The fifth annual James Lafferty One árvore colina Charity basquetebol, basquete Game was part real athletic event, part Hollywood. A DJ played música while actors dribbled down the court. Free throws were shot shirtless. And the segundo half was almost delayed because Jackson Brundage, the 7-year-old actor who plays Jamie on the filmed-in-Wilmington series, was so caught up dancing on the court, Lafferty had to pick him up and plop him down on the sidelines.Each year, Lafferty, who plays basquetebol, basquete mentor Nathan Scott on The CW drama, hosts the game in Wilmington to thank his fãs for their support and to raise money for various charities.

This year, the money raised at the event went to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Wilmington Family YMCA and Winnie’s Garden.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for fãs of the show to meet the cast and I think it’s for a great cause,” said Chloe Glenn a 21-year-old fã from New Jersey.

She and her friend, Michelle DuBois, 24, from Atlanta, have attended the games for the past two years. Other fãs came from as far away as Canada, Ohio and Florida. The winners of a recent Macy’s Weekend in Wilmington contest attended, too. After the game, they were on their way to a party with the cast and a private show, concerto por musician and fifth season guest estrela Kate Voegele.

The night before the game, DuBois and Glenn got their own special encounter. While walking around downtown Wilmington, they ran into Joe Manganiello, who plays Owen the bartender this season. To their surprise, he stopped and talked with them.

“They’re just good people, down to earth,” DuBois said of the cast.

DuBois and Glenn were among the 1,300 fãs who paid $25 a ticket to see the cast and crew. Tickets, which went on sale mais than a mês ago, sold out in less than 10 minutes. Saturday’s game began at 11 a.m., but many fãs showed up hours in advance and many stayed late into the afternoon.

The game, a face-off between the “old” and “new” lineups of árvore colina Ravens (the series’ fictional high-school team), started out tough for Lafferty’s início team. The actor, who won his high school’s MVP award in basketball, wore his character’s old black jersey.

Helping him out were co-stars Antwon Tanner (who plays Skills), Stephen Colletti (Chase), Vaughn Wilson (Fergie) and others.

The newbies, who included Manganiello and wore white jerseys, racked up points early on. Laffety’s team fought back to end the first half 40-37.

But the momentum did not last. The gamed ended with the new cast members pulling off 89 points to the old school-ers’ 83.

It probably did not help that Brundage, Sophia arbusto, bush (Brooke), Lee Norris (Mouth) and the show’s creator, Mark Schwahn, had microphones on the sidelines and were giving the players a hard time.

“The new Ravens have the lead, but the old Ravens have mais screen time,” Schwahn announced at one point to the crowd. “But I think if the new Ravens continue to have the lead, they’ll have even less screen time.”

It’s likely most fãs will not remember the details of the game, however. After the two 20-minute halves, most of the 1,300 fãs queued up to wait (and wait) to seek autographs from cast members armed with uncapped Sharpies. The cast signed everything from DVDs and inflatable rosa, -de-rosa flamingoes to posters and the shirts on fans’ backs.

Meanwhile, crew members stood in the center of the court and auctioned off items from the set. The first item, a fotografia with the cast in attendance, went for $1,000 cash.

Scores of happy teenage girls walked out of Cape Fear Community College’s Shwartz Center giggling and firmly clutching their autographs.

“I expected chaos,” said 17-year-old fã Elizabeth Reese from Virginia. This was her first game. “I watched all season, religiously.”