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10/31/02 Coach Chris Potash: '30th annual Peddie School Invitational Tournament at The Peddie School Hightstown, NJ (Exit 8 NJ Tpike). Game Times Fri 13th: 3:15, 5, 6:45 & 8:30 Sat 14th: 2, 3:45. Semis - 6:30 & 8:15 Sun 15th: Final - 2pm Teams: Peddie, Brunswick (CT), Hun (NJ), Lawrenceville (NJ), NYC Boys Club, St.Paul's (MD), Solebury (PA), & Valley Forge Military Academy (PA).'

10/31/02 PrepStar: Rutgers received excellent news earlier this week when 7-3 C Shagari Alleyene announced for the Scarlet Knights over Kentucky, Pepperdine, St. John's and others.

10/30/02 RutgersInsiders.com: On Landmarks and Dreams - Shagari and Rutgers.

10/30/02 Hooptown: Shagari Alleyne -- "Taking His Game To Rugters Next Fall".

10/30/02 Lonnie Webb: My hat goes off to Shagari Alleyne and his coach Maurice Hicks. With one of the biggest college basketball conferences (Big East) in the country, our kids too often get lured away to some of the other conferences across the country. Shagari Alleyne's decision to stay close to home, family and friends gives all those people who have been so much apart of his young life, a chance to see him continue to develop as a person basketball player. Coach Hicks should be commended as well. I'm sure his relationship with Alleyne is very special and helped make his decision to stay home an easy one. I wanna thank all those involved in helping and nuturing this young man. Who would have guessed it? Thank you coach Mo Hicks. Thank you Shagari Alleyne for staying home and playing in probably the country's best college basketball conference, "The Big East"

10/29/02 Eric Jaklitsch: 'Last week's 14th Annual LI Lupus Charity Classic was won by the Suffolk County team. The game looked like it was going to be a blowout as players like Tello Palacios, Nick Carter and Antione Aguidio played. The Whitman backcourt duo was phenomenal all game long. Hitting long range shots, making great passes, and playing defense. Amityville's AJ Price showed the crowd why he is one of the top guards in the country. The 6'0 Price finished with 22 points on array of moves, getting to the basket, setting up teammates, and hitting the three.

Other players that shined for Suffolk were the threesome from OSNA. Tello Pallacios showed why he is one of the best in the country by drawing constant double and triple teams. Palacios only finished with ten points, but he earned all of them. He made one of the hardest moves of the night when he caught a near impossible half court alley oop pass underneath the rim and layed it in on the opposite side. Konimba Diarra did what he did best and that was finishing around the basket, rebounding and blocking shots all night long. Oumar Sylla hit some long range shots and made a few nifty passes to his Mali counterpart for easy buckets. Kenny Jones gave a yeoman like effort underneath the basket scoring all 13 of his points inside and grabbing numerous rebounds. Other notable contributions came from Brian Sisti and LeMichael Allen.

For Nassau a relative unknown played the best game. Corey Hall a 6'0 senior guard from Farmingdale HS led Nassau with 20 points. He hit many of his shots from behind the three point line. He led his team which was down by more than 10 at certain points to a comeback. Etienne Brower also played well scoring 17 points on various different moves. Others that played well included St Dom's Thomas Paul and Chaminade's Dan Nawrocki. The MVP's of the game were Kenny Jones for Sffuolk and Corey Hall from Farmingdale. Our Savior New American's D'Andre Brown won the halftime dunk contest.'

10/29/02 St.Marys freshman basketball team is still looking for scrimmage games. Any teams interested may contact Billy Turnage at BTURN01@aol.com

10/29/02 Coach Maurice Barbera: 'St. Marys High School is running it Annual 8th Grade Basketball Tournament. Being held at St. Mary's High School in Manhasset on November 8th, 9th, and 10th. Two game minimum CYO and AAU teams welcomed. The fee is $150. For more information contact Coach Maurice Barbera at 1(516)352-2542 or e mail me at Mauriziobarb@aol.com.'

10/29/02 Newsday: Scarlet Knights Get Alleyne -- 7-2 Rice star decides he'll attend Rutgers.

10/29/02 Insiders Hoops: 'Rutgers Lands 7-2 Center Shagari Alleyne. The Scarlet Knights have put together a nice three-man recruiting class so far. On Monday night, the big fella made it official and is headed to Rutgers with Marquis Webb and Quincy Douby.'

10/29/02 Rodney Johnson: 'On Saturday, November 16, 2002 Exodus will host the 2nd Annual "Ball Above All Showcase" a fundrasier at Riverbank State Park. There will be three All Star Games 6:00pm Girls H.S. All-Stars @ 7:00pm Boys All-Star Game and 8:30pm Ed Lover's Power 105.1 Fm All-Stars vs Exodus All Stars. Advance tickets are Adults $8.00 Students $5.00 Children under 12 $3.00 The last event was successful with over 2000 spectators. For Info or tickets call Exodus office (212) 781-8210 or (212)795-4779. The Exodus Family would like to thank all of its sponsors, The NBA (Tiny Archibald), WNBA, all of their family and friends who help make the 1st event sucessful. Tickets go on sale Wednesday,October 30, 2002. All proceeds will benefit the Exodus for Better Life Foundation 501(C)3 - www.eteamz.com/exodus.

Some of the players who played in our first event: William "Smush" Parker (Cavaliers), The Bone Collector, The Enigma, Cameron Benison. High school game Jamarre Wilson (Albany), Sheldon Franklin (South Florida), Levi Levine (Albany), Rodney Epperson (Barton County JC) David Sills (Odessa JC), Ade Swann ( Bethune Cookman), Gary Irving, Umarre Sylla, Juan Diego Tello Palacious, Dante Milligan, Walter Murray, Derrick Smith, DeAndre Brown, Genc Selemi, Hans Stelzer, Diego Aguiar and Knowledge Miller.'

10/28/02 Coach Jack Ringel: 'There seem to be many rumors circulating, concerning the status of Quincy Douby. Contrary to what has been reported or not reported, Quincy is presently attending St. Thomas Moore Prep and will honor his verbal to RutgersUniversity.'

10/28/02 Breakdown Magazine (www.break-down.com) is producing the Bright Futures Shootout. It is a one day shootout that will feature players like Sebastian Telfair (Lincoln), Darius Washington (Edgewater), Andrew Lavander & Brandon Foust (Brookhaven), Chris Richards (Kathleen), Wesley Green (Eustis), TJ Bannister, Dwon Youmans, 7’2 Jason Bennett (ACDS), Jesus Verdajo (Miami Christian) and other top players.

10/28/02 The St. John's Prep (Astoria) Boy's JV Basketball team is still looking for a few games and scrimmages. Anyone interested is asked to contact Coach Penikas at dpenik@aol.com.

10/28/02 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'The Nike Riverside Championships were played yesterday at Roberto Clemente State park and there were four exciting games.' Details on the Nike Riverside page.

10/28/02 CoachTGustus: 'For those of you who missed last year's HOOPS 4 HEROES, Long Island vs. NYC high school basketball game at Hofstra University, check out the highlights at gameovernyc.com. This year promises to be equally as exciting and entertaining. It is great to see the overwhelming response from the basketball community. Many have called to purchase tickets, offering to volunteer their time and giving their support. I know for me, assisting in organizing this event, serves as an excellent reminder that we can never take our freedom for granted in this country. The children, who have lost their parent(s) in the 911 attack, lives will never be the same. This is an opportunity for the basketball community to continue to show their support. Looking forward in seeing you at the game: Sunday, November 3, 2002 at Hofstra University, two games: Girls @ 3 P.M. and Boys @ 5 P.M. contact: 718 485-2719 for tickets.'

10/27/02 WinstonKelly@GameBallMagazine: 'I wanted to offer congratulations to Isiah Kelly, 5'5/PG, Rice High School senior who verbally committed Saturday, October 26, to attend and play basketball at Division III, Dickinson College, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dickinson College competes in the Centennial Conference with Swarthmore, Muhlenberg, Haverford, Ursinus, Washington, Western Maryland, Johns Hopkins, Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg. Special thanks to Rice High School Head Coach Mo Hicks.'

10/27/02 Rodrick Bussey, Brooklyn-Queens Warriors (Scholars Through Sports Foundation): 'Jamal Smith is a 6'1" guard from LaSalle Academy in Manhattan. Jamal is in the 11th grade. More importantly, Jamal has a 90 gpa. This will be Jamal's first year on varsity. He is a talented player. After this basketball season, Jamal's name should be better known throughout the five boroughs. By this time next year, he will one of the top guards in the city.'

10/27/02 We have started our weekly polls for our visitors to vote on..We have also updated our page with High School girls coverage including pictures from Slam Jam and a list of girls to watch for this season..To see our site go to http://www.nyhoops.com.

10/27/02 NorthJersey.com: Shagari Alleyene -- 7-footer leaning toward Rutgers.

10/27/02 Abyssinian & Team Roc are hosting an 8th grade all star game with teams from the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens & Brooklyn at the Minnisink Townhouse, 143 Street and Lennox Avenue. Opening round games are Friday, 11/15 with consolation and championship on Saturday 11/16 at 2:30 and 4:00.

10/27/02 Antonio Cannon: 'The T.K. Allstars are looking for a scrimmage game for the weekend of Nov. 1st. for our 14u 8th grade AAU team. Please contact me at (646) 239-7440 or (212) 798-4127, email to ajc9242@aol.com or check the website at eteamz.com/tkallstars.'

10/26/02 Home News Tribune: Shagari Alleyene, a 7-foot-3 center from Rice High School in New York City, has narrowed his college choices to Rutgers, Pepperdine and Kentucky.

10/25/02 WinstonKelly@GameBallMagazine: 'In what could be the strongest class ever for New York City girls recruiting, three more young ladies make verbal commitments. New York has always been top heavy in terms of marquee players, but this year and in years to come there will be more student-athletes positioning themselves for scholarships opportunities. Crystal McFadden, 5'10/WF, Murry Bergtraum HS - commits to University of Alabama-Birmingham. Jennifer Brown, 6'1/PF, Martin Luther King HS - commits to University of Pittsburgh. Toni Horvath, 5'6/PG, Sachem HS - commits to Iona College.

Already verballed: Cori Chambers, 5'11/WF, Ursuline School - commits to University of Georgia. Amanda LoCascio, 5'7/PG, Christ the King - commits to George Washington University. Kia Wright, 5'7/PG, Copiague HS - commits to UCONN. Brittany Smith, 5'9/2G, St. Dominc's - commits to University of Alabama-Birmingham. Leslie Dickinson, 5'11/WF, Christ the King - commits to James Madison University. Caitlin Kennedy, 5'11/WF, St. Francis Prep - commits to Stone Hill College. Tracy Holness, 6'0/WF, Christ the King - commits to George Mason University. Megan Dahlman, 6'2/PF, Nazareth HS, commits to Holy Cross College. Bring the early signing period commitments to ten total, with the likes of Shay Doron, Corinne Turner, Candice Lindsay, Kelly Roche, Natalia Benton and others to come.'

10/25/02 tbone: 'Coaches.. St.Joseph Hs out of Metuchen NJ is looking for an away game for Feb 15th 2003... ... if interested, email me at tbone1010yahoo.com and I will contact Coach Taylor.'

10/25/02 Charles Reid, Freshmen Basketball Coach: 'Rice High School Varsity B is looking for scrimmage games for November and December. All interested can contact Coach Reid at creid@ricehighschool.com or phone @ 212. 369.4100 x18. I also want to thank all the coaches who responded to my request for scrimmage games for the Frosh team. We are now done with the Frosh schedule.'

10/25/02 E Jaklitsch: '14th Annual Lupus Classic Friday, October 25 2002 at 7:00 pm. The game will be held at Sayville HS, in Sayville NY. This game will feature some of the best High School Players in the area. Suffolk County: Oumar Sylla 6'7" Sr. OSNA, Kevin Spann 6'0" Jr. St John The Baptist, Brian Sisti 6'8" Sr. Northport HS, AJ Price 6'2" Jr. Amityville, Antoine Aguidio 6'3" Sr. Walt Whitman HS, Frantz Dunel 5'10" Sr. Bayshore HS, Ed Skiber 6'2" Sr. Sayville HS, Juan Diego Tello Palacios 6'8" Jr. OSNA, David Simon 6'1" Sr. HHHE HS, Konimba Diarra 6'11 Sr. OSNA HS, Kenny Kones 6'5" Sr. Wyandanch HS, Jermaine Russell 6'5" Sr. Bellport HS, LeMichael Allen 6'2" Sr. Copaigue HS, Tim Clare 6'2" Northport HS, Nick Carter 6'1" Jr. Walt Whitman HS

Nassau County: Dwayne Whitefield 6'2 Jr St Dominic's HS, Lajohn McFadden 6'4" SR St Mary's HS, Tim Wall 6'4 Sr. St Mary's HS, Marvin Lawrence 6'4" Sr. Uniondale HS, Pete Lawal 6'4" Jr. Uniondale HS, Leigh Moglia 6'0" Sr. St Dominic's HS, Mamadou Diakhate 6'4" Sr. St Mary's HS, Tom Paul 6'1" Sr. St Dominic's HS, Etienne Brower 6'6" Sr. West Hempstead HS, Jabari Moore 6'5" Sr. Farmingdale HS, Corey Hall 6'1" Sr. Farmingdale HS, Danny Nawrocki 6'6" Sr. Chaminade HS, Andrew Simms 6'0" Sr Uniondale HS, Chakaris McBrown 5'11" Jr. LI Lutheran, Michael Kelley 5'11" Jr.

10/24/02 Coach Mark Berkowitz: 'Edgemont High School is looking for 1 Boys High School Team for their tournament on Dec. 13th and 14th. (Friday and Saturday). Edgemont is located in Westchester County near Scarsdale New York. Any class B,C, or private school interested contact Mr. Jim SanMarco, Athletic Director, @ 914-472-5284. No entry fee, t-shirts for all.'

10/23/02 FOX Sports: NCAA changes requirements for incoming student-athletes.

10/23/02 Coach Eric 'Rock' Eisenberg: Tilden senior combo guard Nathaniel Sudlow will visit D2 power Bryant College of Providence R.I. this weekend . Bryant is coached by former U.N.L.V.and Maine Central institute coaching legend Max Good.Asst Brent Cook has handled the recruiting of Nathaniel and has done a great job of selling this top Business school to Nate and me so far. Nate has an 83 gpa and a 930 SAT so far. He is hoping to raise his score to the 1100 range on the next test.'

10/23/02 Newsday: Justin Marshall, a 6-7 basketball forward at Christ the King, has committed to Iona.

10/23/02 Micheal Smith: 'As a stand out junior last year at Far Rockaway High School. Richard Forbes avg.20pt and 7.42 assists agame. Forbes is a very talented point guard. And he has great vision of the court. With that he has a great outside jumper and when he is jumper is not on he will bring it to the basket. Richard has a very good chance to make all-city this year as a senior. He should be in the top rank of D1 schools.'

10/23/02 All Star Report: 'Drexel University coach Bruiser Flint landed his second commitment from the Class of 2002 when 5'11 PG Bashir Mason from St. Benedict's HS in Newark, NJ picked the Dragons over East Carolina. Mason possesses outstanding quickness and the ability to penetrate the lane and get to the rim.'

10/23/02 SchoolSports.com’s ranking of the nation’s Top 10 boys’ basketball recruits in the Class of 2004 includes # 1. Sebastian Telfair, Lincoln High (N.Y.), PG, 6-0, 173 and # 5. J.R. Smith, St. Benedict’s Prep (N.J.), SG/SF, 6-6, 180.

10/23/02 NJO: NBA players Hill, Laettner each give $50G to help save Jersey City school.

10/22/02 Coach Gustus: 'Try-outs for the NYC boys' team for the Hoops 4 Heroes will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 6:30 P.M. and Saturday, October 26 at 5 P.M. The girls try-out will take place on Friday, October 25 at 6:30 P.M. and Saturday, October 26 at 3 P.M. at the PAL Brownsville Beacon Center located at Thelma Hamilton J.H.S. 275 985 Rockaway Avenue, off Linden Blvd Brooklyn. Call 718 485-2719 to confirm and for directions.

Coaches, please remind your players about the try-outs. This is an exciting event and every cent benefits the children, who lost their parent(s) in the World Trade Tragic terroist act. I have already received confirmation for coaches who have agreed to volunteer their time. Please, if you are interested contact us, we will get you a VIP pass for the day. Remember, this is the basketball community's expression of gratitude, sorrow and sympathy to those who lost their lives in the 911 terroist act.'

10/21/02 Peter F. Edwards - IS8: 'Panthers defeated the Future Stars. Panthers have won the tournament 3 times in a row. Charlie Villanueva was the MVP. All tournament teams: 1st Team Charlie Villanueva - Panthers, Gary Forbes - Riverside Church, Jerome Richardson - Bedford YMCA. Keith Benjamin - Mount Vernon, Antione Aquidio - Huntington. 2nd Team Marlon Smith - Gauchos, Benny Utley - Bedford YMCA, Sean Banks - SONDAY Express, Rashawn Clark - Panthers, Allen Shephard - Future Stars. 3rd Team JR Smith - Playza Club, Yada Gaines - SONDAY Express, Donnel Cummings - 1st Presbetarian Church, Zarret Rogers - Hoop Street Gang, Eugene Harvey - Rebel. Player Of The Year - Daon Merritt - Panthers. Rookie Of The Year - Jon Mitchell - Mount Vernon.'

10/19/02 Peter F. Edwards - IS8: 'Panthers defeated Riverside & Future Stars defeated Bedford YMCA.'

10/19/02 Antonio Cannon: 'Great game between Panthers and Riverside today. Gary Irving, played for Riverside and Ramel Bradley played for Panthers. Riversides offense disappeared down the stretch, with the exception of Gary Irving. Future Stars were too big and strong for the Bedford Y to handle on both backboards, that was the difference in that one.'

10/19/02 Antonio Cannon: 'T.K. Allstars defeated the Rim Rockers at the Adidas FTGOTN tourney 53-33, behind Deytwan Hills and Antonio Cannon Jr., each. The win gave us possession of first place with an 3-0 record.'

10/18/02 Sterling Nunnally, Panthers: 'Last night the Panthers beat Tim Thomas Playaz by about 15 points.' More on the IS8 Nike Tip-off Classic, 2002 page.

10/18/02 School Sports: Class of 2003: Top 100 Basketball Recruits includes # 2. Luol Deng, # 6. Charlie Villanueva, # 14. Chris Taft, # 18. Sean Banks, # 25. Shagari Alleyne, # 33. Darryl Watkins, # 48. Terence Roberts, # 50. Art Bowers, 51. Gary Ervin, # 57. Michael Nardi, # 77. Karron Clarke, 84. Sammy Meija.

10/18/02 Dwayne "Coach D" Murray, Mt. Vernon Basketball: Mike Colburn is an 8th grader profiled on the class of 2007 page.

10/18/02 Charles Reid, Rice High School, Director of Technology & Freshmen Basketball Coach: 'Rice High School Freshmen Basketball Team is looking for 4 scrimmage games 2 between the dates of November 15 – 21 and another 2 between the dates of December 16 – 23. Contact Coach Reid: creid@ricehighschool.com or phone 212.369.4100 x18.'

10/18/02 Keith Mason: 'Since my site is on hold right now while I'm away at college I thought I'd voice my opinion here. I've seen 2 preseason national rankings and I thought both were way off when ranking the NYC teams. In both Street & Smith and Hoops USA Rice is ranked in the top 5, now I think Rice will have a good team but they aren't even close to being one of the 5 best teams, remember they are returning only 1 starter (Shagari Alleyne) and just 3 players that received significant minutes, (Alleyne, Russell Robinson and Arturo Dubois.) I could understand if Rice a player that had a great summer, like Julius Hodge did a couple of years back and Sebastian Telfair did last year, but none of their players made any noise nationally. I think Rice can end up being a top 25 team but they aren't there yet, and definitely not top 5.

Instead I think the two best teams in the city are St. Raymond and Christ the King. Both teams are in similar positions, in that they are returning basically all their key players from last year's solid teams (Remember Allan Ray only played in a handful of games.) I hope nobody forgot about the Adidas Big Time when the Ravens won, and when you look at that roster you notice that only 2 key players on that team do not go to St. Raymond, Curtis Stinson (Winchendon) and Justin Marshall (Christ the King.) The thing that make St. Raymond's and Christ the King so good is that both teams have a few players that can hurt you and all their players can run. St. Ray's entire starting 5 has the ability to dominate a game, with Brian Laing, Gavin Grant, Louie McCroskey, Tariq Atkins and Daon Merritt. Christ the King only lost 1 key player Eric Martin. Their 3 key players will be Japhet McNeil, Mitchell Beauford and Justin Marshall. I think Marshall will surprise a lot of people and will be one of the better players in the CHSAA. But the player that will help this team the most is sophomore Chris Martin. He will be the best 6th man in the CHSAA and the team will have no dropoff when Japhet goes out the game, in fact they will look better at times with Chris running the team. So as you can tell I'm predicting a St. Raymond, Christ the King final in the CHSAA.'

10/17/02 All Star Report: 'Sources tell ASR that Top 35 recruit Terrance Roberts will commit to Syracuse later today at an afternoon press conference at St. Anthony’s High School. The Orange beat out both Virginia and Maryland for Roberts, who joins an excellent recruiting class that includes wing forward Demetrius Nichols and guard Louie McCroskey. Roberts is an athletic power forward who finishes well around the hoop and can also knock down the 10-foot jumper.'

10/17/02 AP: 'Some basketball experts have predicted that Ohio high school senior LeBron James will be the No. 1 pick in the June NBA Draft. But at a news conference yesterday in Cleveland, James told reporters he hasn't ruled out playing in college. "It's always an option, and I narrowed my choices down to Ohio State, Florida, Duke, North Carolina and Louisville," James said during the news conference.'

10/17/02 jfkejku: 'Dorson Boyce is at Bayside.' Web note: Updated on the class of 2006 page.

10/17/02 Coach Jake Stevens: 'I am receiving e-mails and phone calls asking if Coach Rudy King is still working with me? No. Any activities that are being done do not include me. The Brooklyn Beasts/Falcons will be coached by Jake Edwards and Rock Eisenberg, and we are looking for a couple of coaches for the summer. The only thing I am doing in the winter is coaching at Grady HS.'

10/17/02 I would like to start the high school team profiles by end of month and finish by early December. Hopefully that will be the top 30 teams in the region and another thirty or so team profiles. Using Camden Catholic as an example, a thorough team profile should include the following:

team name and location (Camden Catholic, southern NJ), team nickname (Irish), coach and miscellany (Jim Crawford has coached team to 22 -4, 23 - 3 , 20 - 6 and 24-3 records in last four years), last season's record, ranking and final game (24 - 3, ranked # 9 in the state, top-seeded C.C. was upset by sixth seeded St Augustine 60 - 50 in the Parochial A South final ), probable starters and key reserves (Metro Classic starters were three seniors, the 6-4 twins Eric & Nick Cangelosi and 6-1 point guard, Drew Rosenfeld, 6-4 junior James Ulrich and 6-6 soph Brian Connolly - senior guards Mike Mangold and Byron Williams will be in reserve, but 6-3 junior Matt Molloy and 6-4 soph Terron Murray were missing from the Metro roster), starters lost to graduation or transfer (6-8 Will 'BJ' Bakanowski, rated by NJ Hoops # 15), promising freshmen or JV players (no idea, send email if you know), tournaments (no clue, send mail if you know), rivalries (CBA and St Augustine are the main Parochial A south competition, Bergen Catholic beat St Augustine for the Parochial A title and BC figures to be favored again this season), profile and prediction (this is a well coached team that can weather the loss of a highly ranked 6-8 center better than most. They play a disciplined motion offense and the interchangeable parts should serve them well. There are some problems. The team had a long trip to the Metro Classic and an even longer return to Camden. They were beaten by Teaneck in the first round. Nick Cangelosi is arguably the highest rated quarterback in Jersey. He's accepted a football scholarship to North Carolina. Will he be a factor in basketball this year? In the south neither St Augustine nor CBA look particularly strong, but it's hard to imagine the Irish getting past the likes of Bergen Catholic, Paterson Catholic, Seton Hall Prep or Don Bosco Prep winner in the north.)

If you can supply that kind of info for your team, I will post. Send mail to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

10/17/02 Coach Nick Blatchford: 'The CAS Warriors Program for Student-Athletes is holding tryouts for 8th and 9th graders (14 and Under). Tryouts will begin Friday, October 18 and continue on Mondays and Fridays in October (21,25,28) and early November (1, 4, 8). This team will compete in the Pro Style Y3K winter tournament, travel to Washington, DC in early December and play in local and regional AAU tournaments in 2003. Tryouts will begin each day at 5:30pm and will take place at Intermediate School 90 on 168th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. For more information, please call the Warriors office at (212) 923-1630 or email Coach Nick Blatchford at nick@warriorsbasketball.org.'

10/17/02 Upper Room Christian School in Dix Hills hsa been sanctioned in the NYSIAA as a Class "D" Independent school for the upcoming year. They are currently looking for games and scrimmages ASAP. Please contact Coach Mike Anderson coachma34@hotmail.com.

10/16/02 Hoops USA: 'Nation's Best Teams - 2002-2003 -- Traditional High Schools include #2 - St. Patrick's Elizabeth, New Jersey, #5 - Rice Manhattan, NY, #9 - St. Anthony Jersey City, NJ, #24 - Lincoln Brooklyn, NY, #27 - Christ The King Middle Village, NY, #30 - St. Raymond's Bronx, NY, #41 - Archbishop Molloy Queens, NY, #58 - Paterson Catholic Paterson, NJ, #66 - Bergen Catholic Oradell, NJ, #88 - Christian Brothers Lincroft, NJ, #91 - Seton Hall Prep West Orange, NJ.

National Prep Schools include #2 - St. Benedict's Newark, New Jersey, #6 - Blair Academy Blairstown, NJ.

Fifth Year Prep Schools include (In Alphabetical Order) New Life Center - Burlington, NJ and Our Savior New American - Centereach, NY.'

10/16/02 Love2Ref: ' The Children's Aide Society "Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament" 10 and under Boy's and Girls Division @ Frederick Douglass, 885 Columbus Avenue (Between 103rd. and 104th. Street). November 29.30, and December 1st. 12 and 14 under Boy's and Girls Division @ Dunlevy Milbank Center, 14-32 West 118th. Street (Between Lenox and Fifth Avenues) November 29, 30, and December 1st. Can not be 11, 13, or 15 years of age before December 31, 2002. Single Elimination. Entry Fee $100.00. Entry fee and rosters are due by Friday, November 22, 2002. There will be a maximum of eight teams per division, and ten players per team. Make checks or money orders payable to The Children's Aide Society Sports Program. All teams must provide their own uniforms. For additional information, please contact: Kelsey Stevens at (917) 655-5694 or Hammer Stevens at (212) 865-6337.'

10/16/02 WinstonKelly@GameBallMagazine: 'Congratulations to the following young ladies: Leslie Dickinson, 5'11/WF, Christ the King HS, has verballed to James Madison University in Virginia. Leslie chose James Madison over University of Alabama-Birmingham, Hofstra and Rhode Island. Brittany Smith, 5'8/2G, St. Dominic HS, has verballed to University of Alabama-Birmingham. Brittany chose UAB over Hofstra. Kia Wright, 5'7/PG, Copiague HS in Long Island has verballed to attend the University of Connecticut. In the end Kia chose UCONN over Hofstra and Rutgers.'

10/16/02 Daily News: Another Hurley assist -- With Friars facing end, Bobby hopes to beat clock.

10/15/02 Eddie Oliver - HoopsUSA (www.hoopsusa.com): 'My annual High School Basketball Tournament and Events Report is ready. Over 120 events with teams, players, dates, sites and contacts (email, phone and fax) are included in the Collegiate and Professional edition. Each report is colorful, binded and personalized. The cost of $100 is not much more than coaches would pay for a good meal. I also will have a very scaled down Fan Version for $30.

I have been working on the report for more than five months. The amount of information is incredible and I hope you will all want a copy. The only thing I sincerely ask is that you use the information for yourselves and not for duplication or redistribution. That only hurts me and what I do.

This and my website are what I do, all I do and all I want to do. I leave the other basketball stuff up to you guys. You're the experts and I tell everyone that.

I would like for you to mention my report in your publications if you don't mind. I do not do what I do to make a profit. This is my "labor of love" to stay involved with all the great basketball people I have met over the years. It is an expensive venture however and I do try to retrieve some of that money back. My wife gets tired of me spending the household funds on my hobby.'

10/15/02 Coach Ted Gustus: 'Hey, New York City high school basketball players, you are invited to try-out for the 2nd Annual Hoops 4 Heroes Long Island Vs. NYC basketball game to be held at Hofstra University. Try-outs will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2002 at Thelma Hamilton J.H.S. 275 located at 985 Rockaway Avenue off Linden Blvd. Brooklyn. Girls try-outs starts at 3P.M. Boys try-outs starts at 5 P.M. Contact: (718) 485-2719 to confirm that you will be attending. Prospective players must be a member of a NYC high school varsity basketball team: Catholic, Public School or Private. Funds and net proceeds from the game donated to the Police Athletic League in order to provide a Christmas party for the children whose parent(s) were killed in the World Trade 9/11 terrorist attack. Last year's game was an not only an exciting game, spectators came out to show their support!'

10/15/02 Walt D: 'A kid you should watch out for is Aaron Dorrell from Englewood, NJ I saw him play at Basketball City a few weeks ago and his team the Saddle River Monarchs vs. Brooklyn USA. They were down 17 points in the 4th quarter with 8 minutes left and he scored 25 points to win the game. I saw him play on 150th between 7-8 Ave in Harlem and he gave it to Kashief Pratt for about 25 points When he played Rod strickland he was a 7th grader in the summer of 2002 and was playing the high school division dropping like 10 points a game. This kid's the truth; look out for him in the future.'

10/14/02 Eight teams remain in the IS8 playoffs and the quarterfinals are this Thursday and Friday at 6:30 and 8:00. The first Thursday match-up is Riverside Church vs Huntington, followed by the Panthers, Playaz' game. On Friday Mt. Vernon begins the action against the Future Stars with Bedford Y playing SONDAY in the nightcap. Thursday's winners play the first Saturday semi at 11:00 followed by Friday's winners at 12:30. The championship game is set for 11:00 Sunday morning.

10/14/02 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Nike Riverside tourney 'The LI Panthers beat the SONDAY Express Friday to finish 3-0 53-48 and clinch a bye in the first round of the playoffs. They wre led by Marvin Roberts 17 and V. Feelsa 13. For SONDAY Chris Martin had 14. On Saturday in 9&10th playoffs Riverside nipped SONDAY 45-37 as Tyrell Biggs hit 12 and Jon Mitchell added 8. Akeem Gooding hit 13 for SONDAY. The Gauchos also advanced by beating Abysinnian 63-49 led by Jorell Mills 17 Kashif Pratt 15. Denzel Barnes had 12 for the Abyssinian. In the 7&8th grade semis LI Lightning advanced to the Championship by beating the Gauchos 42-28 led by Darius Gabriel 11 Cory Fisher 9 while the 'Chos Trevor Thompson hit 15. Riverside aslo advanced to the Championship by defeating Team Roc 68-51 as Mike Coburn hit 18 Marcus Matthews 14. For Team Roc Davonne Folk and George Wilkinson both had 13.'

10/14/02 KIMWILSON: 'Just to let u know.....Trevon Charles attends Rice H.S not Van Buren as stated. Also he has grown to 5'10" in the last 6 months.'

10/14/02 Fox Sports: Top 50 high school juniors includes 6. Sebastian Telfair, 36. Russell Robinson, 41. Josh Wright and 42. Stanley Branch with profiles on the class of 2004 page.

10/14/02 John P Miciotta: 'Sunday's IS8 action was typical of tournaments past. The action was fast and furious. All except the first and last games were tight. And both established stars and relatively unknown players made the most of their chance to shine on Pete Edwards' great stage.' Details on the IS8 Nike Tip-off Classic, 2002 page.

10/14/02 Brooklyn Scout: 'Bedford YMCA advanced to the quarterfinals of the IS 8 Tip-Off Classic with a 74-68 win over the Connecticut All-Stars Sunday afternoon. Bedford took control early with a 21-13 first quarter margin before the All-Stars rallied behind Dave McClure (13 of his team-high 23 points in the first half) to make it 35-all at the half. The All-Stars continued their momentum after intermission, pulling ahead 44-37 before Bedford regained control and took a 55-52 margin into the final period. Benny Utley led the winners with 26 points while Jerome Richardson contributed 19 points and Quincy Douby had 17 on an "off" shooting day. Bedford also received strong defensive play from Etienne Brower inside and Saiquon Stone on the perimeter.'

10/13/02 L.P.A.C. continues to make noise at IS8. Last April it was their star, Sammy Mejia who won the Most Outstanding Player award. This afternoon, after going 4 - 0 in the regular season, only five of them (from left to right - Emilio Gomez, Jamel Womack, Eliziel Padilla, Danny Mena and Ed Berrios) suited up, but they gave a marvelous team effort against a loaded Tim Thomas Playaz squad before finally running out of gas in the final three minutes, losing 78 - 77. The view from the benches below tells the story -- Jimmy Salmon had five Playaz reserves while Ruben Tavarez had two water bottles.

Huntington, the Future Stars, Bedford Y and S.O.N.D.A.Y. Express I were also winners today, as the Panthers and Rock Steady are playing for the last quarterfinal spot. More later.

10/13/02 Maujwil: 'These are some of the freshmen: Jeffrey Claud - Francis Lewis, Tommy Meara, Nick Reynolds and sleeper Maurice Williams all go to Holy Cross, Unique Stowe - Bayside.'

10/13/02 'St. John the Baptist H.S. is in need of two scrimmages to complete its varsity basketball schedule. Any interested teams please call Jayson Kiang at 917-916-9682.'

10/13/02 Lonnie Webb: 'Just think ..... Jonathan Mitchell of Mt. Vernon has exactly 4 more years to shine on the high school level. This kid is going to certainly be a star. I'm an alumni and former player (Lonnie Webb '76 ''77 '78). I've watched this kid all of last year and this summer and he continues to develop and improve . Plus, he's left handed. Scarey.'

10/12/02 Antonio Cannon: 'T.K. Allstars defeated Tri-StatePythons 62-59 at FTGOTN Adidas Tourney today. Deytwan Hill 25pts, and Iziah Blue 15pts, led the way. Key steal and layup in the final seconds by Antonio Cannon, Jr. sealed the victory for us.'

10/12/02 John P Miciotta: 'A brief recap of Friday's action at IS8 -- Friday saw a pair of one sided affairs as Riverside "A" and Mt. Vernon garnered easy wins over JYO respectively. For the church Gary Forbes led the way while Mt. Vernon got a dominant inside effort from Dexter Gray and Jonathan Mitchell.'

10/12/02 Daily News: Freshman point guard Elijah Ingram, who is expected to dramatically improve St. John's, hurt his left thumb in a workout and will miss the season's first official practice, today at 11 a.m.

10/12/02 Coach Roberto Diaz: 'Our new website address is www.nycityfinest.com and our email address is nycityfinest@aol.com. Our basketball program will no longer go under the name Runnin' Hustlers. Our program is currently participating in For The Good Of The Neighborhood 15u in JHS 168 in Queens as well as Almighty Force 19u at JHS 166 in Brooklyn.' Web note: Updated on the team page.

10/11/02 IS8 second round games tonight feature the Church vs JYO at 6:30 and Mount Vernon vs Rebel at 8:00. No games tomorrow. Sunday's match-ups are the Future Stars vs Hoop Street Gang @ 9:30, Huntington vs LI Gaels @ 11:00, Ct. All Stars vs Bedford Y @ 12:30, SONDAY Express I vs. Gauchos @ 2:00, LPAC vs Tim Thomas Playaz @ 3:30 and Panthers vs. Rock Steady @ 5:00. Winners play in quarterfinals next Thursday and Friday.

10/11/02 Coach Crawford: 'Rice High School is still looking for non-league and ext. scrimmage games to fill their schedule. If anyone is interested please contact Coach Crawford @ 212-369-4100 ext. 26 or email wcrawford@ricehighschool.com. If there are any holiday tournaments available that would be great also.'

10/11/02 Coach Roberto Diaz, NYC Finest Basketball: 'Tyrek Spencer is currently attending Grady HS as an incoming freshman. Justin Desir, sophomore, is attending Newtown H.S. after his transfer.'

10/11/02 Brooklyn Scout: 'Benny Utley exploded for 22 third-period points to propel Bedford YMCA into the second round of the IS Tip-Off playoffs with a 94-75 win over SONDAY Express II Thursday night. With Bedford up just 40-39 at the half, Utley took over with an assortment of drives and three-pointers to finish with 39 points. Jerome Richardson added 19 points and several key blocks for the winners while Chris Martin led SONDAY witth 24.' More from John P Miciotta on the IS8 Nike Tip-off Classic, 2002 page.

10/11/02 NJ Hoops: 6'7" Seton Hall Prep So. Brandon Costner stars at the EKB Roundball Showcase.

10/11/02 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'Just a short note to all the D1 coaches out there who are missing the boat on Tilden H,S, senior combo guard Nate Sudlow. Nate is a 6 ' 1'' high flyer who can shoot handle and play in your face ''D''.In addition he is an 83 student in Honors classes at Tilden H.S. If I where a local D 1 coach I would be all over this high quality Student / Athlete.I have had the chance to coach many great guards in my time in this buisness . None have been as good as Nate as a person and player. He is one of a kind and whoever gets him will be very happy for a long time.'

10/10/02 Pete Edwards: 'The eight IS8 winners in the first round are Rock Steady, Playaz Club, LI Gaels, JYO, Rebel, Hoop St. Gang, Bedford Y and Gauchos. They will play the division winners -- LPAC, Panthers, Huntington, Riverside, Mount Vernon, Future Stars, Connecticut All Stars and SONDAY tomorrow night and Sunday in the second round.'

10/10/02 Wayne Simone: 'Could you be so kind as to put a link to my website for schedules, directions and such to my tourney this weekend? The website is: www.eteamz.com/connselect.'

10/10/02 Street & Smith's All-American selections for NYC, NJ players: Seniors: First Team All-American: Luol Deng, Fourth Team All-American: Sean Banks, (Web note: S & S doesn't know about Charlie Villanueva!) Seniors: High Honorable Mention: (In alphabetical order) Shagari Alleyne, Grant Billmeier, Art Bowers, Mamadou Diakite, Lamont Hamilton, Mike Nardi, Jamar Nutter, Terrance Roberts, Earl Smith, Darryl Watkins, Marquis Webb. Seniors- Honorable Mention: Mitch Beauford, Mike Beers, Ramel Bradley, Kirk Bunn, Jamal Dart, Konimba Diarra, Frantz Dorsainvil, Gary Forbes, Willie Irick, John Kelly, Justin Marshall, Bashir Mason, Louie McCroskey, Japhet McNeil, Sammy Meja, Dante Milligan, Richard Payton, Brian Sisti, Marlon Smith, Oumar Sylla, Julian Thomas. (Web note: They never heard of Chris Taft or Daon Merritt either!) Underclassmen - High Honorable Mention: Derrick Caracter, Anthony Farmer, Devon Moffat, Juan Palacios, A.J. Price, Eric Price, Ronald Ramon, Russell Robinson, Sebastian Telfair. Underclassmen - Honorable Mention: Chris Alvarez, Tyrell Biggs, Arturo Dubois, Sundiata Gaines, Curtis Kelly, Shahee Martin, Shakiris McBrown, John Oates, Kevin Palacois. (Web note: Oops! They forgot Stanley Branch and Marcus Williams.)

10/10/02 Antonio Cannon: 'I ran into Oshmar Gibbs at IS8 last night, he is attending Van Bruren H.S. I can't confirm the final IS8 scores. Rim Rockers lost by one to the Rebel. Hoop Street Gang defeated 1st Pres.'

10/10/02 Coach Bryan Griffith, N.I.K.E.-1 Basketball Program Inc. Big Apple Sports Inc: 'Rashid Isler - I spoke with him last night and he insists that he is a freshman attending Boys and Girls HS.'

10/10/02 Winston @ Gameball: '5'4/PG Darren Duncan, is attending Christ the King, Mitch Beauford's younger brother.'

10/10/02 Courier News: 'The boys' and girls' parochial New Jersey basketball finals will be at the Dunn Center in Elizabeth on March 15. The girls' public school state basketball finals will be at the Dunn Center on March 16, while the boys' basketball state finals will be at Rutgers on March 16. The Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford will host the Tournament of Champions boys' and girls' basketball finals on March 25.'

10/10/02 Bob Dawson: 'The First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica is accepting entries for the start of its 5th Fall Invitational Classic. The Classic is one of the city's premier basketball tournaments for pre-teen student athletes (no player can turn thirteen before January 1st, 2003). All games are played on Saturday mornings and early Saturday afternoons at the church, located at 89-60 164th Street off Jamaica Ave.

The tournament consists of a round-robin competition, whereas all teams will play each other at least once. All teams will make the single elimination playoffs, which begin with higher seeded teams playing lower seeded teams. (Last year's Tournament Champions, The Long Island Lightening, defeated The NYC Panthers, 57-49, in a hot, intensive tug-of-war that matched two fiercely competitive rivals.)

The Tournament fee is $250 plus a $10 per game official's fee. Entries will be accepted on first come, first pay basis. Tournament entries close on Friday, October 25th. For more information contact: Bob Dawson, Tournament Commissioner, First Presbyterian Church, 89-60 164th Street, Jamaica, NY 11432-5194. Telephone: (718) 658-5174, or 526-4775 church; (516) 223-3656 fax.'

10/9/02 Coach Dwayne (Tiny) Morton: 'I'm doing a JHS Back to School sponsored by BooksBeforeBall Inc. The tournament is held in Coney Island at I. S. 288. The tournament consists of two games on Fridays and three games on Saturdays. Before each game, the students must attend an instructional class that will teach them various aspects of being a student/athlete. They are also informed about the different occupations beside being the pro-athlete. We are in our fourth week of the tourney. I had the opportunity to watch some of the best 7th & 8th grade student/athletes. For examples, 6'4" Rashid Isler, 6''7" Brandon Walters, Dwan Mcmillian, Ronique Colbert, 6'1" Vance Kelly, 5'10" Lance Stevenson (6th), Jamal Green, Isiah Morton (5th), Alex Nieves, Dawon Marbury, Don Marbury Jr., Darrin Walls, Quasim Pugh, Zamal Nixon and many more. In addition, we have some very good young ladies that are really competing with these athletes. These kids must be the top JHS athletes in our city. This week we are expecting the #1 8th grader, Clavon Givens. To top it off, it's great to see the members of this year Lincoln basketball team give up their weekends to coach these kids.'

10/9/02 Hoop Scoop: '...We also continue to hear that 6'5 Earl Smith from Newark (St. Benedict's) NJ, who is ranked #23 nationally in the senior class by the Hoop Scoop, after emerging as one of the biggest sleepers in the nation this summer, would verbally commit to North Carolina, if a scholarship offer was forthcoming. And Smith may get the time he needs for that to happen, because he was recently reclassified as a junior. We also understand that Villanova, Notre Dame, and Texas are the top three for 6'6 Arnaud Dahi from Burlington (Life Center) NJ, who is ranked #109 nationally in the senior class by the Hoop Scoop, and 6'10 Roman Narmbaye-Mbainas from Burlington (Life Center) NJ, who is ranked #288 nationally in the senior class by the Hoop Scoop, is considering St. Joseph's, Rutgers, Colorado, La Salle, and Massachusetts. We also have finally confirmed that 6'3 Ramel Bradley has transferred from New York (Park West) NY to Durham (Mt. Zion Christian) NC. And that's important, because that will make Charlotte even that much tougher to beat for Bradley's services.'

10/9/02 Love2Ref: 'So you call yourself a High School or AAU coach? Do you lack knowledge of the rules? Do you have to ask for an explanation every time an official makes a call? If so, then here is your opportunity to do something about it. The International Association Of Approved Basketball Officials, IAABO Board #42 will be hosting the Annual Al Abbott Rules Interpretation Clinic. This clinic will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2002, at Roberto Clemente State Park, located at 1 West Tremont Avenue, Bronx, New York. Cost of this clinic is only $10.00! (Non-IAABO Members) Learn the new 2002-03 High School Federation Rules and give yourself the edge! The clinician for this event is Jimm Paull, New York State Interpreter. Pre-registration will guarantee 2002-03 Rules and Interpretation Booklets for Non-IAABO Members. Limited Parking, for further Information contact: Harold Johnson at (718) 379-4467.'

10/9/02 Courier News: End of road could be near for St. Anthony High School.

10/9/02 General00use: 'Doran Neil's real name and spelling is Durann Neil he is in the 8th grade at Pleasant Tech middle school in Pleasantville NJ. He won MVP at midnight madness 7th-8th grade division and played in the all star game at Eastern camp 9th grade division. He got moved up and scored game high in session 4.' Web note: Pages are updated for the class of 2006 and the class of 2007.

10/9/02 Philly.com: Hard at work, even harder at practice. Mustafa Shakur, a senior at Friends' Central, is committed to basketball. Very committed. That is the way Shakur, the 6-foot-3 Friends' Central senior who made an oral commitment last night to play college basketball at Arizona, has been for years.

10/9/02 'As expected, Xaverian High (N.Y.) center Chris Taft committed to Pittsburgh late last month. The 6-foot-10, 225-pound senior is rated the No. 14 overall recruit in the Class of 2003 by SchoolSports.com and averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior. He picked Pitt over UConn, Syracuse, North Carolina, Villanova and Kentucky. …

Bannekar Academy (N.Y.) swingman Gary Forbes pledged to Virginia over Georgia Tech, UConn, Mississippi State, Cincinnati and North Carolina State earlier this month. Forbes, a 6-foot-5 senior, is rated the No. 45 overall prospect in the Class of 2003. He averaged 25 points and 11 rebounds per game as a junior. …'

10/8/02 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'Brian Warner is a 5' 6'' pg at Tilden H.S. I feel he will be a fine student / athlete in the near future.'

10/8/02 Next Sprewell: 'Sean Crawford is currently in Holy Cross High School.'

10/8/02 AFried1051: 'Tyrone Nash and 6'1 small foward Chris Lareaa are going to Woodmere Academy.'

10/8/02 My name is Paul Gropper and I have been a member of NYCNJHOOPS email list for many years. My brother Gary and I have started a company called Metamorphosis Group in which we assist youths through their times of transformation. We help to develop life career plan and then transformation from school/work /college and then after college. We help with self evaluation and with confidence and hope to help improve academic performance through confidence. We are in the process of starting our program in some high schools and community groups. We feel we can help the youngsters in many of our organizations. For further info feel free to contact me COACHGROP@aol.com.

10/8/02 Booksnball: 'First class basketball clinics deserves a first class turnout. The NYC PSAL has put together a quartet of top notch hoops clinics for all of their Varsity & Junior Varsity coaches of Boys basketball. the first one was held Monday evening at the Leon Goldstein H. S. (on the campus of Kingsboro CC) in Brooklyn. A fine spread of food and soft drinks were provided for all in attendance.

Mike Jarvis, the coach of the St. John's Univ. Red Storm did a great job of talking to the coaches and reflected fondly on his 17 years as a high school coach in Massachusetts. The only thing lacking were more coaches! He went over three phases of the St. John's defense and advised the coaches to have their student-athletes sigh contracts about the athletic and academic commitment they must make as members of a high school team.

Hopefully the coaches will take advantage of the remaining clinics to be held as follows; Tuesday 10/8 at Brandeis H. S. in Manhattan (for Bx./Man coaches Nick Macarchuk of Stony Brook will present)), Wednesday, 10/9 at Tottenville H.S.(Staten Is. Bob Leckie of St. Peter's College will present) and Thursday, 10/10 at Cardozo H. S. in Queens(Tom Pecora of Hofstra will present). All of the clinics are free and start at 4p.m. Coaches living in any of the boroughs mentioned but who coach in another borough have the option to attend a clinic in their HOME borough. Included in each clinic will be a presentation about "new" rules for high school basketball and a "Student-athlete Game Plan for Success" that coaches are encouraged to utilize with their teams this year. The PSAL continues to provide positive activities for their coaches and the coaches hopefully will show their commitment to enhancing their skills by attending the clinics. It's a win, win situation for all those involved.'

10/8/02 InsidersHoops: 'Weber Spotlight: Patrick Ewing. We've been hearing rumblings, but we've finally been able to see firsthand. Patrick Ewing Jr. has taken his game and raised it a level.'

10/8/02 Maat123456: 'Top regional freshman: Starting PG, 5'10 freshman, Tyvon Williams, Our Savior New American, Centereach, LI.'

10/7/02 Robdal9010: 'Malik Pendergrass and Malcolm Grant are at Robeson.'

10/7/02 spotman: 'Some of the freshmen enrolled in Archbishop Molloy include Milan Prodonovic, Victor Rosario, Sean Metzger and Justin Baylosis.'

10/7/02 ICMSTEAM3: 'u forgot 6'5 Kelvin Brown from Newark, he attends Bloomfield Tech, Marquis Moore 5'11 guard from Newark, he attends St. Benedict's Prep., and Tyshon Johnson 5'8 guard also from Newark, he attends St. Benedicts Prep.'

10/7/02 hroth: '... just wanted to let you know Josh Frazier is not going to St. Marys and I do not think Lance Furtado is going there either.' Web note: My bad. Sly Johnson tells me that Josh and Lance are both going to Westbury.'

10/7/02 Gobler65: 'I have an addition for region's top freshman. His name is Chris LoPiano 5 "8" point guard--Long Island Lightning AAU Team -- and he is attending St. Dominic High School.'

10/7/02 Brooklyn Scout: 'Big Apple Sports - The college basketball preview magazines have hit the newsstands and four New York-area JUCO players were listed among the top junior college sophs for the upcoming 2002-03 season. Travis DeGroot (New Mexico Military) and Jerel Blassingame (Los Angeles City) were ranked 1-2 among the nation's top JC point guards by The Sporting News and were both listed on the third team Super Sophs by Street & Smith's. They started in the backcourt together at the first RSB Big Apple JUCO All Star game in July, with over 50 D-1 coaches in attendance. The 6-3 DeGroot, who prepped at St. Patrick's HS and Notre Dame Prep, averaged 13.1 points, 5.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds as a freshman at NMMI last season, earning both All-Conference and NJCAA Region V first team honors. Blassingame, a 5-10 Brooklyn native who attended Redirection HS, led LACC to the state championship game as a freshman and received All South Coast Conference honors. He scored 18 points and was co-MVP of the RSB Big Apple JUCO All Star game.

Devonne Giles, a 6-8 forward at Seward (KS), made the Street & Smith's Super Sophs list on the fourth team. As a JUCO freshman in 2001-02, he averaged 13.8 points (on 55% shooting) and 10.9 rebounds and was named to the NJCAA All-Region VI team and the second team All-Jayhawk Conference West. A graduate of Shabazz HS, Giles recently gave a verbal commitment to Texas Tech for the 2003-04 season.

Tommie Eddie, a 6-6 forward out of Boys & Girls HS now at Coffeyville (KS), was ranked 10th among the nation's power forwards by Lindy's. Eddie averaged 11.5 points and 5.4 rebounds on a team that lost in the NJCAA national championship game by a single point.'

10/7/02 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'Two classics coming up at Tilden High School in Brooklyn. The first is the Empire Promotions Jerry Gold Memorial Classic which will be held on Friday, November 22, 2002. Admission is $5 in advance or at the gate. The schedule is as follows: 4:30 p.m. - Canarsie vs. St. Edmund Prep, 6:00 p.m. - Tilden vs. New Utrecht, 7:30 p.m. - William E. Grady vs. Boys & Girls.

The second classic is the First Annual Empire Promotions Grady/Tilden Coaches Appreciation Classic. This event will honor four retired coaches and two retired officials who have served the PSAL over the past twenty years. The games which will be played on Friday, November 29, 2002 are as follows: 12:00 p.m. Tilden (girls) vs. William E. Grady (girls), 1:30 p.m. - South Shore vs. St.Edmund Prep, 3:00 p.m. - Tilden vs. Frederick Douglas Academy, 4:30 p.m. - William E. Grady vs. Canarsie. Admission is $5 in advance or at the gate.'

10/7/02 Coach Herman Johnson: 'Looking for a game! Northern Burlington Regional High School in Columbus, NJ ( Burlington County ) is looking for a game(s). Either home, away or an event. We are a group 2 school. If interested, please contact Coach Herman Johnson at HermanJohnson@msn.com or call NBRHS at 609-298-3900 ext. 2094.'

10/6/02 The baseball season is over as of last night and the regular season ends today at IS8. Refs Ralph Potter and Cornell Hampton (pictured) posed at halftime of the morning's first game as Amityville took Exodus 72 - 55 behind A J Price (20), P J Smith (18) and John Bornheim (18). Only Nana Sanders with 17 was efective for Exodus.

The Panthers, Huntington, Riverside, Mount Vernon, Future Stars, Connecticut All Stars and SONDAY are division winners who'll play next Friday and Sunday. Rock Steady Beacon and the Playaz are in the Monday games. Real Scout and JYO vs Holy Cross are in Tuesday games. Rebel vs Queens Rimrockers and First Presbyterian vs. Hoop Street Gang are the Wednesday match-ups while Bedford Y vs SONDAY II and the Gauchos are in Thursday's games. It's 6:30 and 8:00 starts for each weeknight, no games next Saturday (an SAT day), six second round games next Sunday at 9:30, 11:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:30 and 5:00.

More on the IS8 Nike Tip-off Classic, 2002 page

10/6/02 Coach Ted Gsututs: 'Last year, the first annual Hoops 4 Heroes "Long Island Vs. New York City" high school game to benefit the children of the victims of the WTC attack was a great success! The entire net proceeds from the game, which included tickets sold and the selling of souvenir t-shirts, shorts and trophies donated by Game Over, was donated to the Police Athletic League, who provided a Christmas Party for the children of the victims of the WTC attack. This year there will be two games, the Girls game will be played at 3 P.M. and the Boys' game will be played at 5 P.M. Those of you who attended last years game was treated with an exciting game, with Curtis Sumpter of Bishop Loughlin and now with Villanova and Jason Fraser of Amittyville and now with Villanova were named MVP. The game also featured a moving pre-game ceremony, which included a tribute to the Heroes and Sheroes of the 911 attack. Halftime was entertaining with a slam-dunk contest and Shakin' exhibition.

This year will be equally exciting! The game will be held on Sunday, November 3, 2002 at Hofstra University beginning at 3 P.M. and 5 P.M. Tickets can be purchased at Hofstra University ticket outlet and/or any of the 18 PAL Centers throughout New York City. Tickets are $10 adults and $5 for students (must present a student I.D.) Contact: (718) 485-2719 for additional information.

Hoops-4-Heroes was created by the basketball community to demonstrate our concern from the victims and our outrage over the 911 attack. It took a collective effort of the entire basketball community to join Ted Gustus, Bob Maurer and Eric Hicks to make this event a success. Coaches and administrators are more than welcome to join us in volunteering their time towards this event. Please contact coach Gustus at (718) 485-2719 to indicate that you want to volunteer for the day. A hospitality room and passes will be made available to all volunteer participants.

Finally, try-outs! For the New York City Girl's High School Team will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2002 at 3 P.M. The Boys' Try-outs will be at 5 P.M.(same day) at the PAL Brownsville Beacon Center located at J.H.S. 275 985 Rockaway Avenue off Linden Blvd. and Hegamen Avenue. (Contact 718 485-2719 for directions.) Participating players must be a member of their high school varsity basketball team.'

10/4/02 Team Roc led SONDAY 24 - 23 at halftime tonight in the Gauchos 16 under Roundball Classic and went on to a 58 - 50 victory. Wadleigh's point guard, Chris Noel (pictured) had 9 while Robert Thomas (21), Robert Coleman (14) and S Martin (10) each contributed. Brian Beck (15) and Chris Martin (14) were high for SONDAY. Tonight's games were the last regular season 16 under games. The high school division finishes next week and the playoff games begin on Tuesday, October 15th. The championship games for all five divisions are scheduled for October 20 -- 12 under at 12:00, 14 under 1:30, 16 under 3:15, high school women 5:00 and high school men 6:30.

10/4/02 FTGON: 'The director of the FTGOTN program and its current tournament, Mr. Tyrone Green, has problems with your promotion of the tournament without his permission. The posting of our tournament schedule was done without consulting with any person involved with the running of the tournament and it contains errors! We're curious as to how you received this information without consulting with the tournament's director or assistant director. We have received several phone calls regarding the differences in the schedule you posted and the one given to the coaches only. To resolve the confusion created, we shall post future information regarding this tournament, on our web page.' Web note: The page has been removed.

10/4/02 Jon Cummings: 'Westchester Hawks Basketball Coaching Clinic - Featuring Jeff Van Gundy, Jeff Ruland, Bobby Gonzalez & Bob Hurley, Tuesday October 8, 6-10pm at the Westchester County Center, 198 Central Avenue, White Plains, NY. Pre-registration is $40. For more information contact Lou DeMello (914) 962-0980.'

10/3/02 Nathan Blue: 'Curtis Stinson a 6'3 guard has committed to Iowa State.'

10/2/02 Eric Jaklitsch: 'The Second Annual Hoops 4 Heroes game will be held on November 3, 2002, 5:30 PM at Hofstra University in Hempstead New York. The game pits the best High School players from NYC versus the best from Long Island. All proceeds will benefit the Children of the Heroes and Victims of the WTC Attack. Some of the top players that played in the game last year are: Sebstain Telfair, Gary Ervin, Quincy Douby, Curtis Sumpter, Shagari Alleyne, Jason Fraser, Tim Doyle, Konimba Diarra, Juan Diego Tello Palacios, Oumar Sylla and Jamar Wilson. This years field will be just as good! More details will follow!

10/3/02 Coach Roth 'Bayside Titans Try-outs for AAU/Travel fall-winter season will be held Monday October 7,2002 at MS 74, 7PM for 5th Graders and boys 11u born on or after 9/1/91. For more information contact us at BAYSIDETITANS@AOL.COM.'

10/3/02 Coach Reid: 'Rice High School Freshmen & Junior Varsity teams are looking for games with Catholic & Public Schools in NYC & NJ. For freshmen: call Coach Reid at: 212.369.4100 x18. For junior varsity: call Coach Crawford at: 212.369.4100 x26.'

10/3/02 NY Post: Yes, Virginia, Brooklyn Hoop Star on Way - Gary Forbes.

10/3/02 InsiderHoops: More Wednesday Commitments. Earlier in the day, Gary Forbes made it official for the Cavaliers.

10/2/02 Coach Laffin: 'Here is some info about NY players from the Hudson Valley on the players page.

10/2/02 Coach John Staley: 'Henry Street Settlement is starting their fall girls basketball program. Any girls from the age of 6- 17 needing help in Homework Help, Regents Prep, SAT Prep or want to get better at the fundamental of basketball. Please contact: Coach John Staley at (212) 254-3100 vm 352 or E-mail : thecoach24@aol.com for more information.'

10/2/02 Coach Willie Negron: 'Gary Houston, the junior from South Plainfiels and no relation to Allan, hit the game winner with three seconds left as the Willie Howie All Stars edged Holy Cross last night 60 - 58 in high school division play at the Gauchos Roundball Classic. Garfield Johns led WHAS with 20 points.' Earlier stories on the Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic page.

10/1/02 Mario Beras: 'Hudson Valley Top 100 Basketball School will be held on Saturday, October 4 at Fordham University. Session I : 9 -12, Session II: 1- 4. Division II and III coaches will be attendance.'

10/1/02 Eric Jaklitsch: 'Tryouts for the 14th Annual Lupus Classic will be held next week at Sayville HS, Sayville NY. This game pits the best in Nassau against the best in Suffolk. Some of the players who played in the game in the past include: Drew Nicholas, Tavvoris Bell, Eric Ferguson, Sean Kennedy, Oumar Sylla, Tello Palacios, Damion Fray, Vasco Evitmov, Zendon Hamilton. Players who attend school in Suffolk County will be trying out on October 7th at 6:15 and October 9th at 7:00. Players who attend school in Nassau county will tryout on October 8th at 7:30 and October 10th at 7:30. The game itself will be held on October 25th 7:00 PM at Sayville HS. As always, Tom Konchalski from HSBI will be in attendance. Please note that it is very imnportant for players to attend these tryouts as the tryouts will include the chance to be selected to play in the Hoops for Heroes game, which is also known as Long Island vs. NYC. Last year the game included over 20 Division 1 basketball players. These year's game should be just as good as the last one.'

10/1/02 Coach Carlton Screen (FYA): 'In The Riverside Church Basketball Tournament on Friday evening our 11th & 12th grade team defeated Bronx Kanes by the score of 52 - 48. We got outstanding play from Max Menard 16pts and Guy (Randy) Minto 14pts, and great team defense.We are waiting to see the outcome of our pool bracket, with three teams finishing with the same record 2 - 1. Our 7th & 8th grade team defeated team SONDAY by the score of 33 - 32. We got outstanding play from Adrian Howell and Oscar Bilger and great team defense. Our 16U team plays tonight at The Gauchos Gym 7:30pm'

10/1/02 WinstonKelly@GameBallMagazine: 'Congratulations go out to Amanda LoCascio, 5'8/PG, Class of 2003, Christ the King High School. Amanda has verbally committed to attend George Washington University which competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Amanda chose from George Washington, Xavier, Fairfield, Boston University.'

10/1/02 Courier Post: DaJuan Wagner returns to watch friend -- Shomari Moore.

10/1/02 Reginald Murray: Brooklyn Rams College Players On The Move: Akim Neverson (Midwood) to Genessee, Angelo Whitehead (Boys & Girls) to Des Moines Area CC, Gabriel Mombrun (St. Johns Prep) to Mt. Olive College, Kovner Chalumo (Brooklyn Tech) to Howard, Mark Chan to SUNY-Delhi, Mike Carrasquillo (Grand St. Campus) to BMCC, Nimai Garrett (Bishop Ford) to FIT, Shakim Berry (Robeson `01) to SUNY-Farmingdale and Taj Moore (Tilden) to Mohawk Valley. Darren Sykes transferred from Southern Nevada to Sullivan, Tamel Straker transferred from Cayuga to LIU and Tiquawn Cannady transferred from Fulton-Montgomery to Mohawk Valley.

Brooklyn Rams High School Players: Javon Parris transferred from John Jay HS to Our Savior New American. Vernon Goodridge, who sat out last year, has enrolled at Milford Academy. Class of 2006: Armani Ross (Bishop Ford), Che Gonzales (Madison), Douglas Antone (Bergtraum), Elwin Francis (FDR), Jared Hunt (Leake & Watts), Keith Gordon (Canarsie), Kevin Deus (Robeson), Michael Cousins (Erasmus), Perry Daniel (Erasmus), Reginald Martin (Sheepshead), Richard Chalumo (Grady), Tayrance Smith (Lincoln), Wayne Dixon (Wadleigh).

Brooklyn Rams' Future: Class of 2009: Kadeem Gonzales, Kenton Chan-Man and Qwasie Reid have entered the 6th grade class of Shellbank IS 14 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.'

NYC JUCO Update NY-area JUCO freshmen across the country: David Seals, a 5-10 guard, from Bronx (NY) Regional to Odessa (TX). . . Andrew Gordon, a 6-5 forward, from Queens (NY) Campus Magnet HS to Labette (KS). . . Karim Telfer, a 6-0 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) South Shore HS to New Mexico. . . Julius Ashby, a 6-8 forward, from Trinidad to Marshalltown (IA). . . Iyke Okafor, a 6-6 forward, from Princeton (NJ) Hun HS to Casper (WY). . . Elijah Muldrow, a 6-2 guard, from Bronx (NY) St. Raymond's HS to Ventura. . . Danny Artest, a 6-4 forward, transfer from Southern Nevada to Marshalltown (IA). . . Gerald Garner, a 6-5 forward, from Bronx (NY) Taft HS to San Bernardino (CA). . . Jermaine Maybank, a 6-4 shooting guard, from Bronx (NY) Regional HS to Independence (KS). . . Jason Stamper, a 6-4 wing, from New York (NY) Manhattan Center HS to Independence (KS). . . Shaun Williams, a 6-4 shooting guard, from Irvington (NJ) HS to Des Moines (IA). . . M.D. Mazique, a 6-5 guard, from Bronx (NY) Taft HS to Rhode Island. . . Mark Felder, a 6-4 forward, from Bronx (NY) Roosevelt HS to Glendale (CA). . . Shabar Ewing, a 6-1 guard, from Queens (NY) Cardozo HS and Cheshire (CT) Prep to San Francisco City (CA). . . Tyreek Malone, a 6-0 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Sheepshead Bay HS to Canyons (CA). . . Kevin May, a 6-6 forward, from Clifton Park (NJ) HS to Rockingham (NC). . . Rodney Epperson, a 6-8 forward, from New York (NY) LaSalle HS and Maine Central, to Barton (KS). . . Muhammed Wilson, a 5-10 point guard from Brooklyn (NY) Robeson HS to Mt. San Jacinto (CA). . . Jomo Belfor, a 6-1 guard, from Mt. Vernon (NY) HS to Tallahassee (FL). . . Will Cherry, a 5-11 guard, from Mt. Vernon (NY) HS to Central Arizona. . . Shakiem Mitchell, a 6-8 forward, from Brooklyn (NY) Robeson HS to Howard (TX). . . Chris Langhorne, a 6-3 guard, from Willingboro (NJ) to Eastern Utah.'

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