An Inquirer guide to the 129th running of the annual track and field spectacle starting this Thursday at Franklin Field.

Smith, who is bound for Penn State, is the city’s all-time scoring leader in boys’ and girls’ basketball. She changed the athletic culture in the Public League and could be Philly’s next pro.

The 5-foot-8 McMiller graduated from Life Center Academy in Burlington County. She averaged 18.7 points this season.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety had his high school jersey retired by the Panthers on Friday night — with one key caveat.

Sidwar, who led the Explorers to a 10-1 record last season, joins Spring-Ford’s Matt Zollers, the state’s top-ranked QB.

The Vikings play their home games at Jardel Rec Center, about half a mile from campus. Public League officials hope that will change by 2027.

The senior at Franklin Learning Center High School is a 12-time amateur national champion. He’ll be fighting internationally for the first time this August in Germany.

John DeRenzi, an alumni board member for the school, received a kidney transplant from Caleb Duffy that was made possible by a connection to the Neumann Goretti baseball team.

The Chamberlain roots run deep in Philadelphia, where Wilt played at Overbook High School and for the Warriors and Sixers. His grandnephew, Olin Jr., helped make a name for himself with the Hawks.

Reagan Roxas was the only girl on her middle school wrestling team. Now, she's a state champ after a 33-0 season.

The love of basketball can take you many places, but at some point those searching for the heart of the game will find themselves traveling a back road to a small town in Indiana. James Naismith, had invented the game of basketball at the YMCA International Training school at Springfield, Mass. in 1890, but it was Indiana that refined the game. Even Naismith himself confessed, “Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.”

“Ice hockey is a very exciting sport,” he said in 1985, “and with the appeal of the Flyers, it has experienced even a greater resurgence in this area.”

Clark averaged 19.8 points in his second season at Merrimack College in Massachusetts.

His signature attack on the volleyball court featured intricate ballhandling and passing, and a 70-mph spike or subtle tap at the end to frustrate opponents and score the point.

This season, the Crusaders won a Catholic League championship and reached the state playoffs for the first time, where Judge beat Roman Catholic, 71-60, to win the state title.