While you may have watched the American League notch its 10th straight win, there was other All-Star action right in town tonight. I was at the Rbk-U All-Star game, which brought to a close the five-day camp that drew over 100 of the nation's top high school hoops players. Held at Philadelphia University, this was the inaugural year for the camp, the reincarnation of Sonny Vaccaro's ABCD camp after he pulled out earlier this year.

I got a look at someone who will most likely match up against the Quakers in years to come. Maalik Wayns, who made a verbal commitment to attend Villanova last month, started at point guard for the "Finish" All-Star group. Wayns, a junior at Roman Catholic HS, was one of the four Philadelphians to participate in the camp. Granted, it was the all-star game, but it looked like the 5'9 guard was having an off night. I watched as a pair of three-pointers clunked off the rim on the way to a one-for-seven performance in almost ten minutes of play. He also had one steal and one turnover. (Edit: Apparently I missed the show earlier this week; I found out via an Inquirer article this morning that Wayns played the all-star game with a groin injury) However, in a game earlier in the week, Wayns did put up 10 points and dish out 5 assists.

In the camp championship game earlier in the evening, another local player was on the court. Andrew Randell of Communications Tech had two points on one-for-six shooting and six rebounds. Randell's "Shaun Livingston" team would hit the century mark in an easy 100-81 victory over the "Marvin Williams" squad to take the championship.

There was a lot of talent out there (it was a like a mini-slam dunk contest) and with representatives from Villanova, Ohio State, Virginia, La Salle and Duke and others in attendance, one has to wonder where these high schoolers will end up.

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