Riverfront Sports Complex will be the epicenter of an exciting weekend of high school girls’ basketball, showcasing top teams and talent from the East Coast.

Fifteen teams converge for the Electric City Shootout three-day event. Action starts Friday night with a doubleheader. Red Bank Catholic (N.J.) plays defending District 2 Class 6A champion Hazleton Area at 6:15 followed by Plainfield High School against Abington Heights at 7:45 p.m.

Red Bank Catholic went 28-5 last season and lost to Paul VI in the New Jersey nonpublic A state tournament. The team has seven players signed to continue their athletic careers in college, led by Indiana recruit Addy Nyemcheck, who is on the Naismith Trophy watchlist. Also signed are: Tessa Liggio (Bucknell), Katie Liggio (Rhode Island), Sophie Smith (Harvard), Scarlet Levake (New Hampshire), Daniela Maletsky (Army) and Lola Giordano (East Stroudsburg).

Hazleton Area is 4-0 after a 64-35 win over Scranton on Tuesday night. Kaitlyn Bindas is averaging 18.5 points per game, Alexis Reimold is averaging 8.0, and Molly Temchatin is contributing 7.8.

Plainfield finished 17-12 last season. Jahnae Lembrick, a guard, averaged 15.8 points per game, and Imani Mullings, a guard who signed with Quinnipiac, averaged 13.1 points per game last season for the Cardinals.

Abington Heights has already played in a high-talent preseason tournament. The Lady Comets split a pair of games in the State College Tipoff. Emma Coleman had 40 points in the two games to pace the Lady Comets.

Four games are on tap for Saturday. Top-ranked Scranton Prep plays Villa Maria Academy at 1 p.m. Plainfield plays against Monsignor McClancy at 2:30 p.m. Crestwood, last season’s District 2 Class 5A champion, plays St. Thomas Aquinas at 4 p.m., and the day concludes with Chenango Forks playing Valley View at 5:30 p.m.

Villa Maria (2-3) is led by Sophia Tray, a returning starter from a team that lost to Archbishop Wood in the PIAA Class 4A playoffs last season and signed an NLI to play lacrosse at Loyola University.

Scranton Prep graduated its starting lineup from last season. The Classics, however, are off to a good start with wins over Wyoming Valley West and Bethlehem Liberty. Chloe Mamera, who has scholarship offers from St. Bonaventure, Rider and Le Moyne, has 44 points in two games.

St. Thomas Aquinas (N.J.), which finished 23-7 last season, also has a lot of collegiate talent. Jordan Barnes, who averaged 10.2 points per game last season, signed to play at Rider. Trisha Whitney, a guard who averaged 12.9 points and 4 assists, signed with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Lauryn Downing, a junior, is one of the top guards in New Jersey and has offers from UMass, Siena and Bryant. Leah Kearney, a 6-1 forward, averaged 7.4 rebounds a game last season and has been offered by Wagner, Siena and American.

Crestwood’s Jackie Gallagher is averaging 20.8 points per game, and Keira Dougherty is averaging 17.0.

Chenango Forks (N.Y.) finished 15-6 last season in the Southern Tier. Maggoe Warpus, who plays for NEPA Elite in Scranton, leads the team and signed with Oregon State.

Cora Castellani, who is averaging 15.7 points per game, and Sadie Cardoni, who is averaging 9.7, lead Valley View.

On Sunday, West Orange plays Dunmore at noon, St. Thomas Aquinas faces Scranton at 1:30 p.m., and Monsignor Clancy plays Mountain View at 3 p.m. to wrap up the weekend.

West Orange’s London Caldwell signed with Siena, while Jamine Prime and Rgyan Watt are drawing interest from NCAA Division I schools.

Jackie Brown is averaging 13 points per game, and Amanda Dempsey is averaging 12 for Dunmore, last season’s District 2 Class 3A champion.

Two-time All-Region guard Chrissy Jacklinski, who has scholarship offers from Sacramento State and St. Bonaventure, leads Scranton.

Mountain View’s Addison Kilmer committed to East Stroudsburg University. She is the reigning Times-Tribune Female Athlete of the Year.

Taking on challenges

Holy Cross and Abington Heights will compete at the Bradley Fisher Memorial Tournament on Friday at Devon Prep.

On Friday, Holy Cross (2-1) plays Holy Ghost Prep (2-1) at 6:30 p.m.

Holy Ghost Prep is led by point guard Adam McDonald, who scored 30 points against Neshaminy and 20 against Pope John Paul II.

Holy Cross will likely be without sharp-shooting guard Adam Badyrka, who left the game against Pittston Area earlier this week with an injury. The Crusaders played their first three games without starter CJ Thompson.

Abington Heights opens against defending PIAA Class 4A champion Devon Prep, which is coached by former University of Scranton star Jason Fisher.

Sophomore Jaden Craft leads an inexperienced lineup for Devon Prep with 16 points per game. Junior Devon Johnson is averaging 10 points per game, Jayden Allen-Bates is contributing 8, and junior Braeden Fisher averages 6 points and 8 assists per game.

One of Devon Prep’s three losses this season came against Scranton Prep, 73-58, at the North Catholic Tipoff Tournament on Dec. 6.

On Saturday, Holy Cross will play St. Augustine’s, a travel team from Australia, at 3:15 p.m.

Abington Heights will play Holy Ghost Prep at 4:45 p.m.

Big Friday night

There are several interesting nonleague games Friday.

In a battle of district champions, Old Forge will visit Valley View at 6:45 p.m. Old Forge won the District 2 Class 2A championship and reached the PIAA quarterfinals, where it lost to eventual champion Linville Hill. Valley View won the District 2 Class 4A championship and reached the PIAA semifinals before falling to eventual champion Devon Prep.

Riverside and its high-scoring sophomore guard, Nico Antoniacci, play Wilkes-Barre Area at 7:15 p.m. Wilkes-Barre Area is 3-1 with wins over Holy Redeemer, Old Forge and West Scranton.

The annual Wayne County rivalry doubleheader is Friday at Wallenpaupack.

Honesdale (3-1) plays the Lady Buckhorns (3-1) at 6 p.m. The Honesdale boys play Wallenpaupack and first-year coach Kevin Miller, a former All-Region player for Honesdale, at 7:30 p.m.

The one-day event came about ahead of last season after the Lackawanna League realigned into three divisions. Wallenpaupack (Division I) and Honesdale (Division II) would not have games against each other in the regular season.

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