Four area high school basketball players played in the Philadelphia Building Trades’ All Star Labor Classic, which took place on Sunday at Holy Family University.
Local players were Rocco Westfield, who played on Father Judge’s back-to-back Catholic League championship teams; Frankford’s Doron Ross and Janeliss Laboy; and St. Hubert’s Luciana D’Andrea.
The City Boys defeated Suburban Boys, 97-87. The City Girls beat Suburban Girls, 60-49.
A Labor vs. Legends game kicked off the day. Labor, coached by Sprinkler Fitters Local 692 business manager Wayne Miller, defeated the Legends, coached by former state Sen. and Holy Ghost Prep and Notre Dame player Jimmy Dillon, 92-91, on a dunk by 3-year-old Miles Ross.
Before the first game, a moment of silence was observed in memory of the three Iron Workers Local 401 members who were killed in the Grays Ferry parking garage collapse.
Proceeds from sponsorships of the All Star Labor Classic benefit The Superhero Project nonprofit, which supports parents of prematurely born babies and all newborns facing medical challenges. Kelly Gallagher, an Archbishop Ryan graduate, is founder of the Superhero Project.
In all, this year’s event raised $260,579.
All high school players received $1,000 toward a college scholarship, while D’Andrea was among four winners of the Dennis Hill Memorial Scholarship, given to those who raised the most money for the charity. D’Andrea and three others received a $2,000 scholarship.
Among those attending the games were former St. Joe’s coach Phil Martelli and the legendary Cathy Rush, who coached Immaculata to three national championships in the 1970s. Rush was there to watch her grandson, Tommy Rush, of Germantown Academy. ••
