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April, 2001
4/30/01 Nathan Blue:The game on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/30/01 Brooklyn Scout NYC JUCO Update.
4/30/01 Keith Mason: 'I have a report on IS8 and Chase the Game plus news about the Rumble in the Bronx.'
4/30/01 Bencook101: 'As a major follower of elite AAU teams, I would like to take this time to put Long Island Lightning 17U Gold in with the likes of the top AAU programs in the Metro area. I caught a glimpse of their act in the Prov. Jam Fest, Wayne Simone's Tourney @ Yale, and most recently in Chase the Game @ Fordham. After rather impressive showings in both the Jam Fest and in Yale, posting back to back 2-1 records, they really outdid themselves in Chase the Game @ Fordham. I witnessed the most breathtaking AAU game this spring when they matched up against the NYC Ravens. Losing a nailbiting 80-78 thriller in OT, Long Island Lightning 17U Gold put themselves on the map. They even caught the attention of Ravens coach Gary DeCesare who said, "We are lucky we got out of this dogfight alive." I was there, and what a dogfight it really was. As fellow commentator Dick Vitale would put it, this team is for Real with a capital R baby!'
4/30/01 The Brooklyn All Stars team profile is now on the team page just past the Bronx Gauchos and before the Brooklyn Beasts.
4/30/01 Insiders Report: Rashad Bell Update.
4/30/01 HOOPSLOVE35: 'Kenneth McMillan of the Bronx, Manhattan champ All Hallows has been visiting small d-1 and d-2 schools like Southhampton (D-2) Adelphi (D-2) Robert Morris (D-1) Lliberty (D-1). There are some more like St. Thomas Aquinas, Towson and Vermont.'
4/29/01 This is a puzzle. It has nothing to do with basketball.
4/29/01 The Times-Herald: Growing taller, John Oates steps up.
4/29/01 In the first game of the day at IS8 the Gauchos take it to the Hoop Street Gang 73 - 49. In the second game the T1T Playaz go 2 - 1 for the weekend by beating Renaissance 73 - 40. Elijah Ingram was hurt yesterday and did not dress for today's game. His teammates, Dwayne Lee and Shawn Banks got 20 and 18 to take up the slack. Jose Cabreja had 26 for Renaissnce. JSHUTTLESWURTH has the game three and four summaries on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/29/01 Newsday: City Player of the Year -- There's No Disputing St. Ray's Julius Hodge. City Coach of the Year -- Xaverian's Jack Alesi. Queens Coach of the Year-- Holy Cross' Paul Gilvary. All-City Team. All-Queens Team. Queens Player of the Year -- Molloy's Wendell GibsonIs the Centerpiece.
4/29/01 LFBALL: ' I want to discuss Robert "Rebel" Boyd.' -- on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/28/01 John P. Miciotta: Game summaries on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/28/01 Shizzy-Shiz Shizzy-Shiz: 'Tim Thomas started its regular season off by being defeated by the Wolf Pack. The final score was 73-69. Wolf Pack was led by Lenny Cooke with 26 points 11 rebs, Tommie Eddie (15 points), George Jefferson (14points), Shaeen McNair (11points). Sophmores Justin Marshall and Aaron Harvey both played great, Marshall with 11rebs 4 blocks, Harvey (7 points)for the Pack. Elijah Ingram hurt his ankle in the beginning of the 3rd Quater he had (31points) (7 threes).'
4/28/01 Keith Mason: 'I have a report from IS8 on the Brooklyn Bridge vs. Rebel game and the TiT Pkayaz' games on my site.'
4/28/01 This is T1T Playaz weekend at IS8. They will play all four of their regular season games today and tomorrow. In the day's second game they started a formidible Elijah Ingram, Jamar Nutter, Willie Irick, Marquez Webb and Darryl Watkins but lost to a 73 - 69 to a Wolfpack team that features Lenny Cooke, Tommie Eddie, Shaheen McNair, George Jefferson and Justin Marshall.
In the first game Exodus arrived late and were penalized by beginning the game at the second quarter down 16 - 0. Sheldon Franklin (19 points) and Elijah Muldrow (18 points) did a good job for Exodus but they still lost by 21, 65 - 44 to the LI Gaels playing without their stars, Matt Preston and Mamadou Diakhate. Dwayne Byfield, Brian Preston and Kenny Grant had 13, 11 and 9 for the 4 - 0 winners who will now wait for the playoffs.
4/28/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Big Apple Sports: Jerome Coleman, a 6-2 guard, has signed with Rutgers and will be reunited with fellow Robeson HS grad Mike Sherrod. Coleman averaged 23.5 ppg this season for Cecil (MD) junior college. For the complete list of JUCO signings and commitments, check link: http://www.eteamz.com/bigapplesports.'
4/28/01 SchoolSports: Recruiting Buzz includes Simplice Njoya the 6-foot-10, 220-pound forward from Cameroon ... who landed at the Master's School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
4/27/01 Pdiddy9682: 'I will be at the IS8 for the Wolfpack/Tim Thomas game tomorrow and the Rebel/Bk Bridge game after that. Exodus beat Riverside A last night improving to 2-0. They play an undfeated St Mary's team tomorrow in the first game. Riverside is now 2-2 and may fail to make the playoffs. Riverside B is way better than the A.' Web note: Earlier stories on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/27/01 Pdiddy9682: 'One comment on your list of class of 2002 players, unless I made a mistake I think you left out Robeson's Gary Irvin. He made the Daily News All City first team, and he had 21 in the championship loss to Grady.' Web note: I just blew this one. (Since Nathan had Gary ranked as the PSAL MVP, you could say I 'Blue' it.) I've added Gary high on the vote2002 page.
4/27/01 SunSpot.net: Aiming higher, Peter Mulligan granted release by UMBC. Forward wants to transfer to a bigger conference.
4/27/01 NJ Hoops: Pete Adams Decides.
4/26/01 It's time to rerank the classes of 2002, 2003 and 2004. I've put the current class rankings on a vote2002, vote2003 and vote 2004 page. If you want to rerank them yourself, cut the entire list into an email, rank each player with a number before or after their name and email your vote to nycnjhoops@aol.com. I'll post the new rankings within a month.
4/26/01 Mike Lowry: 'Coaches - we invite you to visit our newly redesigned website @ www.mcn.net/~mlow, specifically for high school and college coaches! At the site you will find... 1) Free Coaching Newsletters! 2) Coaching updates and information! 3) Over 50 football and basketball books! 4) New...interactive motivational, inspirational, and humorous coaching stories.'
4/26/01 Shomebbal: 'The NCAA sanctioned "Show me what you got " basketball league is very excited about the early response from everyone. If you still need info call Jake Edwards at 718-629-1044 or email shomebbal@aol.com. Time and space is running out.'
4/26/01 Shomebbal: 'The Brooklyn Beasts had tryouts for the 16 and under teams and had a great turn out, so if kids are still interested please call Coach Jake Edwards at 718-629-1044 or email shomebbal@aol.com. Please remember we have 2 more workouts before we close the tryouts for the summer.'
4/26/01 Daily News: SJU Protects Itself. Gets recruit, Marcus Hatten as Omar Cook mulls future.
4/26/01 New York Post: Hot Shot Shooter Picks St Johns.
4/26/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary -- 2002 Guards Spring Summer Preview has added Allan Ray, Bobby Santiago, Quincy Doubie and Marvin McCullough.
4/25/01 John Humenn, The Journal News: ' Guard Kudjo Sogadzi, who led Nyack to the Class B state semifinals last season, appears headed for Fairfield University. Sogadzi’s signing is imminent, according to Nyack coach Gary Gray. Another of his players, forward Alvin Carter, also could be bound for Fairfield. The Stags are coached by Tim O’Toole, a White Plains native and Stepinac graduate.
The 6-foot-3 Sogadzi averaged 20.8 points in leading the Indians to their first sectional title since 1994. He was named the sectional tournament MVP and The Journal News Rockland County player of the year. The native of France moved to the United States in the fall of 1998. Sogadzi enrolled at East Side High in Newark, N.J., and helped lead the team to a sectional championship. He left East Side the following season when his coach was fired for illegally recruiting foreign players.
Sogadzi enrolled at Nyack in December 1999. He played little as a junior after joining the team in mid-season but emerged as one of the top players in Section 1 as a senior. Sogadzi, who attended the adidas ABCD camp last summer, lives with Carter’s family in Upper Nyack. The two became friends while playing for the New Jersey Roadrunners AAU team.'
4/25/01 Russ Blake: 'Rivals/Alliance Sites Not Up -- I wanted to drop you this note to let you know that the Rivals.com sites seem to be down, except for the message boards. Of course, it would have been nice to know this information from someone previously at Rivals or now at Alliance Sports, but most of us found out when we tried to pull up our sites today. As a result, JUCO Junction will be placing updates on the message board for the time being until a more palatable option becomes available. I would greatly appreciate it if you could put these links up for me on your site. Thanks in advance for your help.
Message Board Index (a gateway to JUCO Junction's 24 message forums) http://boards.rivals.com/default.asp?sid=400&p=16
Main JUCO Junction Forum (where news and info will be posted) http://boards.rivals.com/default.asp?sid=400&p=16&forumid=796.
Web note: If anyone else on Rival's sites needs help posting notices, send mail to nycnjhoops@aol.com.
4/25/01 Long Island's Silver Bullets are profiled on the team page alphabetically between Sam Rines and St Michael.
4/25/01 Steve on LI: 'Suffolk County Basketball Awards Dinner -- The All county Players were: Big Schools: Chris DiLorenzo SR (Hauppauge), Shawn Foreman SR (Riverhead), Corriche Gaskin JR (Patchogue-Medford), Matt Klimkowski SR (West Islip), Michael Rossetti JR (Centereach), Matt Ross SO (Walt Whitman), Andrew Santiago SR (Connetquot), Michael Session SR (Brentwood), Brian Sisti SO (Northport) and Jason Washington SR (North Babylon). Small Schools: Darrel Adams SR (Islip), Kevin Carpenter JR (John Glenn), Jacob Clark JR (Port Jefferson), Gerald Crenshaw JR (Greenport), Jason Fraser JR (Amityville), Keith Gilliam SR (East Hampton), Donald Lanham SR (Center Moriches), Eugene Nottingham SR (Amityville), Tristan Smith SR (Amityville) and Glenn Vickers SR (Babylon). Tristan Smith won the Jack Foley Suffolk County Player of the Year Award. Also of note: There were two freshmen recognized - Ryan Hodgson (Floyd) received All League and All Conference recognition and Steven Harney (Stony Brook) received All League Honors.'
4/24/01 Pro Style 2K 1 "Winter League" championship weekend summary, results and awards on the Pro Style 2K 1 page. Web note: Thank you tournament director, Vincent Davis and site directors, Marquitta Harris and Alvin Knight for your kindness and cooperation during the first sason. See you next year.
4/24/01 Island Garden 15 under AAU regional results from this weekend -- Gauchos, Long Island Lightning A, Westchester Hawks and Long Island Lightning B finish in that order. All four teams qualify for the nationals.
4/24/01 triciabb0618: 'For girls basketball action in NYC metro area, please see website http://www.slamjamwbc.com. It includes girls basketball message board and scenes from the April 2001 Shootout.'
4/24/01 School Sports: Prep Stars Feeling a Draft.
4/23/01 Newsday: Suffolk's top boys basketball player -- Tristan Smith's A Sure Shot, Amityville guard in total control whether scoring or dishing.
Nassau's top player -- St. Mary’s Matt Preston Puts Practice First. Machine-like dedication pays dividends after injury
4/23/01 MaeDan74: 'To Rich Kosik aka BooksNBall -- Thank you for your truthful and "cut to the chase" article on Daryl Hill who is a senior in high school and has yet to take the SAT. I often tell my son who is into basketball but sees basketball as the great hope of life. All your queations are good and you should go to all the schools, programs and camps to drill this fact into the heads of these ball players! Do this even if the self-serving adults connected with these kids don't feel responsible enough to do it. All these kids see are scores and performance on court. They need to be hit with reality that the BOOKS matter! Let them know that there are no shortcuts.Thanx...' Web note: Rich's original email was posted 4/20/01.
4/23/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Pro Style 2K 1 "Winter League" -- There was a mistake in the reporting of the Biddy championship as the Church beat the Gauchos 50-43. Aslo the Riverside juniors overcame a 16 point deficit and rallied to beat the Gauchos . Overall the Church won 3 of the divisions and came in 2nd in a another. Hard to beat the Church on a Sunday.' Web note: My mistake. The correction and earlier stories are on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/23/01 David Nelson Director Kips Bay Basketball Program 1930 Randall Avenue Bronx, NY 10473 OFF: (718) 893-8600 ext 229 Fax: (718) 589-9214 www.eteamz.com/kipsbaybball: 'The Kips Bay Basketball program had a very good weekend. Our 14 Year Old Boys won 3 games at Basketball City to become the PAL City Champions. Our 12 Year Girls defeated Frederick Douglas to advance to the Victor Jeffers championship game which will be held on Sunday, April 29, 2001. Our 14 Year Old Girls defeated the Mustangs in the first round of Victor Jeffers before losing in overtime to Frederick Douglas in the semi-finals. Our 14 Year Old Boys defeated Milbank in City Wide to remain in second place and our 18 Year Old Boys defeated the Gauchos in triple overtime to win the senior division Prostyle Championship.'
4/23/01 Louis Xifaras, Coach and Director of Queens RimRockers Basketball. 'Dennis Avila and I are looking for some coaching help. If you are 21 years of age or older, and have knowledge of basketball, some coaching experience, and are dedicated to the players and the organization, please e-mail me at Rice41@aol.com. We need people who will be dedicated and that can attend practices at IS 141 in Astoria, Queens (NY). We are planning to have A and B teams in 13+u, 15+u, 17+u, and 19+u divisions in competitive, local tournaments throughout the summer. Thank You!'
4/23/01 Newsday: 39th annual All-Long Island Boys Basketball Team.
4/23/01 NJ Hoops: Newark Rams win NJ 16 title.
4/23/01 Insiders Report: Rivals.com Sold To Alliance Sports.
4/23/01 Louis Xifaras, Director and Coach of the Queens RimRockers A.A.U. Basketball Program ***Correction on your IS8 page: Team #9 is not Gauchos (b), its LI Panthers (b). I got the official IS schedule today. ***I assisted in coaching Brooklyn USA (a) today at IS8 vs SONDAY Express. We got handled by them quit easily, even without Rashad Bell and Julius Hodge being there. They did , however, have sophmore standouts Marlon Smith and Japhet McNeil. ***At the And 1 tournament in Brooklyn, losers bracket, the Queens RimRockers beat Antioch, behind strong play from Colson Dempster (Newtown) and big play from Adam Hayes (McClancy). Greg Dwyer (McClancy), and Mark Debono (Molloy) helped keep the RimRockers in the game with consistent effort while Nick Hamilton ran the point solid for RR. Michael Xifaras (St. Francis Prep) came off the bench for the RimRockers to provide some solid defense and rebounding while Carlos Arellano (St. John's Prep) provided a spark in the paint. We now play Beacon 158 in the third round of the And 1 tournament, out in St. Peter Claver Church in two weeks.'
4/22/01 Pdiddy9682: Today's winners at IS8 were S. O. N. D. A. Y. Express over Brooklyn USA (A), Gauchos (B) over Huntington, Gaels took Rock Steady and Wolfpack devoured Queens Cobras on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/22/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary -- 2002 Guards Spring Summer Preview with Donnie McGrath, Ricky Soliver, Gary Irvin and Keydren Clarke.
4/22/01 The Church wins two of the first three championship matchups vs. the Gauchos on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/22/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Brooklyn USA reached the playoff round of the Metro AAU 15-under regionals with a 93-47 victory over the Long Island Lightning Saturday afternoon. Brooklyn USA scored the first ten points of the contest and never looked back as they advanced to Sunday's playoff round at the Island Garden in West Hempstead. Tyrique Williams led five Brooklyn USA scorers in double figures with 18 points, followed by Terrance Portis (14), Terrence Jackson (12), Brian Beckford (11) and Jelani Beauford (10).'
4/22/01 Brooklyn Scout: Saturday morning at IS8 on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/21/01 Pro Style 2K 1 "Winter League" semifinal results for the super biddy, biddy and midget divisions on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/21/01 Coach Jim Ring: 'Michael Cleaves yesterday signed to attend LaSalle University. He is Coach Hahn's first recruit.'
4/21/01 JDWalsh: 'The Mike Jarvis (SJU)- JD Walsh (SJB) offensive skills weekend workshop will be conducted June 30th and July 1st at St. John the Baptist HS. To recieve a registration email jdwalshbbcamp@aol.com or call (631) 757-9827. Should be a great two day teaching and learning event. Mike will be there and speak both days!'
4/21/01 Newsday: The Future is Now -- City phenom Sebastian Telfair faces tough decisions on his young career.
4/21/01 Louis Xifaras (Director and Coach of the Queens Rimrockers Basketball Program): Friday night @ IS8 -- Game 1: Riverside (a) vs Rock Steady Beacon At the half the Church was up 44-30. Wendell Gibson showed up at halftime and warmed up for a while. Chris Taft was on Rock Steady. This created the 2nd half matchup of Taft vs Gibson. Taft outhustled Gibson, however Gibson won the muscle match inside the paint. Teddy Mumford was on fire with the jumpers. The Church won in a nice finish 82-75.
Game 2: L.I. Panthers (a) vs Rebel LI Panthers had the big name players...#7 Kenny Adeleke, #6 Curtis Sumpter, #4 Tim Doyle, #11 Michael Claxton, however the Rebel came out firing. They opened up a 22-15 lead at the end of 1. Pete Edwards kept calling Adeleke "Layups" because Kenny missed about 10 layups in the game. #10 on the Rebels had a nice game and a sweet short range jumper. at the half the Rebels has a surprising 41-35 lead. The Panthers came out hot in the 2nd half but didnt manage to hold down the Rebel as the score was 65-59 Rebel at the end of 3. A great 4th quarter by Michael Claxton led the Panthers to a 87-85 comback win over the impressive Rebel.
This was my first trip to IS 8, and i can tell why it is one of the best Leagues to get into. Pete Edwards does a great job running it.' Web note: Earlier stories, rosters and schedule on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
4/20/01 BOOKSNBALL: 'Daryll Hill and not taking the SAT.
4/20/01 The Jersey Journal: He's weary from the recruiting wars, but coach Bob Leckie looks for big score.
4/20/01 Coach Tim Cluess: 'St. Mary's high school is running a high school and open division summer league for their 4th year.Interested parties contact THOOPS4435@aol.com. There is an A and B division in the open league.Past players include: Wally Szerbiak, Allen Houston, Speedy Claxton and many local college and semi pro players. All games are held indoors on weeknights.'
4/20/01 galen65: 'Freshman Showcase & Jr. Phenom Camp (6th, 7th, & 8th Grade) - On June 2nd & 3rd Metro Hoops will be conducting it's 2nd annual Freshman Showcase, & Jr. Phenom Camp at the one-of-kind RexPlex basketball facility at Elizabeth Center. Many of the top freshman in New Jersey will be in attendance. This event assembles talented players who want to compete against the best young players in the metropolitan area and against a higher level of competition. This is a very intense 2 day setting. Players will be drilled just like in the NBA. We will teach advanced techniques, along with a variety of drills to improve your individual skills. Each player will participate in 3 to 6 games per day. High School and Amateur Hoops publications will be in attendance.
Campers who previously attended a JPC will be extended an invitation. All others must have a coach's letter of recommendation accompany their application..If you would like attend this event please email us at: Talentscout@metrohoops.com or go to http://www.metrohoops.com.'
4/20/01 RICE41 'Queens Rimrockers lost a double overtime thriller to the Cyclones in the opening round of the And 1 Tournament in St. Peter Claver Church. Greg Dwyer (McClancy) hit a game tieing three pointer at the buzzer to force overtime for the RimRockers after blowing a double digit, 4th Quarter lead. Nick Hamilton (McClancy) and Mark Debono (Molloy) played good defense and Nigel Polite (Molloy) & Adam Hayes (McClancy) contributed with some key rebounds to keep the RimRockers strong throughout the marathon.The Queens RimRockers now enter the losers bracket and must win 5 in a row to win the title.'
4/20/01 NJ Hoops: The Newark Rams edged the Central Jersey Hawks 85 - 84 in triple overtime tonight at New Brunswick High School to advance into the playoffs in the NJ 16 & under state playoffs.
4/20/01 Pro Style 2K 1 "WINTER LEAGUE" post season play continues with the 'Final Fours' on Saturday, April 21st and the Pro Style 2K 1 Championships Sunday April 22nd.on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/20/01 Peter Abraham, The Journal News @ the Wheelchair Classic.
4/20/01 Pdiddy9682: 'The Wheelchair Classic final 4 was a day of blowouts - the Bronx over Manhattan and Brooklyn over Queens. The Bronx never backed down from Manhattan, they received strong offensive games from Ben Gordon, Francisco Garcia, Julius Hodge and Allan Ray. Manhattan got 28 from Lenny Cooke, who was the overall MVP. Wendell Gibson, Ricky Soliver and Famous Brown played solid games but it was not enough to stop the Bronx. Brooklyn crushed Queens in the consolation behind MVP Tommie Eddie. Queens was led by team MVP Showtime Hill, Ryan Williams and Rashad Bell.'
4/19/01 Insiders Report: Jason Fraser Expands List -- Syracuse Added.
4/19/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church returned from a sucessful tournament in France by reaching the finals for the 4th straight time. The tournament started with a exhibition game vs. a division 2 pro team from France that featured Ron Anderson (ex Philadelphia 76er). Anderson hit 31 pts in the 1st half and led his team to a 51-31 lead. At halftime we decided to put Ricky Soliver on Anderson to try to slow him down.Ricky held him to 5 pts and Riverside rallied to a 87-83 win. Wendell Gibson and Ted Munford hit 16 and 18 and Ricky added 15. The tournament pool games started with a Riverside 75-60 win over a team from Russia. Wendell Gibson had 19 pts and 14 boards, Ricky Soliver added 16 with 5 steals and Ted Munford 12 and Keydren Clark 10. The next pool game was vs. Lemans from France and Riverside won a tough 58-53 win. Ricky Soliver led the way with 17pts 5 boards and 4 steals and Wendell Gibson adeed 13pts and 10 boards and Tyquan Goode pitch in 7pts 6 assists and 6 steals. The quarterfinals were next and the oppenent was Cordoba from Argentina and Riverside pull out a 54-44 win. Keydren Clark and Ted Munford hit 12 each and Tyquan Goode added ten as the team hit 10 threes. The semis wre against Badalone from Spain and was a easy 71-47 win for the Church. Ricky Soliver hit for 20 and 8 boards, Ted Munford hit 13, Keydren Clark and Rob Barrett hit 10 each. The finals wre vs. Real Madrid which is the junior olympic team from Spain. In a tough game the Church lost a 82-77 decision. The fouls were an amazing 32-10 deficit for Real Madrid and made it tough to play our man to man defense. Ricky was unbelievable hitting 30 pts inluding 9 threes and Wendell despite constant double teams hit 21 and grabbed 17 boards. Keydren Clark off the bench hit 13 pts but it was not enough. Overall we played without two key players as Peedy Nelson and Mike Clark were injured in the beginning of the tourney and did not play in the playoffs. Ricky Soliver averaged 18 pts 7 boards and 4 steals, Wendell 14 and 10.6 boards Ted avg 10 Tyquan avg 6pts 6 assists and 4 steals and Keydren hit for 10pts also. The Church was proud to represent our country as well as we did.'
4/19/01 NJ Hoops: Talent at Top 100.
4/19/01 Steve in LI: 'The Walt Whitman Gym had over 30 college coaches in attendance tonight watching the 4th Annual Metro All Star games. Coaches from Division I schools such as UNC, Kentucky, Stony Brook, Bucknell and Georgia Tech (Paul Hewitt himself was on hand) enjoyed three games:a sophomore game, a junior game and a senior game all of which pitted the best private school players against the best public school players. In the sophmore game, the private school ballers won 57 -43 with Mamadou Diakhate (St. Mary's) scoring 24 points and coming away with the MVP trophy. The game was broken open in the fourth quarter when Daon Merritt (St.Raymond's) hit Mitchell Beauford (Christ the King) with an alley-oop from half court. Mamadou played exceptionally well all game and Daon took over the game in the last five minutes and showed why he is recognized as one of the best sophomore point guards in the country. Rashon Clark (Beach Channel) received the MVP award for the public squad.
In the junior game, also won by the private school team 85-71, Timmy Doyle (St. Dominic's) came away with MVP honors after scoring 18 points.Sheldon Franklin (Our Savior) scored 25. Anthony Noble (Uniondale) won MVP for the public school team.
The private schools made it a complete sweep by also taking the senior game 84-79. Cameron Bennison (Our Savior) took MVP with 16 points. Jeff Green (Upper Room) led all scorers with 21 including 6 threes. Dwayne Byfield (St. Mary's) had 14. The public school MVP was Matt Klimkoski (West Islip).
Much thanks must be given to the founder of the event, Dave Edwards, and all the volunteers (especially Mr. Simon) who made the event the success it was. Our kids had an opportunity that otherwise would that have not been available without the dedication these people have shown over the years.'
4/18/01 Thanks to Steve Ricciardi for his team profile update on St Michael's program on the team page.
4/18/01 Craig Brandon: 'NJ 16 & Under State playoffs began yesterday and will continue through Friday with six pools of four teams each. The quarterfinals and semis will be played at the Rex Plex in Elizabeth on Saturday, the 21st. Quarterfinals start at 10:30 and 12:00 on two courts; semis are 3:30 and 5:00. The third place and championship games will be played on Sunday, the 22nd at New Brunswick High School, times to be decided. The top four teams qualify for the AAU Nationals.'
4/18/01 Eurobas (from France): 'Gauchos ended 7th out of 8 in French tournament. They were not good at all Riverside Church lost against Madrid in the Championship game in Cholet Tournament The best players for Riverside were Gibson and Soliver. Riverside Church played with intensity but was not enough to battle against the Spanish team. Soliver shows a lot of potential. Even some college coaches came to see him play among some other international talents. '
4/18/01 Pdiddy9682: 'In the opening game the Bronx was led by hot shooting Julius Hodge, spectacular dunks by Ben Gordon and big time offensive efforts by Allan Ray and Donnie McGrath from the bench. Queens kept it close for a half behind big time dunks by Ryan Williams and solid penetrating and three point makes from Showtime Hill. However Queens got little on the offensive end from Rashad Bell which factored in the loss.
The second game featured Brooklyn vs Manhattan. Brooklyn might have been the deepest team going in to the game. That was until a short handed Manhattan Squad added Wendell Gibson Marvin, McCullough and Ricky Soliver in addition to Lenny Cooke who was already with Manhattan. Brooklyn had a stagnant offense for most of the game before they rallied in the 2nd half to take a 2 point lead in the 4th quarter. In the end the human fast break named Lenny Cooke was too much for Brooklyn who lost a close game.
The final should be a classic. But I think Manhattan will come out on top behind the though inside duo of Cooke and Gibson and the solid overall play of Soliver.'
4/18/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Chris Sandy, a 6-1 point guard who was named to the NJCAA All-American second team last week, signed with Fresno State. Sandy, from Fort Greene and Newtown H.S., led Westark (AK) to fifth place in the national tournament and averaged 14 points and 5 assists this season.
Also, Abdel Raho, a 6-7 forward who played at Globe Tech this season, has inked with St. Peter's and coach Bob Leckie.'
4/18/01 SoCalHoops Recruiting News: NCAA: An End To Post-Grad Prep School Recruiting? Maybe. . .
4/18/01 Daily News: SJU Hopes Latest Catch Will Lead to Bigger Fish.
4/18/01 Insiders Report: Alex Gambino from Long Island Lutheran Signs With Seton Hall.
4/18/01 Uniondale Sonics: 'The Wheelchair Classic games at St Johns for Tuesday evening did not live up to many of the games from the past. The first game was exciting in the beginning but the Bronx team was eventually too strong and too talented for the Queens team. Too much Ben Gordon - the guy is a high school player with a pro body and a pro game. He always seems poised doesn't trash talk and plays the game from end to end. The other bright spots for the Bronx team where Julius Hodge (St Rays) and Donnie McGrath (JFK Westchester). McGrath will be one of the top five players in the state next year. From the Queens team three players were shining stars Ryan Williams (Redemption Christian) who was dunking all over the place and he displayed ball handling skills and nice looking jumpshot. Tristan Smith, the Amityville HS standout ran the floor well and dished out several memorable assists to fellow teamates. But the one player from Queens who stood out was Darryl "ShowTime" Hill (Cardoza). The guy has the full package a slick handle, speed, range on his jumper and he is fearless when he penetrates to basket. Not one player on the Bronx team could defend this guy end to end. I feel he is the second best guard in the state other than Ben Gordon.
In the nightcap Manhattan prevailed over the Brooklyn team. Brooklyn just seemed out of sync. Also they had no answer for Lenny Cooke. The guy is too big and strong he was beating the Brooklyn big men off the dribble every other possession downcourt. At times he would isolate his defender while playing the point position. The bright spots for the Brooklyn Team were Kenny Adeleke (Robeson), Tommie Eddie ( Boys & Girls) and Woody Souffrant (Grady) who had several nifty cross-over and stutter step dribbles while pushing the ball in transition. Overall Brooklyn just never shifted into a smooth rhythm and it hurt their chances of winning the game because they had the more overall talented team.'
4/17/01 Brooklyn Scout: NYC JUCO Update from Big Apple Sports link is http://www.eteamz.com/bigapplesports.
4/17/01 NJ Hoops: Cyclones edge Playaz. St. Mike's tops Roadrunners. PJ Panthers top Newark Rams. Rap tops CJ Hawks. JSW tops Gym Rats.
4/17/01 Tryouts for the boys 16U and 17U Brooklyn All-Stars A.A.U. basketball team will be held on Friday, April 27th, 2001, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm and Saturday, April 28th, 2001 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm at Gateway National Recreation Area, Floyd Bennett Field, Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11234. Those who make the team must pay a $225 registration fee for the season. Players must bring their Social Security number and a copy of their birth certificate to tryouts. The Brooklyn All-Stars will field a 13U, 14U, and 15U teams as well this season. For more information, e-mail Coach Jayson Kiang at BklynAllStarsAAU@aol.com.
4/17/01 Steve: 'This weekend the 15U Roadrunner team made it to the semifinals of the adidas tournament held at Sacred Heart in Conn. After finishing pool play, we beat a western Connecticut team in the quarters and lost a close game to the very strong host team, the Connecticut Select, in the semis. Next up is the Speice Run'N Slam tournament in Indiana the first week in May. As always, wish us luck!'
4/16/01 Nathan Blue: 'The Long Island Panthers went 2-1 in pool play and lost to Balitmore Blue to not make it out of the pool. One big reason they lost the game to Balitmore Blue was in the opening minute. Paul Robeson star Gary Irvin dislocated his right index finger (6-8 weeks). Baltimore Blue took advantage of that. The Panthers kept it close losing the game by 2pts in the end. In three Games the Long Island Panthers were basically followed by ... St. John's, Seton Hall, Indiana, North Carolina, Virgina, and about 10 other big time schools.
Here are the final stats for the top 6 Panthers. Kenny Adekele 32pts 23 rebs 7 blocks 3 steals, Jason Fraser 24pts 20 rebs 13 blocks 4 assists, Curtis Sumpter 26pts 14 rebs 6 blocks 8 assists, Charlie Villanueva 27pts 12 rebs 4 steals 6 assists, Daryl Hill 25pts 18 assists 8 steals 7 rebs, Tim Doyle 17pts 10 rebs 6 assists 2 charges.'
4/16/01 Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'Washington Hts. Warriors 17 and u elite went 4-1 in the Connecticut Select Tournament at Sacred Heart University, losing in the final 8 to Brooklyn USA by two points. 6'8 F Kiril Waschmann averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds. PG Ruandy Melo controlled the team with good decision making, shot selection and solid on the ball defense. He took a team-high 5 charges. 6'4 G Jerome Simmons averaged 13 points per game and played aggressive man defense as well. 6'4 F Sam Moise contributed with consistent inside scoring and defensive rebounding. 6'10 Rafael Madera played solid post defense and rebounded and blocked shots consistently. 6'5 G Khary Moore played well off the bench, as did Jose Frias, Idiongo Okoro, James Brown, Zach Ozuna, Mike Mercedes and Nimai Garrett.'
4/16/01 Three of five games in the 1st Annual NJ Hoops Showcase are finished. Tony Sagona's Jersey Shore Warriors beat Rick Barrett's Gym Rats 80 - 70 behind their MVP, Chris Niesz, a 6-9 senior from Middleton North. The Gym Rat MVP was 6-4 junior Dom Mejia from Eastern. The second game was low scoring with Chris Oden's RAP easily outdistancing the Central Jersey Hawks 62 - 35. The RAP MVP was Columbia 6-1 senior Dezmond Morgan, while Terrence Todd was the Hawk MVP with only nine points. In the third game the Penn Jersey Panthers dressed only six players with three of them not on the program's roster. One of those players was their 7-0 Chris Charles of Cripus Attucks, Pa ranked in the class of 2001 as # 146 by PrepStars and committed to Seton Hall. Chris and PJP MVP Zach Martin who hit six treys helped surprise coach Brian Crawford's Newark Rams 65 - 51 despite a solid effort from the Ram's MVP, Mike Nardi.
4/16/01 Coach Chuck Vasser: 'The New York Ravens 14 & Under team went 5-0 to win their division in the Connecticut Select Tournament April 12-15, in Bridgeport, CT. The Ravens defeated the CT Northstars in the final. In route to the championship, they defeated the Westchester Hawks, the L.I. Hurricanes, the R.I. Breakers and Grass Roots (mostly NJ Celtics).
Last week, the same New York Ravens team went 5-0 to win the 8th Grade division in the Converse Jam Fest April 6-8, in Providence, R.I. The Ravens defeated Del Val in the final. In route to the championship, they defeated the MA Cats, the NH Falcons, the NJ Celtics, and the Boston Blazers.'
4/16/01 Daily News: CHSAA and PSAL Top City Players
4/16/01 NJ Hoops: Tim Thomas Playaz Showcase Preview and NJ Roadrunners Showcase Preview.
4/16/01 HSMaps Online is a nice resource from MapQuest for high school addresses and directions via NJ Hoops. Try NJ and H for Holmdel address and directions.
4/16/01 Insiders Report: What's Next For Simplice Njoya, a 6-10 and 225-pound center from Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York?
4/15/01 Shomebbal: 'Coach Jake Edwards of the Brooklyn Beasts and the Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator of the NYC champion Grady High School will start having tryouts for the Beasts ages 10 and up. To find out which day your age group will have tryouts contact Coach Jake at 718-629-1044 or e-mail me at shomebbal@aol.com Coaches: If you want your kids to learn basketball skills, discipline and defense displayed by Grady HS don't hesitate to send your kids down!'
4/15/01 Burt Beagle: 'Governors Cup Finals - L Pac over Willie Howie 92 - 83. L Pac ended the first half with a seven point run to lead 38 - 29 at the half. In the second half they were up 52 - 38 with 14:50 to play before Willie Howie closed to 83 - 79 at the 2:00 mark. Two baskets by Walton's Neville Storers iced it for L Pac. They were led by Sammy Mejia with 33 points and 17 rebounds while Storers had 17 points, Kalfarmi Hyde 11 points, 6 assists and Jamaal Womack had 11 points. John Polanco dropped 28 for Willie Howe, Jose Frias had 16 points, 9 rebounds and Courtney Castro had 18 points in 16 minutes.'
4/15/01 The first Pro Style 2K 1 "Winter League" playoff results on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/15/01 Newsday: Wheelchair Charity Hoops Showcase Set.
4/15/01 Staten Island Advance: These stars were always on guard. Backcourt players Jahquan Hines, Chris Ortiz, John Baiano, Mike Newcombe and Mike Jenkins had eye-opening seasons.
4/15/01 NJ Hoops: Penn Jersey Panthers Showcase preview - Central Jersey Hawks Showcase preview - Jersey Shore Cyclones Showcase preview - St Michaels Showcase preview.
4/15/01 Insiders Report: Rivals.com Is Back.
4/14/01 Pdiddy9682: 'Wheelchair Classic -- Queens plays the Bronx at 6:30 on Tuesday, Brooklyn plays the Manhattan at 8:30 on Tuesday. The consolation game takes place on Thursday at 6:30, the championship will follow.'
4/14/01 Douglass won the girls high school Govenors Cup championship with a 65 - 50 win over Exodus at the Roberto Clemente State Park this afternoon. At halftime L Pac and Sammy Mejia were up on the Willie Howe All Stars 38 - 29.
4/14/01 LFBALL: 'Thank God for the Wheel Chair Classic All Star Game. I am sooo tired of watching those all star games where the kids play uninspired basketball. For years the Wheel Chair classic has provided us with great games played by kids who really want to play. When I watch the Mickey D game or the adidas game I start wondering why they exist. Is it to support a charity? Many say yes!! But we all know the only real charity games are the Wheel Chair Classic. The Mickey D game does provide money to the Ronald McDonald House. Where does the adidas money go? I am sure they support a charity.
The adidas teams seemed to be picked during the summer at the ABCD camp and the play this year was awful to say the least. Why play if you are not going to play hard. I guess they were told to go 50 percent to avoid getting injured and hurting their chances of making future NBA money. Most who played in the adidas game seemed to be coasting as if they were waiting for the NBA draft.
I thought the best game this year was the Wendy's Classic in Chi town. What an entertaining game. Did Will the Thrill show Darryl Showtime who the entertainer was. Anyone remember Will the Thrill coming up to NY two summers ago when he was heading to 11th grade to participate in a pro am type all-star game with MEN at Rucker Park (155th street, Harlem)? We knew then what he would be in the future and he proved it last year at Rumble in the Bronx at Fordham U when he played for a Wisconsin team that dominated the Gauchos amongst others. I have not erased the Wendy Classic tape off my Tivo system. It was that good! Adidas Game, erased before it was over.
4/14/01 The Governors Cup girls high school finals at 5:00 today will match Douglass and Exodus. The boys championship game is at 6:30 between L Pac and the Willie Howe All Stars.
4/14/01 Coach Barry Knapp: 'Hoop Street Gang defeated Huntington 72-53 in their opening game at the I.S.8 Basketball Classic.Edane Barton led Hoop Street with 27 points.Edane is a 6`4`` senior who was clearly the best player on the court.Phillip Fleurey,6`3`,junior,added 10 points and Hernan Perez,6`1`junior,13points.'
IS8 results from this morning and last night on the IS8 Spring Classic, 2001 page.
4/14/01 BRO: Knight time for Kasib Powell.
4/14/01 PrepStars Class of 2001 rankings includes 2. Dajuan Wagner, 5. Julius Hodge, 39. Taurance Johnson, 44. Ben Gordon, 78. Ernest Turner, 87. Craig Forth, 122. Simplice Njoya (** Released by Missouri; Status uncertain), 130. Marcus Austin, 133. Eric King, 157. Adrian Walton, 169. Chris McRae, 172. Wendell Gibson, 198. Kenny Adeleke.
Best of the Rest (by height) lists Sean Corrigan, Eric Davis, Tremayne Singletary, Jamie Sowers, Olu Babalola, Tim Begley, Mike Grinnon, Jason McKreith, John Sikiric, Shaheem McNair, Ted Munford, Tristan Smith and John Quintana.
4/13/01 Pro Style 2K 1 Post season play begins Saturday, April 14th. on the Pro Style 2K 1 page. (Note: Winners of these division games play in the 'Final Fours' aon Saturday, April 21st).
4/13/01 Russ Blake at Juco Jucndtion: 'Two former New York metropolitan area players now attending junior college have recently signed with Division I programs. Teaneck, N.J. native Kasib Powell has signed with Texas Tech, while former St. Raymond's star Vohn Hunter has signed with Delaware. Four area players have also made the NJCAA Division I All-American team, including Powell, Hunter, 6-3 Westchester (NY) C.C. combo guard Cheyne Gadson (signed with Oklahoma State) and 6-1 Westark (ARK) J.C. point guard Chris Sandy (unsigned). Both Sandy and Gadson hail from Queens. -- NJCAA Division I All-American Team.'
4/13/01 PrepStars: Their technical difficulties mean a free peak inside for all.
4/13/01 NJ Hoops: Gym Rats Showcase Preview and Jersey Shore Warriors.
4/13/01 All Star Report: New Site Update: Message Boards Ready To Go.
4/13/01 FastBreak Recruiting: Moving on ... to our new home at www.SportsAmericaInc.com.
4/12/01 Keith Mason of the Apple's Best High School Playaz: 'Possibly the biggest upset in Governor's Cup history occured today with the Willie Howie All-Stars beating Abyssinnian 127-125 in overtime. On paper this game was a 20 point blowout, but Willie Howie played with a lot of heart. They trailed 91-80 with about 5 minutes left in the second half, but outscored Abyssinnian 23-12 the rest of they way to put the game into an extra frame. Willie Howie scored the first 5 points of the overtime, but they could not keep the lead as Abyssinnian would come back to tie the game at 125. But then a Willie Howie player was fouled and he hit both free throws with 4 seconds left. Kendell Provet got the ball for the defending champs and put up a 3 point attempt from 25 feet with two defenders on him at the buzzer and it came up just short, hitting the front rim. The second game was a forefeit as Kips Bay had Lashard Duren who played with the Washington Heights Warriors who were eliminated and then played with Kips Bay yesterday. What they should've done was make LPAC play Exodus since Duren was illegal against them. Nobody should get a free ride to the championship. But anyway the championship is now Willie Howie vs. the LPAC Knights for the 2001 Governors Cup championship'.
4/12/01 Thanks to Khalil Manigault and Coach32 for team profile updates on the Brooklyn Bridge and Minute Man Press on the team page.
4/12/01 Karen Petrosa of Roberto Clemente, State Park: 'Governors Cup -- Last night Kips Bay took Exodus 112 - 110 and L Pac beat Brooklyn Navy Yard 78 - 61. Tonight those two teams play at 8:00 while two time defending champ, Abbysinian goes against last year's runnerup, the Willie Howe All Stars, at 6:30. Boys' high school championship game is this Saturday at 6:30.'
4/12/01 SCPAT: 'Please add this event to your calender: 5-6 May 01, the Monmouth Magic 16U Boys AAU Basketball Team will be hosting the 4th Annual "War at the Shore" Basketball Tournament. Games will be played at the Fort Monmouth Youth Services Gym. Entry Fee: $325. Please contact Mr. Lee Burach at (732) 536-8297 for additional information. 3 Game Guarantee. Make checks payable to the Monmouth Magic Basketball Team, 86 W. Canadian Woods Road, Manalapan, NJ 07726.'
4/12/01 NJ Hoops: RAP Showcase Preview and Newark Ram Showcase Preview.
4/12/01 Courier Post: Camden Catholic's Jim Crawford and Shawnee's Joe Kessler share honor.
4/12/01 All Star Report Is Moving On - Updated April 11th.
4/12/01 Hoop Scoop: 'Yesterday was the first day that high school seniors can sign a National Letter-of-Intent during the spring signing period, but the big news is that Rivals.com is going out of business. While this is good news for paid web sites, such as our own, it is not good news for you, because competition in a free market place makes everybody do their job that much better. It also ensures that you will have a variety of ways to look at things, which is essential for you to sort out various facts and ideas and come to your own conclusions. The demise of Rivals is also too bad, because we think they have made tremendous strides during the last year under the direction of Dave Telep, who is widely regarded as one of the bright young stars in the business. ...'
4/11/01 COACH32: 'Minute Man Press won the Charlie Weber 16 under division at Villanova this past weekend going 6-0 for the tourney. MMP defeated the North Carolina Gators 49-38 in the semis and Team Baltimore 56-51 in the finals..With a front line of 6' 10 Konimba Diarra, 6' 7 Brian Sisti and 6' 6 Oumar Sylla MMP drew much attention from scouts.. backcourt of Rich Payton, Andre Lawrie and Lee Michael Allen played flawlessly. This is the second major win in a row after MMP won the 15/u in Las Vegas last August ... Konimba Diarra and Oumar Sylla are from Mali Africa and played at Our Savior New America in Centereach LI. Brian Sisti was All County as a soph at Northport HS LI. Andre Lawrie ---St. Doms, Rich Payton --Amityville HS, Lee M. Allen and Wayne Coward --- Copiague HS.'
4/11/01 Thanks to Bonnie K Henderson, coaches Gary DeCesare and Anthony Antanassio for team profile updates on the Harlem Lions, NY Ravens and Westchester Hawks on the team page.
4/11/01 Pro Style 2K 1 Weekend results on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/11/01 Glenn L. Bynes: NJ National Players of the Year -- 1996 Tim Thomas, 1998 Al Harrington, 1999 Jason Williams, 2001 Dajuan Wagner.
4/11/01 Inquirer: Upheaval at UNLV puts Sterling star in a bit of a bind. Ernest Turner wanted to play for coach Bill Bayno. That won't happen now.
4/11/01 Insiders Report: Rivals.com has decided to shut down. The Insiders Report will not shut down.
4/11/01 All Star Report: The end of Rivals does not mean the end for All Star Report.
4/11/01 100 Hoops: Thank You For All Of The Support!
4/10/01 The Island Garden's Jim Fox: 'Boys 2001 NY Metro AAU Regional Tournament schedule -- 4/20 - 4/22 9u, 10u and 15 u @Island Garden, 5/4 - 5/6 16 u @ Island Garden & Elmcor, 5/11 - 5/13 11u & 14 u @ Island Garden, 5/18 - 5/20 12 u & 17 u @ Island Garden and 5/19 - 5/20 13 u @ various Staten Island schools. Depending on the number of teams that participate in the Regionals, at least one and as many as four teams will qualify to advance to the National championships. For more info call 516-292-4956.'
4/10/01 Coach Jake Edwards of the Brooklyn Beasts: 'I would like to let you know about the Show Me What You Got basketball league which is sanctioned by the NCAA and will be played at IS 275 in Brooklyn. This league starts June 25. For info email Jake Edwards at shomebbal@aol.com.'
4/10/01 NewYorkHigh.com: Boys Basketball Coach, Dennis Terry, is selected for the NBA Sportsmanship Award.
4/10/01 All Star Report: Boo Williams, Charlie Weber & Pump N' Run Recaps.
4/9/01 Thanks to coach Brian Crawford for his update on the Newark Rams team profile on the team page.
4/9/01 Thanks to coach Darren Quinlan of Renaissance, coach David Wasilenko of the New Jersey Jaguars and coach Terry Brown of the Queens Cobras - their rosters are updated on the IS8 Spring Classic, 2001 page.
4/9/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church won the silver division 17u in the Boo Williams invitional this past weekend by going 5-1. Riverside open up with a 76-55 rout of Houston Hoops. Ryan Williams hit 19 added 11 boards, Peedy Nelson added 18 and Jason Wingate and Kiki Clark hit 10 each. Riverside lost their only game to the Charloote Royals (who went on to win the gold division) Saturday morning 53-50. Riverside blew a 8 point lead with 3 minutes to go by missing 5 free throws and missing a dunk. Kiki missed a three at the buzzer but led the way with 16 Eicky Soliver added 14. The last game was a 30 point rout of the Bray Center with Jason, Kiki, Ricky and Peedy hitting double figures. The playoffs began with Team California and a unbelievable 3 OT marathon but Riverside prevailed with a 75-64 victory. Ryan Williams 17pts and 12 rebounds Ricky Soliver 19pts Peedy Nelson 15 and Jason Wingate hit 13, Shakiem Mitchell added 12 rebounds to the effort. Jason hit a three at the buzzer to send the game to the third ot.Ricky hit a and one three fouling out Bobby Jones (Dominquez) who hit two drives to send the game into the first OT. On Sunday the semis were vs. Team Kentucky and saw Riverside rally from a 12 point halftime deficit to win 63-56. Ricky Soliver hit 17 Peedy Nelson 12 and Kiki 9 pts. The man to man defense stifled Kentucky's attack. The champoinship was against Coast to Coast and was won 77-74 in a closely fought game. Riverside had to rally from a 10 pt deficit once again. Ricky Soliver hit 5 threes to score 20 Peedy Nelson added 12 Kiki Clark hit 4 threes scoring 15 and Jason hit threes scoring 11 while Ryan Williams added 10 and 12 boards. Riverside is now off to France for the Cadet Tournament in Cholet France.'.
4/9/01 Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'The Warriors 10th grade team just came back form Providence Jamfest and had very good experience. For a team that took its first trip of the spring they made it to the qaurterfinals and lost to the Tim Thomas Playaz by seven. They came back form a 20 point deficit in the second half to tie it at 50 all. But unfortunately they could not sustain the intensity. They were led by Emmanuel Quezada, Junior Bernal, Saliym Wilson, Jason Romer, Steve Robinson, and Jason Romer. Like last year Tim Thomas beat the Warriors in the Jamfest in the quarterfinals and the defeat was avenged at Ct. Select a week later in the championship. Lets see if they have a repeat performance.'
4/9/01 Glenn L. Bynes: 'The NJ All Stars 16 and under team performed well at the Boo Williams Tourney in Hampton Va this past weekend. They finished the weekend 3-1 with wins over Boo Williams, an AAU team from North Carolina, and a forfeit victory. The NJ All Stars who were coached by Art Pierson suffered only 1 loss to a Georgia AAU team led by the son of NBA all time top 50 player, Patrick Ewing. Everett Morgan and Eric Bynes of the NJ Wildcats were instrumental in the games this past weekend for the NJ All Stars. It was said that this was the best performances that was put on by the All Stars from NJ since the featured All American Jason Williams and High School All American Dante Jones. The All Stars from NJ weren't looked at as one of the top teams to compete by the 24 teams that entered the tourney but they proved that they belonged in the event by winning the pool that they were in, and playing in the "Final Four" at Hampton University on Sunday April 8, 2001. There were many college coaches in attendance in addition to recruiting analyst, Tom Konchalski.'
4/9/01 NJ Hoops: Notre Dame Prep topped the Brooklyn Beasts 85 - 69 in the Championship of the Open Division of the Converse Jam Fest run by the Hoop Group.
4/9/01 Insiders Report Brian Preston Makes A Decision.
4/9/01 All Star Report: Chicago Not A Second City In High School Hoops.
.4/8/01 Kbhjr14: 'The NYC Jaguars opened their 2001 summer with impressive games this weekend in Providence at the Jamfest. The Jaguars played Cheshire Academy in the first game losing a controversial 2 point game. Kevin Hamilton led all scorers in the game with 22 points. Solid play was given by Tarik Viaer-McClymont, Jamaal Wagner and Brian Houlihan. Next up were the very tough Wolfpack loaded with talent like Lenny Cooke, Adrian Walton,Tommy Eddie etc. The Jaguars had no problem coasting most of the game and finally winning a three point contest. It was Walton's 3 three pointers in the last 23 seconds that got the game close. Kevin Hamilton again led all scorers with 20 points. Brian Houlihan had 12, Kevin Diffley had 8. Jamaal Wagner played great defense on some of the superstars often not letting them get to the basket. Very solid team win. Miguel Gonzalez ran the show for the Jaguars. Final game was a two point loss to the New Jersey Demons. Another controversal call with two seconds left did it to the Jaguars. Kevin Hamilton had 19 points Tarik Viaer McClymont had 10 and Kevin Diffley had 10. The Demons had the 6'9" killer in "Mr. Deng" the sophmore who had 22 points in the contest. In all it was a good start for the Jaguars playing in the open division losing two games by a total of 4 points.'
.4/8/01 Steve in LI: 'An amazing story occurred on Friday night at the Charlie Weber Tournament when the Long Island Roadrunners 15U team (playing in the 16U Division) was handed an 11 point loss by the mighty Gator program from North Carolina. They had incredible size with a front line that measured 6’7”, 6’6” and 6’4” . We couldn’t come close to matching that because only five of our players made it to Philadelphia on time. (The rest got caught in that Friday night, Staten Island traffic.) Our five measured 6’1”, 6’, 5’11”, 5’10” and 5’9” and were all guards. Our tallest player was shorter than their smallest! As you can imagine, the crowd started to gather in order to enjoy the dunk contest which was surely about to begin. But surprisingly, our team dug down deep and played a remarkable game. We were down only 10 at the half. The crowd continued to swell, no longer looking for poster shots, but instead, admiring the heroic effort being put forth by a clearly overmatched squad. A few more players arrived in the second half but obviously they were of little help after a grueling five hour car ride. The original five played the fourth quarter and got the game within eight before succumbing to fatigue. At the end, they just dropped to the floor in puddles of their own sweat to the cheers of those people who were privileged enough to have witnessed such a remarkable exhibition of courage. The players stumbled to the parking lot and helped each other climb into my truck. On the way back to the hotel, I realized that the group of kids that I had taken to the game that evening had taken a collective step toward manhood. My utmost respect goes out to Nicky Carter, Kevin Spann, Nick Burke, Matt Hahn and Steven Harney. We went 1-1 in the other two games beating the Sky's the Limit team from Maryland on Saturday. However, the Friday night game was something special.'
4/8/01 Coach Dennis Terry, the varsity boy's basketball coach at Lonngwood H.S: 'We are hosting an 8 team tournament December 27, 28 & 29, 2001. We are looking for teams from NYC and beyond that have at least one Division I player. The tournament will guarantee 3 games, hotel accomodations and possible travel money .. call me at home 631 732-6994 or contact me at dterry@longwoodcsd.com as soon as possible.'
4/8/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary on IS8 and Wendy's Classic.
4/8/01 ICAPS: 'Central Jersey Hornets 16U/10th Grade. This team is coached by Steve Rush and assisted by Jim Reese. They have been together for 4 years and have achieved AAU state medal rounds in all years.' Web note: Their profile is now on the team page alphbetically between Brooklyn USA and Eighty Park..
4/8/01 NJO: Player of the Year, Dajuan Wagner. Coach of the Year, Lou Grimsley. Team of the year, St Anthony. All State Teams and Final Top 20.
4/8/01 New York State Sportswriters Association News: Neil Kerr, Editior, publisher, $40.00/year for 50 issues, Syracuse Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY . (315) 470-2153, evenings and (315) 476-6802 on Saturdays: 'Wins for Active New York State basketball coaches -- 1. Jack Curran Molloy, 794 wins, 2. Ed Petrie East Hampton, 599 wins, 3. Bob Clark Riverdale, 562 wins, 4. Floyd Bank Edison, retiring after 550 wins, 5. Chuck Granby Jackson, Campus Magnet, 532 wins.' Web note: Burt Beagle's NYC rankings and the weekly state rankings on this site come from Neil's newsletter.
4/8/01 The Apple's Best High School Ballaz -- Wendy's Shootout @ Depaul, New York City 93 vs. Chicago 104.
4/8/01 One of the players on IS8's On Top Of My Game roster is Robert Epifania, who is still looking for a college within driving distance of NY, that will offer the right mix of academics and basketball.
4/8/01 NJNYHoopWatcher: 'Gauchos 16's beat Topp Sports of South Carolina 67-42 in the opening game of pool play at the Charlie Weber invitational. Joe Sandberg and Alex Buzzbee scored 15 a piece to lead the Gauchos. Gauchos Box Score:Smith 3-2-5 Sandberg 6-4-15 Buzbee 1-7-15 Muller 2-1-4 Chambers 0-0-0 Hall 0-3-6 Paliogionnais 0-1-2 Skrelja 1-4-9 C.Sullivan 0-0-0 Peterkin 1-2-5 K.Sullivan 0-0-0 Bernard 0-1-3 Fraser 0-2-4. Three Point Goals: Sandberg, Bernard
Marlon Smith scored 17points and Alex Buzbee scored 14 on route to a 74-63 victory over Slamma Jamma of Connecticut. in the second game of pool play the Charlie Weber Invitaional. Gauchos Box Score: Sandberg 3-4-11 Smith 3-5-17 Buzbee 4-5-14 Muller 0-1-2 Chambers 0-2-4 Hall 0-3-6 Paliogiannis 0-0-0 Fraser 0-1-2 Skrelja 1-2-5 C.Sullivan 0-2-4 Peterkin 0-1-2 K. Sullivan 0-0-0 Bernard 2-2-7. Three Point Goals:Smith 4, Bernard.'
4/7/01 Jersey Journal: Good riddance, Amaker.
4/7/01 Kboogie: 'IS 8 - The Rock Steady Beacon got their first win on the season. Like Real Scout, I didn't stay to see the whole game but the play of 6"4 Timike Mitchel 23 points12 boards 6"3 Terrell Leach and Robesons 6"3 guard Keith Willis 16 and 18 repectively. They held an undersized Rock Steady Team together for the win.' Web note: Other results and roster info on the IS8 Spring Classic, 2001 page.
4/7/01 Kyle Yeldell of PrepHoops.com: 'Capital Classic -- Ben Gordon didn't even show up to the game. Mike Grinnon didn't show the Maryland fans anything at all! He was 0-3 from the field (all three pointers) and had one turnover. He had "goose eggs" in every other statistical category, but the U.S. All-Stars still won, 96-76. The MVPs were UNC recruit Melvin Scott (12 points, 4-7 from three, and two steals) for the Capital team and future Clemson Tiger Chey Christie (20 points, 8-11 from the field, and four assists).'
4/7/01 Insiders Report: Cardozo PG Darryl Hill Looking to Prep Next Year.
4/7/01 Russ Blake of Insiders Report: T1T Playaz Spring Fling Semifinal Recaps.
4/7/01 Nathan Blue: 'Big Apple Junior College Exposure Game -- There was talent beyond talent in the house. Kevin Bell and Jeff Green were as good as advertised. They both made excellent moves which got them instant respect inside the gym. The college coches were in attendance.
Some of the players I recoginzed were. Greg Johnson (Former MLK), Kelvin Luna (Former L.I.C), Rashawn Vaughn (All Hallows), Kenny McMillan (All Hallows), Toney Cherry (Taft), Dana Jones (Taft), Latwan Scott (Westinghouse), Joe Marino (Holy Cross - Had to leave never played), Roberto "22" Stukes (Nazerath), Shakim Berry (Robeson), Tiquan Cannady (NewUtrecht), and Darren Sykes (New Utrecht).
In the end it was a great event run by Brooklyn Scout and his staff. I really look forward to attending next year's exposure camp. Oh yeah Kevin Bell, Jeff Green, and Darren Sykes all made the all star game.'
4/6/01 Newday: Tristian Smith Picks Red Storm.
4/6/01 Pro Style 2K 1 Weekend schedule on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/6/01 Thanks to coach Jimmy Salmon for updating the Tim Thomas Playaz schedule this year on the team page.
4/6/01 Nathan Blue: 'I'll be covering the Junior College Exposure Game that is played today at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. Former Rice HS Star Kevin Bell and Upper Room's Jeff Green will be two of the 60 players that were selected. It starts at 6 and ends around nine.'
4/6/01 NJO: Dajuan Wagner is All-State.
4/6/01 NJ Hoops: The Hudson County All Stars edged the Essex County All Stars 85 - 83 tonight at New Jersey City University in Jersey City.
4/6/01 PrepStars: Michael Kruse: John Allen, Other Recruits Struggle With Coaching Carousel.
4/5/01 Pete Edwards: 'Tonight's IS8 results -- Wolfpack beat Warriors, SONDAY Express beat Huntington bad. SONDAY Express led by Rashad Bell, Julius Hodge, Kevin White.' Web note: Background on the the IS8 Spring Classic, 2001 page.
4/5/01 Bill McNally '8th Annual Poly Prep Summer Varsity Team Festival: July 1, 2 and 3. Teams that have participated in the past are Xavier, Xaverian, Horace Mann, Loyola, Msr. McClancy, St.Edmund's, Nazareth, Dalton, New Utrecht, Sheapshead Bay, St.Anns, Packer, Hackley, Lindenhurst, Trevor Day and Cathedral Prep. The festival is run in conjuction with the Brook.-Stat. Offiicials Camp and each team plays two games each evening between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. For information call Coach McNally at Poly (718) 836-9800 X 349.'
4/5/01 Dennis Fields: 'When To Play? -- SoCalHoops Recruiting News.
4/5/01 Jersey Journal: Next St Peters Prep basketball coach? The possibilities are dizzying.
4/5/01 Bob Cerrato: 'The Garden State Sharpshooters Slamfest I registration deadline ( April 28-29 ) is Monday April 16, 2001. The tournament is still open. Visit www.gardenstatesharpshooters.com for registration form & info.'
4/5/01 BRO: John Blackgrove among best in his class.
4/5/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary @ IS8.
4/4/01 Coach Willie Negron of the Willie Howe All Stars reminds me that the Governor's Cup Tourney @ Roberto Clemente State Park will be played from next Monday, 4/9 through championship day Saturday, 4/14. The matchups and schedule is on the calendar page. The Willie Howe All Stars will feature Ed Berrios, Jermaine Harris and John Polanco.
4/4/01 The Queens RimRockers Basketball Program was founded in February 2001 by Dennis Avila and Louis Xifaras. Thanks to Louis their team profile is now on the team page right after the New York Ravens.
4/4/01 Pro Style 2K 1 Weekend results. on the Pro Style 2K 1 page.
4/4/01 Coach Bill McNally - 'Ivy Prep League First Team: Ray Corrigan - Poly Prep, Keith Williams- Poly Prep, Patrick Hederman- Dalton, Will Scott- Collegiate, Mike Beal- Collegiate, Mike Hallas- Hackley, Patrick McDerrmott - Hackley.'
4/4/01 All Star Report: 2001 Events & Camps Calendar.
4/3/01 Future133: 'Long Island Exceptional Senior Game, CHSAA Exceptional Seniors vs. L.I Private School Exceptional Seniors. Wed. April 25th 7pm at St. John the Baptist High School. Half Time Slam dunk contest. CHSAA exceptional seniors -- Kenny Harris - SJB, Matt Preston, Brian Preston, Dwayne Byfield, Kenny Grant - St. Mary's, Rob Epifania, David Montengri - Chaminade, Justin Cole - St. Anthony's, Mike Bosl, Anthon, Lopiano, Jim Bebre - St. Dominic's, Sean Corrigan - Holy Trinity, Lavelle Moore - Kellenberg, Head Coach - JD Walsh, St. John the Baptist, Assist. Coach - Jayson Kiang, St. John the Baptist. Private school exceptional seniors - Leon Pursu, Obi Erege, Alex Gambini - L I Lutheran, Cameron Benison, Shelden Franklin, Will Stelzer, Diego Vebobe - Our Savior New American. Head Coach Rev. Ron Stelzer, Our Savior New American. For further information, please call 631 206-0826, 631 757-9827 or email jdwalshbbcamp@aol.com or sjbjvcoach@aol.com.'
4/3/01 CJOHNSEN77: 'On Thursday April 5th, at New Jersey City University's Athletic and Fitness Center in Jersey City NJ, the 5th Annual Hudson-Essex All-Star Classic will take place with a Boys and a Girls, with the girls game starting at 6:30pm, and the boys game will begin at 8:30pm. Hudson County Boys -- 1. David Vega - Memorial, 2. Elzar Velez - Memorial, 3. Jon Paul Kobryn - St Anthony's, 4. Pete Cipriano - St Anthony's, 5. Jeff Williams -Snyder, 6. Ralph Ortiz - Emerson, 7. Joan Mateas - Emerson, 8. Alexis Aquino- Union Hill, 9. Allen Brooks- Hudson Catholic, 10. Tony Tate - Marist, 11. Novis Parker - St Al's, 12. Jim Supple - St Peters Prep, 13. Emmanuel Thompson - St Peters Prep, 14. Jarret Love - St Peters Prep, 15. Mikhail Kowlessar - St Mary's. Essex County Boys -- 1. Kevin Martin - Columbia, 2. Aaron Davis - Bishop Francis, 3. Jeff Granger - St. Benedict's, 4. Devon Giles - Shabazz, 5. Max Tynes - Clifford Scott, 6. Eze Andrews - West Orange, 7. Rafinee Williams - N. 13th St. Tech, 8. Rob Gogerty - Cedar Grove, 9. Ron Burrell - Montclair, 10. Ike Anaele - Weequahic, 11. Oscar Porter - Shabazz, 12. Desmond Morgan - Columbia, 13. Sanni Obijara - Irvington, 14. Donnell Bey - Weequahic. Hudson County Girls -- 1. Tara Walker - Marist, 2. Makeda Gleaton - Marist, 3. Patricia Lazzarini - SDA, 4. Chyanne Gomes - Harrison, 5. Ginger Quinonez - Harrison, 6. Denise Dipaolo - North Bergen, 7. Stephanie Guzman - North Bergen, 8. Rayderis Pena - Emerson, 9. Monica Lykes - High Tech, 10. Tiffany Aciz - Secaucus, 11. Sharnice Jackson - Dickinson, 12. Katherine Botello - Emerson. Essex County Girls -- 1. Khokita Bulger - Shabazz, 2. Jackie Buttitta - Glen Ridge, 3. Monica Ellis - East Side, 4. Nysirah Johnson - West Side, 5. Tere Joyce - Bloomfield Tech, 6. Selena Kershaw - Columbia, 7. Courtney Lumpkin - West Side, 8. Bellva May - Orange, 9. Jonnae McClain - Bloomfield, 10. Gayle Nwafili - Columbia, 11. Dorjee Peace - East Orange, 12. Tyianna Sears - Bloomfield, 13. Jessica Simmonds - Columbia, 14. Jasmine Smith - Arts, 15. Tiffany Weaver - Irvington.'
4/3/01 Coach Tom Sampogna: 'Any players who feel that they have been overlooked and need to go JUCO for the next 1 or 2 years please know that the coaches at Westchester Community College will be having workouts in the next few weeks for all those interested in playing at WCC next season. We already had one workout this past Sunday and had players from Connecticut, the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn. We would like a larger portion of the workout to be from Westchester the next time around. So if any coaches know of players who have to go the JUCO route please contact any of the coaches at 914-785-7895. If need be please respond to Coach Sampogna at this email address: TomS@postandpartners.com. We encourage any players who feel they can play higher than they are presently being recruited to come. A date for the next workout will be posted on this website in the next week to come.'
4/3/01 Peter Abraham, The Journal News, Westchester County Basketball All Stars.
4/3/01 BooksNball aka Rich Kosik: 'The championships have been decided, the nets have been cut down and the happiness of wining the championships and the disappointment of coming close still echo loudly in high school and college gyms throughout the metropolitan area. Another high school season has come to an end. But, the sound picks up once again as the spring tournaments explode on the scene and players are on the run to tournaments both near and far. It's my hope that the players and their community coaches will make this part of "their" one shining moment as they strive to achieve of becoming the best student athlete they can be. This is also a treacherous time as just when the focus should be on making a strong run to passing the final exams in June. Many players will be distracted by all these games, the late night trips back home, the homework assignments missed, the tests not properly prepared for, will put their eligibility and futures in harms way. Ultimately, it is their decision to find the balance between their academic and basketball responsibilities. But, all of the adults working with these youngmen, what will you be doing to assist them in following the right path to success? Will you be checking their academic progress, really checking?, and if their grades are not up to a high standard will you tell them to stay home on a school night or counsel their parents to have them stay home over a weekend and study and please, please don't have them attend any tournaments the weekend before final exams. You know I have to say this in parting, check out the mirror and ask yourself, are you part of the solution or part of the problem? Good luck to all and do the right thing for all involved.'
4/2/01 Droppoff: 'The division 1 championship for 8th grade for the Island Garden Super league will be Glen Steinberg's Warriors team versus "T"'s Panthers. The Warriors advanced to the finals beating Rising Stars and LI Lightning in the playoffs while the Panthers advanced beating another LI Lightning team and the Stratford Lions. Warriors are led by Mike Crisci and Anthony Clarke while the Panthers are led by Ray Arnold and Trevone (Poppy) Hughes. However in the semifinal game, Anthony Clarke put up his hands to defend himself versus another player and both were kicked out of the game, and subsequently he was suspended one game (the championship game) by Island Garden although no punches were thrown. Should be a good game anyway.'
4/2/01 New York Post All-PSAL Team
4/2/01 Thanks to Paul Brown, Tommie Swinton and Richard Burke for the update on the Bronx Gauchos. It's on the team page.
4/2/01 Keith Mason, The Apple's Best High School Ballaz': 'I have updated Freshmen, Sophomore and Junior rankings on my site, and have also updated the sleeper report and I have news on where Mike Franklin might end up and where Dave Clark, formerly of All Hallows is now.' Web note: Keith's latest 8th grade rankings are on the class of 2005 page.
4/2/01 Coach Carlton Screen: 'FYA lost to Kips Bay 71-67 in the 14 and under championship game yesterday at Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club. I told the director, David Nelson, that we will be back next weekend to avenge this loss in the 17and under tournament.'
4/2/01 Coach Maurice Barbera: 'St. Boniface AAU tournament. Looking for teams 15 and under. Pool play. minimum 3 games. Cast $275 per team includes all. To register a team, sent check and roster to Maurice Barbera at 548 Keller ave. Elmont N.Y 11003. Tournament dates are May 18,19, 20. Number is (516)352-2542 or e-mail address is mauriziobarb@aol.com.'
4/2/01 Future133: 'Sharp Shooters Basketball camps are run and directed by Mike Gatley. He and his staff run 13 different weeks of camp at various locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York for boys and girls ages 5-14. Coach Gately has coached at the high school, college, and professional level. What the Sharp Shooters Camp gives a camper is fun and basketball learning experience. What Coach Gately wants is for "every particpant to be more excited about the game of basketball than they have ever been before." Legendary St Anthony's coach Bob Hurley has this to say about Coach Gately "One of the most motivating, knowledgeable and hardworkingcoaches I have ever seen. A terrific teacher and a must see." Coach Gatley does not only run camps but he also lectures at other camps and team banquets and he also has come in and run teams through workouts. For more information and to obtain camp brochures please visit http://sharpshooters.jumpsports.com.'
4/2/01 Insiders Report: A Look At Rashad Bell's Recruiting Situation.
4/2/01 NJ Hoops: Playaz beats Baltimore. And Playaz 16's top Gauchos.
4/2/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church lost a heartbreaker to the Tim Thomas Playaz 47-45 in the semi's of the TTP tourney. Ricky Soliver (18pts) three pointer at the buzzer went in and out. The Riverside 15's lost a close 49-45 game to the Hudson Boy's club. Auturo Dubois and AJ Price were named all tournament.'
4/2/01 Brooklyn USA: 'Brooklyn USA's 14-under team defeated Bayshore (NJ) AA 75-54 in the finals of the 3rd Annual Spring Fling conducted by the Tim Thomas Playaz'. Brooklyn USA took control early with strong defense and built a 39-22 halftime advantage. Bayshore rallied midway through the second half to get within 10 points with under 11 minutes remaining, but successive threes by Eugene Harvey recaptured the momentum for the winners. Harvey, named the tourney's MVP, led six Brooklyn USA players in double figures with 13 points. He was followed by Levance Fields (12 points), Clinton Hayden (12), Shawn Lawrence (11), Derrick Echols (11) and Saiquon Stone (10). Fields and Stone joined Harvey on the all-tournament team.
Brooklyn USA advanced to the 14-under finals with a 67-24 romp over the Jersey Heat, taking charge with an 8-0 run just before the half. Brooklyn then outscored the Heat by a 37-7 margin in the second half. Harvey again led the scorers with 12 points while Echols added 10 and Nyan Boateng 9. In pool play, Brooklyn USA defeated the North Jersey Tornadoes (71-38, Stone with 16 points), Sam Rines (66-19) and the New Jersey Knights (56-25).
A side note to the 14-under championship was that former Brooklyn USA player Jermaine Brown secured his first major tournament title as a coach. Brown was a point guard on Brooklyn USA teams that included Jamaal Tinsley, Allen Griffin and Trevor Diggs.'
4/2/01 Coach Carl B. Clark: 'In the 1st Annual BCANY Coaches vs Cancer Girls all-Star Game held at Monroe-Woodbury High School, the DownState Team defeated the UpState team 74-67 benind MVP Nastossia Boueicault (Sheepshead Bay HS)20 points, Cheise George (Dwight School),12 points, Cindy Gonzalez (Murry Bregtraum HS)11 points and Molly Brothers (Bellport High School),scored 10 points.The DownState team trailed 28-23 at the half.'
4/1/01 Keith Mason, The Apple's Best High School Ballaz': 'Mt. Carmel was coming off just their second loss of the season, and it was clear they weren't going to have 3 losses. Despite a slow start as they trailed 9-6 to start the first quarter, they were able to outplay IS 113 the rest of the game. The score was 11 up at the end of 1, mainly because Mt. Carmel star 5'8 SG Jarrell Mills did not score in the first quarter missing all 5 of his shots. But he heated up in the second quarter scoring 10 points while making 5 of 7 shots. 5'8 SG Terrell Elliston also stepped it up for Mt. Carmel as they were able to take a 36-26 lead into the locker room. Playing well for 113 was 5'8 PG Chris Reyes and 6'3 C Antonio Pena. The 3rd quarter saw Mt. Carmel continue to pull away as they would open up a 13 point lead in the quarter. Then Coach Kevin Williams decided to give the 5th and 6th graders on the team some experience, but the plan back fired as 113 came back and trailed only 54-51 with about 3 minutes left in the 4th. But then the starters were inserted and that would be the game as Mills would continue putting up buckets and finished the game with 25 and made 11 of his 17 shots after the first quarter. Mt. Carmel won the game 64-56. Jarrell Mills was named MVP, and Chris Reyes earned the sportsmanship award for his great effort. Reyes was able to get to the basket at will and created fits for Mt. Carmel. Also I will have major updates on my site on 4/2, including updated rankings.'
4/1/01 IS8 Spring Classic, 2001 begins this Tuesday. Pete Edwards has outdone himself in assembling 30 teams in six divisions - two teams each for the Church, LI Panthers and Brooklyn USA, plus the Gauchos, Tim Thomas Playaz (well done, Pete!), Wolfpack and Mt Vernon but no Ravens. Regular season will go for five weeks; playoffs begin Thursday, 5/10/01. Team lists and schedule on the IS8 Spring Classic, 2001 page.
4/1/01 Eddie Oliver - HoopsUSA, ozone@sccoast.net: 'I have made a strong stand for high schools who do not or are not allowed to recruit players and for those who lose players after years of hard work to those schools. It would be good to get your feelings on the subject. I just simply feel that having a regular high school playing schools with all high profile transfer players is like them playing the National Junior College Champions or a small NCAA school.'
4/1/01 Daily News: Making the Grade -- PSAL shows improvement on, off the field
4/1/01 BRO: Three Rs key to school success for Paterson Catholic's Darryl Watkins and Collin Bailey. And All-County basketball: Bergen-Boys. All-County basketball: Passaic-Boys.
4/1/01 South Jersey News: East team wins Carino boys' game.
4/1/01 Thanks to Steve from LI the LI Roadrunners team profile is updated. It's on the team page.
4/1/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church finished undefeated in its pool by routing the Springfield Slam 75- 52. Keydren Clark hit 12 and Ricky Soliver and Petey Nelson added 10 each. After being seeded sixth the Church played a marvelous game and came away with a hard fought win over Lenny Cooke and the Wolfack 62- 53. Jason Wingate and Petey Nelson led the way with 16 and Ricky Soliver added 10. Tommorrow the semi's vs. Tim Thomas.'
4/1/01 NJNYHoopWatcher: 'The Gauchos held off the Newark Rams in overtime 72-68 to advance to the semi finals. A Trevoy Chambers blocked shot resulted in a Matt Saunders go ahead 3 with 5 seconds to seal the win. Saunders finished with 13. Marlon Smith had 18 and Joe Sandberg led all scorers with 23. Tony Wilson finished with 18 for the Rams.
The Gauchos beat the L.I RoadRunners 59-48. Malcom Pendstrife led the Gauchos with 16 points. The Gauchos play the Tim Thomas Playaz in the finals tomorrow at 3:30 at Don Bosco Tech High School in Paterson.'
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