New York City & New Jersey High Hoops

IS8 ADIDAS SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSIC 1998 SCHEDULE

8/16/98 Southside wins IS8 Summer Classic with a 80 - 65 win over Huntington as James (Pookie) Lambus wins MVP. It was 18 - 18 after the first quarter when the Huntington coach pulled his starters. Southside pulled to a 44 - 31 halftime lead and never got under a double digit lead. The Southside starters Keith (Rah) West, James (Pookie) Lambus, Alwyn (Junior) Curtis, Randy Henderson and Jason Canty scored 19, 15, 13, 10 and 10. The Huntington guard trio of Barry Baker, Bryon Evans and Chuck Solomon managed only 28 points (8, 10 and 10). Huntington's 6-6, Justin Simon was not at the game (his father said he was at the Maccabee Game tryouts). Damion Fray, 6-7 and late of Miami Senior, started at center for Huntington, but the Southside jumpingjacks outhustled him.

8/15/98 The underdogs win in the semis at IS8: Southside 96, St. Mary's 81 and Huntington 90, Jaguars 83 in overtime. With 26 points Joel Suarez of St. Mary's was probably the best player on the court and got help from Jim Frauenberg with 24 and Brian Boyle with 17. But the Southside quartet of Alwyn (Junior) Curtis, James (Pookie) Lambus, Keith (Rah) West and Jason Canty scored 23, 19, 16 and 11 and Southside led throughout the game. Web note: No idea why Jason doesn't have a nickname!

Rashid Hardwick on defense and Justin Wilson on offense dominated to give the Jaguars a 43 - 36 halftime lead as teammate Uka Agbai finally walked in the gym. Uka scored 10 points in the third quarter as the Jaguars pulled away from Huntington 61 -50. And then they won easily. Right? Wrong! The three guard combo of Barry Baker, Bryon Evans and Chuck Solomon pressed fullcourt for the fourth quarter to tie it at 73 and win easily in overtime. That trio scored 16, 20 and 15 points. Justin Simon at 6-7 was a presence inside with 14 points. Championship game is at high noon tomorrow.

8/14/98 Rich - Friday night at IS8: Redemption Christian's Alwyn Curtis led Southside to a 70-67 victory over the N. Y. Skyriders. Kings Park junior Justin Simon and seniors Barry Baker (North Babylon) & Bryon Evans (Half Hollow Hills West) paced Huntington to a 82-67 victory over St. Francis. Miami Senior's Damion Fray is the starting center for Huntington. SATURDAY SEMIFINAL MATCHUPS 11am - St. Mary's vs. Southside; 1230pm - Jaguars vs. Huntington. More at the IS8 site.

The IS 8 Fall Classic will begin on September 10th. The Tim Thomas Playaz Squad with Brandin Knight, Deshaun Williams, and Del Bethea will participate in the Classic. The Ravens will play in the Gauchos Roundball Classic instead of the IS 8 Classic.

8/4/98: Rich: Top Ten players at the IS 8 Adidas Summer High School Classic - Hoopsters: Jave Meade (CTK); Huntington: Barry Baker (North Babylon); Jaguars: Uka Agbai (Molloy), Rashid Hardwick (Freeport), Justin Wilson (Molloy); JYO: Royal Ivey (Cardozo); NY Skyriders: Tim Butler (Far Rockaway); St. Mary's: Joel Suarez (St. Mary's), Jim Frauenberg (St. Mary's); Southside: Alwyn Curtis (Redemption).

7/19/98: Southside wins twice for the opening weekend at IS8 by taking St. Francis 94-83. James Lambus scored 28 and Randy Henderson chipped in with 19. Vic Solis had 22 and John Faughnan 20 for St. Francis. JYO beat the Twin All Stars 79-72.

7/18/98: St. Francis was winless in the Spring Classic, but they began the summer season with a 69-48 victory over Long Island Run & Gun. Aaron Davis dominated inside for LIR&G, but it wasn't enough against the St. Francis balanced offense and opportunistic defense. 6-2 combo guard Alwyn Curtis, a rising senior at Redemption Christian, led Southside with 28 points as they posted a 20 point victory over Flatbush. Edison's Randy Henderson and Springfield Gardens' James Lambus provided support in their opening day win. Roster details will soon be added!

Four games each Saturday and Sunday for four weekends from 7/18 through 8/9 for a twelve team league. Six teams will make the playoffs with the east and west division winners getting a bye. Playoff weekend begins Friday night, 8/14 to the championship game on Sunday, 8/16.

East: 1) Hoopsters 2) SkyRiders 3) JYO 4) St. Josephs 5) Huntington 6) Twins All-Stars

West: 7) Flatbush 8) Southside 9) JAG 10) St. Francis 11) LI Run & Gun 12) Amityville

DAY	DATE	ONE	TWO	THREE	FOUR	DAY	DATE	ONE	TWO	THREE	FOUR
SAT	7/18	11-10	7-8	1-2	4-6	SAT	8/1	8-11	7-12	9-10	1-4
SUN	7/19	8-10	6-3	2-4	1-5	SUN	8/2	1-6	2-5	3-4	10-12
SAT	7/25	12-11	5-4	7-9	3-2	SAT	8/8	9-11	8-12	2-6	x
SUN	7/26	6-5	12-9	1-3	7-11	SUN	8/9	9-8	3-5	7-10	x

1. Hoopsters: Daniel Artest, Jave Meade ...

2. NY Skyriders: Ruben Amedee, Tim Butler, Rashaun Banjo, Justin Hassell, John Connor, Dudley Isadore, Harry Woods, Maurice Peggs, Daryll Bynoe, Joe Haynes, Etionne Warren ....

3. JYO: John Jack, Marcus Pritchard, Jamel Williams, Darryl Hill, Lawrence Hicks .....

4. St. Josephs: Marquis Hicks, Tony Cherry, Jim Frauenberg, Travis Mayo, Joel Suarez, Ryan Schneider, Pat Egan, Brian Boyle, Greg Weber, Sean Boyle, Greg Dickenson, Andre Williams .....

5. Huntington: Chuck Solomon, Vernon Alonzo, Bryon Evans, Leroy Davis, Brendon Sellers, John Donnerfield, Justin Simon. Michael Smith ....

6. Twin All Stars: Orlando Biggers, E J Hicks, Jason White, Sherm Whittenburg .....

7. Flatbush

8. Southside: Alwyn Curtis, Randy Henderson, James Lambus, Travis McFarlane, Tyrone Moses ......

9. Jaguars: Uka Agbai, Ronals Yates, Aaron Lesane, William Frisby, Rashid Hardwick, Justin Wilson, John Quintana, Tyrone Stanton, Joseph Grissette, Joey Daguillard, Jason Parker, Gary Deberry ...

10. St. Francis: John Faughnan, Kevin White, Dan Apicella, Dan Quinn, Victor Solis, Kevin O'Connell ..

11. Long Island Run & Gun: Aaron Davis, Jeff Hudson, Jared Hudson, Aaron Cummings, Chris Lugo, Anton Chase , James Williams, Dave Andrews ...

12. Amityville: Corey Pough, Antoine Nottingham, Tristan Smith, Terrell Alston,