Club basketball kicks off in full force this weekend in the Portland Metro Area. Hoopsource’s Elite Opening Showcase will fire up at various locations both north and south of the Columbia River, with most of the top action at the…
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SubscribeClub basketball kicks off in full force this weekend in the Portland Metro Area. Hoopsource’s Elite Opening Showcase will fire up at various locations both north and south of the Columbia River, with most of the top action at the 17U level taking place at Clackamas Community College. Here’s a quick look at the teams playing in that division.
The newly formed NW Rotary Rebels program – a combination of Rotary and the Rose City Rebels – will prep for their EYBL schedule with an appearance at the Elite Opening Showcase. In the 17U division both the 17U and 16U squads will be entered. On both teams, many of the top prospects are from the state of Washington but in terms of players from Oregon, 17U will feature
Jaden Steppe
Jaden
Steppe
6'8" | SF
Tualatin | 2024
State
#258
Nation
OR
(2024 Tualatin),
Utrillo Morris
Utrillo
Morris
5'8" | PG
Roosevelt | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Roosevelt), and Terrence Hill (2024 Roosevelt/AZ Compass) while 16U will feature
Winters Grady
Winters
Grady
6'7" | SF
Tualatin | 2025
CA-N
(2025 Lake Oswego) and
Isaac Carr
Isaac
Carr
6'3" | CG
Central Catholic | 2025
State
OR
(2025 Central Catholic).
Oregon Prospects will have a number of the state’s top rising seniors in its top two teams in the tournament. The Black squad will be headed by the backcourt combo of
Quincy Townsend
Quincy
Townsend
6'2" | CG
Mountain View | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Mountain View) and
Jackson Weiland
Jackson
Weiland
6'0" | PG
South Medford | 2024
State
OR
(2024 South Medford), both of whom can score and distribute.
Ethan Eckard
Ethan
Eckard
6'3" | SG
Sherwood | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Sherwood) and
Dylan Westermeyer
Dylan
Westermeyer
6'6" | SF
Oregon City | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Oregon City) offer shooting while
Ian Prictor
Ian
Prictor
6'7" | PF
Mountain View | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Mountain View) and
Cole Holum
Cole
Holum
6'8" | PF
Lakeridge | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Lakeridge) will be the bigs inside. A sleeper to watch out for is Grant Olson (2024 Hermiston) whose high scoring exploits have been in the WIAA.
The Gold squad for the Prospects features a number of guys that can score the ball in
Mykah Mendoza
Mykah
Mendoza
6'1" | SG
Roseburg | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Roseburg),
Jackson Owens
Jackson
Owens
6'3" | CG
Cleveland | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Cleveland),
Max Juhala
Max
Juhala
6'5" | SF
West Linn | 2024
State
OR
(2024 West Linn) and Washingtonian Tait Spencer (2024 Battle Ground).
Tyler Curvy
Tyler
Curvy
5'10" | CG
Jesuit | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Jesuit) will man the point while Charlie Kapranos (2024 Grant) and unsigned seniors
Gray Thompson
Gray
Thompson
6'6" | SF
Central Catholic | 2023
State
OR
(2023 Central Catholic) and Evan Manville (2023 Union) will battle down low.
Protech (Prep) – formerly known as 3C – reunites a number of guys that grew playing together at the Beaverton Hoop YMCA and should be a formidable squad. Versatile swingmen
Nico Rafalovich
Nico
Rafalovich
6'6" | SF
Jesuit | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Jesuit) and
Kayin Turner
Kayin
Turner
6'5" | SF
Sunset | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Sunset) will be tough matchups for opponents and guards such as
Donovan Crowder
Donovan
Crowder
5'9" | PG
Liberty | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Liberty),
Dominic Papworth
Dominic
Papworth
6'2" | CG
Franklin | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Franklin), and
Kwaje Laila
Kwaje
Laila
5'11" | SG
Franklin | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Franklin) will help push the pace. When completely healthy,
Quinn Haveman
Quinn
Haveman
6'3" | SG
Mountainside | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Mountainside) will be a factor.
ONE Basketball features a squad that has some under-the-radar talent ready to be discovered.
Colt Ness
Colt
Ness
5'10" | PG
Tigard | 2025
State
OR
(2025 Tigard) will have a huge role with the Tigers next high school basketball season and his club experience will help him prepare.
Dax Hanzlik
Dax
Hanzlik
6'5" | SF
Westside Christian | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Westside Christian) and
Peyton Maurer
Peyton
Maurer
6'3" | SF
Cascade Christian | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Cascade Christian) faced off in the 3A championship game but will now team up with ONE.
Patrick Napierala
Patrick
Napierala
6'5" | SG
Lakeridge | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Lakeridge) and
Kevin Benson
Kevin
Benson
6'6" | PF
West Linn | 2025
State
OR
(2024 West Linn) are ones to keep an eye on.
DENY Basketball will be there on the first day of pool play but their games won’t count in the standings. While a couple of these guys will be out due to injury, the top players for head coach Jonny Canalin this season will include
Kyle Counts
Kyle
Counts
6'7" | PF
Wilsonville | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Wilsonville),
Jacey Canalin
Jacey
Canalin
5'7" | PG
Wells | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Wells),
Kallen Gutridge
Kallen
Gutridge
6'4" | SG
Wilsonville | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Wilsonville), and
AJ Noland
AJ
Noland
6'0" | CG
Tulalatin | 2024
State
OR
(2024 Tualatin).
Other Oregon-based squads at the event include OBC and Portland Select. Action starts 9:05 AM on Saturday morning.
