IS8  Spring Classic, 2006

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6/7/06 NY Hoops Notes from playoff weekend at IS8.

6/7/06 John P Miciotta: 'Notes and Observations from Saturday at IS8.

This year's IS8 Spring Classic is structured a bit differently because of scheduling considerations. The Panthers "A" team and Starrett City had to win two games on Saturday to advance to this week's "final four" of the tournament. The things that haven't changed are the outstanding talent present and the maximum effort the young players put out. While I arrived late for the morning's opener between Starrett City and Juice, I got there in plenty of time for outstanding basketball. Here are some observations from the remaining games:

80 Park 83 Playaz Sophs 70 The "home" team from Queens (80 Park) used strength and experience to pull away from a talented group of kids from New Jersey. Former Loughlin star Darius Gabriel who's now at Winchendon Prep looked as tough and aggressive as ever. He set a quick pace for his team, drove hard to the basket and applied good pressure defensively. Marvin Roberts led the way with 22 and a late arriving Aleek Pauline chipped in with 16. Pauline, the former St. Mary's High star appears to have gotten stronger, which combined with his toughness may make him recruitable by low majors.

Jim Salmon's team from New Jersey added a fine New York player, Wadleigh's Curtis Loving, to the mix and he combined with point man Jordan Theodore for some impressive transition baskets. Two other Playaz who showed that they have bright futures are 6'4" active wing Jarrett Mann and 6'11" Ian Childs of Ridgefield Park High. Childs in particular has great size and runs the floor with balance and control. He needs to get stronger, but with continued hard work he has a chance to be very good.

Panthers A 69 New Heights 60  New Heights played the Panthers tough despite the absence of point guards Dre Calloway and Chris DeLaRosa. Tyrone Nash, whom are readers know as an outstanding 6'6" forward did a terrific job at a new position, handling the ball on top and initiating the offense. The left-hander also made a pretty drive with his right hand which was the kind of move that he needs to make more a part of his game to be effective at the next level. A pair of talented wings, RJ Rutledge and Lance Goulbourne also had strong games for New Heights. Goulbourne, a native of Brooklyn's Flatbush section who will be a junior at the Hun School of Princeton did is an agile 6'7" forward who did some great work along the baseline while Rutledge made some tough jumpers to keep New Heights close. For the Panthers, guards Keon Lawrence and Vernon Teel had fine games, while Curtis Kelly and Lance Thomas did just enough inside to help the Panthers to a well earned victory.

Starrett City 86 Panthers B 80 Thomas Manzano and Saiquan Stone have been stars at IS8 for several years and their all around abilities and refusal to lose lead the way for the Brooklynites. Starrett would not have won the game without some important contributions from other players. Xaverian's sophomore post man James Padgett, who struggled with the quick pace and physical play that is the hallmark of IS8 did a great job competing on the glass against the older and stronger Panthers. Even as he struggled to finish plays, he kept working, boxing out for defensive rebounds and maneuvering around the lane for offensive rebounds. During one stretch of the second quarter his good work kept Starrett within striking distance as the Panthers threatened to open a lead.. Ruben Guillandeaux started slowly after arriving late but came up with two key baskets and a steal to help secure the win. For the Panthers, strong wing man Jenard Fleming was outstanding while Rashard Green and Jamie Peterson also had strong games.

Panthers A 100 80 Park 81 Lance Thomas and Curtis Kelly used their length and size advantage to post a convincing win over 80 Park. Vernon Teel provided solid scoring and his good perimeter defense. Gabriel and Pauline were outstanding once again but they could not overcome a Panthers team with great talent and great size.'

6/4/06 Rich Adams: 'In today’s playoff action at IS 8, Panthers A and Starrett City win  twice and advance to the semis.  Panthers A 100 - 80 Park 81. Panthers – Vernon Teel 20, Lance Thomas 17, Curtis Kelly 14. 80 Park – Aleek Pauline 18, Darius Gabriel 16, Chris Martin 15.

Starrett City 86 - Panthers B 80. Starrett City – Thomas Manzano 22, Saiquon Stone 21, James Padgett 17, Ruben Guillandeaux 14. Panthers B – Jenard Fleming 18, Rashard Green 11, Jamine Peterson 11.

Panthers A 69 - New Heights 60. Panthers A – Keon Lawrence 15, Vernon Teel 12, Curtis Kelly 10, Lance Thomas 10. New Heights – Tyrone Nash 25, R. J. Rutledge 14, Lance Goulbourne 12.

80 Park 83 - Playaz Sophs 70. 80 Park – Marvin Roberts 22, Darius Gabriel 18, Aleek Pauline 16. Anthony Soares 16. Playaz Sophs – Curtis Loving 20, Jarett Mann 14, Jordan Theodore 14, Wayne Mack 11.

Starrett City 104 -Juice All Stars 98 (OT). Starrett City – Brian McMikle 27, Tola Lawal 20, Thomas Manzano 20. James Padgett 15, Saiquon Stone 14. Juice All Stars – Erving Walker 32, Lance Stephenson 22, Kevin Menner 17, Wayne Turner 17.'

5/24/06 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'The Metro Hawks 16's won their first IS8 playoff game versus Team Odom B 83 - 70. Dorvell Carter 22 pts, Dave Imes 19 pts and MoMo Jones added 17. Next game versus Bingo's on 6/4.'

5/21/06 IS8 Playoff schedule -- Sunday 5-21 9:30AM  Team Odom B  vs. Metro Hawks B,  12:30PM Phili vs. Panthers B, 2:00PM Playaz Seniors vs Playaz Freshmen, 3:30PM Starret City vs. Riverside, 5:00PM  Shooting Stars vs. Mt. Vernon.

Thursday 5-25 7:00PM New Heights vs. Metro Hawks A.

Friday 6-2  7:00PM Team Odom A vs. Jackson, 8:30PM 80 Park vs Team Underrated.

Saturday 6-3 9:30AM Juice vs Starret City - Riverside winner, 11:00AM Playaz Juniors vs. Phili - Panthers B winner, 12:30PM Playaz Sophs vs. 80 Park - Team Underrated winner, 2:00PM Panthers vs. Metro Hawks A - New Heights winner, 3:30 PM game 1 (9:30) winner vs game 2 (11:00 AM) winner,  5:00 PM game three (12:30 PM) winner vs. game four (2:00 PM) winner.

Sunday 6-4   9:30PM United Brooklyn vs. Playaz Seniors - Playaz Freshmen winner, 11:00AM Connecticut vs. Shooting Stars - Mt. Vernon winner, 12:30PM Patriots vs. Team Odom A - Jackson winner, 2:00PM Bingo All Stars vs. Team Odom B - Metro Hawks B winner, 3:30PM game one (9:30 AM) winner vs. game two (11:00 AM) winner, 5:00PM game three (12:30 PM) winner vs. game four (2:00 PM).

The semifinals are Saturday, 6-10 at 11:00 AM and 12:30 PM and the championship game is the next day, Sunday 6-11, at 12:00 noon.

Game results --  5/15/06 Coach Dre': On Saturday, Team Underrated 17-under Team (Black) played the first game of the day at I.S. 8 Spring Tourney against Suffolk County All-Stars. Knowing that it was an early game (9:30a.m.), I wondered how the team would perform. They showed up in the first-half in route to a 70-22 half-time lead. We won the game by the score of 113-58. We were led by Scotty Mcrae (St.Peters) 17 pts., 8 rebounds, and 3 assist, Christopher Barber 26 pts., 2 rebounds, 4 assist, and 4 steals. Nick Epley 19 pts., 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Maurice Charlton 13 pts., and 7 assist, Josh Marshall (Sacred Heart) 15 pts., and 7 rebounds, Willie Emmanuel 2 pts., 2 steals, and 9 assist, Dyshaun Flournoy 18 pts., and 3 rebounds, and Matthias Brown who was in foul trouble chipped in 2 pts., 2 assist, and 2 rebounds. We finished 2-2 and a possible spot in the play-offs.'

5/15/06 John McEntee: 'The NY Patriots finished up play at IS8 this weekend with a solid win over Primetime. Rasheem Jenkins, Sam McDuff and Dwight Hardy led the Patriots. Rasheem running point was at his best dishing out 16 assists and scoring 18 points and playing solid defense. Dwight was simply in a zone dropping 52 points along with playing solid defense. Sam provide the defensive spark, solid rebounding and unselfish play to secure the victory. On the boards we had Rick Varnell and Rodney Goodson who provided the solid work inside and contributed 14 and 10 respectively. Geddes Robinson provided a gutty performance playing on a sprained ankle.

The Patriots finished pool play with a perfect 4-0 record with victories over Primetime, KYDA, Next Level and Playaz (seniors). Playoff schedule will be announced later this week.'

5/6/06 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'The Metro Hawks 16's defeated the Royal Family 86 -85 in OT yesterday at IS 8. Lamont MoMo Jones had a great game as he hit 16 of 24 from the field to lead the way with 39 pts. Roland Davis added 20 pts David Imes 8 pts 8 rebs 4 blks and Kyrie Sutton added 6 pts 6 rebs and 5 blks. After trailing most of the game the Hawks came back in the 4th to take a 1 pt lead with 2 minutes to go. MoMo got two layups after steals to give us a 1 point lead with 12 seconds to go. After a Royal Family miss MoMo was fouled he hit the 1st but missed the 2nd free throw. He then stole the ball but missed a layup and the follow by Georgio Milligan was blocked and Mohammed Lo went coast to coast for a layup to send the game to OT. The Royal Family took a 3 pt lead but the hawks came up with back to back steals to take a 1 pt lead. On their next possession the Royal Family hit a three to take a 2 pt lead with 20 seconds to go. The young Hawks missed their next shot and fouled with 4 seconds left. The Family missed the free throw and MoMo rebounded and dribbled up and hit a three pointer at the buzzer to give the Hawks the win. Our next game is versus NY Panthers.'

4/30/06 Tony Vails (above left) had a game high 15 in a low scoring affair as Starret City easily bested the Brooklyn Queens Warriors 61-37 in the first game at IS8 this morning. In the second game the BC Eagles were led by lefty junior forward, Justin Rutty (above right), who had 28 points in their 90-69 victory over FYA.

4/30/06 Starret City 61 Brooklyn Queens Warriors 37; B C Eagles 90 Flatbush Youth Association 69; Long Island Lightning Albany - Capitol District; United Brooklyn Mount Vernon; and Panthers Riverside Church.

4/29/06 Juice Allstars Gauchos; Panthers 89 The Royal Family 64; Juice Allstars Aneesas Sports; 80 Park 69 B'ballers 58 and Panthers Manhasset Allstars.

4/28/06 JYO. 67 Mount Vernon 64.

4/27/06 Bingo Allstars 77 Brooklyn Queens Warriors 45; Playaz Club (juniors) Long Island Lightning.

4/25/06 Team Odom Student Athlete Broncos and Team Odom B 86 Long Island Lightning 73.

4/23/06 Conneticut (seniors) 96 Playazs Club (freshmen) 77; Playaz Club (seniors) Patriots; Starret City 79 Team Underrated 73; Playaz Club (seniors) Primetime and Keep Your Dreams Alive 84 Next Level 72.

4/22/06 Playaz Club (seniors) 117 Next Level 89; Playaz Club (seniors) Keep Your Dreams Alive and Riverside Church 71 The Royal Family 69.

4/21/06 Starret City Suffolk County and Playazs Club (freshmen) 78 Queens Blackhawks 73.

4/20/06 Albany - Capitol District 66 New York City Finest 62 and Jackson 68 Student Athlete Broncos 60.

4/18/06 Team Odom B 77 Albany - Capitol District 54 and Panthers (B) 86 Shooting Stars 82.

4/15/06 Primetime 2-0 forfeit over Next Level; Patriots 90 Keep Your Dreams Alive 73; Team Underrated 102 Brooklyn Queens Warriors 56; Shooting Stars Aneesas Sports; Riverside Church 83 Metro Hawks (B) 81 and Shooting Stars 77 Gauchos 74.

4/14/06 Playaz Club (sophomores) 61 B C Eagles 50 and Metro Hawks 72 Playazs Club (freshmen) 71.

4/13/06 New Heights 66 Harlems Pride 45 and Playazs Club (freshmen) 68 New York Elite 65.

4/9/06 Playaz Club (sophomores) 74 Flatbush Youth Association 31; Patriots 90 Next Level 71; Playaz Club (sophomores) Harlems Pride; Jackson 71 B'ballers 61; The Royal Family 89 Manhasset Allstars 84 and New Heights B C Eagles.

4/8/06 Playaz Club juniors 91 NYC Finest 77; Brooklyn Queens Warriors, Suffolk County; Playaz Club juniors 95 Albany - Capitol District 62; Bingo Allstars Team Underrated; 80 Park. Jackson and New Heights 68 Jackson 54.

4/7/06 KYDA 67Primetime 54; Playaz Club juniors 71 Team Odom B 42.

Rosters -- Mideast 1. Playaz Club (seniors) -- Earl Clark, Luis Guzman, Abibe Gai, Nick Vier, C Henderson, Moe Hughley, Rashard Thompson, Wayne Ellington, Horace McGloster.

2. Primetime -- Dennis Oglesby, Denzel Wilson, Hakeem Rodriguez, Vincent Scott, Dominique Scurry.

3. Patriots -- Dwight hHrdy, Rashard Jenkins, G Robinson, L Etpezen, Rick Vernell, JR McEntee, Sam McDuffe.

4. Keep Your Dreams Alive -- Ricardo Lopez, Darwy Lynch, Larry Garcia, Anton Maxwell.

5. Next Level -- Rodney Smith, J Chatham, J Blanchard, S Lane

Southwest 6. New Heights -- Dorzell Williams, R J Rutledge, Tyvon Clarke, Dre Calloway, Chris DeLaRosa, Demetrius Jacobs, Lance Goultorin.

7. Playaz Club (sophomores) -- Jio Fontan, Travon Woodall, Wayne Mack, Austin Freeman, Ian Childs, Rondee Tucker, Jonathan Riggs, Mike Rosario.

8. B C Eagles -- Jason Rutty, John LaFrance, Sam Clark, Jason Green, Trevor Harris.

9. Flatbush Youth Association -- Eddie Neweel, Kenny Carter, Perry Daniel.

10. Harlems Pride -- Austen Cortese, Malcolm Pope, Vincent Johnson. 

North 11. Team Odom -- Marquise Grant, Latiq Agard, Ryan Pearson, Ryan Davis, RJ Evans, Mike Hunt, Joe Nuss.

12. Student Athlete Broncos -- Kavon Clayton, Rocco Rubino, Eddie Ramon, Rodney Barnes, Amaury Fermin, Greg Noel.

13. 80 Park -- Laurence Jolecoeur, Charles Avila, Shamed Carty, Paul Forster, Chris Martin.

14. Jackson -- Malachi Peay, Keith McAllister, P Bordeaux, K McDonald, G Burgess.

15. B'ballers -- Daquan Sumar, Rhamel Williams, Jeff Araz, Kenneth Wong.

South 16. Panthers -- Lance Thomas, Vernon Teel, Derrick Caracter, Niko Scott, Milan Prodanovic, Curtis Kelly, Tony Crocker.

17. Metro Hawks (B) -- David Imes, Marcus Matthews, Roland Davis, Al Forbes, Lamont Jones, Trintiy Fields, Brandon Romain, George Mulligan, Justin Newton.

18. The Royal Family -- Liam McCabe, Curtis Dennis, Greg Avila, Dave Boynin, Terrence Parris, Anthony Gill.

19. Manhasset Allstars -- Max Shilalles, Jason Phillips, Jamiel Raheem, James Galanes, Malik Oliver, Peter Mahmed, Noel Wingate.

20. Riverside Church --M Davis, A Oquendo, D Seagers, N Bradshaw.

Northwest 21. Phili Ballers --

22. United Brooklyn -- Nathaniel Lester, Robert Mitchell, Justin Wisseh.

23. Conneticut (B) - Jerome Dyson, Ryan Little, Matt Hill, Chauncey Hardy, Doug Wiggens, Shamer Carr.

24. JYO.-- Sean Crawford, Evaris Obas, Mike Troll, Terrence Howard, Billy Dupree.

25. Mount Vernon -- Dave Clark, Brentley Pearson, Jonathan Mitchell, Malik Taylor.

West 26. Playaz Club (juniors) -- Chris Smith, Corey Raji, Gary Wallace, Rashad Bishop, Jordan Costner, Anthony Nelson, Miles Beatty, Sean Canty.

27. Long Island Lightning -- Torrance McGill, Morgan Kelly, Nick Walsh, TJ Carey, Andrew Borisal.

28. Albany , Capitol District -- Jared Henkle, Jared Gedenks, Josh Brown, Anthony Stevens.

29. New York City Finest -- Michael Bruce, Thomas Allan, Presano Bell, Antonio Samuels.

30. Team Odom B -- Jammer Ford, Matt Grogan, Marlon Smith, Josh Barnes, Ryan Davis, Joe Moss, Sean Johnson.

East 31. Conneticut (seniors) --

32. Metro Hawks --Darren Duncan, Gilbert Brown, Chris Atney, Chris Morris, Lance Furtato, Keith Spellman, Rasheen King, Hickman Simmons.

33. Playazs Club (freshmen) -- Tamir Jackson. David Mofanyana, Andre Tucker, Dominic Cheeks, Brian Oliver, Bo Moore.

34. New York Elite -- Teing Ako, Steve Yen, Will Slinkong, Prentice Small, Enrique Council, Ring Ayeul.

35. Queens Blackhawks -- Leon Minto, Arki Winsu, Justin Duncan, Andrew White, Mikhail Williams.

Southeast 36. Juice Allstars

37. Shooting Stars --Ashton Gibbs, Evan Thomas, Tim Ambrose, James Southerland, Samardo Samuels, Michael Rodgers, Akeem Bennett.

38. Gauchos - Kashif Pratt, Mike Meyers, Terrell McKenzie, Dyson Scott, Melvin Clarida, Mohammed Lo.

39. Panthers (B) -- Trevin Charles, Jermaine Peterson, Nykia Williams, Rashard Green, Dwan McMillan, Jayvon Pinkston.

40. Aneesas Sports  --

Midwest 41. Bingo Allstars -- Jaime Harris, Kidani Brutus, Andy Garcia, Josh Spivey, Nick Murphy, Justin Burrell.

42. Starret City -- Saiquon Stone, James Padgett, Khalif Alcott, Ruben Guutierrez.

43. Brooklyn Queens Warriors -- Khalid Colbert, Jeff Noel, Gary Stokes, Eliah Samuels. 

44. Team Underrated-- Josh Marshall, Dashan Florney, Scotty McRae, Chris Barber, Maurice Charleton, Robert Collette, Mathia Brown, Brandon Smith.

45. Suffolk County -- Chris Barnes, Don Newman, Kamel Parych, Eddie Zajzc, Doug Antone, Andrew Morales, Joe Zollo.

5/1/06 The playoffs begin on Thursday, 5/18 with the top two teams from each division and six third place teams who will be selected by the staff.

Mideast 1. Playaz Club (seniors) 2. Primetime 3. Patriots 4. Keep Your Dreams Alive 5. Next Level  Southwest 6. New Heights 7. Playaz Club (sophomores) 8. B C Eagles 9. Flatbush Youth Association 10. Harlems Pride  North 11. Team Odom 12. Student Athlete Broncos 13. 80 Park 14. Jackson 15. B'ballers  South 16. Panthers 17. Metro Hawks (B) 18. The Royal Family 19. Manhasset Allstars 20. Riverside Church  Northwest 21. Phili Ballers, 22. United Brooklyn 23. Conneticut (B) 24. JYO. 25. Mount Vernon  West 26. Playaz Club (juniors) 27. Long Island Lightning 28. Albany - Capitol District 29. New York City Finest 30. Team Odom B East 31. Conneticut (seniors) 32. Metro Hawks 33. Playazs Club (freshmen) 34. New York Elite 35. Queens Blackhawks  Southeast 36. Juice Allstars 37. Shooting Stars 38. Gauchos 39. Panthers (b) 40. Aneesas Sports  Midwest 41. Bingo Allstars 42. Starret City 43. Brooklyn Queens Warriors 44. Team Underrated 45. Suffolk County.