River Court

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River Court
General information
Established	Prior to 2005
Location(s)	Tree Hill, North Carolina
Extended information
Key people	Players Junk Moretti Lucas Scott Nathan Scott Skills Taylor Fergie Thompson Spectators Brooke Davis Jimmy Edwards † Haley James Scott Mouth McFadden Peyton Sawyer Keith Scott †
Series information
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"One Tree Hill (episode 9.13)
S1 • S2 • S3 • S4 • S5 • S6 • S7 • S8 • S9

The River Court is a street basketball court located across the river from Tree Hill, North Carolina. From its introduction in the first season, it was a popular hangout for many of the show's main characters, namely Lucas Scott and his original group of friends: Haley James, Skills Taylor, Mouth McFadden, and the rest of the River Court squad. After he joined the Tree Hill Ravens basketball team during his junior year of high school, several other characters began hanging out at the River Court, namely his half-brother Nathan Scott, as well as Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer.

History

Season 1

In the first season, the River Court was known to be a common hangout for Lucas Scott and his original group of friends: fellow streetball players Antoine "Skills" Taylor, John "Junk" Moretti, and Ferguson "Fergie" Thompson, as well as spectators Haley James, Marvin "Mouth" McFadden, and James "Jimmy" Edwards. In the pilot episode, it served as the location of a competition between Lucas and his estranged half-brother Nathan Scott to determine whether Lucas would join their high school's varsity basketball team. ("Pilot")

Season 4

The group gathers at the River Court on their first night into adulthood as they spray paint their names onto the court and paint "We were here" in the middle. Nathan and Lucas play one last one-on-one game against each other, this time as brothers and not bitter rivals like the very first time they met.

Season 5

Lucas walks onto the River Court after leaving the airport. Still heartbroken by Lindsey's visit earlier, to see that Peyton has painted over the court saying "I will always love you" over and over again, along with other lines with a comet going through the middle. Resembling Lucas' new book which ruined his engagement with Lindsey, because it showed his love for Peyton since she has a car called "Comet"

Season 8

Nathan and his friends learn that the River Court is going to be torn down in favor of a condominium. August Kellerman, Nathan's professor, tells Nathan "snipey plover" before departing on his sailing voyage across the world. Nathan learns that the snipey plover is an endangered bird that lays its' eggs in tall, grassy areas near water such as the River Court. Nathan, Clay, Julian, Jamie, Chase, and Chuck find eggs on the ground and this combined with Mouth and Millie's heartfelt report on what the River Court means to them and the community is enough to prevent it from being torn down. 

Visitors

Players

Original River Court squad

• Faith Banks (pre-series)
• Junk Moretti (seasons 1–9)
• Lucas Scott (seasons 1–6)
• Skills Taylor (seasons 1–9)
• Fergie Thompson (seasons 1–9)

Later regular players

• Nathan Scott (seasons 1–9)
• Jamie Scott (seasons 5–9)
• Quentin Fields (seasons 5–6; deceased)

Occasional players

• Tim Smith (season 1)

Spectators

Early spectators

• Jimmy Edwards (season 1; deceased)
• Haley James Scott (seasons 1–9)
• Keith Scott (seasons 1–3; deceased)
• Mouth McFadden (seasons 1–9)

Later regular spectators

• Brooke Davis (seasons 1–9)
• Peyton Sawyer (seasons 1–6)
• Dan Scott (seasons 1–9; deceased)
• Chuck Scolnik (seasons 6–9)
• Madison (seasons 6–9)

Irregular spectators

• Whitey Durham (seasons 1–4)
• Bevin Mirskey (seasons 1–4)
• Anna Taggaro (season 2)
• Felix Taggaro (season 2)
• Cooper Lee (seasons 2–3)
• Rachel Gatina (seasons 3–4)
• Andre Fields (season 6)