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:

Weekend Itinerary

Team DInner | Feb 13th: TBD

BUY DINNER TICKETS

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).

 
HOOPSOURCE Tournament Link
Player Waiver Form

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

Playing Time Philosophy (Tournament & National Tournament)

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:

HoopSource Live Schedule
Team Esface Day 1 Macro
 
Hotel Reservation Link Now OPEN

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