IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004

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IS8 -- address is 108 167th St. Jamaica, Queens just off  Merrick Blvd on 167 St and 108th Avenue. For more information contact Pete Edwards @ 718-297-3951 or 917-692-9835.'

5/26/04 Many, many thanks to Hassan Jennings, Pete Edwards and Anthony Myers (the IS8 administrative trio are pictured from left to right in front of the IS8 championship 'furniture') for all their help and effort at IS8. Pete sent a dozen pictures, which are now posted on the  IS8 Classic 2004 pictures page.   See you in the summer.

5/25/04 NY Hoops: New York State Champs…I.S.8. Champs.

5/25/04 NY Hoops:  IS8 Championship Pics

5/23/04 The New York State champion Mt Vernon Knights are now the IS8 Spring Classic champs as well, coming from a 63 - 61 third quarter deficit to defeat the Juice All Stars going away 91 - 81. Behind an MVP 22 point performance from Jonathan Mitchell they shot seventy percent in the second half (21 for 30) and rode a 14 - 0 run early in the last quarter to become the first school team ever to win an IS8 tournament. Dexter Gray (14), Shantay Robinson (11), Keith Benjamin (10), Chris Lowe (10), Mike Coburn (7) and Mike Watson (6) each chipped in for the Knights, while Eugene Lawrence (22), Corey Fisher (19 points and the IS8 Rookie award for the 'all business' freshman), Phil Jones (12), Marvin Roberts (8), Jamel Jackson (8) and Matt Pink (5) scored for Juice as they again played without their star, Ramel Bradley, still working on school projects.

AJ price was the IS8 Most Valuable Player and Corey Fisher (pictured here  to the right of fellow freshman, Mike Coburn - they spent most of Sunday that close, guarding one another) was the Rookie award winner. The first team was Ramel Bradley, Kyle Lowrey, Team Roc's Rob Thomas (AJ not withstanding, Rob was probably the most talented player in the tourney, according to Pete Edwards), Phillie Ballers' Stephen Jackson and Joakhim Noah.  The second team was Brian Laing, Dexter Gray, South Jersey's Charron Fisher, Dorrell Wright and the Phillie Ballers Rob Kurtz.  The third group was Sean Singletary, Danny Green, Keith Benjamin, Eugene Lawrence and Kojo Mensah.

5/23/04 NY Hoops:  Balance Leads Mt. Vernon Past Bingo’s All-Stars.

5/23/04 Freshman Brandon Walters (far left) and Phil Jones (far right) are the Juice big men who will be going up against Jonathan Mitchell (center) and the Mt Vernon Knights today. AJ Price (second from left) was brilliant yesterday in a losing effort for the Bingo All Stars but Derrick Caracter (second from the right) was never a factor in his team's four point loss. 

5/22/04  It will be Mt Vernon vs. Juice at noon tomorrow for the IS8 championship as the Knights edged the Bingo All Stars 76 - 72 and Juice held on for a 106 - 97 win against the Playaz, last fall's champs. Mt Vernon began the game with a 7 - 0 start before the All Stars came back for a 36 - 35 halftime lead and then began the second half with a 15 - 2 streak. Other than that, the All Stars were better as A J Price had a game high 25, Devon Baker 14 and Arturo Dubois a respectable 13. Unfortunately, Derrick Caracter was held to 7 while the Knights got balanced scoring from Jonathan Mitchell (17), Keith Benjamin (16), Dexter Gray (13), Chris Lowe (12), Mike Coburn (8) and Shantay Robinson (6).

Juice played withour Ramel Bradley (he had an online test to take but will be back tomorrow), led by one after the first period, outscored the Playaz 39 - 19 in the second for a comfortable 64 - 43 halftime lead.  Then the fell asleep. It was 82 - 70 after three and 88 - 87 Playaz with 3:49 to play and their pont guard, Eugene Lawrence (12) fouling out.  But Corey Fisher (22 points and 6 for 6 from the foul line in the last 1:40 for the fabulous freshman), Kojo Mensah (23), Stephen Jackson (15) and Marvin Roberts (12) took up the perimeter slack while Phil Jones (9) and freshman Brandon Walters (9) continued to control the boards to the very end. The Playaz' top six were Jordan Fowler (20 with four treys), Courtney Nelson (18), Mark Tyndell (18 for Philadelphia's Player of the Year, heading for Temple), Kyle Lowrey (13), Sean Singletary (13) and JR Inman (9) but they faded in the final minutes.

5/20/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Preview and prediction. Saturday: Bingo vs. Mt Vernon at noon and Juice vs. Playaz at 1:30. Sunday championship at 12 noon.

2. Juice Allstars -- coach Dwayne (Tiny) Morton,  Ramel Bradley, Kojo Mensah, Corey Fisher, Brandon Walters, Jamal Jackson, Marvin Roberts, Mathew Fink.

3. Bingo's Allstars -- coach JR Rodriguez, AJ Price, Arturo Dubois, Ronnie Lewis, Codi Oliver,  Terrell Elliston,  Taskico Brown, TJ Stukes,  Eli Whitehead,  David Cobbs

4. Shooting Stars -- Johnnie Garcia, Derreck Gabriel, James Tzana, Rich Forbes, Timmy Ambrosia, Josh Frazier.

5. Suffolk County --  Dennis Munch, Nick Filiosano, Adam Parzych, Nick Cirisi, Ian Johnson.

East 6. Panthers A -- coach Gary Charles, Joakim Noah, Gen Davis, Dorrel Wright, Cheyenne Moore, Camaron Tyler, Dwight Burke, Malcolm Grant, Marquis Cooke, Kevin Spann.

7. Real Scout -- coach Nathan Blue, Salvador Patricio, Rain Rickards, Nick Hamilton-Lopez, Doug Elwell, Afam Moujeke, Otoja Abit, Jamel White, Frank Elegar, Brian Laing, Anthony Lesane

8. Southside -- Andre Costello, Brian Addijar, Roland Davis, Anthony McDaw, Will Egtun, Joseph Hargrove, Ramon Smith, Rory Hicks, Anthony Sand, Brian Reed, Larry Williams.

9. CYCC Hawks -- Mike Simon, Mashood Sann, Kamer Lebrew, Agaze Thorn, Barry Fitsgerald, Giovanni Petro, Jonathan Caley, Shaun Townes.

10 Team ROC. -- Steve Walker, Nathan Skinner, Kiwan Smith, Robert Thomas, Wayne Cintas, Samuel Tribble, Darren Towney, Maxwell (Biz) Alston, Joe Edwards, Joe Miles.

Southeast 11. Metro Hawks -- coaches Kenny Pretlow and Artie Cox.  E Gabriel, J Ferguson, Desean Gist, J Vargas, Ahmad Allen, A Gabriel, J Holmes.

12. New York City Heat -- Shahee Martin, West Hempstead (2005); Vernon Teel, Flushing (2005); Miguel Marriaga, Venezuela (2005); Milan Prodonovic, Archbishop Molloy H(2006); Altariq Wagner, St Patrick's ( 2006); Daquan Cook, St Patrick's (2006) and Darwin Lynch, Van Buren HS (2007), Tyrone Cook, Terrence Moore, Theo Davis, D Gladstone, Chris Austire.

13. Keep Your Dreams Alive -- Julani Winfield, Richard Thomas, Craig Thomas, Serge Clement, Brandon Butler, Nathaniel Williams, Gary Graham, Lateef McTaw, Dominick Lewis, Mike Singleton.

14. Metro Boston -- M Phillipe Jordaine, Evan Goldney, Anthony Ogbain, Alex Foster, Jeraud Ilay, Jahral Swanson.

15. Running Rebels -- Vinny Falzone, Mike Marin, Paul Lavoie, Ryan Eisner, Jimmy Basil, Robert Marin

Midwest 16. Brooklyn USA -- Thomas Manzano, Steven Jackson, Saiquon Stone, Saquon Kirkland, Kevin White, Derrick Warren, Brian McMikle, Chris Lowrey, Reginald Coleman, Anthony Thomas.

17. Juice Allstars (B) --

18. JYO -- Skyler Khalil, Lance Thomas, Nick Flagg, Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Leak, John Forbes, Troy Manus.

19. Team Underrated -- Mark Johnson 6'5 (Amityville), Shavar Burch 6'6 junior (Upper Room), Sadraac Numa 5'10 junior (Upper Room) Kyle Wright 6'5 junior (Kingswood-Oxford), James St. Roberts 6'8 senior (Copiague), Chris Niblock (Bayport-Bluepoint), Dave Mareno 6'7 senior (Freeport), Al Duhart 6'5 senior (Marist High School), Humzah Hakim 6'5 junior (Wyandanch), Ian Robinson 6'5 senior (South Plainfield), Corey Gilmore 5'10 senior (South Plainfield).

20. Queens Cobras -- Tony Martin, Albert Handy, Jason Lamarre, Lance Furtato, Brandon Harris, Donnie Daul.

West 21. Mount Vernon -- coach Bob Cimino, Jonathan Mitchell, Chris Lowe,  Mike Coburn, Mike Watson,  John Smith,  Cashmere Nail.

22. Philly Ballers -- Shaun Saab, Stephen Jackson, Kilid Hartwell, Keechen Myers, Tasheed Carr, Maurice Thomas, Amir Ryan.

23. Holy Cross -- Mike Johnson, S Trey, Sean Crowley, Carlos Auna, Carl Rhoden, Lawrence Jolicoeur, Bradley Smith, Terron Stowe.

24. Abyssinian Church -- John Pressley, Davon Brown, Chris Noel, Kelvan Shields, Rick Roland, Derron Crosby, Rick.

25. New York City Jaguars -- Didier (DJ) DeBose, Mike Dodd, Reggie Lain, Ty Dulin, Carl Patterson

Southwest 26. Rock Steady -- Dwight Gooding, Vernon Goodridge, Basil Leslie, Trevor Ireland, Jabari Edwards, Anderson Ablaze,  Lindsy Davenport, Angelo Whitehead.

27. Panthers (B) -- Antonio Pena, Danny Green, Tyson Johnson, Greg Washington, Victor Morris, Marcus Cox, Rashard Green.

28. LPAC -- Ed Berrios, Rich Fields, Jamaal Womack, Anthony Pimble, Luis Figeroa, Robert Dax, Quentin Brown.

29. NYC Finest -- coach Roberto Diaz. Michael Glover, Daniel Desir, Brandon Lawley, Derek Williams, Nick Jones, Lonnell Jones, Kevin Paradise, Gregory Dwyer, Charles Jenkins, Melvin Clarida, Oshmar Planes.

30. New York Skyriders -- Rohan Beckford, Max Shalalies, Andre Smikle, Sean McCloskey, Travis Colburn, Jacor Riddick.

North 31. Gauchos -- Lavance Fields, Geoff McDermott, Nyan Boateng, Mike Davis, John Gooden,  Jesse Sapp,  Curtis Kelly, Kashief Pratt, Edgar Sosa, Taj Gibson

32. Rebel -- coach Robert Boyd.  Clyde Chapman, Kyle McAlarney, Kareem McQueen.

33. Brooklyn USA. (B) -- Coach Aaron Radin, Terrance Portis, Basil Leslie

34. Huntington Roadrunners --

35. Gaels -- Donnell Crawford, Mark Lake, Darryl Washington, Cody Washington, Terrell Olston, Shane Donnally, Chris DeLaRosa.

South 36. Metro Hawks, Future Stars -- Tyrell Biggs, Chris Martin,  Herbie Allen, Nick Carter, Akheem Gooding, Adam Walker,  Geoff Rizk,  Khalil McDonald,  Rio Pitt

37. Connectalent -- Coach John Jones, Henry Reyes, Craig Austrie, Scott Draughn, Lamont Ulmer, Victor Jackson, David Pringle, AJ Stevens, Charoy Bentley, Chris Skrelja. Anthony Brown.

38. New Heights -- Sean McCurdy (6-1, St. Anthony’s NJ), Cameron Lewis (6’8, Exeter NH), Ahmad Nivins (6’10, St. Anthony’s NJ), Junior Bernal (6’5 Prep TBD), Noah Levine (6’9 The Hill School PA), Devon Baker (6’ Columbus NYC), Ruben Guillandeaux (6-5 St. Patrick’s NJ) and Chris de la Rosa (5’10 All Hallows NYC).

39. South Jersey -- Semaj Inge, Cedric Smith, Mike Harry, Chad Tidwell, Dewight Cass, Teron Murray, Brawley Christian.

40. Rifles -- Trevon Charles, Isaiah Leslie, Mike Brown, Ray Arnold, Steve Brevitt, Jarrett Perry, Unique Stowe, Shayrinka McKeen.

5/17/04 John P Miciotta: 'Typically this is one of the best days of basketball in the city and this year was no different. What fans saw were eight great teams playing as hard as they can to, as they say during NCAA tournament time, survive and advance.

Perhaps the most intense rivalry in New York area club basketball kicked off the day as Tiny Morton's Juice All-Stars locked horns with Gary Charles' Panthers "A" team. The stars of this game were not the two high powered coaches, but the players who staged a great battle that saw Juice garner a well earned 62-50 win. Once again Juice's trio of great guards Corey Fisher, Kojo Mensah and Eugene Lawrence led the way. Although Fisher scored just 11 points his poise against more experienced guards was key in helping Juice get key baskets when they needed. Not only did he set up Mensah slashing and Lawrence from 3 point range, but he helped get his front court teammates involved. Marvin Roberts played very well as he has all tournament, but the surprise extra boost came for Juice came from Tilden High's 6'8" senior Phil Jones who along with Roberts and Mensah battled the Panthers physical front line of Joakim Noah, and Rashon Clarke. Their good work underneath really allowed the guards to get out on the break and when they did, the big guys also ran the floor beautifully and finished strong. For the past two seasons Jones has missed some time during the season for Tilden due to academics. In spite of this Rock Eisenberg has helped the young man lay a solid basketball foundation. If he's able to buckle down in the classroom, the program that gives Jones a chance will get themselves someone who plays tough inside, rebounds and finishes plays. His athletic ability, size and good hands make him a sure fire division one prospect. All he needs to do is qualify academically. Juice also got an extra boost on the perimeter from Lincoln's Jamel Jackson. He contributed key baskets both with his outside shot and with his ability to finish in transition. His outside shot has been a key but underrated part of Lincoln's success this season and if he can bring the slashing ability he showed at IS8 to the PSAL he will also draw looks from division one programs. For the Panthers, Noah came to life in the second half, getting to work on the offensive boards and becoming more active defensively. But they did not get the kind of consistent guard play they needed to compliment his work. In fact their best perimeter player yesterday may have been 7th grader Lance Stephenson, who capped a great weekend by playing fearlessly against Juice's trio of guards. Fisher, along with fellow super frosh Mike Colburn may be the best high school point men in our region regardless of class now that Sebastian Telfair's high school career is over. And Lawrence is playing as well as he has at any time during his career so for Stephenson to play with the poise and confidence he did even as his team was being defeated is particularly impressive.

Game 2 saw a young Panthers "B" team play a pretty good first half against a more experienced Bingo All-Stars team. As always Danny Green was impressive with his impeccable passing and improved outside shooting. Although his size means he projects as an off guard in college, he really sees the floor as well as many point guards his age. He more than held his own against AJ Price and kept the Panthers in it throughout the first half before Arturo Dubois came to life with 20 points after half time. His dominant work inside was augmented by fellow senior David Cobb of Our Savior Lutheran High in the Bronx. He is a very explosive and at 6'6" is both a terrific rebounder and finisher. Also playing well for Bingo in a support role was 6'1" junior guard Devon Baker of Roosevelt High in Westchester who provided a steady perimeter complement Price.

The day's third game saw Brooklyn USA's 'B' team hang tough for a while before succumbing to the balance and team chemistry of Mt.Vernon. LaVance Fields was outstanding in defeat scoring 28 points but he could not dominate the game as he had on Saturday thanks mainly to the aforementioned Mike Colburn, who defended him as well as anyone could in addition to his usual solid point guard play. Keith Benjamin helped Bob Cimino's team get going early with fine outside shooting and Jon Mitchell played aggressively inside and made some nice plays facing the hoop. Mount also got important minutes from 6'2" David Clark, who filled in admirably for the absent Chris Lowe and Jon Smith and showed he will be a part of future success for the Knights he's deceptively quick, handles well and has good vision and made several key shots.

The final game saw the defending champion Playaz club surge to an early 20 point lead only to have the Philly Ballers tie it briefly in the 4th stanza before regaining their poise and earning an 81-80 win. These two teams are evenly matched physically but the Playaz took advantage of some early discord on the Philly bench to surge to a 20 point lead. Just like last year's championship run, the backcourt of Kyle Lowery and Sean Singletary led the way for the Playaz who got help from outstanding all purpose forward JR Inman as well. It took a while for Philly to get going but they got outstanding games from Shaun Jackson and Omar Johnson in the back court along with Rob Kurz and Khalil Hartwell up front. This game was full of spectacular plays on both sides but at the end, after withstanding heavy pressure Singletary and Lowery made clutch plays and earned the right to continue defense of their title.'

5/17/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Quarterfinals.

5/16/04 It was a tough day to be a Panther but a good day to be a freshman at IS8 as the Panthers' A team lost to Juice 62 - 50 with freshman Cory Fisher (pictured left) scoring 11 for Juice and the B team beaten by the Bingo All Stars 87 - 69.  Then Mount Vernon with freshman Mike Coburn (pictured right, he had nine for the Knights and did a credible job guarding Lavance Fields) became the third team in next Saturday's IS8 semis as they pulled away from Brooklyn USA in the last quarter to win 96 - 79. The Playaz and Phillie are playing for the final spot.

5/15/04 NY Hoops: Fisher and Lawrence lead Juice over Brooklyn USA.

5/15/04 John P Miciotta: 'Senior Eugene Lawerence and freshman Corey Fisher combined to lead a decisive third quarter spurt that propelled the Juice All-stars past Brooklyn USA in IS8 playoff action last night. Juice surged to an 8 point lead early behind Kojo Mensah, who played his typical all-around game scoring in transition and lending a hand on the boards. He was helped inside by Lincoln freshman Brandon Walters, who contributed two key baskets, blocked and altered some shots and most important perhaps showed significant improvement both running the floor and catching the ball.

Brooklyn USA rallied behind Kaimondre Owes, who regrouped from a slow shooting start, and some good work inside from Grady High's Derrick Echols and Xaverian's Chris Lowery. Lowery's second effort basket gave Brooklyn USA a brief lead early in the third quarter but that's when Lawrence and Fisher took over. With a devastating display of penetrating, shooting and passing they ignited a 9-0 run that was stopped only briefly by a Saiquan Stone basket. That was followed by two long treys, one each from Fisher and Lawerence, and a quick transition basket by Marvin Roberts, who did his usual nice job running the floor making himself available for passes from two of our region's best guards (Lawerence and Fisher). Stone, Owes, and Lowery (who was a terror inside) tried to bring Brooklyn USA back but the combination of the steady senior (Lawerence) and the explosive freshman (Fisher) proved too much to handle.

5/15/04 The IS8 playoffs are not for the faint of heart. Real Scout's Salvador Patricio had the cut over his left eye taken care of and scored 13 for his team in a losing effort. Lavance Fields led Brooklyn USA with 32 in a 95 - 90 win. Basil Leslie (17), Michael Johnson (17) and Akeem Comes (11) chipped in for B USA, while Weyimme Efejuku (23 and a great game for the Rice guard), Jamel White (15), Phil Murphy (13) and Angel Alonzo (13) joined Salvador in a balanced attack.  Friday night Juice beat Brooklyn USA 97 - 85 and the Panthers A took LPAC 88 - 68.

5/14/04 IS8 started with 40 teams but they're now down to the Sweet 16 with two games tonight and six tomorrow. Tonight's 6:30 game matches Juice vs. Bklyn USA (A) while the 8:00 game is LPAC against the Panthers (A). Tomorrow's schedule is 9:30 Real Scout, Bklyn USA (B), 11:00 Holy Cross, Panthers (B) 12:30 NYC Heat, Bingos All Stars, 2:00 Playaz, Metro Hawks, 3:30 Mt Vernon, Future Stars and 5:00 Connect Talent, Phil Ballers. Sunday's Elite 8 start times are 11:00, 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30 PM.

5/14/04  NY Hoops: Mike Coburn propels My. Vernon over Juice.  

5/14/04  NY Hoops: IS8 Playoffs – First Round.

5/11/04 NY Hoops: Juice Runs Over Rebel at IS8.

5/10/04 Pete Edwards: 'Mon 5/10 6:30PM Juice (A) vs Rebel, with winner Fri 5/14 6:30PM vs Bklyn USA (A) and 8:00PM South Jersey vs LPAC with winner Fri 5/14 8:00PM vs Panthers (A), wnners from Fri 5/14 play Sun 5/16 11:00AM.

Tue 5/11 6:30PM NYC Heat vs Team Roc with winner Sat 5/15 12:30PM vs Bingo's Allstars and 8:00PM Holy Cross vs JYO with winner Sat 5/15 11:00AM vs Panthers B and winners from Sat 5/15 11:00AM & 12:30PM play Sun 5/16 12:30PM.

Wed 5/12 6:30PM Huntington vs Connect Talent with winner Sat 5/15 5:00PM vs Phili Ballers and 8:00PM Rock Steady vs Playaz Club with winner Sat 5/15 2:00PM vs Metro Hawks and winners from Sat 5/15 5:00PM & 2:00PM play Sun 3:30PM.

Thu 5/13 6:30PM Real Scout vs KYDreams Alive with winner Sat 5/15 9:30AM vs BKLYN USA (B) and 8:00PM Juice (B) vs Mount Vernon with winner Sat 5/15 3:30PM vs Future Stars and winners from 5/15 9:30AM & 3:30PM play Sun 2:00PM.

Semi winners from Sun 12:30PM & Sun 2:00PM play Sat 5/22 12:00PM.

Sem winners from Sun 11:00AM & Sun 3:30PM play Sat 5/22 1:30PM.

Championship game Sun 5/23 12:00PM.

5/9/04 NY Hoops: Playaz run Juice at IS8.

5/7/04 Coach James Simmons guided Brooklyn USA to a 103-69 victory over the Gaels last night at IS8. Basil Leslie led all scorers with 33 points. Terrance Portis and Akeem Comas chipped in 18 points apiece as Brooklyn USA moved to 4-0 in pool play to earn a bye in the playoffs which begin on Monday night.

5/4/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Monday May 3.

5/3/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Sunday May 2

5/1/04 Coach Germaine Baron guided Brooklyn USA "B" to a 110-76 win over Juice All Stars "B" team at IS8 on Friday night completing a 4-0 regular season. A two-point first quarter lead was stretched to 10 at halftime as Brian McMikle (11 points) hit a long three-pointer at the buzzer. Thomas Manzano led six players in double figures with 26 points including a couple of high-flying dunks. Kaimondre Owes added 17 points for the winners while Nyan Boateng led Juice with 21 points.

4/29/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Wednesday.

4/28/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Weekend of April 24th. 4/18/04 In today's second game at IS8 Rock Steady edged past NYC Finest as Slim Long (18), Adedkun Olawanreju (15) and Dwight Gooding (13) led the way while Nick Jones and Derek Williams each had 15 for Finest. Then Mount Vernon romped going wire to wire vs. the NYC Jaguars 79 - 58 as their dynamic duo, Mike Coburn (26) and Jonathan Mitchell (20) were tops for the Knights and only Alberto Rojas (15) got to double digits for the Jaguars.

For the five Saturday games Brooklyn USA (see below), Keep Your Dreams Alive, the CCYC Hawks (forfeit winner), South Jersey and Holy Cross won over Team Underrated, Running Rebels, Team ROC (a forfeit), Future Stars and Mount Vernon.  The Knights were upset by the Crusaders 83-82 as Holy Cross got impressive efforts from Sean Crawford (19), Carlos Avila (16), Mike Johnson (13), Anthony Clark (12) and Joe Vines (9). MV's Jonathan Mitchell (28) and Mike Coburn (27) couldn't do it by themselves as only Chinny Browne (10) helped very much.

Craig Thomas (20), Dominick Lewis (13), Serge Clement (10) and Brandon Butler (9) of KYDA bested Vinny Falzone (19), Mike Marin (18) and Ryan Eisner (16) of the Running Rebels. South Jersey edged the Future Stars 94-93 while Tyrell Biggs was still in Germany playing in the Albert Schweitzer games. South Jersey's Kyle Hines (game high 28), Albert Fisher (19) and Cedric Smith (17) outdueled Niko Scott (24), Akeem Gooding (21) and Herbie Allen (20).

On Friday night Real Scout took Southside 87-70 and LPAC beat NYC Finest 68-63. Salvador Patricio (game high 30) and Jamel White (22) of Real Scout bested Southside's Brian Reed (18), Devon Brown (17) and Anthony Sand (16). Then LPAC's Quentin Brown (22), Luis Figeroa (19) and Anthony Primble (10) took up the slack as Jamaal Womack was a no-show for the Knights. Derek Williams (16), Lonnell Jones (14) and Chris Lowley (12) were high for Finest.

The NYC Heat routed the Running Rebels 86-59 and the Gauchos nipped the Gaels 76-71 on Thursday evening. Yatta Gaines dropped a game high 23 for the 'chos, while Curtis Kelly and Taj Gibson chipped in with 20 and 11. The Gaels' trio of Cody Oliver, Donnell Crawford and Terrell Olston got 19, 14 and 14 but it wasn't enough. In the first game the Heat's starting five - Vernon Teel (22), Milan Prodonovic (18), Miguel Montoya (15), Darwin Lynch (13) and Shahee Martin (10) - dominated the Rebels' Vinny Falzone (14), Mark D (14) and Ryan Eisner (10).

4/18/04  Coach Aaron Radin: 'At IS8 on Saturday Team Underrated showed up late and were down 16-0 to Brooklyn USA. It only got worse from there as the score ran to 28-0 and finished up 71-35 as Brooklyn USA ran their record to 3-0. Kaimondre Owes led a balanced scoring effort for the winners with 15 points. Wayne Turner chipped in 10 points and Clyde Pearson was a defensive and rebounding presence.'

4/11/04 Coach Aaron Radin: 'Terrance Portis scored 23 and Basil Leslie added 18 as Brooklyn USA pulled away in the 2nd half for a 79-67 victory.'

4/10/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Friday

4/10/04 Last night the Juice All Stars lost 86-84 to the Bingo All Stars and today after one quarter they trailed the Shooting Stars 19-12 with Pete Edwards chiding coach Tiny Morton with, 'It's not nice to go 0 and 2 at IS8'.  No worry. The Juice were ahead by ten at the half, by twenty after three and won going away 102-73 behind two IS8 veterans - Ramel Bradley (25) and Kojo Mensah 23 - and the precocious freshman, Corey Fisher (21).

In the day's first game Brooklyn USA's A team bested JYO 78-63 behind Kaimadre Owes (game high 24), Derrick Echols (13), Tim Weeks (12) Chris Lowrey (8) and Tom Monzano (8). JYO got double digit efforts from Troy Manus (19), Nick Flagg (17), Sky Khalil (13) and Lance Thomas (10).  

In the second game Roc Steady shot down the Skyriders 99-57 in a game that wasn't that close. It was 36-12 after one quarter as Dwight Gooding had a game high 26 with 20 of those in the first half. K Anderson and L Donnell had 12 each while Shaun Bowan chipped in with 14. Only Travis Colburn managed double digits for the Skyriders with 15.

In yesterday's first game the Shooting Stars took Suffolk County 85-64 as all five starters - Rich Forbes (game high 26), Derrick Gabriel (15), Tim Ambrosia (13), center Johnny Garcia (10) and Josh Frazier (8) each contributed to the victory. SC's Adam Parzych (22), Nick Filiosano (15), Ian Johnson (14) and Nick Cirisi (8) needed one more high scorer who the didn't have.

In the Friday night second game AJ Price and Arturo Dubois combined for 46 points (26 and 20 respectively) to squeeze Juice 86-84 in overtime. K Baker, Taskico Brown and David Cook had 15, 9 and 8 for the winners whilce Ramel Bradley (game high 32), Kojo Mensah (17), Jamal Jackson (12) and Corey Fisher (9) were just not enough for the Juice All Stars.

This past Thursday the Metro Stars older team edged Keep Your Dreams Alive 69-67 while the Future Stars trounced the Rifles 103-49. The Hawks' Elvis Lora and Larry Davis did all their scoring in the fourth quarter with 10 and 8. J Vargas led the Stars with 20 as Desean Gist (12), E Gabriel (12) and J Ferguson were just good enough to take Craig Davis (game high 23), Brandon Butler (17), Gary Graham (10), Serge Clement (8) and Richard Thomas (7) of KYDA. The Future Stars may have the better Stars roster. Chris Martin (19), Adam Walker (11), James Bryant (11), Herbie Allen (10), Niko Scott (10) and Akeem Gooding (8) are all part of a deep and talented team that is still playing without Tyrell Biggs, vacationing, I believe. Mike Bravo and Ray Arnold topped the Rifles with 17 and 9 but it wasn't nearly enough.

Team Underrated, Abyssinian Church, Connect Talent and Real Scout won last Sunday's (4/4/04) games . TU just beat the Queens Cobras 67-63 getting 14 each from James St Roberts and Corey Gilmore with 10 each from Mark Johnson and Shavar Burch. That two pair beat a game high 17 from Lance Furtato, 10 from Jason Lamarre and 8 each from Tony Martin and Albert Handy for the Cobras. Then Abyssinian bettered the NYC Jaguars 81-69 as Chris Noel and Rick led them with 20 and 17. The Jaguars Ty Dulin (17), Reggie Lain (14) and Mike Dodd (11) kept the game close.  Connectalent overcame South Jersey 91-78 behind David Pringle (22) and Anthony Brown (19) and despite 22 each from SJ's Semaj Inge and Cedric Smith. In Sunday's final game Real Scout outlasted Team Roc 105-98 behind Brian Laing's 28 points.

There were five games on Saturday, 4/3.  NYC Finest easily passed the Skyriders 73-48 with balanced scoring from Derek Williams (15), Nick Jones (12),  Lonnell Jones (10) and Oshamar Planes (8). Travis Colburn (15) and Andre Smikle (12) were high for the Skyriders. Lamar Odom's NYC Heat shaded Metro Boston 61-58 as Shahee Martin, Milan Prodonovic and Vernon Teel each dropped 14. KYDA easily beat Metro Boston 76-42 behind Craig Davis (23) and Brandon Butler (17). The Philly Ballers had two easy triple digit wins 103-78 vs. Holy Cross and 112-76 against Abyssinian. They brought seven players and in the first game only Amir Ryan was held to single digits with 9 and then 8.  Stephen Jackson (first game high 28, second 13), Keechan Myers (19 and 19), Tashid Carr (16 and game high 30), Maurice Thomas (15, 2), Kilid Hartwell (14, 13) and Shawn Saab (10 in each) made it look easy in that first game and second. S Trey (28), Mike Johnson (13) and Bradley Smith (11) were tops for Holy Cross, while  Davon Brown (28), Kelvin Shields (11) and John Pressley (12) had high scores for the Church.

On Friday, 4/2 the Panthers mauled Southside 81-65 and Roc Steady beat LPAC 67-61. Laron Tyler had a game high 42 as Malcolm Grant and Kevin Spann chipped in with 16 and 13. Southside's Will Egtun (20), Anthony McDaw (15), Andre Costello (12) and Brian Addijar (12) couldn't overcome Tyler's effort. Then Gavin Grant led Roc Steady with 19 and Vernon Goodridge had 14 in the LPAC win.

4/2/04 The IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 includes the forty teams below. The regular season extends from 4/1/04 through 5/8/04 with each team playing four times for a five week, 80 game schedule. Weekend start times are 9:30AM, 11, 12:30,  2:00 and 3:30. Weeknight starts are  6:30 and 8:00PM. No games on Easter Sunday, 4/11/04 or Mothers Day, 5/9/04.  Playoffs begin on 5/10 for top three teams in each of the eight divisions.  

4/2/04 Thomas Manzano had 16 of his 20 points in the first quarter as Brooklyn USA jumped out to a 27-10 1st quarter lead in the opener of the 2004 Spring IS8 Classic. The double-digit lead was maintained throughout the 77-62 win over the Queens Cobras as Steven Jackson led all scorers with 24 points and Saiquon Stone chipped in 12 for the winners.

Weekend start times are 9:30AM, 11, 12:30,  2:00 and 3:30. Weeknight starts are  6:30 and 8:00PM. No games on Easter Sunday, 4/11/04 or Mothers Day, 5/9/04.  Playoffs begin on 5/10 for top three teams in each of eight divisions.