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2024 Rare Footage Classic Standouts (Oct. 19)

10/21/2024, 11:45am EDT

By CoBL Staff

By CoBL Staff (@hooplove215)
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Quite a few of the area’s top high school programs headed to Northeast Philly this weekend, as the 2024 edition of the RareFootage Classic saw more than 50 teams participate over the course of the weekend.

Here’s who stood out to CoBL during the boys’ games we watched on Saturday at Bensalem and Archbishop Ryan:

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Reading (Pa.) 2027 PG Jeremiah Camara. (Photo: Chad Graham/CoBL)

Jeremiah Camara (2027 | Reading)
The Red Knights’ game against Constitution got chippy, but Camara let the scoreboard do the talking, lighting up the Generals for 22 points. Fresh off of a football game the night before, he rumbled to the cup with physical drives and finished through contact. Then his jumper got going. Camara hit an and-one three for the four-point play, drilled another one above the break, and pulled up from deep for his third three to help Reading pull away and get the win.

Kody Colson (2026 | Neumann-Goretti)
Colson’s offensive output includes a good chunk of tough pull-up jumpers — but when he’s hitting them, as he was on Saturday, the 5-11 guard is tough to stop. Colson scored 17 points in a win over Penn Charter while making some pull-ups with a high degree of difficulty; he’s able to get his shot off from basically wherever he wants thanks to a quick and powerful first step and great lift on his pull-up, which helps him square up and get a good look at the rim. Colson hit three deep 3-pointers as part of the outing, while also grabbing three rebounds and two assists.

Reece Craft (2025 | Devon Prep)
In the see-saw battle against Pennington School, Craft tilted the game in favor of the Friars with his two-way impact inside the arc. The newly-minted Swarthmore commit got busy facing up and with his back to the basket, maneuvering around defenders for high-percentage buckets. The 6-6 senior forward also contested shots and kept the Red Raiders off the boards with rebounds of his own. Then, with the game tied at 49 and :50 seconds left on the clock, Craft drained the go-ahead three to win it all. He tallied a game-high 18 points, eight rebounds, and two blocks.

Destine Evans (2025 | Pennington School, N.J.)
Rebounding from an earlier loss, Evans led the charge for his Red Raiders as they took it to Archbishop Ryan on their home floor. His two first threes ignited the insurgency, as well as his defense on the interior. But the home team fought back. So Evans responded once more with glass work and his third triple to put his squad back up before the game eventually went into to overtime. In the extra period, answered the call one final time by scoring the game-winning bucket off of an offensive rebound to finish with 18 points and six boards.

Talasi Henderson (2025 | Imhotep Charter)
Imhotep’s got so many different weapons to beat you with, as Penn Charter found out the hard way when Henderson — a talented 6-2 senior guard, but not one of the team’s five current Division I recruit — led the Panthers in scoring with 14 points in a Saturday afternoon win. Henderson knocked down two early catch-and-shoot 3-pointers to get going, then threw down a poster dunk as he cut to the rim hard on several occasions, showing off his finishing abilities at and around the rim.

Jalyn Hopkins (2026 | West Catholic)
Hopkins was a physical presence inside the arc against Odessa in the final game of the night. Burrs point guard Saaid Lee fed him touches in the paint, where he scored over either shoulder. Hopkins also showed nimble footwork on his hard rolls to the basket. In addition to wearing down the Ducks as a rim protector and rebounder, he caused chaos as the point-man in West Catholic’s zone pressure defense. His 15 points and 6 rebounds may not stand out in the box score, but his performance more than passed the eye test.

Derrick Morton-Rivera (2026 | Father Judge)
Morton-Rivera went off in Judge’s 46-35 win over Academy New Church, accounting for nearly half of his team’s offensive production on his own. His 22-point outing saw the 6-3 guard hit all sorts of tough shots in the lane early on, attacking close-outs well when his jumper wasn’t falling initially; he also had some good junk buckets in space, showing natural feel around the rim; he also put an exclamation point on the win with back-to-back 3-pointers late, while also nabbing three steals.

Alassane N’Diaye (2026 | Neumann-Goretti)
The Saints will be guard-driven as always, but N’Diaye looks like he’ll give them a versatile interior presence this year. The left-handed 6-5 junior, who was previously at St. Mark’s (Del.), went for 13 points with six steals and five rebounds in a game against Penn Charter, knocking down one 3-pointer on three attempts but otherwise getting his production mostly around the bucket. N’Diaye is a mobile small-ball ‘4’ who can put the ball on the floor in the open court and step out, with good hands and footwork in the post.

West Catholic (Pa.) 2027 G Rahmir Speaks. (Photo: Chad Graham/CoBL)

Rahmir Speaks (2027 | West Catholic)
The perpetual unsung hero of this Burrs team, Speaks did the little things to help his team win and filled up the stat sheet against Odessa. He played aggressive on-ball defense and stayed locked in off-ball, hustled for rebounds, and made the extra pass. Then, when his teammates found him in the corner, he capitalized on it with two big threes to round out the first half. Speaks continued his gully play in the second, but was still feeling it from three, this time a step-back. He racked up 14 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

Mason Thear (2025 | Devon Prep)
There wasn't a moment when Thear didn't have his thumb on the pulse of his team and the game versus Pennington School. An uncommitted senior, the 6-0 point guard called the shots on both ends, stifling opposing guards at the point of attack, then setting up his teammates to score on offense. His connection with Craft was particularly strong as Thear routinely found him spotting up outside and rolling to the basket. He finished with 11 points, 5 boards, and 7 assists.

Jasir Tyler (2026 | Paul Robeson)
Wreaking havoc in Neshaminy’s backcourt, Tyler won the game for Roberson with his defense. He racked up 6 steals in every way imaginable — picking people's pockets straight up, back-taps, jumping passing lanes, etc. The 5-9 floor leader also forced another 3 turnovers by baiting the opposing guards into mental errors. Mixed in with his transition buckets, the rest of his 15 points came from touching the paint off the dribble to get his team the comfortable win.

Tariq Warner (2027 | St. Mark's, Del.)
Warner was king of the mountain after the Spartans took down Council Rocks North and South. In both games, the lefty combo guard put pressure on the rim off the catch, getting deep into the paint on cuts and drives off of closeouts. He then converted on those advantages with touch shots and by earning trips to the free throw line. Even from a standstill, he burst through and past set defenses for 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals versus CRN. Warner was dinged up against CRS, but he still got to his spots for another 17 points and 5 rebounds.

Ryan Warren (2026 | Academy New Church)
ANC’s best offensive option against Judge on Saturday was to get the ball to Warren on the block and let him go to work. The 6-7 junior forward had a tough defensive draw with Judge big man and Loyola (Md.) commit Everett Barnes guarding him, but Warren took it right to Barnes, creating space around the rim and converting; Barnes got a couple of the matchups but Warren ultimately went for 14 points on 7-of-10 from the floor, with five rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Jake West (2025 | Penn Charter)
Penn Charter was playing shorthanded against Imhotep, a few of its starters sidelined by minor injuries, and West rose to the occasion. The 6-2 guard and recent Northwestern commit was outstanding in a 24-point, three-rebound, two-assist game, while having to shoulder a large chunk of the Imhotep pressure with the ball in his hands. West was constantly able to slip defenders and get downhill, making it to the line on six different occasions (9-10 FT), including a couple and-ones; he hit a 3-pointer and was 7-of-13 from the floor overall, including a couple really tough shots around the rim and twisting layups.

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