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IS8 Nike Winter League, 2003

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3/2/03 80 Park trailed the Gauchos by four in the fourth quarter but point guard William Williams (17 and pictured with his MVP trophy on the left), wing Stephen Whittingham (15) and center Ryan Pearson (12) sparked the comeback.  The Gauchos were led by center Kevin Perron (16 and pictured with his Sportsmanship trophy on right), Tyriek Johnson (8), Deron Lamb (10) and Anthony Givens (5).  IS8's Hassan Jennings and Anthony Myers picked their biddy first team: William Williams, Steven Whittingham, Ryan Person, Tyriek Johnson and Kevin Perron.  Web note: Hempstead's Koryet Hollingside had 27 against Riverside and 15 against 80 Park during the season but was a no show for the playoffs. Josh Malone led North Babylon and David Turner the Future Legends during the season.

The 80 Park trio of wing J.J. Garvin (22 points and pictured left with his MVP trophy), center Terrence Howard and point guard Malik Boothe (17) bested Abyssinian's quartet of Malcolm Pope (19, pictured left and featured in MSG Network's Angles high school recruiting show), Justin Rivers (18), Jamie Harris (9) and Kafele Carty (8).  IS8's Hassan Jennings and Anthony Myers picked their midget first team: Malik Boothe, J.J. Garvin, Malcolm Pope, Ervin Walker and Ashton Gibbs. Web note: Other midgets of note were Ian Umpierre, Kafele Carty,  Lance Stephenson, Terrance Howard, Andrew Gabriel, Marcus Matthews and Sylvan Landesburg.

SONDAY Express dominated Abyssinian Church in the semis but 80 Park was a different story as they cruised to a 68 - 53 victory. Junior division MVP, Chris Martin (21 points with 12 in the first quarter, pictured left), 6-5 Danny Green (11) and  6-3 center Marvin Robert (11) led wire to wire. Ahmed Allen (13, pictured left with his Sportsmanship trophy), Adam Walker (14, but sat for most of the third quarter) and Niko Scott (10) were not able to get it done.  IS8's Hassan Jennings and Anthony Myers picked their junior first team: Marvin Roberts, Adam Walker, Rick Caddell, Ray Arnold and Terrell McKenzie.  They would have picked Chris Martin and Danny Green if either had played more during the regular season.

3/2/03 80 Park completed an IS8 hat trick beating the Gauchos 49 - 45 in the biddie division, Abyssinian Church 64 - 62 in the midget division and SONDAY Express 68 - 53 in the the junior division.  William Williiams (17) was the biddy MVP while the 'chos Kevin Perron (16) won the Sportsmanship award.  JJ Garvin had 22 and the midgets' MVP as Malcolm Pope (19) got the Sportsmanship trophy. Ahmed Allen, Juma's brother, had 13 for SONDAY and got the Sportsmanship trophy. Yet SONDAY's key man was Adam Walker.  He had 14 but picked up his fourth foul with 4:17 left in the third. A close 30 - 27 halftime game then turned into a rout for MVP Chris Martin (21) and friends.

3/1/03 It was 80 Park day at IS8 today as each of their teams won semifinal games to make it to tomorrow's championship. The Gauchos gored the Church 55 - 33 in the first Biddy game and 80 Park strolled by Abyssinian 53 25 in the other semi.  The 'chos Kevin Parron led them with 16 and Deron Lamb chipped in 10.  Point guard Anthony Given only had 3 but he controlled the action.  For 80 Park William Williams (12), Isaiah Monton (12) and Steve Whittingham (10) notched double digiits while center Ryan Pearson was a force inside on both offense and defense. Hempstead's Erik Jones (9) and Omar Rios (8) missed their team's leading scorer, Koryet Hollingside who had scored 27 in an earlier game against Riverside.

The third game matched Team Next with 80 Park and Team Next led for most of the game before fourth quarter. That's when Malik Boothe (17) took over and 80 Park took a 52 - 46 victory. JJ Garvin chipped in with 14. Ashton Gibbs led Team Next with 15, Ervin Walker had 10, but it wasn't enough.

The fourth game went to overtime, tied at 53. With 14 seconds to go and Abysinnian leading 61 - 59 Ian Umpierre missed the second of two free throws Abyssinian made one and won 63 - 61. Ian (16) also missed his first fourth quarter free throw but made made eight straight to keep his team in the game after their star center, Vinny Natal (14) fouled out in the fourth quarter. Malcolm Pope had 20 for Abyssinian, Kafleli Quatry scored 10 and Jamie Harris with 8 had most of the key plays late in the game.  When it gets to crunch time Pete Edwards says, 'Who wants the rock now?'  Luckily for Abyssinian, Jamie ded.

In the first junior match-up SONDAY Express put on a clinic. They arrived with only seven players: Nikos Scott (18), Adam Walker (14), Akeem Gooding (13), Larry Davis (10), Ahmed Allen (9 - he's Juma's younger brother), Will Carvin (8 points and the lefty point guard ran the show) and Anguza Thom (6).  AC's star, Rick (30) Cadell was held in check  as SONDAY won 70 - 55.

80 Park completed their sweep 61 - 53 over Riverside Church in the last game.  Chris Martin (21) and Marvin Roberts (12) were high for 80 Park and Geoff Rikz (15) and Rory Hicks were tops for the Church.

2/28/03 Peter F. Edwards - IS8: 'Biddies Sat 9:30 80 Park vs Hempstead and 10:30 Riverside Church vs Gauchos with Sunday Championship at 9:30.   Midgets Saturday 11:30 Team Next vs 80 Park, 12:30 L.I. Lightning vs Abyssinian with Sunday Championship at 10:45.  Juniors Sat 1:30 Sonday Express vs Abyssinian and 2:45 Riverside Church 80 Park with Sunday Championship at 12:00.'

2/17/03 Biddies playoffs -- Saturday, 2/22 Hempstead vs Montibello @ 9:30 and Riverside vs Future Legends @ 10:30.  9:30 winner plays 80 Park on Sat 3/1 at 9:30 and 10:30 winner plays Gauchos on 3/1 @ 10:30.  Championship game is Sunday, 3/2 at 9:30.

Midgets playoffs -- first round is Saturday, 2/22 with Riverside vs Gauchos @ 11:30, St Clares, SONDAY Express @ 12:30, Pythons vs Impact @ 1:30 and Rock Steady, LI Trotters @ 2:30.  Quarterfinals are Sunday, 2/23 with 80 Park playing 11:30 winner @ 9:30, Team Next vs 12:30 winner @ 10:30, Abyssininan against 1:30 winner @ 11:30 and LI Lightning vs 2:30 winner @ 12:30.  Semis are Saturday, 3/1 at 11:30 and 12:30 with championship on Sunday 3/2 @ 10:45.

Junior playoffs -- first round begins Thursday 6:30 2 North vs SONDAY Express and 7:45 Abyssinian vs 3 North.  Friday games are Huntington vs. 2 East @ 6:30 and TK AllStars vs 3 East at 7:45. First two quarterfinal games are on Sunday, 2/23 with Bedford Y playing Friday 6:30 winner @ 1:30 and 80 Park vs Friday 7:45 winner at 2:45.  Second two quarterfinal games are on Thursday, 2/27 with Gauchos playing @ 6:30 vs Thursday 6:30 winners and Rifles playing @ 7:45 vs Thursday 7:45 winners.  The 3/1 Saturday semis are @ 1:30 and 2:45 with the championship on Sunday, 3/2 @ 12:00 noon.

2/16/03 2/16/03 Today is the last regular season day for the IS8 Nike Winter league. The junior playoffs begin this Thursday. Twelve teams will compete with 80 Park, the Gauchos, Bedford Y and either Riverside Church or the Rifles getting the first round byes. The 5-0 Gauchos and the 4-1 80 Park biddies get the byes to the 3/1/03 semis, while Hempstead vs. Montibello Pride and Riveside vs the Future Legends will be the quarterfinals next Saturday at 9:30 and 10:30. In the midget division LI Lightning, Abyssinium, Team Next and 80 Park get first round byes to next Sunday's quarterfinals. The first round games will be next Saturday from 11:30 through 2:30.  More details later on the IS8 Nike Winter league page.

In the biddie division the Gauchos were 5-0, 80 Park and Hempstead were 4-1 while Riverside and Danny Green were each 3-2. The three 5-0 midget teams were the Long Island Lightning, 80 Park and Team Next, while the Gauchos and Abyssinian were both 4-1.  For the juniors the Gauchos, Bdeford Y and 80 Park were each 4-0 and the TK AllStars, Riverside Church and the Rifles were each 3-1.

1/22/03 Biddies East - 1. Gauchos,  2. Hempstead,  3. Danny Green,  4. F.Y.A.  West - 5.  80 Park,  6. Riverside Church,  7. Montibello Prode,  8.  Running Rebels.

Midgets -  East - 1. Gauchos,  2. Abyssinian,  3. St Clares,  4. Montibello Pride.  North - 5. 80 Park,  6. Rock Steady,  7. Rifles,  8.  Pythons. West - 9. Riverside Church,  10. Huntington Roadrunners,  11 Long Island Lightning,  12 S.O.N.D.A.Y. Express. South - 13. Team Next,  14. Impact, 15. F.Y.A. 16. Long Island Trotters.

The playoffs begin on Saturday, February 22 for both Biddies and Midgets with the top three teams from each division qualifying.

1/15/03 Coach Antonio Cannon: 'IS8 got underway on Saturday, the T.K. Allstars are in the 17 team 16 Junior Division. We got off to a good start by defeating the Huntington Roadurnners.  Our next game will be on Thursday against the Gauchos at 6:30pm.'