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August, 2001
8/30/01 Coach Jamie Gallagher, Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach, Holderness School Plymouth, NH 03264, Phone: (603)536-1713 Ext 321, Fax: (603)536-1267, Email: jamie_gallagher@holderness.org: 'Gregg "Play Station" Johnson will be attending Holderness School this year. He will join 11th grader Ezaakk Diggs - both are from Harlem and play for Abyssinian. Ezaakk averaged 23.5 last year for Holderness in New England Class "B" basketball league.
... here is a name you will want to remember -- Jerril Lewis. He is a 10th grader at New Hampton school. He is from Brooklyn. He played for a NH AAU team this summer and at nationals St John's was asking about him.'
8/30/01 'Queens RimRockers Basketball: In Richmond Hill's Boys & Girls League, Queens RimRockers beat Graphic Arts Team: 84 to 42 which leaves the RimRockers B team undefeated ( 5-0 ). Joe Deluce (Christ the King) 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 steels, Robert Flores (Christ the King) 16 points, 3 steels, 9 assist: Elsmore Gabriel (Christ the King) 15 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assist: Nick Hamilton (Mc Clancy) 13 points, 4 assist, 3 steels: Jason Cardez (Christ the King) 12 points, 4 steels: Brian Aquirre (Thomas Edison) 5 points, 3 assist: Hakim Abarkha (Long Island City) 5 points, 3 assist.'
8/30/01 BklynAllStarsAAU: 'The Brooklyn All-Stars 17U White team have advanced to the finals of the Island Garden Summer League with a 65 - 52 victory over Massapequa on Wednesday night. Despite an 0-3 start to the league, BAS has won it's last nine games in a row, and is scheduled to face Holy Trinity on Thursday night in the 8:20 pm championship at Island Garden. Leading the way for BAS against Massapequa were Donald Brown (16 pts), Will Kuntz (12 pts), Ed "Junior" Washington (10 pts), and Ryan Johnson (10 pts) in a very balanced attack. Solid contributions from Antonio Taylor, Rich Cronin, and Chris Fritch, especially defensively, were also the keys to the All-Stars recent success.
Earlier this week, BAS needed to win its last two regular season games against the Bayhawks and Oceanside just to qualify for the playoffs, and responded with two convincing wins, including a 90 - 51 victory over Oceanside. In the quarterfinals, BAS held off a tough Lynbrook Celtics team by a score of 71 - 62. The return of slasher Ricardo Matteis, who spent the past week at Five-Star, for the championship game will give BAS an extra boost against Holy Trinity. The championship game on Thursday will cap off what has been a terrific summer for BAS, who also played in the St. Mary's (Manhasset) Summer League as well.'
8/29/01 Coach Glen Steinberg: 'The Warriors team played in the Nassau Colliseum Hoop-it-Up winning the whole thing again for our age division 14 and under. Mike Crisci, Wayman Efkiju, and 12 year old Pat Foley played. We went undefeated but didnt really play well until the playoffs where we won the semi's 16-1 and the finals 16-5. Also, "Any Question" apparel sponsored us with t-shirts for the team for all three days for the Nationals.'
8/29/01 Coach Bob Oliva: 'Michael King is doing much better. The doctor has given him permission to start to play. He was very lucky.' Web note: Michael was beaten and hospitalized in serious condition last month.
8/29/01 Paul Brown: 'Just a reminder to all teams entering the 2001 AND 1 Gauchos Roundball Classic. The coaches meeting for all teams will be on Friday August 31, 2001 at 6:30 pm at the Gauchos Gym. The gym address is 478 Gerard Avenue off 149th Street and the Grand Concourse. Gym telephone number is 718 665-6952.'
8/29/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary (NYC) -- last year's PSAL Leading scorer Latwan Scott.
8/29/01 NJO: Hoop star Audrey Gomez found dead.
8/29/01 David Agosto, assistant coach for the Washington Heights Warriors: 'Raymond Ozoria (SG,PG 5' 7), an up and coming sophomore for All Hallows High School in the Bronx is an all around built player. This kid has the foot speed, as strong as any guard in his class, has the jumper, can take it strong to the basket (I compare him St. Ray's Daon Merritt). I don't think he has any bad points in his game. He doesn't let the game come to him at times, but when he does, I love to see him play. This season he'll play for All Hallows J. V. team. Many people will agree with me, he's an All American in the making.'
8/28/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary (NYC) on Daryl "Showtime" Hill & Abyssinian Back to School Classic.
8/28/01 HoopJunky6: 'Cangelosi Twins, Nick & Eric (2003) -- You have them listed way wrong. No change since 8th Grade. Here's thier update. Twins led Camden Catholic to Parocial A State Championship as sophmores with Eric the leading scorer of the team at 17.5 ppg and his twin brother Nick at 14 ppg. They are steadily developing the perimeter game and are both shooting 3s and ballhandling.
At 6'5" 210lbs.(16 years old) they are developing into very sturdy specimens. As Rich Marcucci of Atlantic Cape quoted, "If the twins develop thier perimeter fundamentals like they did thier front court game, they are solid D-1 prospects.'
8/28/01 NJ Hoops: 6'2" Bishop Francis Sr. Linton Hinds has had a real solid summer playing with R.A.P.
8/27/01 SchoolSports: Jason Fraser Surprised by UConn.
8/27/01 Inquirer: Michael Haddix, considered one of the top basketball prospects in the area, has decided to transfer from Philadelphia's St. John Neumann to St. Augustine in Richland, Atlantic County.
8/27/01 Director Dennis Avila: 'Upcoming senior Peter Caris will be going into his last year at Aviation High School in Queens. Peter Caris has done a superb job playing the 2 guard for the AAU Queens RimRockers Basketball Program. The summer of 2001 Caris played in: Kenny Anderson, Adidas, Goat, Almighty Force and averaging 14.3 points a game. Any comments: queensrimrockers@aol.com.'
8/26/01 Coach Rod Bussey: 'Kobiea Powdar is an upcoming senior at Franklin K. Lane. Lane had a dismal year last season, but Kobiea excelled on his team. Kobiea averaged almost 17 ppg. Kobiea has done a great job as the point guard on my AAU team, the East New Yorkers. He has participated in Doc Necilli's Student-Athlete's tournament and 2 different sessions at the Eastern Invitational Basketball Camps. He will participate in Wayne Simone's Tournament during Columbus Day weekend. Kobiea stands 5'10 1/2" and weighs about 180 pounds. I'm expecting Kobiea to have a breakout year. Any questions or comments contact me at JAPRCB@aol.com.'
8/26/01 Newsday: Nominations for the PSAL's ninth annual James Sullivan Basketball Exposure Games are being accepted online, and are due Aug. 31.
8/26/01 NJO: Basketball star Jamal Ford finds success in football.
8/26/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'For all the JUCO news: www.eteamz.com/bigapplesports.
Ryan Williams and Tremayne Singletary, two key members of the 1999 Cardozo PSAL championship team who became All-City performers in 1999-2000 before heading off to prep school, recently decided on their junior college for the upcoming season. Williams, an outstanding leaper at 6-4 who was at Redemption Academy last year, will attend Howard (TX). The 6-8 Singletary has enrolled at Iowa Western after spending part of last year at Milford Academy.
Michael Beaton, a 6-5 Division III All-American at Fulton-Montgomery last season, has signed with Mercy College. Beaton, who averaged 21 ppg and 15.7 rpg, will be joined in Dobbs Ferry by JUCO teammate Steve Mazier, a 5-10 point guard from New Utrecht HS, and Westchester CC grad Kirk Mahr, a 6-5 swingman.
Columbia-Greene CC has added two more New Yorkers for 2001-02 in Shoalan Smith, a 5-9 point guard from Unity HS, and Reggie Scarborough, a 6-1 guard from Telecommunications HS. Malcolm Connor, a 6-4 Columbia-Greene grad who attended M.L. King HS, is headed to Division II Western New Mexico.'
8/26/01 Newsday: Disapponting End to Bombers' Quest.
8/25/01 Carlos Anderson, Washington Hieghts Warriors Assistant coach: 'Very talented and Very underrated -- a great player with potential, his name is Gelelccio Diaz. He attends St. Raymonds High School For Boys in the Bronx. He didn't play his freshmen year. He lives in Manhatten. He played for several leagues in Manhatten, like Dykmann, YBL, PAL, 875 League, Metro Swoosh League, and Washington Hieghts Warriors. Don't be surprised if he is the star player of St Raymonds J.V. team next year.'
8/25/01 NJ Hoops: St. Patrick's frontcourt stars 6'8" Sr. Paul Williams and 6'10" Grant Billmeier are among the big men at Eastern Invitational.
8/24/01 Wayne Simone: 'My tourney is October 5-8 in Fairfield, not September 14-16 at Yale. We are not competing with Five Star. I'm expecting the best field in years with LI Panthers, TT Playas, BABC, Riverside, The Gauchoes, The Roadrunners, The Broncos, The Ravens and many more.'
8/24/01 Newsday: Jason Fraser Glosses Image With AAU Triple Crown.
8/24/01 NJ Hoops: Eastern Invitational Top 100 Clinics Schedule.
8/24/01 Newsday: Bronx Good and Lucky. All-Stars win 1-0 thanks to Danny Almonte, call.
8/23/01 LOVE2REF4EVER on tournaments and cookouts.
8/23/01 Coach Billy Turnage: 'St. Mary's freshman basketball team is looking to complete their schedule for the upcoming season. Any coaches who would like to schedule a game can contact me at BTURN01@aol.com.'
8/23/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church captured its 19th championship of the summer by winning the 1st Harlem Invitational Tournament. The Church routed its archrival Abysinnian Church 83-51. It was a total team effort spearheaded by Jason Wingate, Ricky Soliver, Kiki Clark and Petey Nelson. Alonzo Brown's defense help to contain Kendall Provert. Shaq Mitchell and Willie Irick controlled the inside on offense and defense.' Web note: Earlier stories on the "Harlem World Invitational" page
8/22/01 Vincent Davis The first annual, "Harlem World Invitational" basketball tournament championship game is tonight at Riverbank State Park.
8/22/01 Pdiddy9682: 'Harlem Invitational -- Abyssinian Baptist Church will face Riverside Church in the Harlem World Invitational game tomorrow at 8:30. Abyssinian got by the Ravens who played without Allan Ray, Francisco Garcia and Daon Merrit. Riverside crushed the Westchester Hawks to advance to the finals.'
8/22/01 Paramus Catholic High School is looking for teams to play in the 1st Annual Garden State Holiday Classic, to be played at Paramus Catholic High School in Paramus New Jersey. Tournament dates are December 27th-29th. Contact head Coach Rich Wejnert @ 201-612-9992.
8/22/01 Newsday: Oh Baby! The Bombers Win. Team is three games away from a world championship.
8/21/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'I am looking to complete my Bishop Loughlin JV schedule. If there are any JV coaches who would like to play please contact me at 718-783-2507 or e-mail at kennypretlow@msn.com.'
8/21/01 Lou Rizzo: 'I accepted an invitation by Jack Alesi, Xaverian's varsity coach to visit the Carnesecca - Sarachek camp at their new location at Delhi University. To say it was a great camp would be an understatement. This was a basketball lover's dream camp and considering it was their first year at this location they (the staff) didnt miss a beat. Players ranged from 1st grade to 12th grade and were given dorm rooms to stay in. Three all you can eat meals per day of good food, not lunch room stuff. At times there were as many as 14 games being played at one time. Three Point, Foul Shot & Dunk contests. Two full indoor courts as well as a dozen outdoor courts with glass backboards and breakaway rims and lights for night games. Tents were set up for the outdoor courts with cold gatorade and water. There was a Sports Trainer & EMS on site at all times along with campus police for security. For me what I appreciated most was that the players were actually taught something, they werent just put on teams and left to battle it out for a week. Players weren't just told to do something, they were also told why and how to do it. I had the advantage of seeing many of the high school players all summer long at various leagues and tournaments and by the last day of camp there were great improvements made. I also had the pleasure of meeting 84 yr. old John Isaacs of the Harlem Rens who wasn't afraid to share his basketball knowledge with all the players. This camp is a must for any basketball lover and I just wanted to let the entire staff know that their efforts were appreciated. You could just see in the quality of play on the final day.'
8/21/01 School Sports: Basketball Recruiting Roundup.
8/21/01 RivalsHoops: Randy Foye & Curtis Sumpter Star On Wild Night. And Panthers, Roadrunners Have Wild Night.
8/21/01 AllStar Report: Monday Recruiting News includes Elijah Ingram, Eric Davis and John Winchester. And Bob Gibbons Chicago Sun Times National Top 100 includes Lenny Cooke, Jason Fraser, Allan Ray, Curtis Sumpter, Elijah Ingram, Randy Foye, Taquan Dean, Donnie McGrath and John Winchester.
8/21/01 BRO: Baby Bombers top Davenport.
8/20/01 Leon Barrett: Sat. Aug. 18 was championship day at Rod Strickland/Tiny Archibald Tournament.
8/20/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary (NYC) 'I've got news on top of news.'
8/20/01 mallery5: '2001 Tony Samartino Future Stars Tournament (Temple University, Philadelphia, PA).
Quarterfinals (all teams are undefeated pool play winners) -- Philadelphia Phoenix 79, Tim Thomas Playaz Gold 65 -- Kelvin Green scored 24 points and Michael Blackshear added 20 for the winners. John Winchester (20) and Elijah Ingram (16) led the Gold. Jersey Gym Rats 66, Tim Thomas Playaz Red 61 -- Tommy Baker poured in 40 points to lead the Gym Rats. Jamal Warren had 15 for the Red. Rasheed Wallace 68, Cecil Kirk (Balt.) 61 Michael Cook scored 15 points while Terrance Mack and Michael Cuffee each added 14 for the winners. Tarik Johnson had 21 for Cecil Kirk. Sonny Hill Seniors 84, Youth Interlock Philadelphia 37 Maurice Collins and Kennell Sanchez each score 15 points and Augustine Woodlin added 14 for the Seniors. Mark Freeman had 16 for YIP.
Semifinals: Philadelphia Phoenix 55, Rasheed Wallace 37 as Michael Blackshear scored 15 points and Daniel Rumph added 14 for the Phoenix. Michael Cuffee, Terrance Mack, and Michael Cook each had 9 for Rasheed Wallace. Sonny Hill Seniors 59, Jersey Gym Rats 45 as Augustine Woodlin scored 15 and Maurice Collins added 13 for the Seniors. Tommy Baker had 23 for Jersey.
Championship -- Philadelphia Phoenix 56, Sonny Hill Seniors 51 Tournament MVP Michael Blackshear scored 19 points and Kelvin Green added eight for the Phoenix. Maurice Collins (16) and Kennell Sanchez (12) led the Seniors.'
8/20/01 Coach Sly Johnson: 'The Manhasset Allstars basketball program in conjunction with the Nassau County department of recreation and parks presents their first basketball jamboree, Saturday, September 15, 2001 @ Whitney Pond Park, Manhasset, Long Island. It's exit 33 (Community Drive) off the LIE (495), between the LIE and Northern Blvd. Age groups men and women - boys ages: 11-12, 13-14, 15, 16, 17.18 yrs and older, girls ages: 11-12, 13-14, 15, 16, 17.
To register your team call: Sly Johnson - 516-769-0178. Mention: age group, boys, girls, or adult team. All registration forms must be returned by Friday, August 31. There will be six (6) teams in each youth age group. Guaranteed (3) games. Cost: referee fee. e-mail: slyjohn38@aol.com.'
8/20/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'NYC JUCO News Update - 8/20 For all the latest JUCO news and commits: www.eteamz.com/bigapplesports. E.G. Walden, a 6-7 wing who attended Long Branch (NJ) HS, has transferred junior colleges, from Sequoias (CA) to Barton County (KS). As a freshman at Sequoias two years ago, Walden helped the Giants reach the California state championship game with averages of 16.4 points and 7.3 rebounds. He then sat out the 2000-01 season after tearing the ACL in his knee. Walden averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds as a senior at Long Branch.
As an update to previous reports, we received word that Terrance Watkins, the 6-4 former All-City guard at Loughlin HS, will be attending South Plains (TX) this fall. Watkins, who was at Long Beach State last season, had initially planned to enroll at Fashion Institute this fall.
In other NY JUCO news: Justice Graham, a 6-4 shooting guard who attended Westinghouse HS and Laurinburg Prep, has transferred from Los Angeles Harbor (CA) to Los Angeles City (CA). . . Lawrence Stuckey, a 6-4 swingman who attended Boys & Girls HS, has enrolled at Mount San Antonio (CA), along with Keith Saunders, a 5-8 point guard from Laurinburg. . . Jarrad Killett, a 5-10 point guard who attended Graphic Arts HS, is headed to San Diego City (CA). . . Neosho (KS) has signed two more New Yorkers: Angelo Reyes, a 6-7 forward, and Wilder Jean Auguste, a 6-5 guard from Erasmus HS.'
8/20/01 NJ Hoops: The Gym Rats surprised the Tim Thomas Playaz Red team 66 - 61 in the quarterfinals of the Sonny Hill Futurestars Tournament at Temple University in Philadelphia.
8/20/01 RivalsHoops: Charlie Villanueva's Dunk With Four Seconds Left Wins Game.
8/20/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church enjoyed another championship Sunday today by copping four UDC titles. The biddies routed the Bronx Kings led by Jamaal Greene, Kharique Irick and adding his second MVP Tyrone Nash. The Girls then avenged a loss to the Bronx Queens by defeating them for the title led by league high scorer and MVP Renee Taylor. The juniors won a exciting, hard fought game over the SONDAY Express . James Barrett, Kojo Mensah and Courtney Johnson played excellently. Keydren Clark added the UDC MVP to his Rucker one by handling the pressure put on him and scoring 28. The day ended with the college team coming from 14 down to win the title over the Monroe Shockers. Derrick Mack, Carl Lee Bronski Dockery and Courtney Fields led the way. Nick Delfico was named MVP as he scored 27pts. Riverside Church enjoyed a great summer as a program.the teams advanced to 21 championship games in various tournaments and won a oustanding 18 championships. It is tough to beat the Church on Sunday!' Web note: Earlier reports on the UDC 2001 page.
8/19/01 Vincent Davis The first annual, "Harlem World Invitational" basketball tournament.
8/19/01 Five champions crowned with two to go at UDC. In the day's first game the Gaucho superbiddies easily handled Dyckman 40 - 24 with D Lamb (10), O Lawrence (9) and Chris Fouch (9) leading the 'chos. In the second game J Green (17), Tyrone Nash (17) and Kal Irick led the Church biddies in a 62 - 27 rout of the Bronx Kings, while MVP Rene Taylor orchestrated a Church girls' win over the Bronx Queens.
The SONDAY Express midgets ambushed the Gauchos 47 - 29 with MVP Ray Arnold (10), Jeff Outler (7), Raheem Vanterpool (6), sportmanship award winner, Danny Green (5) and pg Chris Martin (4) all contributing. Gaucho wing Jerrell Mills and center Joseph Vines had their moments but were up against too much SONDAY this Sunday.
With a sprinkle at the end of the midget game the championship venue moved inside to Evander Child hs for the junior game. The Church beat SONDAY 89 - 72 in a heated and often chippy affair. Kiki Clark dropped 28 for the Church outdueling SONDAY's Sean Banks who had 26. Courtney Johnson had 16 for the winners while SONDAY's Japhette McNeil (13) and John Kelly (10) each did some work..
The senior game matches SONDAY against Convent Baptist while the college game will be the Church vs Monroe.
8/19/01 LFBALL: The Real Rucker.
8/19/01 Louis Xifaras with Queens RimRockers Basketball notes.
8/19/01 Russ Blake @ RivalsHoops: Quincy Douby Sparks Win For Brooklyn Beasts. And Curtis Sumpter's 21 Leads Panthers Past Riverside.
8/19/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'UDC & Rod Strickland -- Riverside Church advanced to four UDC championships today. The Biddies defeated the LI Lightning and will take on the Bronx Kings.The Girls defeated the Ladyhawks and will face the Bronx Queens. The Juniors ousted the Guachos and will play the SONDAY Express. The College team routed Lehman and will face Monroe . In Rod Strickland championships the biddies lost to the Gauchos as James Bryant copped the sportsmanship award. The midgets compeleted thier undefeated season by beating Abysinnian for the chip. Nick Carter (MVP), AJ Price, Terrell Elliston and Antonio Pena led the way. This win gave Riverside thier 14th championship of the summer.' Web note: This is championship Sunday at UDC for each of seven divisions. Game starts from 9:00 to 6:00.
8/19/01 Newsday: Pitcher-Perfect Day. Baby Bombers win Game 1 of Little League World Series.
8/18/01 The super biddies Gauchos A easily took SONDAY 45 - 27 and Dyckman outlasted the Bulldogs 69 - 59. The Bronx Kings biddies upset SONDAY and the Riverside biddies bottled the Lightning 52 - 36. The girls championship game will match the Bronx Queens and Riverside. The Church were tied at 20 with the Ladyhawks at halftime but won 49 - 38. The Bronx Queens took Exodus 38 - 34.
8/18/01 BRO: John Blackgrove abandons Seton Hall hoop dream.
8/18/01 Fox Sports: Summertime top 25 and Summertime next 25.
8/18/01 BlueChipHoops: Randy Foye Likes Two Big East Schools -- Villanova, Seton Hall Making Headway.
8/18/01 NJ Hoops: Playaz beat Richmond Metro @ Sonny Hill.
8/17/01 Alton Ritter: 'The Brooklyn Rams AAU team is the hot, sleeper team of the moment. They entered 4 teams (College, Senior, Junior & Midget) in the "Show Me What You Got" tournament at I.S. 275 (Rockaway Ave. & Linden Blvd.) in Brooklyn, which is run by Jake Edwards (Brooklyn Beasts and Grady Asst. Coach) and all 4 teams made it to the playoffs. Their Midget, Senior & College teams will be playing in their Championship games on Saturday, Aug. 18th at I.S. 275 @ 3pm, 5:30pm and 7pm, respectively. Their Junior team made it to the final four. The Rams 13-under squad won the PAL Championship at Caton Park on Friday, Aug. 17th and the Rams 15-under squad plays for the Hudde Championship at Hudde (Nostrand & Ave. M) on Sunday, Aug. 19th @ 12:30pm. The Rams 16-under squad are in the playoffs of the Beacon 269 Invitational the week of Aug. 20th. The Rams 17-under squad is headed to Newton, Mass. to compete in the Play for Peace Invitational the weekend of Aug. 24-26. Check their website at www.brooklynrams.org for upcoming tryout information.'
8/17/01 Peter F. Edwards - IS8: 'The IS8 Tip-off Classic has a tentative start date of Monday 9-10-01. If anyone is trying to contact me you can page me at 917-793-9347 or leave a message on my phone 718-297-3951.'
8/17/01 Championship weekend matchups and schedule on the UDC 2001 page.
8/17/01 Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church will have eight teams in the semifinals of UDC. The biddies, girls,.midget A & B, junior A & B, seniors and college. The games are Saturday with the championships on Sunday. Also on Saturday the biddies and midgets are in the Rod Strickland chamionships at 12 and 2 on 135th and 5th Avenue.'
8/17/01 SchoolSports: Ranking of the nation's top 50 boys' basketball players from the Class of 2003 includes # 5. Charlie Villanueva (Nathan Blue wins one!), # 9. Loul Deng, # 14. Darryl Watkins, # 21. Shagari Alleyne, # 23. Chris Taft, # 30. Jamar Nutter, # 31. Arthur Bowers, # 32. Elijah Clark, # 33. Sean Banks and # 38. Grant Billmeier (and Nathan loses one).
8/17/01 LOVE2REF4EVER: 'Harlem Week presents Golden Hoops High School Basketball Championship Saturday, August 18, 2001, Sunday, August 19 at the world famous Holcombe Rucker Park, 155th. Street & Frederick Douglas Blvd. (8th. Avenue). Games Begin At 6:00 P.M. Special Tip Off Game Today Aug. 17, 2001 at The Gauchos Gym 149th. Street Bronx, NY.'
8/17/01 EliteHoopRecruits: Jason Fraser in no hurry.
8/17/01 LFBALL: Rucker League and other Items.
8/17/01 BERASM: 'Seniors Division Semifinals@ Dyckman Summer League was today:
Game 1 : 6 Rising Stars Vs 3 Rena Coa ( Defending Champs) : It was an upset as the Rising Stars won the game 78 to 75 behind the scoring of Curtis Stinson who finished with 33pts. Rising Stars advances to play Sunday in the championship game.
Game 2: 5 Harlem Lions Vs 1 Cesar's All Stars: In the first half it looked like Harlem Lions were going to upset the CAS taking a 40 to 32 lead at half behind the guard play of Alonzo Brown, Tahan Engram, and Jahkeem Washington who controlled the game by putting pressure on CAS. In the beginnig of the second half, the teams began to exchange baskets. The Lions built a 14pt lead with 11:00 to play. but it began to unravel as CAS put pressure on the inbounder Steven Souma and forced 5 turnovers to cut the lead to 4pts with 5:00 to play behind the efforts of Alexis Perez, Jose Cabreja, and Serge B.
With the game tied at 78, CAS passed the ball to Jose Cabreja who the missed layup but Steven Polanco put it back in to give CAS 80 to 78 lead with :24 remaining. The Lions tried to get the ball inside but couldn't as the ball was tipped and stolen by Mike Mercedes who was fouled with :15 to go. The Lions stole it on the inbounds and made one last attempt to tie the game but the ball was tipped out of bounds with :03 to go and that was the final score. Leading Scorers were Alonzo Brown (Lions), 16pts and Jose Cabreja (CAS) with 17pts.
On behalf of the Lions, we tip our hat to CAS coach, Ceasar, who kept his team fighting till the end, good luck in the Championship. And also, we give two claps Lions style to Kenny Stevens and Ralph Pena for having us. As for my Lions, keep your head up, it was a good summer season and remember we are a family everywhere we go. A special thanks goes to Director of Operations Mr.Richard Brown,who was the one of main reasons why the Harlem Lions Seniors got his far.'
8/16/01 A new RimRockers team profile on the team page.
8/16/01 Coach Will Stasiuk: 'The PSAL is holding its 9th annual James Sullivan Basketball Exposure Games on 3 dates in September (20th- girls/ 24th & 25th- boys.) at Riverbank State Park. The event has been sanctioned by the NCAA and has seen coaches from all three divisions attend over the last 9 years. (Note to PSAL Coaches: Player nominations are due by midnight Aug. 31st and will be processed via the online nomination form that can be found at http://www.psal.org. Nominations are only being accepted online, there will be no mailing this year!) College coaches can click on the link above to find additional information as well. If you have any other questions please contact me at stasiuk@basketballcoach.net.'
8/16/01 LFBALL: Rucker League and other Items.
8/15/01 Marcus Johnson: 'Two Oustanding Rising Juniors from NYC -- Recently at a Tournament in Hartford, CT, I witnessed two players put on an excellent showing of not only skills but fundamentals. These two players played for the Caton Express, when I asked where they were from they calmly replied, Brooklyn, NY. Adrian Purcell with his lightning quickness and Scott Williams with a devastating outside jump shot were a duo to be unmatched. However, with their team lacking they were unable to qualify for the finals. Adrian averaged 17 ppg. 8 apg. and 2 stl, while Scott 19 ppg. 9 rpg. 4 apg in 4 games against admirable competition. They play for rivaling private schools in NYC (Packer Collegiate Institute, Trevor Day School) both rising juniors. While not able to obtain the exposure as Public and Catholic schools in NYC I believe that their skill should be recognized.'
8/14/01 RivalsHoops: September Recruiting Period Eliminated.
8/14/01 All Star Report: Sonny Hill Future Stars Tourney starts tomorrow @ Temple University.
8/14/01 RivalsHoops: Jason Fraser: Alliance Sports' No. 1 HS Player
8/13/01 Keith Mason: 'I asked Kevin Draughon's father yesterday if he was going to Poly Prep in September, and he said Kevin is staying right where he is. Whoever posted that he was going to Poly Prep, before you make a claim like that make sure you know it is true.'
8/13/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary -- Rucker Championships August 13th in Harlem.
8/13/01 Brooklyn Scout: Brooklyn USA Cops Citywide Biddy Title on the 2001 CityWide page.
8/13/01 Mitchell B. Storch: 'On September 30th, the American Cancer Society (Livingston/West Orange Chapter) and Hoop Heaven will be sponsoring a 3 on 3 basketball tournament at Hoop Heaven in Whippany. There will be 3 adult levels: Competitive; Semi-competitive, Couch Potato and a variety of youth levels. Each team may consist of 4 players (you can play with only 3). There is a 3 game guarantee. Games will be up to 15 points with a 20 minute time limit. Non-three pointers will be worth 1 point; three pointers will be worth 2 points. The cost per team is $130 ($120 for kids) (made out to the American Cancer Society). For those of you who battled in the Montville Madness tournaments to benefit "Project Playground" this is your chance to battle each other once again. The tournament is open to anyone. Please call me at (201) 341-8780 or email me at storch@njcounsel.com to register.
8/13/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: Rucker Citywide Nike Championships on the 2001 CityWide page.
8/13/01 UDC Results on the UDC 2001 page.
8/13/01 Coach Carl B.Clark: 'The 45th Annual Philadelphia-New York Summer Classic -- In the first game held at Temple University,the NY midgets behind MVP Rahoo Walker (Hempstead) 18 points defeated Philadelphia 55-50.MVP for Philadelphia was Tracey Worley with 21 points.
In the Juniors game Philadelphia beat New York 73-51.MVP for Philadelphia was Wendell Simpkins with 8 points and New York,s MVP LaCameron Johnson (Hempstead) with 21 points.
In the third game Philadelphia behind MVP Kelly Sawyer scored 13 points to beat New York 55-49.MVP for New York was New York City Player of the Year, Crystal McFadden Murry Bertgraum High School with 18 points.
The finale of the night saw Philly beat New York 58-52.MVP's were Rodney Warren with 12 points and Eric Fergusen (Hempstead) with 15 points for New York.The games will be in New York next year.'
8/12/01 Coach Williams: 'Rumor has it that Trevor Day School point guard, Kevin Draughon II has transferred schools and is now attending Poly Prep in Brooklyn. Kevin will now be in the backcourt with 6'2 Danny Green. This addition to Poly Prep will push them right back to the top of the Ivy League.'
8/12/01 Paul Brown: 'We are looking to start the 13 and under division of the 2001 Gauchos Roundball Classic around August 27th, 2001. Last year's 13 and participants included the Conn. Flames, Westfield Wizards, Riverside Church, Jersey City Boy's Club, New Settlement among others. This year's tournament will be sponsored by and 1, Crown Trophy and Giovanni's Pizzeria. We still have a limited number of space available in each of our four divisions(13's, 16's and HS girls and HS boys) Entry fees are $300.00, $325.00, $325.00, and $350.00 respectively. Pool play format with all teams guaranteed a minimum of three (3) games. If there are interested teams please email me at PBGauchos@aol.com or call 646 879-0500.
8/12/01 Louis Xifaras, Director of Basketball Operations of Queens RimRockers Basketball Inc.'Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School will be having it's Summer Basketball Day Camp starting Monday August 13th and running though Friday August 17th. The camp runs from 9am-3:30pm and is for players age 7-15. For further information, you can call 718-898-3800 or 718-499-0932, or you can email me at Rice41@aol.com and I will direct you to the right person.
8/12/01 NJO: Coach Sandy Pyonin steers players to NBA, but actions are criticized.
8/12/01 Future133: 'I had the honor to be able to help coach one of the midget teams in the Show me What You Got All Star game. I helped coached the West team and they had one kid on the team that was outstanding. Akeem Tucker scored 34 points in a 1 point loss. Lincoln HS has two outstanding sophs, one who we all know and the other is Akeem. He scores so easily, can dribble very well and is so fluid in everything that he does. He went to the basket with no fear and caught a dunk or two. Akeem Tucker will be a D1 player who will grow to be about 6'6". The MVP of the game went to a kid who scored 22 points and is heading to Grady, I forgot his name. Grady has a stellar incoming class and another name to watch out for is James Neal. He is a guard who is also part of that stellar Grady class. It was a great morning of basketball. Jake Edwards who is a Brooklyn Beast AAU coach and a assistant at Grady, runs a great league in Show Me What You Got basketball. He put together a staff that knows what they are all doing and his league should get the same "pub" as all the other leagues in the city.'
8/11/01 InJersey: Resilient Jimmy Salmon now Jersey's most powerful summer basketball coach.
8/11/01 TMADD51: 'The Sonny Hill Future Stars Tournament...Aug 15 - Aug 19 at Temple University's McGonigle Hall. Many strong teams from Philly, N.J., Delaware, and Va. Rick Barrett's Gym Rats, Newark Rams, Tim Thomas Playaz, Keystone Blazers, Hunting Park Warriors, Sonny Hill Srs & Jrs, Boston Amateurs (BABC), Del Val, Youth Interlock, Capital Athletics, and many others. "Be there or be square".
Click link for last year's results: expage.com/griotsreport.'
8/11/01 fpac: 'Rumor has it Jacob Podhurst, 6 "2' Class of 2004 2-3 player from Seton Hall will be transferring to Bergen Catholic. BC plan to use him as a varsity point guard. He's cut out of the "Pistol Pete" mold and with an older brother standing 6 "9' life is looking "up." Look for him to be an impact player in his junior year.'
8/11/01 Queens RimRockers beat the Pythons in the Semi-Finals at Queens Nike Metro Swoosh Playoffs.
8/11/01 FoxSports: Best of the summer.
8/11/01 Queens RimRockers vs Staten Island SportsFest All Stars -- game recaps.
8/11/01 JMACHOOPS: 'New Rochelle H.S summer League Mount Vernon two time defending champs beat Lehman H.S of the Bronx 43-39 , the inside game of 6-5 Keith Glover and 6-4 Jason Robinson led Lehman throughout. Lehman;s guard play was erratic (missing pg Isash Forde, playing with Willie Howie Allstars). Mount Vernon's overall teamspeed and deep bench (14 players) were the deciding factors in this game.
Mount Vernon H.S Summer H.S Touranment 1st round Game JFK (Bronx} 61 HoopsStreet (Bronx/Rockland) 60, Hoopstreet up by two with 7 seconds left in o.t, Hoopstreet 's Hanon Perez (South Bronx HS) misses a one and one . JFK's Chris Bernard rebounds ball goes down court and nails a trey. Lights out for Hoopstreet'.'
8/11/01 swish5071: 'Scouting Update- Kareem “Slim” Lloyd 6’6” swingman from Benjamin Banneker Academy the 2001 PSAL City B Division Champs and State Class B Runner-up, has given a verbal commitment to attend Crichton College located in Memphis, TN. Kareem was the MVP in the championship PSAL B Game at Madison Square Garden. For his senior campaign at Banneker he averaged 16pts, 8rebs, and 4assts. He also finished his high school career with over 1,000 total points.'
8/10/01 SchoolSports: Jason Fraser Sets up St. John’s Visit.
8/10/01 Coach Carlton Screen: 'FYA/SLAM Invitational Summer Basketball Tournament is playing the Championship Games tomorrow 8/11/01- 11 and Under - 14 and under starting at 10am. The FYA High School Team is playing in the Championship Game at West 4th Street 4pm. The FYA Summer Basketball Development Camps are over.
FYA is going upstate to The Anthony Mason Prime Time Basketball Camp on Sunday with about 40 boys from our program and all of our players parents paid for their tuition. Coach Screen will be working at the Camp. Wishing everyone a happy and safe remainder of the summer.'
8/10/01 Daily News: Curtis Sumpter Makes Wright Decision.
8/10/01 All Star Report: Curtis Sumpter Picks Wildcats.
8/10/01 BlueChipHoops: Jay Wright Lands Another New York Standout.
8/10/01 Grooveylou82: 'Another Bishop Loughlin alum will be in the JUCO ranks this comming season. Luis Martinez will attend Globe Tech (NY) after a year of prep at Miami Christain Academy averging 18.3 ppg and 8.5 apg.'
8/10/01 BERASM: 'Dyckman Summer League - Junior Division Playoff Semifinals -- Game#1: 4 Beacon Bombers - 65 vs. 1 Dyckman - 57: This game was a battle of surges by both team. 1st half it was all Dyckman behind the scoring of Steve Polanco and Chico who combined for 22 of the team's points. The second half, it was all Bombers who began to chipped away at the lead behind the scoring of Mike Wilson and rebounding of Jason Romer. In the end the Bombers prove to be a team with more weapons. They are headed to the championship next Saturday.
Game#2: 3 Harlem Lions - 56 vs. 2 Rising Stars - 54: The Harlem Lions came out on fire with 6 - 0 run to start the game. They were looking to make a mark but that quickly change was the Rising Stars began to score and the Lions to lose their edge. The score was tied at halftime at 22. The second half began with a 6-0 run by the Stars, but the Lions answered back with a run of their own and took a an 4pt. lead with 4:00 to play but 2 key turnovers led to tied game with : 12 to go. The Lions set up a play to win but missed at the buzzer and the game went to O/T. In O/T, Lions made a run to take a 2pt lead behind the defensive efforts of Laurence"The Law" Smith who drew two charges and Jahkeem Washington who stole the ball with :40 to play. After a miss on a 1 and 1 by Jahkeem Washington, Levon Hickman grabbed the loose ball and put it back up for 4pt lead with :23 to go. The Stars came down and score with :08 to go. The Lions inbounded the ball and threw it long to Smith who was fouled with :01 to play. He missed the shot and the clock expired. The Lions are headed to the championship to meet the Beacon Bombers next Sat. 8/18.'
8/9/01 Daily News: Loughlin's Curtis Sumpter To 'Nova.
8/9/01 BlueChipHoops: Chad Timberlake Picks FDU.
8/9/01 RivalsHoops: Jason Fraser Will Take Official Visits.
8/8/01 NJ Hoops: FDU gets early commitment from Chad Timberlake.
8/8/01 Hoop Promotions: Brooklyn Health & Hoops 3 on 3 Tournament of Champions.
8/8/01 Russ Blake @ RivalsHoops: Mike Clarke No Longer Albany Bound; Will Prep
8/8/01 NJ Hoops: Prime Time All Tournament.
8/7/01 SJB JV Coach: 'I just wanted to let the basketball world know about one of the best, but underrated, high school basketball coaches in New York City. James Schmidt has just been appointed the new boys varsity head coach at the Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn. He had spent the previous eight seasons as the JV coach at Regis High School, in New York City. During his tenure at Regis, his teams won over 130 games, won six Class "C" JV regular season titles, and regularly advanced deep in the Class "B" playoffs. (There are no playoffs in the JV "C" Division.) In 1998-99, his JV went 23 - 2 and advanced to the finals of the "B" playoffs, where they eventually fell in double overtime to Iona Prep. He almost became the first coach to ever win the "C" and "B" titles in the same year. This past year, Schmidt took his team to the semi-finals of the JV playoffs. His schedule has regularly consisted of teams from the "B" and "A" divisions, and on many occasions he has come out victorious. James Schmidt is one of the great coaches in the game because he gets the respect of his players and, in response, he gets them to overachieve against bigger and more talented teams. He will, without a doubt, get his players to do the same and make Berkeley Carroll a school to be reckoned with in the future.'
8/7/01 BlueChipHoops Post-Summer Top 100 includes Lenny Cooke, Jason Fraser, Francisco Garcia, Elijah Ingram, Allan Ray, Taquan Dean, Curtis Sumpter and Randy Foye.
8/7/01 Russ Blake @ RivalsHoops: Marcel Momplaisir Makes Decision.
8/7/01 BERASM: 'The senior division semifinals are set after the upset win by #6 seed Rising Stars over #3 seed 84th Street. The first half looked like the #3 seed was going to advance after taking an 18pts lead with 10:00 to play behind the scoring of Ricky Solivera and Curtis Stinson on the bench for the Stars after picking up a tech in the opening minutes of the game. But then the momentum changed and the Stars battled back and chipped at that the lead to make it a 7pt. deficit at halftime, 40-33. The opening minutes of the second half began to look like 84th Street was going to pull away taking a 46-36 lead with 12:00 to play. But Curtis Stinson had a different idea and took over the game by going to the basket and drawing fouls. With 1:00 to play, the Stars took the lead at 62-61 on a 3pter by Jason Wingate. With :03 remaining, Wingate fouled and put on the line for two with the game tied at 67. He hits both for a 69-67 lead and that was the final score. One Note: The Stars were playing w/o Alan Ray. Curtis Stinson finished with 34pts. and Wingate chipped in 12pts. Ricky Solivera finished with 20pts for 84th Street.
8/6/01 Coach Holub: 'The Elmont Cougars (LI) were runners up in the 9th grade division of the American Youth Basketball Tour National Championship held this past weekend in Philadelphia. They overcame 110 degree heat in the gym Sunday to defeat the YSEP Hawks, NJ Cardinals, and the Philly Heat on their way to the chamionship game. Their run ended when they lost 70 to 58 to the Anderson Heat of Indiana in the Championship game. Elmont's run to the AYBTour National Championship was powered by Sam Akinyooye (17 ppg), Ambrose Banain (16 ppg), Dominic Dixon (12 ppg), and Andre Forbes (10 ppg).'
8/6/01 UDC weekend results.
8/6/01 NJ Hoops: St. Benedict's surprises St. Pat's.
8/6/01 Sweet Lady: 'Abyssinian and CAS Warriors are in the finals of tiny/rod strickland basketball league.the juniors division has two good playoff games. Riverside played the cas/warriors with the warriors taking that game 48-39. Kiril Waschamann (All Hallows) took over the game with he's inside game and lead the team with 18pts. The second game Abyssinian played the Mustangs. Both teams were missing key player but Abyssinian played great full court defense to win 62-46. Steve Sumo led them with 14pts and John Archibald stepped up with 10pts. The Warriors beat Abyssinian by one before so this will be a good one on the 18.'
8/6/01 BERASM: 'Senior Division playoffs @ Dyckman Summer League -- Game One : 1st Seed Cesar's All-Star's vs 8th Seed Jersey All - Stars. In the first half, It was looking like JAS was going to upset CAS by taking an 42 -32 advantage at the halftime. In the second half, CAS began to chip away at the lead and take a 49-48 lead with 6:00 to go behind the efforts of the combo trio of Davon Hyman, Jose Cabreja, and Alexis Perez. Up 62-54, CAS began to pull away at the free throw line. Final Score: 71-62. Leading Scorers: Alexis Perez 13pts and Jose Cabreja 15pts. for CAS. CAS advances to play winner of 4th and 5th seed.
Harlem Lions sends Team And 1 packing in a first round playoff game at Dyckman Summer League. In a hard fought contest which saw the game go into overtime, The Harlem Lions prevailed and come away with a 86-79 victory. The Lions were outmatched at key positions, especially at the center position where 6'6 Sam Edwards had to contain 7'0 Anthony Lalor. Team And 1 featured notable players such as Peekskills' Rashard Turner, a top-rated guard in the tri-state area.
Eventhough Turner and Lalor gave a good effort, they were not able to hold the Lions' fastbreaking attack and smothering defense due to the outstanding guard play of 5'10 Tahan Engram and 5'8 Jahkeem Washington. The final exclamation point to this game was a crowd pleasing dunk by Sam Edwards on a fastbreaking continuation play to put the Lions up 8pts with :30 to play and free throw shot to take. Sam Edwards finished with 16pts and Jahkeem Washington chipped in 13pts.'
8/5/01 Brooklyn Scout: 'Brooklyn USA won the Queens Citywide Bantam division title with a 71-47 romp over the Brooklyn Bridge. Michael Shine led the way with 16 points and 12 rebounds while three players added 12 points apiece: Clayvon Givens (with 5 rebounds), Jaytornah Wisseh (with 5 assists) and Tristian Davis (also with 5 assists). John McMichael was the top playmaker with 8 assists to go along with his 8 points.
Brooklyn USA finished 7-0 on the season and will be sending at least one team to the overall Citywide finals for the 12th consecutive year.'
8/5/01 LOVE2REF4EVER: 'I had the pleasure to officiate the New York High School All-stars Vs the Philadelphia High School All-stars at The Holcombe Rucker Park in Harlem. The playground was filled to capacity to watch the two cities go at it. This event was the third game of a New York Vs Philadelphia Harlem Week.
Showcase. The New York all-stars were led by Tim Doyle, who had the park on it's feet with some spectacular moves. New York led for the entire game, then Marvin McCullough sprained his ankle and New York seemed to fall apart. Philadelphia fought back and with under a minute brought the game within three points. Neither team seemed like they could make their free throws down the stretch.With New York up by one point and the ball, a costly New York turnover resulted in a fast break basket for Philadelphia.
With seven seconds left in the game New York inbounding the ball in their frountcourt and Bobby Santiago with the ball took a jump shot that missed, Philadelphia grabbed the rebound and time expired. This was an excellent game from start to finish, congratulations to Philadelphia.'
8/5/01 NJ Hoops: Shawnee tops St. Benedict's. And Teaneck trimmed Englewood in the championship of the Teaneck Summer League
8/5/01 Daily News: Days in the Sun -- Long Island Panthers show their stuff during frantic five days in Las Vegas.
8/4/01 Championship Saturday at IS8 had the biddies LI Trotter vs Orange Crush, midget Springfield Rifles vs SONDAY Express and high school Rifles vs St. Marys Gaels with the Trotters, Express and Gaels winning. Details on the IS8 Nike Summer League, 2001 page.
8/4/01 Brooklyn Scout: NYC JUCO Update.
8/4/01 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary (NYC): Kendell Provet and Michael King.
8/4/01 Daily News: St. Ray's Allan Ray OK After Scare.
8/4/01 Louis Xifaras, Director of Basketball Operations of Queens RimRockers Basketball. On Monday, August 6th, 2001, The Queens RimRockers will take on Staten Island's All-Star High School Squads. The first game will be the best Freshmen/Sophmores in Staten Island vs our best 9th/10th graders, and the late game will be the best Juniors/Seniors competing against each other. The event will be held at the beautiful SportsFest facility in Staten Island at 55 Mill Road. For more information about this great event, please contact me at Rice41@aol.com.
8/3/01 NJO: It's Prime Time for top players.
8/3/01 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church will be in all four Citywide championships tommorrow at the Crack is Wack Park on 128th st and 2nd ave. At 11:00am the midgets who advanced to the finals in a triple ot game that ended up with the Church playing with three kids vs. the Cyclones will take on Abysinnian. At 12:30 the juniors aslo will face Abysinnian. At 2:00 the super biddies will face the Mustangs. And at 3:00 the biddies will take on Milbank.'
8/3/01 Glenn Bynes: 'The New Brunswick Zebras won the Middlesex County Summer league championship. The Zebras led throughout the game but pulled away in the second half to finish the summer league at 12-0. The Zebras were led by Junior to be Marvin Taylor. Key contributor were sophomore to be sensation D. Jarrett, Kareem Byrom, Greg Dotson, Kobe Stevens & Eric Bynes. The Zebras tenacious defense proved to be too much for the solid Panthers from Perth Amboy. Don't count the Panthers out, they should be among the top teams in the county once the regular school season begins. The Panthers were led by their starting center and soon to be junior Brett Brown who is also the starting quarterback for the Panthers football team. Coach Paige said that he hopes this continues once the regular season comes into play. Zebras are a definite top 20 team in the state as long as they continue to play team defense first and remain disciplined. Everyone seems to know their role.'
8/3/01 NJ Hoops: St. Anthony's beats Paterson Kennedy.
8/3/01 Russ Blake @ RivalsHoops: Curtis Sumpter Named MVP As Panthers Win Best of Summer.
8/3/01 FoxSports: Curtis Sumpter’s end.
8/3/01 Dave Telep of BlueChipHoops: 'Best Attempt At A Jason Williams Impersonation: “White Chocolate” he’s not but Tim Doyle of the Long Island Panthers did his best Jason Williams impersonation. The charismatic Doyle was the guy with the ball in his hands at the end of the Panthers’ game that sealed the Big Time title. In a series of dribbles and moves that cannot be explained by humans, Doyle held his own impromptu audition for the Harlem Globetrotters. Tim, what were you thinking?'
8/3/01 bonfire: 'The 11th Annual "Dyckman Basketball Tournament" ( 204 St.& 10th Ave) under the direction of Kenny Stevens and Ralph Pena will begin its playoff schedule this Saturday, Aug.4, starting at 3:30 pm. when the "Unlimited Teams take the court. Teams such as "No Limit" featuring "The Future" and "The Wall", with show stopping guard Timmy "Headache" Gittens., and of course, the house team, AND1, will rock the park with some serious BBall. If this is not enough, then check out the teams 'Fat Joes", Lord Finesse or the X-Birds with former LIU star Charles Jones. The action doesn't stop here but continues on Sunday @ 1 pm with Junior and Senior Division games. Least we forget the "Ladies", Midgets and Biddie Divisions who played in this 54 teams event. Beginning Monday, Aug.6th, and continuing thru Fri., you can watch these divisions in action starting at 6:30 pm. You may visit www.DyckmanPark.com for further playoff info. P.S. The park will be packed, so you might want to BYOC (bring your own chair).'
8/3/01 BERASM: 'The Harlem Lions Senior Team came out on a mission today against Dyckman senior team @ Dyckman Summer League. The house team thought that they were going tame the Lions and come out with an easy victory cause the Lions came out a little flat at the beginning of the game. After taking 9- 8 lead on a tomahawk dunk by Sam Edwards, the Lions went on a 27 to 4 run to take a 36 to 12 advantage at halftime. During this run, the trio of Malik Brown, Laurence Smith, and Levon Hickman come alive with 16pts, 4stls, 10 rebs combined. In the second half, Dyckman got a burst from Jose ( the Apartment) with 8pts but the Lions answer back with a 10 - 0 run behind the 2blks and 4 steals by Chaz Johnson and Smith who pushed the ball to Sam Edwards for a few more dunks. The final score was 62-43 Lions. Sam Edwards finished with 20pts.10 reb.'
8/2/01 UDC standings after week 7 on the UDC 2001 page.
8/2/01 Glenn Bynes: 'The New Brunswick Zebras HS basketball team is looking to finish the summer at 12-0 if the can beat a solid Perth Amboy team tonight on the main court @ 8:30 @ Middlesex County College in Edison. The Zebras have had a balanced attack through all of the first 11 victories. In a few of their games they were missing players but still managed to win. They are yet a young squad with the leading scorer Marvin Taylor coming back and is only a junior. Key players this summer have been: Marvin Taylor, Dwayne Jarrett, Eric Bynes, Kareem Byrom, Kobe Stevens and Greg Dotson. The most important thing about the team this year is that the bench players are coming in and the Zebras don't lose a beat. This is a very solid Central Jersey Group 2 squad that should be a top twenty team in the state if the players continue to play "TEAM" defense, as they have shown all summer. Again, these players are young and yet learning. They are currently starting one senior, three juniors, and one sophomore. The experience from winning the Central Jersey Championship last season has produced hunger to get back to the finals and make a run at getting to the Tournament of Champions. Discipline, defense, ball control, rebounding, unselfishness, fan support, and coaching, have been the foundation for this young New Brunswick Zebra squad.'
8/2/01 BiG L hOtDay: 'Lamar White is a 5'8, point guard, who can really play the true point guard role. Most players today, try hard to score 20 a game, but Lamar can score 10 points and avg. at least 8 assists. He is very underrated because he goes to Mount Saint Michael, which doesn't promote their basketball program. He can play with the best, but his name is only in about 3 websites. I'm letting you know about Lamar White and you see potential in this kid. He plays with a rising AAU team Holy Cross Panthers, Coach Artie Greene of the Bronx Ravens is very familiar with Lamar White. So Please look out for him.'
8/2/01 All Star Report: Randy Foye Has a Leader - Villanova.
8/2/01 NJ Hoops: Prime Time Summer Shootout Schedule.
8/2/01 BRO: Two transfers - Collin Bailey and Darryl Watkins - appeal ruling.
8/2/01 Russ Blake @ RivalsHoops: Long Island Trips Up Texas Blue Chip Again
8/2/01 Ivanthegod: 'Best performances in Vegas -- 1.Sean Phaler's 45 point performance against Lenny Cooke was unexpected. It was clear Lenny could not guard him. He had moves for days in the paint and kept on getting Lenny jumping around with his series of shoulder and head fakes. He has very good footwork and his up and under move was smooth. 2.Number 2 has to be Dave Seals DESTROYING Anthony Roberson. I did not think highly of Dave Seals I just didnt think he could play at a high level but he proved me wrong. He was doing whatever he wanted to Roberson who had nothing for Dave. If Seals continues to play like that he will go high D-1. 3. Even though Jason Fraser had a great game in the semi's I think Elijah Ingram against Oakland Slam-N-Jam was crazy! He was hitting 3's playing with his defender off the dribble and was 9-14 from the field for 25 points and played great defense the whole game. There were a lot of other great performances but I consider these my top 3 because of the way they were done.'
8/2/01 LOVE2REF4EVER: 'I had the opportunity this week to officiate at The Beast Of The East Tournament at Fordham University in the Bronx.'
8/1/01 Deborah Bortner to Spencer Paterson at the Las Vegas Sun.
8/1/01 Terence Johnson: 'The MSU Skyliners 14u basketball team is in the finals of the Junior Olympics in Virginia. They best Norfolk VA by 2 pts to advance to the finals by a put back buzzer beater from 6'2 fr.Tyrone Cook (St.Patricks). 5'10 fr. Terence Grier (Cranford) led the way with 15pts and 5'8 so. Gary Houston (South Plainfield) added 12. 6'3 fr. Andre Davis (St.Patricks) tallied 16 rebounds and 7pts in the win. The Skyliners move on to play the Charolotte Royals in the finals. http://sport.nj.com/sport/skyliners.'
8/1/01 NJ Hoops: Roadrunners win Beast of East.
8/1/01 All Star Report: Panthers Capture Big Time Title.
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