8th Annual Eddie Griffin Challenge Between Philly And Jersey’s Best This Sunday!

            The 2010 Eddie Griffin Challenge is set for this Sunday October 17th. The three game showcase will be held at Trenton Catholic Highschool at 175 Leonard Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey. The event opens at 3:00pm with the sophomore game! The coach for New Jersey will be Team Izod’s Carlos Cuetos, while Philly will be coached by Warren Greene of Team Philly. The junior game will sart at 4:30pm. NJ Hotshots Mike Keller will patrol the sidelines for Jersey and Philly will be coached by Gene Rice of Philadelphia Playas and Cedric Jones of Philly’s Finest. The senior game will conclude the event and is scheduled for a 6:00 start. The Jersey team will be coached by C.J.E.T.O. Academy’s Ian Turnbull and former Paterson Catholic head coach Damon Wright, while Philly will be led by Rodney Westcott of Philly Assault and Paul Gripper of Team Phenom of Philadelphia. Admission for the event is $8 for adults and $5 for students and children        New Jersey has a lot of local flavor in the games!  The senior team has Myles Mack( St. Anthony’s)(pictured top), Sterling Gibbs( Seton Hall Prep),Vaughn Gray( St. Benedict’s) and Mario Moody(East Orange), also joining them will be Ohio State recruit Laquinton Ross(Life Center Academy), Desmond Hubert(New Egypt), Jarelle Reischel(Point Pleasant),  Derrick Gordon(St. Patrick’s),Tyler Harris(St. Benedict’s), Khalid Lewis-El(Trenton Catholic) with Rob Poole(Paul XI) an alternate.The junior team consists of local players Kyle Anderson( St. Anthony’s)(pictured middle), Rashad Andrews( St. Anthony’s), Jerome Fricke( St. Anthony’s), Dallas Englin( Seton Hall Prep), Dom Hoffman( Gill St. Bernard), Tariq Carey(Newark Eastside) and Neville Fincher( St. Benedict’s) to go along with Jaylen Beckham(St. Benedict’s),Brandon Taylor( Trenton Catholic)and Jameel Warney(Roselle Catholic) with Da’shawn Suber( St. Patrick) as an alternate. The sophomore game also has Josh Brown( St. Anthony’s), Mike Young( St. Benedict’s), Reggie Cameron( Hudson Catholic), Kavon Stewart( Hudson Catholic), Jaren Sina( Gill St. Bernard), Tyler Roberson( Union), Spencer Weicz( Seton Hall Prep), Shacore Edwards( Irvington), Austin Colbert( St. Patrick)(pictured bottom) and Jordan Forehand(St. Anthony’s) and Jarrett Hall( Newark Tech) as alternates.