New York City & New Jersey High Hoops

IS8 JUMPMAN SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSIC 1999

8/15/99 The Dalai Lama is in Central Park, but the IS8 championship round is in Jamaica. The Manhasset All Stars won the Biddie division against the Rifles 51 - 50. With a second to go Trevone Hughes (Gamegall #19) of the Rifles had two foul shots. He made them both but the ref called a lane violation (!) on the second shot. The Rifles Hughes, Ray Arnold and Jarrett Petty are a great trio, Manhassett has the depth. Any of their super six - Tyson Johnson, Joey Amelio, Keith Turcios, Jonathan Fountain, Raymell Rice and Ricardo(?) could start for the Rifles, as could no-show Kevin Dooley. The All Stars have a busy Sunday; they play the Staten Island Lightning tonight at MSG before the Liberty game.

8/7/99 Biddies play at IS8 on Saturday morning: 1st. Presbyterian Spirit is led by Marques Cox (GB # 12) as they take Danny Greene and 80 Park 41 - 25. The two teams will meet again Friday at 6:30 in a first round playoff. The Rifles will play the Skyriders in the second biddie playoff game. Manhasset All Stars and Roadrunners finish in first place; they'll play against Friday winners next Saturday morning @ 9:15 and 10:15.

Midget division winners are JYO in the east and Orange Crush in the west. Midget first round playoffs are Thursday night. Number ones play the fourth place Rifles and tbd, while Huntington plays Ajax and Panthers play Skyriders. Semis are Saturday @ 11:15 & 12:15.

High school division playoffs begin Monday with Rise Above vs. Amityville and St. Mary vs. Ajax. On Tuesday division winners St. Francis and Huntington play Run & Gun and Rifle. (Panthers with Cooke and Sumpter don't make playoffs!) Semis are Wednesday night. Championship games for three divisions are Sunday, 8/15 @ 9:15, 10:15 and 12:00.

7/31/99 Biddies play at IS8 on Sunday morning: Southside is a no-show forfeiting to 80 Park and Elmcor overwhelms Skyriders 43 - 19. At halftime in the first midget game the Panthers led Ajax 31 - 15. In the high school division, Lenny Cooke and Curtis Sumpter are the concensus 1 and 1A players, but their Panther team has lost more than they've won. St. Francis, with Kevin Fitzgerald starring and Huntington are undefeated high school tams as of this week.

7/18/99 Biddies play at IS8 on Sunday morning: In the first game Jeff Outler and Ryan Eisner get 8 and 11 points for the Roadrunners 47 - 29 win over the Skyriders, despite 14 point from D. Joseph on four for five three point shooting. In the second game the 1st. Presbyterian Spirit took Southside 47 - 37. Reggie Lain (GB # 14) led the Spirit with 16, 5-10 Jeff Chandler had 14 and Marques Cox (GB # 12) got 8. Seven players scored for Skyriders but none in double figures.

7/17/99 Biddies (12 under - usually sixth graders) play at IS8 on Saturday morning. The Rifles' Ray (Arnold? - Gameball #1) and Jarrett ? score 18 and 16 points to easily take Elmcor 50 - 37. In the second game Manhasset beats 80 Park 37 - 32. Keith Turcios (GB # 15) scores 15 points and Tyson Johnson (GB # 27) gets lots of rebounds to offset Danny Greene's (GB #24) 13 points.

7/11/99 Biddies (12 under - usually sixth graders) play at IS8 on Sunday morning. The Rifles' Ray (Arnold? - Gameball #1) is the best player on the court and scores most of his team's points. But Manhasset Allstars lead all the way, hanging on to win 36 - 34. Keith Turcios (GB # 15) and unrated Kevin Dooley make the difference. In the second game the inside, outside 80 Park duo of Danny Greene (GB #24) and Aleek Pauline (GB #25) were too much for Elmcor. 80 Park wins 35 - 20 going away.

7/10/99 The IS8 summer league began this week and will continue through playoff week and championship Sunday, August 15th. Peter Edwards, the IS 8 league commissioner, has three divisions for the summer. There are 14 teams in the returning high school division and they play at 6:30 and 8:00 pm each Tuesday through Friday night. The eight team Biddies division will play weekends at 9:15 and 10:15 am, while the Midgets will play at 11:15, 12:15 and 1:15 pm each Saturday and Sunday.

BIDDIES EAST - 1. 80 Park: Aleek Pauline and Danny Greene, 2. Elmcor, 3. Rifles: Ray (Arnold?), 4. Manhasset AllStars: Tyson Johnson, Joey Amelio, Keith Turcios, Kevin Dooley, Jonathan Fountain, Brian Nelson, Raymell Rice, Chris Duffy, Kendrick Sinclair, Logan Klein and Eli Root.

BIDDIES WEST - 5. 1st. Presbyterian Spirit: Reggie Lain, Jeff Chandler, Marques Cox, 6. Roadrunners: Jeff Outler, Ryan Eisner 7. Skyriders: D. Joseph, 8. Southside

MIDGETS EAST - 1. Brooklyn Bridge, 2. J Y O, 3. Skyriders, 4. Huntington, 5. Rifles, 6. Team Marbury.

MIDGETS WEST - 7. Panthers, 8. BAMFS, 9. Orange Crush, 10. Ajax, 11. Hoopsters, 12. Amityville.

HIGH SCHOOL EAST - 1. J Y O: Darryl Hill, Ryan Williams, J. Wells and W. Williams, 2.BAMFS 3. St. Francis: Kevin Fitzgerald, Kevin O'Connell, Steve Hartig and Kevin White, 4. Panthres (B): Lenny Cooke, Curtis Sumpter, Aaron Nelson and Bobby Potts. 5. Hoopsters: Kevin Bishop, Carl Lee and Jamel Moye. 6. Rise, 7. Amityville.

HIGH SCHOOL WEST - 8. Southside, 9. Panthers (A), 10. Huntington, 11. LI Run & Gun, 12. Rise Above, 13. Ajax, 14. 92nd St. YMCA: Jermaine Miure, Keith Williams and Chris Fagan.