14 college bound senior to play April 19 at St. Bernard High School
A record 10 Division-1 College bound seniors will suit up for the girls Southern Section team at the 25thAnniversary Collision All Stars basketball event scheduled for Saturday April 19 at St. Bernard High School in Playa Del Rey.
It is clearly a remarkable achievement considering colleges have been investing more money in recruiting older players from the transfer portal instead offering high school student/athletes’ scholarships.
Fifteen players, including five boys, have pledged their commitments to Division-1 colleges, all of whom are representing the CIF Southern Section. Although, no CIF Los Angeles City Section players have committed to Division-1 colleges, there were 11 All City honorees and four City Player of the Year selections on the girls’ and boys’ teams, respectively.
Collision was established in 1999, formally known as Scholastic Hoops Jam, to pay tribute to student-athletes representing the Southern Section versus the City Section. The Southern girls have been dominant winning 21 of the 24 contest, but the boys series is separated by a mere 3 games with the Southern Section capturing 13 against the City Section’s 10.
Among the record Division 1 recruits on the Southern Section girls’ squad are McDonals All American Aliyahna “Puff”Morris of Etiwanda (All SS Open/ California University at Berkley);
Julia Wilson (Rancho Christian D-1 POY / Gonzaga); Devyn Kierman (Mater Dei/Utah); Amya Moody (Martin Luther King/Cal State Northridge); Jordin Blackmon (Bishop Montgomery All SS Open/Rice University); Amaya Williams (Mater Dei/Grand Canyon University); Leia Edwards (Sierra Canyon/Lehigh University); Ashley Redd (Sierra Canyon/Binghamton University)
Alanna Neale (Ontario Christian/All SS Open/Nebraska University); Shaena Brew (Etiwanda/Cornell); Kimberly Macias (St Monica Prep Academy); Mylar Lewis (Eastvale Roosevelt). Naismith National Coach of the Year Aundre Cummings, Ontario Christian, will coach the Southern Section Girls Team.
The Southern Section boys team will feature sharpshooter Dillan Shaw of Heritage Christian (Saint Mary’s College ); Dallas Washington (Santa Margarita Catholic/Cal State Long Beach);Hudson Mayes (Redondo Union/ALL SS Open/Central Michigan); Shane Fraizer (Brentwood /Howard University); JJ Harris (Windward; Jack Madison (South Pasadena); Brayden Miner (Redondo Union); Mateo Trujillo (Rolling Hills Prep); Mark Lewis (Notre Dame); Caleb Versher (St Bernard/UC Irvine);Coach Matt Sergeant, (Notre Dame, Collision Alum/Scholar Athlete).
Collision will be held at St Bernard High School on Saturday April 19 with the girls game beginning at 3:30pm and the boys game at 5:30pm. Admission available at the door only.
