It is with great excitement that I announce this year will be the 12th annual Portland Trip that Team Esface Black Club is making.
Our Black AAU Teams will be participating in the HoopSource Grassroots Presidents Day National Championships visiting various locations in Portland. This is truly an unparalleled experience as Portland is the home to the Team Esface founders, the Sobomehin brothers aka Tunde, Remi and myself. I always make it a point to make this trip extra special, giving some nice cultural and historical background on Friday and throughout the weekend.
Cheers to an amazing trip!
Let’s Go!
Coach Dele
#TeamEsfaceHomecoming #TeamEsfaceTakeOver
Detailed Itinerary:
Team DInner | Feb 13th: TBD
Join us for a night of fun, food, and community at our Academy-Wide Team Esface Dinner!
There will be entertainment and amusement like Bowling (4 lanes), Karaoke, Giant Scrabble , Floor Shuffle & Table Shuffle, 3 Dart Boards (18 & Older), Jenga, Giant Connect Four, and Arcade Access (Arcade Games requires payment).
Tournament Overview
Dates:
February 13th - 16th, 2026
Special Team Esface Outing on Friday, February 13th - TBD
Games begin on Saturday, February 14th - Monday, February 16th
Book return flights Monday February 16th, 7:00pm or later.
Playing Time Philosophy
Venue Addresses:
Various gyms in the Portland Metropolitan Area (including Vancouver, WA). 10-30 min from hotel
TRANSPORTATION:
WE recommend Renting a car. Consider coordinating with another family to split costs.
In the past, some families have used UBER on road trips but we recommend looking at the cost difference before making that call.
Team esface game schedule:
location: PORTLAND MARRIOT DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT | 1401 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR 97201
The Reservation Link is OPEN.
attending players and Teams:
3rd Grade Goers:
Evan Sera
Royce Hobson
Elliot Lin
Nikith Sriperambaduru
Jaiye Sobomehin
Grant Choy
Jude Khalil
Eugene Wu
Yicheng Wang, John Vincent, Ryan Sun - RSVP No
4th Grade Goers:
Jacob Hsia
Thomas Johnston
Asher Shim
Jack Westsmith
Kareem Khayat
Connor Szeto
Ari Takahashi
Djeylani Ndiaye
Silas Lucas
4th Grade BLAZERS:
Darren Lee
Parker Huie
Daniel Frank
Max Plashton
Rayyan Mehtani (Saturday & Sunday Only)
Seif Elaraby
Patrick McDonough
Aiden Hejazi Moghadam
Rocco Lansdown (Unsure)
Matthew Hsu - RSVP No
5th Grade Goers:
Arjun Sethuraman
Liam Hardman
Luca Matteucci
Lev Appelboum
Sam Epley
Corben So
James Davis
Theo Le (Unsure)
Sebastian Krack - RSVP No
5th Grade BLAZERS:
Sam Gottlieb
Javier Tapia
Aahan Aval
Beau Powers
Ender Allen
Sebastian Collins
Leo Wang-Zhang
Kiaan Arora (Unsure)
Eric Choi, Jinsuh Kim - RSVP No
6th Grade GOERS:
Ethan Sera
Toshi Takahashi
Dylan Wei
Apollo Lam
Colin Griffith
Thomas Lue
Jace Menor
Issac Ryu
Stevie Xantholpoulous
6th Grade blazers:
Luke Smith
Austin Wu
Brandon Pita
Kai Gibson
Ayan Pottahill
Rafael Marques
Ayan Shankar
John Ramming
Noah Jones (Unsure)
Dane Parsons - RSVP No
6th Grade Hustlers:
Austin Yuan
Dylan Liou
Yohan Cheruzel
Grayson Walker
Noah Lin
Lucas Metzger
Tristan Huang
Aiden Huie
6th Grade Hitters:
Grant Liau
Ford Liau
Phil Yun
Benjamin Tom
Aahvi Verma
Benjamin Freeland
Hunter Weedn
Jayden Wong
Preston Ezrati - RSVP No
7th Grade GOERs:
Sam Patton
Colton Liske
Marcus Poehlmann
Nilay Sriperambaduru
Carter Kozlov
Tristan Clark
William Cherry (Saturday & Sunday Only)
Hunter Hsieh
Noah Silver - RSVP No
8th Grade GOERS:
Olataiye Sobomehin
Ethan Tom
Ricky Tague
Kepler Gumtow
Fenris Casey
AJ Ronquillo
Walker Fogarty
James Nicholas, Henry Iwerson - RSVP No
8th Grade Blazers:
Seth Wong
Noah Kang
Jackson Alvarez
Matteis O’Brien
Trevor Young
Caleb Martin
Musa Ali
Mateo Gil Chavez
Thomas Iwerson, Jaymus Sullivan - RSVP No
8th Grade HUSTLERS:
Nico Chiang
Aiden Chaudry
James Li
Paxton Williams
Christopher Lopez
Connor Rosenthal
Tafuna Toilolo (Unsure)
Sachin Gupta, Devon Kato - RSVP No