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Dresha Moore   Leuzinger   6’0 UC San Diego

Maddison Watts   Leuzinger   5’10   LMU

Dylan Tse   South Pasadena   5’8   Undecided

Christy Reynoso   Sierra Canyon   5’5   Undecided

Brooklyn Taylor   Long Beach Poly   6’1   Cal State Dominguez

Shea Joko   Orange Lutheran   5’4   Pomona Pitzer

Amanda Ajobiewe   Ontario Christian   5’10   Georgetown

Jocelyn Pascual   Brentwood   5’7   Undecided

Tiara Jones   Bishop Montgomery   6’0   Cal State University Dominguez Hills

Ella Zimmerman   Redondo   6’4   Portland University

Karen Marshal   Ontario Christian

Calista Romero   Pius X St Matthias Academy

Collision All-Star GIRLS City Roster

Christiuana Taylor King Drew

Anayla Anderson King Drew 1ST TEAM ALL CITY OPEN

Mariah Blake Westchester 1st TEAM ALL CITY OPEN

Serenity Johnson Westchester 1st TEAM ALL CITY OPEN

Samantha Velasquez Birmingham Co-OPEN DIVISION POY

Devyn Berry Birmingham Co-OPEN DIVISION POY

Karma Paez Granada Hills 1st TEAM ALL CITY OPEN

Brigita Bulotaite Granada Hills

Sarah Ramos Crenshaw 1st TEAM ALL CITY OPEN

Naomi Whitfield Crenshaw 1st TEAM ALL CITY OPEN

Aniah Bradley Palisades 1st TEAM ALL CITY OPEN

Noelani Raigans San Pedro

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Pat Roy

Roy, currently of St. Paul, is the former veteran coach at Inglewood High School who mentored NBA Hall of Fame Paul Pierce, will lead the boys Southern team.

Archie led the Southern Section to an impressive 129-114 victory over the City Boys.

The City Girls upset the Southern Girls squad 81-79 in 2023 at Westchester High School.

Gardena’s Ernie Carr and Washington Prep’s Jovante King will co-coach the City Boys for the second time and Leuzinger’s Bo Corona will lead the Southern Girls for the third time.

Ernie Carr

Jovante King

Bo Corona

King Drew’s Dameion Williams will make his Collision coaching debut and will serve as the head coach for the City girls team.

King Drew’s Dameion Williams will coach the City section girls at Collision XXIV.

Collision will honor the late Kobe Bryant during their 24^th anniversary, all four teams will be wearing custom Lakers themed uniforms with Mamba infusion on the shorts.

The boys will wear uniforms numbered from Bryant’s last Lakers team and his last Lakers championship team.

The girl’s game will pay homage to Bryant’s late daughter Gianna Bryant were among nine people died who died on January 26, 2020 aboard a helicopter. The nine people on board were included Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Keri, his daughter Alyssa, Payton Chester, her mother Sarah, basketball coach Christina Mauser, and the pilot, Ara Zobayan. 

“This is a tribute that was scheduled to happen the year of the tragedy, but the COVID pandemic prevented us from staging the event and we think that is appropriate to coincide with our 24^th anniversary the number that Kobe wore before retiring. It is still so heartbreaking, but I don’t want anyone to ever forget what we lost one that regretful day. This is the least that we can do,” said Collision Founder, Kenneth Miller.

The girl’s game will tip at 4pm and the boy’s game at 6pm. Admission will be available at the door only. No electronic payments will be accepted.

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When Rylei Waugh began her anticipated high school career starting as a 9^th grader at Westchester, Collision Founder Kenneth Miller got a pledge that she would play represent the City Section following her senior season.

Waugh, the City Open Division Co-Player of the Year, turned out to be well worth the wait when she took center stage at Westchester on April 15 for the 23^rd annual Collision All Star Games leading the City girls to their first victory since 2012 and only the fourth during the series.

In a game that both the Southern Section and the City Section blew double digit leads, Waugh took over down the stretch scoring 20 second half points, including a three pointer to staved off the Southern girls 81-79.

She culminates her high school career on the heels of fueling Westchester to the Open Division Championship with the MVP for her stellar performance which ranks as one of the most impressive by a girl in the history of the event, especially for a City squad that has been dominated thoroughly since Collision inception in 1999.

Waugh got plenty of help from Crenshaw’s Citlali Salazar who finished with 19, including 11 in the first half. Her Westchester teammate Ronyae Jackson was clicking from downtown with 3 -three pointers had 15 points which turned out to be the difference in an exciting affair.

Lynwood’s Jaushlin Ruffin did her best to keep Southern in it, scoring 11 second half points and 18 for the game. Orange Lutheran’s Madi Bogan poured in six 3 pointers for the Southern and finished with 22 points and was the only other player in double digits for the game.

The game was a rematch of coaches Lindsay Charity of OLU and Westchester’s Domonic Grimes whose high school teams meet in the Southern California Regionals that Charity won. Turns out the two coaches will be back Collision in 2024 after agreeing to pilot their sections again.

Kenna McConnachie of LACES (Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies) was awarded the Scholar Athlete for carrying the highest grade point average among the girls with a 4.5 NCAA Core GPA.

The City girls won for the just the fourth time and prevented the Southern Section for sweeping the series for the 11^th time.

Rancho Christian’s Kevin Patton turned in one of the most electric performances in Collision history, thunder dunking, long range threes and twisting reverse lay-ups on his way to 31 points while powering the Southern boys to a recording tying 129 points, defeating the City 129-114 in a game that was never in doubt.

The CIF-SS D-2 POYPatton, who is going to the University of San Diego) to play for former UCLA and St. Johns coach Steve Lavin, is likely to become the next NBA first round pick for Rancho Christian after Evan Mobley based on what he showed at Collision.

It marked the second consecutive victory for the Southern boys and increased their series lead to 13-10, after it lost two straight to the City.

Patton earned MVP for his efforts, but the highest scorer in the game and now Collision History was Darius Carr of Fairfax who buried 40 points, including 10 three pointers.

Rolling Hills Prep’s JV Brown, who is going to Missouri as a preferred walk-on, showcased why he was so coveted by pumping in 23 points, including 17 in the first half.

Rancho Verde’s Anthony Smith scored 24; St. Paul’s Maurice White added 19, 16 in the first half; Bishop Montgomery’s Christian Jones had 14 for the Southern boys.

Grant’s Dilyn Martin finished with 16 and Westchester’s Jonathan Choyce had 15 on all three pointers, to round out the top City scorers.

Westchester’s Angel Corona was Scholar Athlete Award winner with a 3.8 GPA, the second Comet player to achieve the honor.            

Prior to the girl’s game two Jim Harrick Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented; One to Rick Moos who was instrumental in founding the Los Angeles WATTS Summer Games with over 6,000 High Schooled Athletes; And the other to former Westchester coach Ed Azzam, who retired after 42 storied years comprising 933 wins and 285 losses. That made him one of only a handful of high school coaches in California history with more than 900 career wins.                      

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The 22nd annual Collision All Star Games returned after a two year COVID-19 shutdown with a vengeance as South Pasadena’s Allysan Tse and Corona Centennial’s Donavon Dent earned MVP performances in a thrilling Southern Section sweep at El Camino College on April 30.

Tse, a CIF-Southern Section D-2 honoree scored 18 convincing points in a balanced performance including a critical 7 points in the third quarter when the Southern Section outscored the City 25-16 to put the game away enroute to a 87-73 victory to improved to 19-3 in the series.

She led a balance scoring attack that included 15 points from Mater Dei’s Soleil Montrose, 11 from Kylee Edger of Hesperia and 12 from Orange Lutheran’s Ashari Cassell.

Rolling Hills Prep Tatum Tamashiro was saluted as the Mary & Albert “Cap” Lavin Scholar Athlete for the girl with the highest GPA at 4.1.

Lynwood’s Ellis Barefield served as the head coach for the winning squad and was assisted by Orange Lutheran’s Lindsay Charity who will pilot the girls Southern Section team in 2023.

Etiwanda’s Talia Garner chipped in with 9 points, while Brittany Ishida of North Torrance and Chloe McNellie of Twentynine Palms added 8 apiece. El Camino Real’s City D1 Player of the Year Audrey Quintana led all scorers in both girls and boys game with 28, while City Open Division POY Janna Holley finished with 17 and Janelly Portillo of Palisades closed out with 12 in a losing effort. Palisade’s Adam Levine coached the City girls.

Meanwhile, New Mexico bound Dent proved once and for all why he was the best high school player in the California by erasing any City Section hopes after they led 42-40 at halftime. Dent exploded for 14 of his team high 18 points close out a brilliant high school career to add another victory and more hardware to his resume.

Four players scored in double figures for coach Josh Giles Southern outfit including 16 by St. John Bosco’s Christian Estrada, 14 from Minnesota bound Jaden Henley of Colony and 12 from Dent’s Centennial teammate Ramsey Huff. Jeremy Dent-Smith of Serra (Gardena) added 9 and was selected as the Mary & Albert “Cap” Lavin Scholar Athlete for his 4.1 GPA. New Mexico bound and Etiwanda standout Quinton Webb finished with 9 points as the Southern Section held on for a 92-88 victory to improve to 12-10 on the series.

City co-POY’s Kalib LaCount of King Drew (Eastern Carolina) and Fairfax’ Tyler Bey led the City with 17 points each for City coach Lloyd Webster of King Drew. Grant’s D1 POY Jeremiah Windham tallied 14.

Former Pasadena La Salle and Los Angeles Price coach Michael Lynch was honored with the Collision Jim Harrick Lifetime Achievement Award prior to the boys game.

Lynch coached for 26 years between the two schools compiling 626 wins won 10 Southern Section championships and eight state titles while sending 36 players to college and the NBA including Collision alumni Allen Crabbe.

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Collision features the top senior girls and boys representing the CIF Southern Section and the CIF Los Angeles City Section in a clash for sectional bragging rights in a doubleheader which begins with the girls game at 4p.m. followed by the boys game at 6p.m.

The Southern boys team coached by Corona Centennial’s Josh Giles who led his Huskies squad to Open Division sectional and state championships will pilot a loaded outfit Centennial’s Open Player of the Year and New Mexico bound Donovan Dent, Creighton bound Ben Shtolzberg of Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks), Open honoree Koat Keat (Santa Barbara) of Crean Lutheran, All CID-D1 dynamo Christian Estrada of St. John Bosco, 26 point per game producer Spivey Word of Damien, Minnesota recruit  and All CIF-D1 star Jaden Henley of Colony, a pair of  Cal State East Bay signees in Ramsey Huff (Centennial) and Payden White of Riverside Poly.

Meanwhile, King Drew’s highly successful Lloyd Webster will counter with a City quad anchored by one of the most prolific scores in City history his own Kalib LaCount to averaged more than 30 points per game this season while sharing co-Player of the Year honors with his Collision teammate Tyler Bey of Open City Champion Fairfax, Open honorees Charlie Moore of Palisades, Isiah Lewis of Taft, Larry Olyanika of Birmingham, Andre Gill of Narbonne, Oscar Lopez of Venice, ElCamino Real’s  Karson Pheffer, City D1 Player of the Year Jeremiah Windham of Grant, and a pair of D1 honorees in Tim Lopez of  Chatsworth and Khalil Foster  of Granada Hills.

Other Southern selections include Khemanni Davis of Rancho Verde and Jack McCloskey      Mater Dei. 

The Boys game will tip at 6p.m., proceeded by the girls at contest at 4p.m.

Tickets will be available at the door for $12 for adults and $8 for children under 12.

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It has been two years since the Collision All Star Games last staged its showcase which features outstanding basketball players representing the CIF Southern Section versus the CIF Los Angeles City Section.

The last event held in 2019 at Harbor College saw the City Boys team dominate the Southern Section 112-79 for the second year in a row to close the gap in the series to 11-10, setting up a high stakes showdown on April 30, 2022 when Collision returns to El Camino College for the eighth time.

No other site has hosted Collision as often as El Camino and it is only appropriate that Collision will be the first outside event to be held at the Torrance campus sparkling new gymnasium.

“I have always considered El Camino our home because we’ve played so many great games there and I turned down two other facilities to be return, “said Collision Founder Kenneth Miller.

The 22^nd installment will feature the most successful prep coach in California when Corona Centennial’s Josh Giles pilots the Southern Section boy’s squad.

Giles led the Huskies to a remarkable 33-1 record enroute to capturing Open Division sectional and state titles this season.

During his illustrious 19 year career at Centennial, Giles has a record of 398-132 (League Record 152-36) (7 Seasons with 27 wins or more); 6 Undefeated League Seasons; 14 League Championships (14x League Coach of the Year); 2007, 2014 and 2020 Riverside County Coach of the Year; 2007, 2011 and 2020 CIF Coach of the Year; 2007 CIF Champions.

He joins an elite list of high school coaches that have graced the Collision sidelines including the likes of Bishop Montgomery’s Doug Mitchell, Rollings Hills Prep Harvey Kitani, the late Dwan Hurt of Gardena Serra, Westchester’s Ed Azzam, Taft’s Derrick Taylor to name a few.

Giles will also bring along with him his New Mexico bound guard and co- Open Division Player of the Year Donavon Dent who will suit up for the Southern boys.

Meanwhile, Giles will be confronted by King Drew’s rising star among the coaching ranks in Lloyd Webster who has elevated Drew to among the top teams in the City Section during his five year reign.

Like Giles, Webster will bring his top gun in Kalib LaCount who was selected City co-Open Player of the Year after leading the Golden Eagles to the Open Division Finals in ’22. 

The boy’s game will tip at 6p.m. and will be preceded by the girl’s game at 4p.m. Palisades championship winning coach Adam Levine will lead the City Girls team will Lynwood’s exceptional pilot Ellis Barfield will coach the girls Southern Section team.

Since Barfield, a former Lynwood basketball player, took over in 1992, the Knights have captured 10 sectional titles, six regional, and five state championships.

Barfield has also produced two Collision MVP’s Hazel Woods in 2001 Kameca Simmons in 2003. Only Gardena Serra has produced more girl MVP’s with three.

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The annual Collision All Star basketball game has traditionally been an enormous challenge for the girls representing the Los Angeles City Section and this edition poses yet another enormous test as the Southern Section fields its tallest team yet at 21st edition on Saturday April 20, 2019 at Los Angeles Harbor College at 5p.m.

Girls representing the Southern Section have won the 17 of the 20 basketball games played in the series, but this year they will suit up at least seven players 5’9 or taller posing arguably their stiffest City challenge in the 20 year series.

Leading the trees for the Southern Section squad is 6’5 Kennedy Lilly of El Dorado, 6’3 University of San Diego bound Amanda Olinger of State Champion Sierra Canyon, 5’11 Texas Tech recruit Alexis Tucker of Serra (Gardena), 5’11 Dorcus Wu of Chino Hills, 5’10 Mater Dei standout Cailyn Crocker (University of California Berkley), 5-10 Dee McAllister of Brentwood and 5’9 Redondo Union star Dylan Horton. Rounding out the team coach by Leuzinger’s Bo Corona and West Torrance’s Riki Murakami will be Bishop Montgomery’s Kayla Padilla and Kayla Williams, Kennedy Jackson of Redondo, Alisa Saito of West Torrance, Open Division honoree Kaiya Corona of Winward who will be attending Dartmouth, Deja Williams of Long Beach Poly and Valisa Millhouse of Leuzinger.

Six of the Southern Section members earned All CIF, including Crocker, Padilla, Williams and Horton who were Open selections, and Tucker (D1), Wu (D2) and McAllister (D3).

Los Angeles City Section Open Division Champion Granada Hills Charter and perennial city power Narbonne dominated the City team selections landing and unprecedented four players on the 15-team squad.

Led by Open Division Player of the Year Hayley Berfield, teammates and Open choices Stephanie Ornelas and Brianna Torres, and Ashley Jeong. Narbonne landed two players who were Open Division honorees in Keeya Smith and Janaiah Perkins-Jackson, and All Marine League teammates Destyni Heard and Leonna Logan.

Closing out the roster for the City team will be Open honorees Ayanna Khalfani of El Camino Real and Destiny Brown of City Open runner-up Westchester, Guadalupe Garcia of Marquez, All City D1 selections Eriona Williams and Kayla Valencia of Carson, and teammate Leonna Logan.

Coaching the City girls will be Open Division Coach of the Year Jared Honig of Granada Hills Charter and Open Division runner-up Westchester’s Dominic Grimes.

Bishop Montgomery girls coach Noelle Quinn will become the first woman recipient of Jim Harrick Lifetime Achievement Award. Quinn played for Bishop Montgomery High School, where she was named McDonalds All American, a WBCA All-American. Quinn attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 4th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.

The girls games are divided along sectional lines (LA City vs Southern Section) and the girls will tip off at 5p.m. followed by the boy’s game at 7p.m. Tickets at the door are $10. For more information contact (310) 924-7851. Four AAU exhibition basketball games will precede the Collision high school all-star games.

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