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May, 2001
5/31/01 Coach Peter Goyco: 'I just wanted to let you know that the Empire State Games will be played from July 26- 29, 2001. The boys basketball games will be played on the campus of Colgate University. I coach the New York City Team with Donald Kent of McClancy HS. Tryouts for the NYC Scholastic team will be: Tuesday, June 5th at 5PM at Bishop Ford HS Wednesday, June 6th at 5PM at Bishop Ford HS. Bishop Ford is located at 500 19th Street between Prospect Park West and 10th Avenue, in Brooklyn. Take the "F" train to 15th Street-Prospect Park station.
Scholastic Division, participants are eligible to compete for only 3 years after entering the 9th grade for the first time. If you entered 9th grade prior to August 1998, you are no longer eligible for the Scholastic Division. Exceptions to this rule must meet the qualifications as defined by the New York State Commissioner of Education. Exception: Scholastic Division swimmers must not have reached their 16th birthday as of May 1, 2001. Persons must compete in (1) the region in which they reside, or (2) in the region in which they attend school if the initial regional trial is held in their college/university region while school is in session. Persons may only tryout in one region, and must be permanent residents of New York State.'
5/31/01 Coach Bill McNally: 'The field is set for this years Poly Prep Varsity Team Festival. St.Mary's, Xaverian, Msr. McClancy, Xavier, St.Edmund, Nazareth, Cathedral Prep, Collegiate, Loyola and Poly Prep will play on July1-3 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00.'
5/31/01 All Star Report: TOC Evaluations: Forwards/Centers.
5/31/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary: 'Is Lenny Cooke making the jump to the league?'
5/31/01 NJO: Mike Dunleavy's son, Baker Dunleavy, will play at Lawrenceville.
5/31/01 DGreenNB: 'The Panther eighth grade team won the McDonald Millenieum tournament played in Brooklyn last month beating a team out of Philly. Danny Green, one of the top players in Gameball magazine, won MVP honors scoring 16 pts. and hauling down 15 rebounds for the game. The Panthers will be playing in Rucker, Nike Swoosh and UDC this summer, watch out for them they have a talented group of players. They won Nike swoosh last year and Citywide the last two years.'
5/31/01 Airtime: 'SLAM Magazine is bringing their basketball camp to Monmouth County N.J. Boy and Girls 8 - 17. Matawan High School, Matawan, New Jersey. August 13th thru August 17th 2001. Featuring: Kenyon Martin of the New Jersey Nets 9:00 to 3:30. Cost : $275 If you have any questions please call our camp hotline at (212) 560 - SLAM.'
5/30/01 LOVE2REF4EVER: 'The Sports United Benevolent Officials Association (SUBOA) is hosting their 34th. Anniversary Banquet on June 8.2001 at the Villa Barone Manor beginning at 8:00 P.M. Tickets are $70.00 before June 3.2001 and $75.00 thereafter. This includes open bar all night, cocktail hour, dinner, and live music by The Dimension Band featuring Valerie Adams. Plus free parking, for tickets and information contact Ardist Brown (212) 860-8831.
5/30/01 Dave Telep, Jeremy Tiers, Michael Kruse and Clint Jackson profile Sagari Alleyne, Grant Billmeier, Lenny Cooke, Taquan Dean, Quincy Doobie, Tim Doyle, Gary Ervin, Jason Fraser, Elijah Ingram, Mike Lasme, Donnie McGrath, Kendell Provett, Allen Ray, Aubin Scott, Curtis Sumpter, Daryl Watkins and Erik Wilkens on the TOC Evaluations page.
5/30/01 BlueChipHoops.com: TOC Player Evaluations (A-M) and Evaluations (N-Z).
5/30/01 PrepStars: Tournament of Champions evaluations.
5/30/01 ACC Today.com: Scouting The TOC.
5/30/01 All Star Report: TOC Evaluations: Guards.
5/30/01 Insiders Report: Allen Ray Is Player To Watch This Spring & Summer.
5/30/01 Isiah Walker, ike1154@hotmail.com: 'War in the Woods Tourny -- The FIRM A.C. has held three tournaments this year all which have been sold out. We are concluding our year by holding a big tournament July 27-29 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The cost isn't that much either for 6 games. The tourny is for boys 12u,13u,14u: 9th-10th grade and 11th-12th grade. All grade divisions go by the grade they have just completed. The cost for this big event is $475. Deadline is June 30. Out of the 300 teams that have entered in our tournaments this year 30 said they would end their season with our event. My number is 570-822-9494.'
5/29/01 Tom Jennings, President Westchester Hawks: 'NY Regionals, Long Island Garden -- Westchester Hawks defeated NYC Gauchos, 48-47. After a wonderful, well-run tournament, with outstanding play from the teams involved, the Westchester Hawks defeated the defending champion NYC Gauchos in the finals of the Regionals. In a hotly disputed contest, the Hawks jumped to an early lead that never exceeded 8 points. The Gauchos rallied several times, including a furious rally at the end but the determined Hawks calmly kept the game in hand with outstanding defense inside and tremendous ball pressure on the perimeter. With blocked shots and pressure leading to turnovers, the Hawks were able to fastbreak on numerous occasions. The two teams went toe to toe after both competing in the Gym Rat Challenge in Albany, NY the day before. The Gauchos, after winning their pool, lost in the first round of the playoffs and the Hawks, upon winning their pool, proceeded through to the final, after 4 grueling games, including a double overtime win vs. the NJ Rap. The Hawks lost in the final of the Gym Rat Challenge to the Madison Ave. Broncos, by 2 points, terminating the game at approximately 11:00 p.m.
Congratulations to the Hawks for their win and congratulations to Richard Burke and the Gauchos for an outstanding tournament.'
5/29/01 Student Athlete Broncos Defeat Metro Foe to Win 2001 Gym Rat Challenge, CNY AAU Upsets Defending AAU National Champions for 16:U Crown, Gauchos Defend 15:U Title by Defeating NYC Rivals.
5/29/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church won the Nike Memorial Day Classic championship 17 and under division with a hard fought 63-62 win over Boo Williams. Riverside began the tournament with a 68-60 victory over Team Memphis. The Church was led by Keydren Clark 13pts Ryan Williams 9pts and Bobby Santiago and Ricky Soliver with 8 pts each. The next game was against Howard Pulley and the Church won 84-73. Once again Keydren Clark led the way with 19pts Bobby added 13pts Ricky 12pts Willie Irick 11pts Shakiem Mitchell 11pts and Jason Wingate added 10pts. The last pool game was versus Team Florida and Riverside after trailing by 11 points in the 2nd half rallied to a 72-67 win. Kiki played a incredible hitting 7 threes going for 28pts Jason 13pts and Ricky 12pts headed the comeback. Kiki led our pool in scoring with a 21.3 avg. and did this coming off the bench. Our first playoff game was a 71-49 rout of Albany City Rocks. Kiki led the way with 14pts Ryan and Ricky 12 each and Jason added 11. The quarter-finals was against the Famlily (Detroit) and the Church had to rally from 4 points down with 50 seconds to go to win in OT 66-56. Ricky came up big with 24 pts and 9 boards Bobby added 14 and Jason had 12pts and 9 boards aslo. The game turned with a steal and layup by Ricky followed with a tough layin by Jason to tie the game. With the score tied Jason missed a free throw and Ricky tapped in the miss but the Famlily tied it. Riverside scored off the tap and never were headed again to gain the victory. The final four game was against Emerald City from Seattle and the Church raced out to a 49-19 halftime lead and cruised to a 82-66 win. Jason led the way with 16pts and 8 assists Willie Irick 11pts 8 boards Ryan 10pts 10 boards and Bobby added 10 Shakiem Mitchell had 12 rebounds.
The Chip was a great game we got out to a 40-30 lead at the half. Boo Williams came back by going inside to 6"10 Elton Brown and the penetration of John Gilchrist.Once again we were down 4 points with under a minute to go.We set up our black press, Ricky stole the ball and layed it in to cut the lead to 2. On the ensuing inbounds we got a steal and Jason made a daring drive and score over Elton Brown to tie the game. However John Gilchrist answered with a tough and one drive of his own to put them up 3 with 40 seconds to go. We went inside to Ryan for a power layup to cut the lead to 1. They called a timeout and we set up a halfcourt trap which led to Kiki stealing the ball he drove and missed the layup but Ricky tapped the ball in after missing two taps at it. Up 1 with 25 seconds left we made a defensive error by not getting back they threw a long pass to Elton Brown who was all alone for a dunk to put them back up 1 with 20 seconds to go. We pushed the ball up and went inside to Ryan who had his shot blocked out of bounds. With 11 seconds left we inbounded to Ryan who passed out to Kiki for an isolation move. Kiki made a spin move stopped up faked and went under his man for the jumper to put us up one with 4 seconds to go. They made it scary by hitting John Gilchrist for a long three that went in and out and we had won a hard fought Champoinship game. The Riverside palyers really stepped thier games up to win this tourney. Kiki led us in scoring with a 15pts avg Ricky 14 avg Ryan, Jason and Bobby averaged 10 each. Shaq averaged 8 boards. Without a domintant big guy our 4's by committee of Shamar Green, Eric Martin and Willie Irick all contributed to winning games. Shamar averaged 3 blocks a game in the playoffs. Eric playing with back spasms came into the Famlily game when Ryan got into foul trouble and held it down. Willie averaged 7 pts a game. Alonzo Brown gave a steady defensive effort and hit some clutch shots in his minutes. A total team effort is needed to win tournaments when the games are all in three days (7 total games). The Church wins their first major of the 2001 AAU season.'
5/29/01 All Star Report: Riverside Church Wins Nike Memorial Day Challenge. And TOC Recap, Notes.
5/28/01 Glen Steinberg: 'Just got back from watching a few of my players play with the Gauchos in the 8th grade championship game for Regionals. Figured I'd report on the three games I saw. The seventh grade Gauchos won 67-47 vs. the LI Lightning. The 8th grade Gauchos won 65-58 vs. the Staten Island Lightning. The 9th grade Gauchos won 78-56 vs. the LI Lightning, a game in which Ronald Ramon was unstoppable.'
5/28/01 T-bone: 'for 2004, I got the chance to see "Yadda" Gaines and Russel Robinson up close and personal at the Gym Rat Challenge as the Skyliners played the Gauchos.. and both of these players are talented,,, I mean Talented! .. poise, smarts, outside shooting, getting to the hole..etc..etc... they got game.'
5/28/01 I'm hoping to have the player profiles for the class of 2002, 2003 and 2004 redone before the Rumble in mid-June. I need help. Send two or three sentences on any player you wish to nycnjhoops@aol.com and I'll try to use it. These three profiles are what I'd like to see for each player:
John P Miciotta on Francisco Garcia -- 'a 6'6" forward from the Bronx playing at Cheshire Academy after transferring. He is a classic small forward who likes tho work the baseline and has range out beyond the three point line. A long first step and long arms make him a good finisher at the rim although he's not strong. Also not the quickest guy latterally but long arms and good hands make him an outstanding help defender. He'll draw attention from high majors as well as A-10 progrms.'
Prep Stars Rob Harrington on Jason Fraser: 'Uncommonly talented shot-blocker for a man his size, excellent timing and defensive instincts, aggressive rebounder and overall post presence, quick off the floor, very limited offensively, needs more seasoning to play away from post.'
Blue Ribbon on Lenny Cooke -- 'Cooke is a relentless scorer. He's not a great shooter or a mad handler with a thousand moves. But he is driven to score and can take it to the rim repeatedly along with hitting enough shots to make him a defender's nightmare. He knows how to get his shot and his upper body strength helps him finish. He's also not too proud to get his nose dirty around the basket and collect the garbage points.'
5/28/01 Coach Willie Negron: 'Tom Fleming's Peak 5 Millenium Shootout @ Yale University - 84 teams for 14u, 15u, 16u & 17u scheduled for the June 8-10 weekend. Willie Howe All Stars, Long Island Lightning, Madison Broncos, WCGA Wildcats, Riverside Church, LI Hurricane and Gauchos will be there.
5/28/01 All Star Report, Rob Matera: Hurricanes Blow Away LI Panthers at TOC.
5/28/01 Insiders Report: Is Lenny Cooke Top Player In This Year's Class?
5/28/01 Will Hurd: 'Gym Rat Challenge-Gauchos -- Congratulations to Marc Jones and the 15u group in winning the chamionship game over a very game Riverside Church team. In the end, Russell Robinson, Sundiata Gaines and Ronald Roman, were too much for the church guards and big guys. In addition, the Gauchos received strong support from Abdoule, Maurice and Brian. Great Job! The 16's batttled a strong Syracuse team, however Dwayne Mitchell's group came up short by a couple of points in the chamionship game. The same Syracuse team defeated the Riverside 16's in the quarterfinal's. The 17's led by Rich Burks were missing Shagari Alleyene and Marvin McCullough and Shaun Wynn (injury), however they played well enough to win the pool, but were upset in the championship round. Bigger and Better things are down the road. All of the Gaucho teams that played in the local AAU regional tournament will be playing in the championship games on Monday the 28th, at Island Garden in West Hempstead.'
5/28/01 BERASM: 'Harlem Lions @ Gymrat -- The Harlem Lions 17U team finished 2-1 in pool play. Lost first game to NJ RAP, 68-49. The trio guard tandem of Malik Brown, Jahkeem Washington and Tahan Engram combined for 28 pts and 7 asst. Wendell Gibson led all scorers with 13 pts and 12 rebs. In the second game, they beat the Titans of Elmira, 64-30 behind the scoring of Wendell Gibson and Laurence Smith who combined for 29 pts and 26 rebs. The trio tandem guards of Malik Brown, Jahkeem Washington and Tahan Engram combined for 27 pts and 18 asst. In the third game, they beat the Spirits of Utica, 74-47, behind the scoring of Wendell Gibson, 22pts, 16rebs and Jahkeem Washington 16pts and 8 ast. Laurence Smith and Tahan Engram played very good defense helping the Lions score 40pts off of Spirits' 23 turnovers. Overall, the Lions played very well rebounding from the first game loss.'
5/27/01 NJNYHoopWatcher: 'Gauchos 16's start off 2-0 at Gym Rat -- The Gauchos 16's ended the first day of competition 2-0 with a 70 - 37 win over CT Starters. Marlon Smith and Joe Sandberg scored 17 a piece to lead all scorers. The second game was not much different as the Gauchos ran away with a 74- 36 victory over the Clifton Park Clippers. Alex Buzbee scored 20 points and Marlon Smith scored 18 for the winners.'
5/26/01 School Sports: Check out the latest on Lenny Cooke, Sean Dockery, Kevin Bookout, Eric Williams, Daniel Horton, Yusef Baker and more top players in this week’s Basketball Recruiting Buzz.
5/26/01 Rich Kosik -BooksNBall: 'A great man died last night. Arthur "Chick" Sherrer, founder of the original Athletes for Better Education (AFBE) died suddenly from a heart attack last night at his home in Jacksonville, Florida. Chick was a graduate of Princeton University (1967) where he was a teammate of Bill Bradley. An English Professor at Northwestern University and co-author of Baron's Review Testbook for the Advanced English Placement Exam (1980's edition) .Chick ran a summer program for the NBA in Chicago in 1974 and out of that he came up with the idea of making academics a part of a basketball camp for Chicago student athletes. AFBE started in 1976 and out of that program came players like Isaiah Thomas, Terry Cummings, Darrell Walker, Mark Aguirre, Glenn "Doc" Rivers, Effrem Winters, Craig Robinson, Nick Anderson and many more. The program became co-sponsored by the NBA Player's Association in 1980 and with the help of a grant from the United States Department of labor (Youth Programs) expanded to Los Angeles in 1980 and to New York City in the summer of 1981. That first group of AFBE NY/NJ Players included the following: Dave Rivers, Walter Berry, Pearl Washington, Mark Jackson, Gary Voce, John Johnson, Don Marbury, John Salley, Greg Pedro, Kenny Smith, Andre Ervin, Bruce Lefkowitz, Todd Scott, Chuck Everson, Gregg Wilde, Olden Polynice. . The coaching staff included Tony Fiorentino (Mt. Vernon), Steve Lappas (Truman), Jim Gatto (then Mater Christi), Steve Post (Stevenson) and Bob Hurley (St. Anthony's). The AFBE camp was nine days long, the student-athletes went to classes from 8a.m. to 12 noon. had a guest speaker at 1 p.m. , stations and games in the afternoon. Counselling session at 6 p.m. and then games in the evening. Compared with today's 5 day camps and only 3 hours of classes of each day. Out of the AFBE program came the original AFBE/Nike All America camp in 1982 held at Princeton University. That summer AFBE sponsored nine day camps in NY, Chicago and Los Angeles in addition to the All America Camp. Money was never charged to the participants and AFBE continued during the school year with weekend counselling seminars and it's famed "Profile scrimmages" which gave colleges a last look at seniors after the completion of their high school season. At the 1982 scrimmages 234 student athletes particpated in three days of scrimmages at Manhattan College. At the completion of the scrimmages 188 of the student athletes had colleges interested in them (Div. I, II & III or J.C.s) and the financial aide generated was in the area of 1.5 million dollars.
Reaganomics and fierce competition for corporate donations in the early 80's brought on the demise of the local AFBE programs. Nike carries on to this day and adidas started in 1991 the All America Camps which Chick had so much to do with. In recent years Chick married, moved to Jacksonville, Fl. became the president of the Chamber of Commerce, was the President of "TouchDown Jacksonville", the civic association that got the NFL to reward a franchise to Jacksonville, now know as the Jaguars. At his death he was the President of Tectonics International, which produced high speed construction systems for both the United States and countries throughout the world. He is survivied by his wife Linda and daughters Christy and Kim. A great friend, mentor and man died last night and he will be missed.
Thanks for all the inspiration Chick.'
5/25/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'NYC JUCO News Signing Update -- The NCAA spring signing period ended last week and two more junior college hoopsters from the New York area recently announced their college intentions for the 2001-02 campaign.
Bronski Dockery, a 6-2 guard who was a member of two high school state championship teams at Rice HS, signed with St. Francis (NY). This season, Dockery averaged 16.4 points and 4.8 rebounds for Tallahassee (FL), which won the Panhandle Conference title and finished with a 29-2 record. Dockery was named to the first team All-Conference.
Jerome Holman, a former star point guard at St. Patrick's (NJ), made a commitment to attend Wichita State. The 5-10 Holman averaged 17.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 2.2 steals this season for 22-10 Trinity Valley (TX). Selected to the second team All-Region XIV, Holman is expected to transfer to Butler County (KS) shortly to complete his academic requirements to play for the Shockers next season.
In JUCO signing news: Kevin Bell, a 6-3 shooting guard from Rice (NY) signed with Westark (AK), Rashawn Vaughn, a 5-11 point guard from All Hallows (NY) committed to Ulster (NY), and Lloyd Clinton, a 6-5 forward from Boys & Girls (NY) inked with St. Petersburg (FL). All three players participated in the Big Apple Exposure Games held on April 6 at Medgar Evers.'
5/25/01 Durham, N.C. (AP) - Freshman forward Andre Sweet, who was suspended indefinitely last season for academic reasons, has decided to leave Duke, the school said Thursday. Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski suspended Sweet in December, saying he would reevaluate his status at mid-semester. He was allowed to practice with the team, but not travel or participate in games. The 6-foot-6, 203-pound Sweet averaged 4.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in seven games for the national champions.
5/25/01 Winston Kelly@GameBallMagazine: 'GameBall Magazine wants to offer a special congratulations to Class of 2003, 5'7/PG Amanda LaCascio and 6'2/C Currinne Turner both sophomores at Christ the King High School. They both have been selected to travel to France with the (Eastern Girls Basketball Association, USA Belles Team) to compete in the 13th REZE Basketball International in Reze, France from Tuesday, May 29th through Tuesday, June 5th. They will be competing against the invited National Cadet Teams from Russia, Czech, Croatia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia. They will face the best players from each European Teams country. Let's wish them much success and fun.'.
5/25/01 All Star Report: Update On Elijah Ingram.
5/25/01 NJ Hoops: More on Taquan Dean commitment.
5/25/01 NJO: Taquan Dean selects Louisville.
5/25/01 Insiders Report: Curtis Sumpter & Jason Fraser May Visit Virginia.
5/24/01 Jeff Goodman: 'I write for schoolsports.com ... I did a feature on Taquan Dean that we posted today. Interesting stuff about his difficult background.' Dean of the Bluegrass.
5/24/01 School Sports: Deng Gai Commits.
5/24/01 All Star Report: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Tournament of Champions Update & Top Players.
5/24/01 Newsday: It's Official -- Shortage of refs and umps a headache for LI sports.
5/23/01 Adrian Armstrong: 'UDC starts June 16. We are near to closing out all the divisions. We still have space in the girls division. Schedules will be ready in a couple of weeks.'
5/23/01 Mitchell Rait: 'Kick off the summer ... Play in the Hoop Heaven Basketball League. High school boys varsity teams -- June 25 - June 29, Monday thru Friday. 2 games per night, 6:00 pm & 7:00 pm; 8:00 pm & 9:00 pm. 8 - 10-game guarantee. Friday night tourney for top 4 teams. Trophies to championship teams. $325. Hoop Heaven offers: 4 hardwood courts, 2 certified referees per game, electronic scoreboards, scoreclock operator every game. Hoop Heaven, 125 Algonquin Parkway, Whippany, NJ. For info, call (973) 884-4667.'
5/23/01 Insiders Report Charlie Villanueva: Staying Home To Study. And Will Big East, ACC Schools Step Up For Tim Doyle?
5/23/01 'The first tournament of our Summer Hoops Tour is June 1-3, 2001, in McKinney, TX. This tournament will offer outstanding facilities and competition. We have a few spots open in a few divisions. ... If you have an interest in playing, please contact us immediately. For more information about the Summer Hoops Tour or our organization, please visit our web page: www.primetimesportz.com.
All our tournaments use a regulation clock and the summer events are a 5 game minimum. You will also earn qualification points for our National Tournament in Kansas City. The deadline for our Tournament Series Entry for 3 tournaments for only $225 each has passed, but if you contact us by May 29, 2001, we will extend this offer for you.
Thanks for your consideration and we wish your team the best in its summer season. David Stephens, National Director, Prime Time Sports, 2515 Coachman Lane, Garden City, KS 67846. 1-888-643-8700. Email: david@primtimesportz.com.'
5/23/01 All Star Report: Nike Memorial Day Pools includes the Church and the Albany City Rocks.
5/23/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary with news on Eric King.
5/22/01 Jim Hart: 'Rumble in the Bronx, Part IV will be two divisions -- seniors to be (32 teams) and juniors to be (20 teams), June 15 - 17. Last year we had the #1 senior (Dajuan Wagner), junior (Lenny Cooke) and freshman (Sebastian Telfair) in the country compete. The nation's best college freshmen have all rumbled -- Eddie Griffen, Scott Hazelton, Taliek Brown, Arthur Barclay, Omar Cook, Andre Sweet, Jake Sullivan, Kyle Cuffe, James Thomas, Andre Barrett, Royal Ivey, Caron Butler, Jeff McMillan, Willie Shaw, Johnnie Gilbert and Marcus Toney-el. This year's teams include Illinois Warriors, Team Texas, Riverside Church, Bray Center (Wisconsin), Brooklyn USA, Shreveport Select (La.), T1T Playaz, NJ RAP, High Five America (San Diego, Ca), NY Ravens, Bronx Gauchos, Albany City Rocks, Tallahassee Wildcats (Fl.) and Team Minnesota.' Web note: We'll keep track on the Rumble in the Bronx, Part IV page.
5/22/01 Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'To all college coaches and prospective student-athletes check out the latest Warriorsnews and,hoop and educational links @ www.warriorsbasketball.org.'
5/22/01 Insiders Report: Taquan Dean Makes A Decision For Louisville.
5/22/01 eric fogle: 'This weekend will be a very busy one for the NYC Gauchos as they travel up to Albany, NY for the GymRat Challenge. Featured players making the trip will be: Yadda Gaines, Russell Robinson 15 year olds, Joe Sanberg, Marlon Smith for the 16 year olds and Marvin McCulluch, Kenny Eussey, Shagari Alleyne for the 17 year olds...The Gauchos are the defending chammpion for all three age groups.'
5/22/01 'Queens RimRockers Basketball Inc.Our website is now launched. The address is www.QueensRimRockers.homestead.com. In the near future, it will be changed to www.QueensRimRockers.com. Anyone interested in joining our orgnaization can contact us there. Thank you.'. Coach Louis Xifaras, Director of Basketball Operations.
5/22/01 sparkle_s1@email.msn.com: 'would it be too hard to write that the NY Gauchos have a team in every age group final of the NYC AAU regional playoffs,and that our 16 year old playing without Marlon Smith in the line up beat a very good Washington Heights Warriors team while playing in the 17 year old tourney....'
5/22/01 Peter Edwards, Peter Benoit and Joe of redmen.com on the IS8 all star teams on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
5/22/01 Dassoc: 'Westchester Hawks 15under team won their division in New Jersey Slamfest. Two weeks ago they also qualified and are going to the AAU Nationals July 1st in Tennessee.'
5/21/01 MetroHoops: Luol Deng -- Sophomore of the Year.
5/21/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Hats off to the SONDAY Express for their victory over Riverside in the IS 8 championship. They continually hit big shots and made us work hard for offense. We made a big run and once they got the lead back we missed the shots we had to make. Rashad Bell, Japhete McNiel and Marlon Smith played great. Rob Barrett was a monster on the boards and Yadda made a huge and one. I however really felt my seniors did a great job. Everyone who watched us during the regular season felt we were no threat. But to their credit once we got into the playoffs they raised their level of play. Wendell is a warrior even in defeat he posted 18 pts and 21 boards, Tyquawn showed why he was all city by making huge shots and feeding his teammates. Teddy supplied leadership even though his shot was off on Sunday. Sean and Eric gave me their all but it was just short. Congratulations to them for making my last IS 8 tourney with them one I won't forget. The Church will be back for the Tip Off looking to win it all!'
5/21/01 Coach Kevin Pigott: 'Regis High School had a coaching change recently and there was no publicity about it. Dr. Mike Mincieli resigned after being the head coach for the past 22 years. Dr. Mincieli had a record of 316 and 172 including two CHSAA "C" championships and one Federation "C" crown. This past year Regis was 22 and 3 and lost in the city finals.
Since the birth of the CHSAA "C" league, Regis has been always one of the top teams. Not many basketball programs can match this consistency. Besides his on-court success, Coach Mincieli was always a gentleman. His emphasis on academics is reflected by his players.
It is a shame that this "passing of the guard" went unnoticed. Dr. Mincieli has been one of the great coaches to come out of the CHSAA. He will be succeeded by long-time assistant Kevin Cullen.'
5/21/01 Ststjj: 'Westchester Hawks 17 under boys team does it again. Second year in a row. Upstate all we hear about is this player is all this and this other player is all that. Then we come downstate to the regionals and qualify in the nyc region and nobody knows (or talks) about us. We are in the finals 2 years running after beating the Jaguars for the third straight time (with all the studs that we read about all the time) Go figure. Hey we got some players too. By the way our 15 yr olds qualified as did our 12 yr olds. And we ain`t done yet!'
5/21/01 Kbhjr14: 'The NYC Jaguars qualified for the National AAU tournament again for the 5th time out of 5 years since the program started. As the LI SCOUT said the Jaguars got off to a poor start losing to the Lightning Gold team by 4. Sometimes these things happen for a reason and it helps to get focus back. Focus we did and began to earn respect back. Jaguars beat a tough Newburgh team by 24+ points. Kevin Hamilton's first game back from injury he scored 23 points to lead the Jaguars. Tim Doyle, Brian Houlihan and Jamaal Wagner held it down each with over 12pts. Orange County was next with the Jaguars winning by 30+. Big plays were made by all with outstanding performances coming from Stephon Cherry, Tarik Viaer-McClymont, Tim Doyle and Kevin Diffley. Game three was a team that played great in the tournament the Albany City Rocks. The Jaguars played well and won by 30+ points. Paul Tuomey hit 5 three pointers and finished with 22pts. Kevin Diffley played outstanding with two big time dunks and finished with 20pts. Next up was the St. Paul's Crusaders. Jaguars won by 5 in overtime. This game our second of the day was very tough but we hung on. Tim Doyle and Jamaal Wagner led the team with each scoring 15 pts. Kevin Hamilton hit 6 big free throws to seal the victory. Doyle made some spectacular passes in this game. Jamaal Wagner held down the tough guards on St. Pauls. Last game against the Westchester Hawks was a game with controversy from the beginning. Each team played hard and Westchester won by four. More to follow on this game later! Due to injuries Kevin Hamilton & Miguel Gonzalez didn't play in the game. The members of the Jaguars are Kevin Hamilton, Miguel Gonzalez, Tim Doyle, Kevin Diffley, Jamaal Wagner, Stephon Cherry, Brian Houlihan, Tarik Viaer-McClymont, Devon Powell, Woody Aime and Paul Tuomey. Next up for the Jaguars is the Bob Gibbons tournament in North Carolina Memorial Day weekend.'
5/21/01 Nathan Blue: IS8 and "The Up and Under Classic 2001".
5/21/01 Newsday: Coaching Seminar on Course.
5/21/01 Insiders Report: Curtis Sumpter: Jason Fraser Should Take Care Of Himself
5/20/01 BklynAllStarsAAU: 'Over the weekend, the Brooklyn All-Stars had a favorable showing in the 17U Regional Championships held at Island Garden. The team, however, did not have a favorable pool, which included the #1 seeded Gauchos, but did go 2-1 in pool play to advance to the playoff round. In the opener, a balanced attack by Will Kuntz (11 pts), Ryan Johnson (11 pts), Ricardo Matteis (12 pts), and Antonio Taylor (12 pts) helped BAS hold off LI Lightning (McCoy) by a score of 57-52. An hour later, the team took the court again against the up-tempo Bi-State Pythons and came away with a 77-60 victory. Ryan Johnson led all scorers with 22 points. Donald Brown, who was plagued by foul trouble in game #1, rebounded with 19 points, and Antonio Taylor added 14 Ed Washington and Tim Sela did a great job handling the ball at the PG position for BAS. In game #3, a four-hour layoff and a size disadvantage were too much for BAS as they fell to the Gauchos, 69-35. Chris Fritch played well for the All-Stars in the losing effort.
In Sunday's playoff action, BAS took on a tough and quick LI Roadrunners (Fields) team, but were unale to keep up with their up-tempo style, as the Roadunners came away with a 107-68 win. Ed Washington (24 pts) played all 32 minutes in a valiant effort for BAS, as did Kofi-Asiedu Stewart (10 pts). The team will next compete in the LI Lightning Invitational on June 8 - 10.'
5/20/01 Peter Benoit: 'The IS8 Spring Classic concluded today with SONDAY Express defating Riverside Church A, 78-66. Julius Hodge was not in action but the Express did not need him. Rob Barrett played big the entire Final 4 weekend for the Express. He took home the MVP for the playoffs. His supporting cast of Rashad Bell, Yadda Gaines (Rookie of the Year), Marlon Smith and Japhet McNeil were too much for the Church. Wendell Gibson did his best for the Church he had at least 21 rebounds. Tyquawn Goode and Sean Danztler kept the Church in the game with outside shooting.' More on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
5/2001 John P Miciotta on the third annual Brooklyn USA Challenge.
5/20/01 Nathan Blue: As you may know S.o.n.d.a.y Express vs Riverside Church (A) final is at 11am. This is gonna be a good game. Many people are still sleeping on the Riverside Church. I learned last year the hard way. Most people don't think the game will be good. But I'll tell you this...... Kenny Pretlow never goes down without a fight. Never. This is gonna be a great game. Hope to see you there!'
5/20/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church today won three of the six Citywide championships played today. The Super Biddies defeated the Guachos in overtime as Dorval Carter copped game MVP, and Leonard McNiel was named tourney MVP. The Riverside Midget A team defeated the Riverside Midget C team as Tyrell Biggs was named MVP and Codi Oliver copped Sportsmanship. The Juniors defeated the Guachos 54-52 as Kevin Johnson hit 27pts. to win MVP. This was the juniors third straight tournament title this fall (IS 8 and Pro Style). The Seniors lost to Kips Bay as Shaeen McNair copped the sportmanship award. Also the Riverside A team advanced to the championship game of IS 8 vs. the SONDAY Express. Riverside defeated the Brooklyn Bridge in OT. The Church was down ten points with three minutes to go before a full court press yeilded turnovers that allow the Church to send the game to overtime. Sean Dantzler led the way with 27 pts that included a and one three that started the comeback. Tyquawn Goode hit 24pts with five threes as the Bridge dared him to shoot, he kept us in the game and hit a double pump scoop shot to ice the game in OT. Eric Sterling added 22 with 16 of those coming in the 4th quarter and OT. Wendell Gibson added 18 pts and 15 boards. This is ninth championship appearance in the past ten IS 8 tournaments for the Church with the high competition level at the 8,this a great accomplishment.'
5/20/01 Keith Mason: 'At the Brooklyn USA vs. Tim Thomas Playaz Challenge, USA took 4 of the 5 games. The lone loss was when USA's 9th graders played against Tim Thomas's 10th graders because the 10th graders had yet to return from the AAU Regionals. The score of the 7th grade game was 48-42, the 8th grade game was 57-31, the 9th grade game was 70-49, all in favor of the kids from Brooklyn. In Tim Thomas's win they recorded the biggest blowout of the day with an 89-49 win. The 11th grade game was a goodie with USA pulling it out in the end 71-63. I will have a full report of the event after the IS8 championship which I will be attending.'.
5/20/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Brooklyn USA defeated Tim Thomas Playaz' in four of the five class games in the Brooklyn-New Jersey Challenge at Xaverian H.S. on May 19. In the feature game matching the junior squads, Brooklyn USA prevailed 71-65 behind Quincy Douby (four threes and 21 points), Chris Taft (17 points, 9 rebounds) and Gary Ervin (11 points). TTP was led by Elijah Ingram (14 points), while Dwayne Lee added 12 and Jamar Nutter 11. The game was close throughout until Brooklyn USA pulled ahead 63-54 with under three minutes remaining. TTP's Lee then connected on three successive treys and suddenly the gap was narrowed to 65-63 with under a minute left. But Jerel Blassingame and Ervin converted six consecutive free throws down the stretch to preserve the Brooklyn USA win.
The Challenge began with Brooklyn winning the first three contests before the Playaz secured their only win in the sophomore game. In the 7th grade game the Playaz took a 17-16 halftime lead before Brooklyn USA took control in the third quarter and posted a 48-42 victory. Willie Etheridge scored 13 of his game-high 17 points in the second half to lead the comeback. Michael Shine contributed 9 points for Brooklyn while Lamar Pannell topped the Playaz with 13.
Brooklyn USA raced to a 25-8 halftime lead in the 8th grade contest, en route to a 57-31 triumph. Saiquon Stone canned a pair of treys to lead a balanced scoring attack with 14 points. Derick Echols added 11 points for Brooklyn USA while Kit Onell led TTP with 8.
Brooklyn USA had another strong start in the freshman game, leading 36-18 at the half and coasting to a 70-49 win. Robert Thomas and Carlos Collazo each tallied 12 points to lead the winners while Terrance Portis had 10 and ten other players made the Brooklyn USA scoring column. Andrew Pusar took game-high honors for TTP with 15 and Joe Dyson was next with 10.
In their sole win in the sophomore game, the Playaz received 22 points apiece from Sean Banks and Jamal Warren and another 19 from Ara Bowen. Brooklyn USA, which used mostly ninth-graders since their sophs were competing in the AAU Regionals, was led by freshman Carlos Collazo with 15.
Among the scouts in attendance were Mike Sullivan (Alliance Sports - Insiders Report), Keith Mason (The Apple's Best HS Ballaz), John Miciotta (NY/NJ Hoops) and official statistician Burt Beagle.
For more stories, stats and pictures: www.brooklynusa.org.'
5/20/01 Insiders Report: Quincy Douby Does A Number On Playaz Club.
5/19/01 Burt Beagle: Brooklyn USA wins 4 out of 5 games against T1T Playaz in Challenge.
5/19/01 Peter Benoit: 'Down to 2 -- In today's Final 4 action @ IS8. Riverside A defeated Brooklyn Bridge in an overtime affair. The Church came back from a 10 point deficit with 2 minutes left in regulation. Tyquan Goode led Riverside with 27 points. Eric Sterling and Sean Danztler also had 20 + points, while Wendell Gibson had 18. Sebastian Telfair led the Bridge's offensive attack. However Eric Sterling and Tyquan Goode defended the star freshman very well. The inability to handle the pressure defense of The Church led the comeback that forced the extra session. Riverside's defense in the overtime led to easy offense and a win. In the second game SONDAY Express crushed JYO, 90-67 without Julius Hodge. Deshawn Warren paced the Express with 5 first half three pointers. Jaffete McNeil also hit most of his open shots. Yadda Gaines had a great offensive game for the Express but their star today was Rob Barrett. He controlled the game at both ends rebounding at will and scoring down low. This leads to an exciting final. Wendell Gibson vs Rob Barrett is a matchup to watch. The final is tomorrow at 11 am.'
5/19/01 LI SCOUT1: 'On the advice of Real Scout Ben Cook, I ventured down to Long Island's very own Island Garden to catch a little bit of the NY Metro 17U Reginals. The gem of the night featured two of NY's best in a classic pool play match. The NYC Jaguars met the LI Lightning Gold in what will probably be considered the pool play matchup of the tourney. At the end in was LI Lightning Gold pulling out a 63-59 comeback win that even had MSG High School Weekly Host Tom Konchalski shaking his head. In holding supposed 2002 powerhouses' Tim Doyle, Jammal Wagner and Tariq Viar-Mclymont to a mere 12 points respectively, the LI Lightning got the W. Using a good mix of guard play, low post presence and a couple of clutch 3's down the stretch from Archbishop Molloy standout Leonzo Cuiman to seal the win, the LI Lightning Gold proved once again that they are the Real Deal.'
5/19/01 School Sports: Basketball Recruiting Buzz -- Check out the latest news on Curtis Sumpter and Taquan Dean.
5/18/01 Glenn L. Bynes: 'CJ Hornets 77 NJ Wildcats 59. Wildcats lose to a quality CJ Hornets team at Ewing HS last night in the state tourney playoff. In the first half the Wildcats were overmatched by the Hornets inside and outside game, but managed to play better in the second half. Sean Lynch led the way with 25 points.'
5/18/01 Newsday: CHSAA Proposing 'A' Superleague.
5/18/01 Daily News CHSAA Hoop Divisions Could Change.
5/17/01 New York Post Cavs Eye Fordham Coach.
5/17/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Brooklyn USA will meet the Tim Thomas Playaz' in five class games in the third Brooklyn USA Challenge Series this Saturday, May 19 at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn.
The action tips off at 10:45 a.m. with the seventh grade (class of 2006 contest), followed by the eighth grade (class of 2005) at 12:00 noon, the freshmen (class of 2004) at 1:30 p.m. and the sophomores (class of 2003) at 3:00 p.m. The marquee game will be the junior (class of 2002) finale at 4:30 p.m. featuring a Playaz' squad that recently won its fourth championship of the spring at the Howard Pulley Invitational in Minneapolis, MN. Elijah Ingram, a 6-0 guard from Jersey City St. Anthony's, has been the top TTP performer this spring. Other top Playaz' scheduled to play Saturday include Lee Melchionni, a 6-7 wing forward at Fort Washington Academy (PA) who recently committed to Duke, John Winchester, a 6-4 wing guard from Bayonne Marist, 6-2 slasher Jamar Nutter of West Orange Seton Hall Prep, and 6-10 sophomore center Daryl Watkins of Paterson Catholic.
Brooklyn USA counters with a lineup of top rising stars led by 5-11 freshman guard Sebastian Telfair (Lincoln), 6-9 sophomore center Chris Taft (Xaverian) and 6-3 junior guard George Jefferson (Automotive). Other top players to watch for Brooklyn USA include 6-3 shooting guard Quincy Douby (Grady) and 6-5 forward Amadou Fall (Boys & Girls) in the juniors, sophomores Gary Forbes (a 6-7 forward at Banneker) and Japhet McNeil (a 5-10 point guard at Christ the King), and freshmen Terrance Portis (a 6-2 guard from Xaverian) and Brian Beckford (a 6-4 forward from Christ the King). Saiquon Stone, a 6-3 8th grader headlines a talented junior high group that includes eighth graders Eugene Harvey and Levance Fields and seventh graders Michael Shine and Rashid Isler.
For more information and complete rosters, check the Brooklyn USA website: www.brooklynusa.org or e-mail: tmcternan@hotmail.com.'
5/17/01 Queens RimRockers Basketball Tryouts. 7th and 8th grade. AAU Traveling Team. Looking for dedicated players to play in summer tournaments like CityWide, Kenny Anderson, Brookyln USA 3 on 3, Nike Metro Swoosh, Show Me What You Got, St. Theresa's Tournament. Tryouts will take place Saturday, May 19th 2001 at 10am at I.S. 141 in Astoria, Queens (37-11 21 Avenue). For more information, please e-mail Director of Basketball Operations: Louis Xifaras at Rice41@aol.com.
5/17/01 Khasbklynbridge: 'On Thursday, June 7th at Long Island University. High Energy/Brooklyn Bridge Basketball Present "The Battle At the Bridge". An AAU event featuring four of the most talented AAU teams in the city. The first game to be held at 6:00pm will feature Curtis Sumpter and the Long Island Panthers versus the Brooklyn Beasts. In the seconed game is a match up of Hofstra bound Wendell Gibson and the Riverside Hawks versus Sebastian Telfair, Elliah Clarke and the Brooklyn Bridge. There will be free giveaways and entertainment. For more information call the Brooklyn Bridge office at (718) 780-4058.'
5/16/01 SoCalHoops Recruiting News: Point-Counterpoint. . . Tellem & Thompson: Age Limits & The NBA.
5/16/01 All Star Report: 2001 H.S. All-American Teams.
5/16/01 Nathan Blue: "Nathan Blue's Up and Under Classic 2001" will be the games of the Evalution period!
I've been to plenty of good events as well as bad events from NY to Ca. So this is why this will be the best one day High School Basketball event in the Metro Area during the Evaluation period week in July.
Many top players have said they wll be passing up big name camps for this game. It's gonna be that good. This is one of the many events Real Scout Basketball will produce. Others include a unbelievable Thanksgiving Classic involving some of thetop preps schools in the country. As well as a big Christmas Tournament.
So anyone who needs more info on this event run by Nathan Blue and friends. E mail me back at rsbisthenyc@webtv.net.'
5/16/01 LFBALL: 'Dan Hurley -- Great choice! Danny will do an outstanding job the right way. Look for many kids to attend the school with him at the helm. On another note; is it me or was that a funny statement about his brother coaching with him. When it said "Brother Bob Jr. would be a coach", I thought Bob Jr. was the name of one of the brothers at St. Bs who enjoyed coaching.'
5/16/01 RivalsHoops.com: Jack Agostino: Books & Baskets Most Important.
5/15/01 NJO: Danny Hurley takes over at St. Benedict's.
5/15/01 Thirty teams started at IS8; six are left. No Wolfpack, no Playaz, no Gauchos and no Panthers. For this Friday's quarterfinals Brooklyn Bridge plays Rise Above at 6:30 and JYO plays the Gaels at 8:00. The Bridge, Rise Above winner plays the Church A in Saturday's first semi at 11:00; the Gael, JYO winners faces SONDAY Express at 12:30. Sunday's championship game starts at 11:00.
5/15/01 Newsday: Coaches Mike Jarvis, Jim Boeheim Support Regulating Street Agents.
5/15/01 RivalsHoops.com: John Winchester Profile and Chris Taft Is A Player To Watch.
5/15/01 Coach Kiang: 'The Brooklyn All-Stars 13U team (Coach Mike Basmagy) won two out of three games at the Warwick Valley Warriors Tournament this past weekend in upstate NY. In the opening round, BAS crushed the Connecticut Flames, 63 - 33, and followed that up with a 78-65 defeat of Chase the Game (Bronx). On Sunday, the team dropped a tough 50 - 41 decision to the Hemplis Hoopsters (Manhattan). Leading scorers Matt Basmagy (18 ppg), Phil Gardner (15 ppg), and Justin Baylois (11 ppg) led the way for the All-Stars, who will compete this weekend in the 13U Regionals in Staten Island. The BAS 17U "White" team will also be competing in the Regionals this weekend at Island Garden.'
5/14/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside had a sucessful past weekend. The Church advanced to four CityWide championship games on Saturday. The Superbiddies (10 & under) will meet the Gauchos. The Midgets (14 & under) will feature two, yes two Riverside teams, the "A" team all 14 year old vs. the "C" team which is all 13 year olds. The Juniors (16 & under) will also meet the Gauchos. The Seniors (19 & under) will meet Kips Bay. The games will be played at St. Raymonds starting at 9:30am this Saturday, the 19th. At IS 8 the "A" team advanced to the semi-finals for the ninth time in the last 10 IS 8 tourneys. After a sub par regular season they have picked up thier play. They defeated the Gaucho B team as Tyquawn Goode, Ted Munford and Wendell Gibson led the way. When Wendell got into foul trouble frosh Arturo Dubois stepped in and held the fort. On Sunday they routed the Tim Thomas Playaz as Wendell dominated the paint with 30 points and 17 boards.Tyquawn Goode penetrated and dished 15 assists and scored 12 pts. Ted Munford hit for 18. Eric Sterling, Sean Dantzler and Courtney Johnson all played well as we held Elijah Ingram in check. Hard to beat the Church on Sunday.'
5/14/01 triciabb0618: 'The Scholar Athletes 13/U (Queens-Nassau girls) are the NY Metro area champions and headed to the Nationals in Cocoa Beach, Florida.'
5/13/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Brooklyn USA posted two easy wins Saturday to finish undefeated in pool play at the 14-under AAU regionals being held at the Island Garden in Hempstead. Eugene Harvey tallied 24 points and Saiquon Stone added 18 in an 82-64 win over the Manhasset All-Stars. Derick Echols chipped in with 13 points and 9 rebounds.
Harvey (16 points) then led five players in double figures as Brooklyn USA topped the Long Island Lightning 81-35. Nyan Boateng and Mitchell Smith were next with 14 apiece while Chris Lawrence and Stone each scored 10.'
5/12/01 Playoff Saturday at IS8 - the first three game results have Wolfpack taking Rebel 90 - 81, SONDAY Express easily handling last year's champion LI Panthers 85 - 66 and the T1T Playaz bopping Riverside Church Blue 75 - 53. Details on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
5/12/01 Brooklyn USA will face Tim Thomas Playaz' in the third Brooklyn USA Challenge at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, May 19, 2001.
5/12/01 ROBREF1: 'NY SUBOA will be holding its annual referee's training school from May 31st until June 3rd @ Roberto Clemente State Park. The charge for this camp is $150.00 For maore information contact Darryl Perry @ 212 676-2299, 646 208-9686 or Vincent Murray @ 718 277-1413.'
5/12/01 SchoolSports Boys ’ Basketball Recruits: Top 50 Juniors includes Lenny Cooke (#3), Elijah Ingram (#22), Jason Fraser (#23), Deng Gai (#25), Curtis Sumpter (#27) and Taquan Dean (#46).
5/12/01 Pdiddy9682: 'For some reason no one has mentioned that thefinal game on Saturday @ IS8 is between Riverside (A) and Gauchos (B.) Riverside will have the edge inside if they have Wendell Gibson. The Gauchos have one of the best backcourts in the tourney with Roscoe Biggers and Kendel Provet. The Gauchos also feature Kevin Francis. However do not be surprised if Riverside wins easily.'
5/12/01 BigMA642 Coach Anderson, formerly from St.Mary is now coaching at Upper Room Christian School in Dix Hills. I'm having a camp - Northeast Invitational Basketball Camp. There will be two sessions June 24th through 29th and Aug 20 through 24. Email at coachma34@hotmail.com or call (631) 242-5359 ext 220. Also I am looking for some game for my JHS and JV teams. If interested please contact.'
5/11/01 Daily News: Kenny Adeleke, Hofstra Fit.
5/11/01 AllianceSports: Update for Rivals.com Users and Publishers -- We have contacted many Rivals publishers and users, but it has been impossible to reach everyone. Also, since we did not officially "close" on our deal with Rivals until last week, it was difficult to make many things public, due to confidentiality limitations. The following information is posted here.
5/10/01 Brooklyn Hoops: 'I am writing ... about the lack of coverage extended to many of the teams in the PSAL B Basketball Division this past season.
5/10/01 Weekend IS8 action has four playoff games on Saturday and four more on Sunday at the usual starting times - 9:30, 11:00, 12:30 and 2:00.
5/9/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'The regular season of IS 8 came to an end Tuesday night with Brooklyn USA posting an easy 95-71 win over the Jersey Jaguars. Quincy Doubie led with 26 points while Jerel Blassingame added 19 and Muhammed Wilson 15 for Brooklyn, which finished 3-1.
In Tuesday's first game, the Wolfpack needed every one of Lenny Cooke's 39 points to outlast FYA 86-82. Woody Souffrant had a big first half (15 of his 24 points) to give FYA the halftime lead, but Cooke and Tommie Eddie (24 points) scored at will inside against the smaller FYA unit in the second half. Malcolm Peterkin added 17 for FYA.' Web note: More on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
5/9/01 Nathan Blue: 'Okay you heard it first here! If you're not in the gym on Saturday you don't like basketball. The playoffs start and the first game is The Rebel (Rob Legister and crew) vs The Wolfpack (Lenny Cooke and crew). The second game is The Long Island Panthers (Fraser, Irvin, Charlie, Sumpter) vs SONDAY Express (Julius Hodge, Rashard, Marlon,Yadda). The third game is Riverside Chrurch "B" (Ricky, Bobby, Kiki ) vs T1T Playaz (The best talent in NJ, oh yea, Elijah Ingram). This is the best ever set up in the 8! Ever! I will be there on Saturday, Where will you be?'
5/9/01 Charlie Weber: 'The Penn State Invitational will be held June 15-16-17 for 14s, 15s, 16s, and 17s. All games will be played on the campus of Penn State University. Each team is guaranteed at least three games. Entry fee is $350. Should you have any questions, please contact Charlie Weber at 703: 960-0467. You may also wish to log onto my web page: www.charlieweberbasketball.com.'
5/9/01 Newsday: Lure of NBA Irresistable for Omar Cook St. John's freshman declares for draft, but leaves options open, family says.
5/9/01 Daily News: Coach Mike Jarvis: We'll Be OK With or Without Omar Cook.
5/8/01 PrepStars: Elijah Ingram Leads a Parade of Players at Pulley.
5/8/01 NJO Forum, Grey Friars Fan. 'St.Anthony Alumni games, Friday, May 18 @ the Community and Educational Recreation Center; 10th St. and Marin Blvd., Jersey City. Game one will be at 6:45 PM alumni players prior to 1987, game two at 8:00 PM players from 87-01. More than 50 former players are scheduled to participate including Bobby and Danny Hurley, Terry Dehere, Mandy Johnson, Jerry Walker and Anthony Perry. Should be a great night for Friar fans and B-Ball fans in general. Tickets are $5 for spectators. They are raising money to buy T of C Championship jackets for this years team. For info call 201-653-5143.'
5/8/01 Coach Carlton Screen: 'FYA/SLAM Invitiational Summer Basketball Tournament at Bildersee Park Flatlands Avenue and East 81st Street Brooklyn, N.Y.starting June 30th to August 12th, 2001 Boys and Girls Divisions Ages 11and under, 14and under, and 17and under. For Information call The Flatbush Youth Association office 718-434-0127- Trophy winners will be presented by Calvin Bowman and Woody Souffrant.
Flatbush Youth Association Summer Basketball Development Camps -- Camp Site # 1: Bildersee Park Flatlands Avenue and East 81st Street, Brooklyn N.Y. Mondays and Wednesdays 9am-1pm Boys and Girls Ages 16 and under fromJuly 2, - August 8,2001
Camp Site # 2: P.S.6, 43 Snyder Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y.corner of Bedford Avenue. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am-1pm, Boys and Girls Ages 16 and under from July 10 to August 9, 2001 For more Info call Mr.Screen 718 434 0127or e-mail fya1@earthlink.net. We teach basketball fundamentals.'
5/8/01 Kbhjr14: 'NYC Jaguars captured the title in the Keystone Blazers tournament over the weekend. Outstanding performances came from many players as the Jaguars won six straight games in two days. First victory came against the Maryland Stallions 79-42. Jamaal Wagner 15, Kevin Diffley 15, Brian Houlihan 14, Tarik Viaer-McClymont 13, Miguel Gonzalez 10. Next victory came against a tough Virginia Bearcat team 68-58. Brian Houlihan and Tarik Viaer-McClymont both had 13. Jaguars then beat a game Jersey Shore Warrior team 56-55.Houlihan 14, Viaer-McClymont 13. Jaguars next beat the house teamthe Keystone Blazers 81-56 Kevin Diffley led with 18 Jamaal Wagner 16 and Miguel Gonzalez 10. The finals saw the Jaguars have four players foul out and were led by solid play from Stephon Cherry 8, Devon Powell 8 steals, Paul Tuomey 12 points. Brian Houlihan led with 20 points. Kevin Hamilton, the Jaguars scoring leader (22 pts) and assist (8) per game did not play this weekend.'
5/8/01 blw10030: 'It was a disoppointing weekend for the Silver Bullets who competed at the West Orange Cursader Classic in NJ. The Bullets lost all four games. Of the four games, they wre defeated by three Lightning teams (two from Long Island and one from Staten Island). The team had solid proformances from Aikeem Vanderhorst and Brett Wilson. Joseph Meglio added some help with his play.'
5/8/01 Bob Gibbons All Star Report: Playaz' Win Howard Pulley Invite.
5/8/01 NJ Hoops: 'The Roadrunners edged RAP 83 - 82 on a 3 from 6'2" Fairfield bound Kudjo Sogadzi with 3.4 seconds remaining to win the championship in the NJ State 19 & under AAU title.'
5/8/01 Insiders Report: Jason Fraser: IR's Pre-Summer Player of the Year.
5/7/01 Kevin Boyle Basketball Camp Dates: Week 1 * June 25-June 29, Week 2* July 16-July 20, Week 3 * July 30-Aug. 3, Week 4 * Aug 13-Aug. 17. For more info, email kbcamp@netlane.com or www.kboylecamp.com.
5/7/01 SCPAT: 'The Monmouth Magic "War at the Shore" Basketball Tournament was held on May 5th and 6th, Fort Monmouth Youth Services Gym. There were six teams in the 16U tournament - Monmouth Magic, Monmouth Power, East Windsor Central Jersey Express, Toms River Rimrockers, New Jersey Tornadoes (Colonia), and Jersey Shore Warriors. The Monmouth Magic and Jersey Shore Warriors played for the Championship, with Magic winning 70 to 46. Todd Burach, 6'3 So, Manalapan High School led the Magic in scoring with 14 points, while Aaron Shaw, 5'11 So, Monmouth Regional High School scored 13 points and Pat Barnette, 6'2 So, Monmouth Regional High School added 12 points. Jonathan Jones, 6'5 So, Monmouth Regional High School and Eric Williams, 6'1 So, Monmouth Regional High School both had double figures in rebounds. The Warriors were led by Lewis Thompson, 6'7 So, Christian Brothers Academy with 20 points, and Derrick Kelly, 5'11 So. CBA added 13 points.'
5/7/01 Fred Grewen: 'Please check http://www.hooplines.com. HoopLines is the most innovative product to hit residential hoops since the board over the garage.'
5/7/01 NJ Hoops: The Jersey City Boys Club ambushed the Central Jersey Jammers 76 - 40 in the championship of the NJ State 15 & Under AAU Tournament.
5/7/01 NJNYHoopWatcher: 'The Gauchos rolled through Minute Man Press and Rifle Academy to secure their spot in the New York Regional finals on Memorial Day against the host Long Island Lightning. Marlon Smith scored 16 points and Alex Buzbee scored 13 on route to a 68 - 49 win over Minute Man Press in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals one hour later the Gauchos opened up a 15-0 lead to start the game against the Rifles. Joe Sandberg led all scorers with 17 points, Marlon Smith scored 16 and Dexter Hall scored 11 against his old teammates to lead the Gauchos to a 65 - 52 win. Chris Bernard, Dominique Lewis, Trevoy Chambers and Jabari Samuels added strong support throughout day. Neither game was as close as the score the Gauchos were in complete control from start to finish and were up by as many as 30 against the Rifles and 28 against the Minute Man Press.'
5/7/01 Steve Finamore checking in from Ft. Wayne Indiana at the 2001 Spiece Run 'N Slam: I watched the Jersey City Heat in action twice and I came away impressed with 6-5 junior to be Mel Drummond, from Piscataway. This kid is a horse. He dominated on the inside throughout both games. Everytime he received the ball down on the block he took it to the hole with some outstanding power moves. The Indiana team could not handle him. He has a great body and best of all, I loved his attitude. He played hard on both ends of the floor. It was too bad the Indiana officials had to make a few questionable calls on him, which led to him fouling out. (Those calls would of never been made on the east coast). Coach Isaac Ford kept shouting out to his point guard, "ride your horse...ride your horse" (get the ball to Drummond). This kid is going to be something special in the future.
I also liked their point guard, Devon Standberry from St. Mary's HS. He too is a junior to be.'
5/6/01 Pdiddy9682: 'The Long Island Panthers crushed Holy Cross today behind a talented squad led by Gary Irvin and Curtis Sumpter. The Panthers (4-0, finished the regular season undefeated) are loaded since the also have Tim Doyle and Charlie Villanueva. They played without Kenny Adeleke and Jason Fraser. They play thier first playoff game on Saturday 5/12 at11 AM. In the first game today Bunky Reid blew out the Gauchos (A).' Web note: Earlier stories on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
5/6/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Brooklyn USA pulled away from a 47-47 halftime deadlock to post a 108-86 win over Real Scout at IS 8 Sunday afternoon. Brooklyn USA led for most of the first half but Real Scout got even as the break behind Norman Simmons' 21 first-half points. Brooklyn changed their defensive matchups in the third period, resulting in a 77-61 lead entering the last quarter. Brooklyn USA, now 2-1 with one game left, had five scorers in double figures: Jerel Blassingame (29), Quincy Douby (20), Muhammed Wilson (20), Benny Utley (13) and Isaiah Davis (10). Simmons finished with a game-high 33 for Real Scout, followed by Mike King with 22 and Don McGrath with 17.'
5/6/01 Newsday: A Legacy of Mediocrity -- Thomas Hemans.
5/6/01 NJNYHoopWatcher: 'The defending New York and National champs went 3-0 in pool play and will play in the quarter finals Sunday at 2 o clock at Long Island Garden against the winner of Minute Man Press and the Long Island Lightning. In the first of three games Marlon Smith scored 19 points to pace the Gauchos to a 20 point win over Holy Cross.
The Gauchos erased a first half 20 point deficit to win 74 - 62 over the Westchester Hawks at St. Raymonds in the second game of pool play. Alex Buzbee scored 20 points and Joe Sandberg scored 19 to lead the Gauchos.
In the final game of pool play the Gauchos completely overmatched the B.I Pythons, 16 under Panthers 102-38. Joe Sandberg scored 23 points including 7 three pointers, Alex Buzbee scored 19, and George Skrelja added 12.'
5/6/01 Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'The Washington Hts. Warriors 16 unders have ended pool play with a 3-0 record and are heading into the playoffs Sunday at Island Garden.
The first game was played at Island Garden Friday@ 6pm vs. the New York Minutemen Press. The team featured a 6'9, 6'7 and 6'6 frontline, but Warriors with their quickness and aggressive play were able to negate the height factor. The team was lead by Amaurys Quezada 21 points, 5 steals and 4 assists, Junior Bernal 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals, and Saliym Wilson 11 points and 4 rebounds. Jason Romer and James Dorismond came off the bench and provided a defensive spark off the bench. Rashiem Donaldson held his own against the tall front line and brought down 9 rebounds. The final score was 76-64.
The second game was vs. the Long Island Lightning (Fenton) Team on Saturday. This Lightning team was tough in the beginning with the Warriors only leading by four at halftime; the three point shooting was exceptional to say the least. As we stretched the lead to 18 the Lightning made a last minute comeback but we were able to hold on to win by 13. The leaders of this were Amaurys Quezada 29 points 6 assists, Cyrone Lee 19 points, and Junior Bernal with 15 points 6 rebounds.
The third game and second game of the day was played against the Bronx Gauchos (J2) at Elmcor. This was a big test for the Warriors after playing earlier in the day it will tell if we had anymore juice in our engines to compete with the highly athletic Bronx team. As the game went on it remained close with the Warriors making a run and the Gauchos closing the lead. This was a defensively dominated game in which Steve Robinson (8 points) came off the bench played a big role in handling the pressure, rebounding (team leading 6 rebounds) and team leading 4 steals. Junior Bernal led the team in scoring with 15 points followed by Amaurys Quezada 13 points. With two our big men taking the SAT it was essential we stayed out of foul trouble but unfortunately that was not the case. Peter Gonzalez came off the bench and played some big minutes he scored four points but most importantly he played good man to man defense.
1st round playoffs Sunday @ 11:30 am stay tuned.'
5/6/01 Coach Glen Steinberg: 'We just got back from a local 3-3 tournament which was supposed to be more of a practice for some new kids but turned out to be a close game in the finals. Our Warriors team won with Mike Crisci (ranked), Greg Karris, Brian Karl and 7th grader Tyler Harvey. We have a three week break and then will be bringing a team to Connecticut, Philadelphia and Virginia in June.'
5/5/01 New York State Sportswriters Association State teams.
5/5/01 Coach Dennis T. Terry, Longwood Basketball: 'I'm looking for 2 more teams "out of state" for our tournament. It's December 27-29. 3 games 8 teams. We'll give hotel accomodations. The tournament info is on our website www.newyork.ihigh.com/longwood. Please e-mail me at dterry@longwoodcsd.com.'
5/5/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Bronski Dockery, a strong 6-2 guard who averaged 16.5 ppg. at Tallahassee (FL) this season, has signed with St. Francis (NY) and coach Ron Ganulin for the 2001-02 season.
Despite missing six weeks with a thumb injury, Dockery was the second-leading scorer for the 29-2 Eagles and was named to the All-Panhandle Conference team. Tallahassee, coached by Mike Gillespie, won the conference title and finished the regular season ranked #2 in the country by the NJCAA.
An agressive defender, Bronski formed a solid TCC backcourt with high-scoring All-American Marcus Hatten (24.1 ppg.), who will be coming to New York to play at St. John's next fall.
Bronski played his high school ball at Rice (NY), where he was a member of two state championship teams in 1997 and 1998 under coach Mo Hicks.'
5/5/01 PrepStars: Point Guards Rise to the Top of the Class -- story includes 19. Elijah Ingram 6-0 PG Jersey City (NJ) St. Anthony's -- Comment: Flashy ballhandler with playground excitement, quick lefty also can score from deep or on drives to the rim, talented passer must harness his ability and play under control, jumpshot is streaky. 50. Taquan Dean 6-2 PG Neptune (NJ) High. 82. Randy Foye 6-2 PG/WG Newark (NJ) Eastside
5/5/01 School Sports: Check out updates on Dajuan Wagner and his chances of turning pro, Jason Fraser and his emergence as a top UNC target and others narrowing down their choices in this week's Basketball Recruiting Buzz.
5/5/01 Insiders Report: Curtis Sumpter To Visit UNC.
5/5/01 Baknhoop: 'Hoop Street defeated Brooklyn U.S.A.--A 73--57.Edane Barton led Hoop Street with 23 points and 16 rebounds.Hernan Perez added 20 points, Keith Williams 13 and Bernard Onyehucheya 11.Hoop Street's record is now 2 win's and 1 loss.' Web note: Earlier stories on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
5/4/01 Daily News: St. Francis' Rashad Bell, Inks Letter With Boston U.
5/4/01 Insiders Report: Jason Fraser Will Visit UNC.
5/4/01 Playoff schedule and updates on the IS8 Spring Classic 2001 page.
5/3/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary -- Kenny Adeleke commits to Hofstra University.
5/3/01 Insiders Report: Rashad Bell, a lanky 6-6, 180 pound power/combination forward from St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows, N.Y., committed to Boston University.
5/3/01 Newsday: Controversial director Thomas Hemans is leaving the PSAL after 11 years at the helm
5/2/01 Daily News: Sources: PSAL's Thomas Hemans Retiring.
5/1/01 blw10030: 'This past weekend the Silver Bullets won three out of four games. On Saturday the Bullets lost to the Westchester Hawks 41-16. It was an embarrasing loss for the Bullets and after the game coach Wilson said it was thier wosrt defeat ever. On Sunday the Bullets won all three games played. First they beat one of the Long Island Lightning teams 36-25. The Bullets were lead by Brett Wilson who scored a game high 14 points. In the second game they beat the Sharp Shooters 42-37. In this game Aikeem Vanderhorst had 16 as they took two out of three at Fordham U. in The Bronx at The Chase the Game tournament. Finally the Bullets won thier third game of the day over the Blue Angels at the Island Garden spring league in what turned out to be no contest. The Bullets won 96-35. Brett Wilson scored a game high 20 points that led five of his teammates scoring in double figures. This weekend the Bullets will be in West Orange, NJ for four games and the following weekend they will be at the Island Garden for the 14u AAU regionals.'
5/1/01 NJO: 'Dre will stay -- Andre Barrett tells Louis Orr he'll be back.
Cranford's Mike Snyder to attend UMBC.
5/1/01 Walter Welsh : 'The NYC Gauchos-Excel girls program's Cherise George from the Dwight School in Manhattan has committed to Kent State University in Ohio. Her choices were American University, Boston University, Buffalo University and Rice University. Courtney Lumpkin from Westside HS in Orange, New Jersey, committed to Monmouth University in New Jersey. Her choices were Fresno State, American University and UNLV. During the early signing period our other seniors committed to the following schools. Danielle Chamber from Bishop Loughlin in Brooklyn committed to George Mason University in Virginia, Jessica Simmonds to the Big East Providence College in Rhode Island
Gauchos girls' alum, Niesha Butler is back on track after recoverying from a season ending knee injury last year. She was voted to this years Third Team All-ACC conference team. She was also chosen by USA Basketball to tryout for the World Games Team that will compete in Beijing this summer. This is her second invite.'
5/1/01 Jim Herold: 'Long Island Lightning Blue team had a successful weekend starting with a win on Friday night in the first game of the Almighty Force Tournament High School division in Queens. The Lightning Blue also played well in the Chase The Game tournament at Fordham winning their first 2 games and then losing a close game to the Gauchos by 4 points. John Buck and Bob Seible did a great job keeping 7' 3" Shagari Alleyne in check. Alex Patsos 14pts and Chidi Erike 10 pts led a balanced offensive attack for the Lightning. Jimmy Herold added 8pts and Mike Nalaskowski did a great job handling the tough Gaucho press. Bayo Dibassy played a solid all around game for the Lightning. This Lightning team has only been together for a few weeks and should be a solid team as they learn to work together.'
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