Aliquippa to host ‘CJ2K vs. World’ charity basketball games Saturday

By: Chris Harlan
Friday, April 4, 2025 | 7:02 PM

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Aliquippa will host a charity basketball event Saturday featuring high school players from around Western Pennsylvania.

The CJ2K vs. World “Bigger than Basketball” Charity Classic includes a girls game at 3 p.m. and a boys game at 4:30 p.m. The rosters contain both high school seniors and underclassmen.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students.

Proceeds benefit UPMC Children’s Hospital, said event organizer Scott Alaksin, a founder of the CJ2K League.

The boys game includes a foursome of 2,000-point scorers in Neighborhood Academy’s Courtney Wallace, Belle Vernon’s Zion Moore, Avonworth’s Rowan Carmichael and Chartiers Valley’s Jayden Davis. Clairton senior Iyanna Wade — who topped 3,000 points in her career — will compete in the girls game.

To adhere to PIAA rules, players are identified by their hometown rather than their high school. Also, the event is not billed as a high school all-star game. Those steps let underclassmen take part without jeopardizing their eligibility.

Boys rosters

CJ2K

Nolan Donnelly

Ty Daniels

Jayden Davis

Rowan Carmichael

Enzo Khalil

Brady Mayo

Justin Shanor

Isaiah Jeter

Lucas Stanley

Tommy Davis

Liam Gallagher

Teegan Finucan

Brady O’Rourke

Dylan Donovan

Anthony Abrahams

World

Notorious Grooms

Courtney Wallace Jr.

Michael Santicola

Zion Moore

Evan Strimel

Dame Givner

R.J. Sledge

Qalil Goode

Amir Turner

Jayden Brown

Tyler Robbins

Will Evans

Ralphie Blundo

Calvin Winfrey III

Naron Jackson

Kai Cox

Girls rosters

CJ2K

Tyarah Woody

Rachel Boehm

Erica Gribble

Madison Clair

Reese Hall

Ava Lucarotti*

Carla Brown

Lauren Borella

Sadie Orie

Maggie Spell

Claudia Ierullo

Julianne Ott

Tori Harvey

Jaedin Griggs

Josie Fontana

Gracie Cato

World

Lailah Wright

Bella Magestro

Layke Fields

Monique Vincent*

Draya Neavins

Isabel Chaparro

Skylar Still

Iyanna Wade

London Creach

Aunesty Johnson

Bailey White

Rihanna Boice

Alayna Bivins

Addie Biel

Taylor Phillips

*injured

Rosters are loaded!
April 5, 2025
Aliquippa High School
Girls 3pm
Boys 4:30pm
Limited Tickets still available. Come see the inaugural CJ2K VS THE WORLD "BIGGER THAN BASKETBALL CHARITY CLASSIC!"
* Proceeds benefit UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. https://t.co/4gFHMWyCK3 pic.twitter.com/DYwPYCRB46

— WE GOT NEXT (@CJ2KLeague) April 2, 2025

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.