District All-Stars.
The Capital Classic, which began in 1974, has an alumni list that is headline by Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Lebron James, and includes 125-plus NBA players.
The players will also participate in the Capital Classic Hoopla slam dunk and three-point shooting contests, which is set to start at 3:30 p.m. on April 11 at O'Connell.
<b>A LITTLE CLOSER</b> to home, Mount Vernon will host a basketball showcase, featuring the Northern Region’s best basketball players. The first annual All-Star game, which also includes a three-point shootout and dunk contest, will start at 5:30 p.m. on March 29.
Seniors from the Patriot and Concorde Districts will be paired against seniors from the Liberty and National Districts in the all-star game. T.C. Williams head coach Ivan Thomas, a three-time Northern Region Coach of the Year will man the sidelines for the Patriot and Concorde District All-Stars, while Langley head coach Travis Hess will instruct the Liberty and National District All-Star team.
Yorktown’s Simon Kilday, a first-team National District honoree, will compete in the three-point shootout favorite. Wakefield’s Jordan Meyer will also compete in the three-point competition and will be the Warriors sole representative.
David Greeb, an all-district forward for Yorktown, was the only Arlington player chosen to participate in the all-star game.
<b>Northern Region All-Star Showcase</b>
<i>Three-Point Shootout</i>
Aaquil Atkins, Hayfield
Coleman Bacon, W.T. Woodson
Patrick Beam, Fairfax
Travis Berry, T.C. Williams
Vanya Bilyeu, Thomas Jefferson
Ryan Farrar, Centreville
Adam Fridy, Chantilly
Alex Granger, Lee
Brian Green, Mount Vernon
Trae Jackson, South County
Greg Jones, West Potomac
Peter Kanellias, McLean
Curtis Keys, South Lakes
<b>Simon Kilday, Yorktown</b>
Justin May, Chantilly
<b>Jordan Meyer, Wakefield</b>
Dominic Morra, Lake Braddock
Bart Reese, Oakton
Bryn Renner, West Springfield
J.T. Sekel, Langley
K.C. Whitaker, Stone Bridge
Nate Whittington, Marshall
Anthony Winbush, T.C. Williams
<i>Dunk Contest</i>
Jay Bowman, South Lakes
Robert Byrd, West Potomac
Robert Coleman, Mount Vernon
Tad Dickman, Lee
Erik Etherly, Annandale
Jemal Fair, Edison
Josh Jordan, T.C. Williams
Scott LeDuc, Madison
John Manning, Chantilly
Justin May, Chantilly
Ryan O'Dell, Mount Vernon
Chris Panneton, South County
A.J. Price, South Lakes
Anthony Winbush, T.C. Williams
<b>Concorde/Patriot All-Stars</b>
Robbie Athearn, Chantilly
Aaquil Atkins, Hayfield
Drew Aunon, Robinson
Travis Berry, T.C. Williams
Tad Dickman, Lee
Erik Etherly, Annandale
Craig Gaylord, West Potomac
Tucker Lucas, Herndon
Chris Panneton, South County
Bart Reese, Oakton
Jamie Richardson, Westfield
Anthony Winbush, T.C. Williams
<b>Liberty/National District All-Stars</b>
Tarek Ammoury, McLean
Jay Bowman, South Lakes
Ryan Davenport, Langley
Jamire Davis, Edison
Marquel De Lancey, Mount Vernon
</b>David Grebb, Yorktown</b>
Curtis Keys, South Lakes
Ahmed Malik, Langley
Drew Smerdinski, Madison
Kendall Wallace, Edison
Greg Whitaker, W.T. Woodson
<b>Capital Classic All-Star Showcase</b>
<hdr15>US All-Stars Team
<lst>Player Position High School College
Olek Czyz F Reno (Nev.) Duke
Sylvan Landesberg G Holy Cross (N.Y.) Virginia
Deividas Dulkys G Findlay College Prep (Nev.) Florida State
Sean Mosley G St. Frances Academy Maryland
Ralph Sampson Jr. C Northview (Ga.) Minnesota
Henry Sims C Mount St. Joseph's (Md.) Georgetown
Tanner Smith G/F The Wesleyan School (Ga.) Clemson
Klay Thompson G Santa Margarita Catholic (Ca.) Wash. St.
Ty Walker C New Hanover (N.C.) Wake Forest
Andre Young G Deerfield- Windsor (Ga.) Clemson
Renaldo Woolridge F Harvard Westlake (Cal.) Tennessee
<b>Capital All-Stars Team</b>
<i>Player Position High School College</i>
Will Alston F Laurel (Md.) Undecided
Chris Braswell G Hargrave Military Academy (Va.) Georgetown
</b>Jason Clark G Bishop O'Connell (Va.) Georgetown</b>
Roscoe Davis C Hargrave Military Academy (Va.) West Virginia
Marquel DeLancey G Mount Vernon (Va.) Old Dominion
C.J. Garner G Spring Brook (Md.) Tulane
Cameron Johnson F Gonzaga (D.C.) Virginia
Kris Joseph F Archbishop Carroll (D.C.) Syracuse
Max Kenyi G Gonzaga (D.C.) Harvard
Marquis Simmons F Central (Md.) St. Bonaventure
Maurice Sutton C Largo (Md.) Undecided
Sean Thomas G Gwynn Park (Md.) Undecided
<b>District All-Stars Team</b>
<i>Player Position High School<i>
Jordan Clarke F Good Counsel (Md.)
David Diakite G/F National Christian (Md.)
<b>Frank Ben-Eze C Bishop O'Connell (Va.)</b>
Matt Graves F Riverdale Baptist (Md.)
Rodney Gould G Gonzaga (D.C.)
Marc Hill G Bishop McNamara (Md.)
D'Angelo Johnson G/F Theodore Roosevelt (D.C.)
Zacherey McMorris-Webb G Coolidge (D.C.)
Adrian Mills G Paul VI (Va.)
Nick Petkovich G/F Bullis (Md.)
Kenny Tate F DeMatha (Md.)
Garvey Young G Georgetown Prep (D.C.)
<b>Suburban All-Stars</b>
<i>Player Position High School</i>
Dennis Bassich G Albert Einstein (Md.)
Terrance Burke F Northwestern (Md.)
Austin Cooley G Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Md.)
Calvin Kroskie G Osbourn Park (Va.)
Sadonas Davis F Freedom (Md.)
Erik Etherly F Annandale (Va.)
Neal Kosciulek F Quince Orchard (Md.)
Maurice Hubbard F Westfield (Va.)
Bobby Mott G Potomac (Md.)
Chase Smith G Eleanor Roosevelt (Md.)
Harold Washington G Gwynn Park (Md.)
Anthony Winbush F T.C. Williams (Va.)