SAN DIEGO — The 2026 Ballislife SeaWorld All-American Sport is formally a wrap, with Group Sharks incomes double-digit victories in each the girls and boys video games on the Nautilus Amphitheater this weekend. On high of that, Ole Miss commit Jaron Saulsberry (Wheeler, GA) wowed throughout an all-time nice slam dunk contest, and Duke commit Bella Flemings (Brennan, TX) stole the present by successful the 3-point contest on her remaining shot.
The gamers and their households additionally bought to spend time on the world well-known marine park, which featured some displays the All-People participated in. Having the occasion a stone’s throw from Pacific Seaside and Mission Bay definitely did not harm, both.
Now that everybody has left San Diego and made it again residence, what higher time is there to recap the weekend’s sights and sounds?
Slam Dunk Showdown
Ballislife has placed on among the greatest highschool dunk contests you may ever see over time, with future NBA dunk contest winners like Zach Lavine, Mac McClung and Derrick Jones Jr. all placing on a present at our All-American Sport throughout their respective senior seasons. That is why we really feel like we’ve got loads of authority to say that the 2026 contest was among the many greatest that the corporate has ever placed on.
Saulsberry after all stole the present together with his high-flying bag of methods, however Arkansas commit Abdul Toure (Notre Dame CT) and BYU commit Dean Ruecker (Timpview UT) additionally stood out throughout the occasion. Different dunkers included Kansas commit Trent Perry (Hyperlink Academy MO), Notre Dame commit Jonathan Sanderson (La Lumiere IN), and Arizona commit Cameron Holmers (Milennium (AZ).
These youngsters are NOT human 🤯! Jaron Saulsberry shut down the 2026 Ballislife All-American Dunk Contest at SeaWorld San Diego with an insane dunk! @SaulsberryJaron pic.twitter.com/J20AptGGGI
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) April 25, 2026


3-Level Stunner!
Arguably the loudest second of the weekend got here within the co-ed championship spherical of the 3-point contest, as women winner Bella Flemings defeated boys winner Colben Landrew by making her remaining three pictures to win the trophy.
Bella Flemings is the 2026 Ballislife All-American 3-point champion! 🏆
Flemings shocked Colben Landrew by making three pictures on the final rack to take residence the trophy.
Congrats, Bella! pic.twitter.com/kLmlFwCEOo
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) April 25, 2026


Boys‘ Sport
After the All-People placed on a present throughout Friday’s festivities, SeaWorld was buzzing on Saturday forward of the girls and boys video games. The boys sport began off as a aggressive contest with Group Dolphins bringing a 76-73 result in halftime, however a dominant second half from Group Sharks noticed them run away with the sport whereas former AAU teammates Tajh Ariza (Oregon, Hyperlink Academy, MO) and Jason Crowe Jr. (MIssouri, Inglewood, CA) took residence the group’s co-MVP honors for the respective efforts.
Ariza led all scorers with 30 factors, whereas Crowe set the tone with an unreal taking pictures show within the first half. Florida State commit Marcis Ponder earned MVP honors for Group Sharks, tallying 18 factors and 15 rebounds within the loss. Ariza, Ponder and several other different gamers together with Latrelle Allmond had some ridiculous dunks within the second half as the sport form of became a mini dunk contest, so it was definitely entertaining even it wasn’t probably the most aggressive sport for 40 minutes.




Women‘ Sport
The women sport adopted the same trajectory, as Group Doplhins stored the rating inside 4 factors at halftime earlier than Group Sharks ran away with it within the second half. Texas commit Aaliah Spaight (Bishop Gorman, NV) earned MVP honors for Group Dolphins with a flashy efficiency that noticed the Las Vegas native tally a game-high 19 factors on 7-of-13 taking pictures total with two makes on 4 makes an attempt from lengthy vary. Indiana commit Gigi Battle took residence the MVP for Group White, racking up 14 factors and 6 rebounds regardless of the shedding effort.



















