Some of the top basketball players in the nation will descend upon Salem this December for the Capitol City Classic.
On Thursday, the Capitol City Classic announced the full field of teams that will participate this year. The teams include a number of national powerhouses.
Phoenix-based St. Mary’s Catholic will be in Oregon for the tournament. The Knights won the 4A state championship last year and are led by five-star recruit Cameron Williams, who is a 6-foot-11 forward who has offers from Arizona, Duke and Texas. ESPN has Williams ranked as the No. 3 recruit in the country and he is projected to be a 2027 NBA Draft lottery pick.
Louisiana’s Ruston High School will also be in town for the tournament. The Bearcats are led by Ahmad Hudson, who is a five-star football recruit as a tight end and also considered a top recruit in basketball as a 6-foot-8 junior. Ruston also has four-star recruit Darren Ford, a 6-foot-2 guard with offers from Arizona State and Kansas State.
Rounding out the out-of-state teams is Missouri’s Webster Groves High School. The Statesmen won the Missouri Class 5 state championship last year and are led by 6-foot-3 junior Scottie Adkinson (who is committed to Missouri).
The Capitol City Classic’s Oregon teams will include Tualatin, Nelson, Sherwood, West Linn, Wilsonville, Benson, West Salem, West Albany, Central, Thurston, and local teams North Salem, Sprague and Western Christian.
The 2025 Capitol City Classic boys bracket will be played at Willamette University in Salem from Dec. 18-23.
At the same time, the girls will be showcasing their skills. The girls bracket will be held from Dec. 19-22 and will run at Chemeketa Community College.
The Capitol City Classic’s girls bracket is headlined by Oregon teams like South Medford, West Linn, Nelson, West Albany, South Albany, West Salem, Beaverton, Grants Pass, South Salem, Newberg, Amity, North Eugene, Cascade, Central and Sprague.
Utah’s Bingham High School is also scheduled to attend for the girls bracket.
Nik Streng is the high school sports editor for The Oregonian/OregonLive. On top of covering games/events himself, Nik is in charge of overseeing a network of freelancers all over the state who help with high…
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