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1/20/06 Metro Hoops Super 10 & Team Rankings by State.

1/20/06 MSG: Boys Basketball's Top-10 (As of 1/16/06)

1/19/06 New York State Sportswriters Association weekly boys basketball rankings through Sunday, 1/15.

1/18/06 NYHoops.com Top 12 Teams.

1/17/06 NJO: Boys basketball Top 20.  And Boys basketball rankings.

11/24/05 Ted Gustus, Jr: 'Head Coach:  Tommie Allen (18^th Year), assistant coach: Glen Ford (10^th Year). Life Skills & Academic Coach:  Ted Gustus, Jr. (33 years). 

Players' profiles -- Nathaniel Lester: Jr. 6’5, 180 lbs. 23 ppg. 10 rbpg. Nathaniel is entering his third season playing varsity basketball at Canarsie High School. Each year his game has improved tremendously. As a freshman he started for the varsity averaging 8 points per game. In his sophomore year, he started and average 23 points per game and 10 rebounds. As a junior, Nathaniel has spent most of the summer strengthen his body, perfecting his jumpshot, improving his ball handling and traveling the AAU circuit with the Panthers. He is a student-athlete that is on a mission, and he is gradually improving his game. Last year he led Canarsie to a 10-4 league record, placing 2nd in the tough Brooklyn division. 

Carl Munnerlyn, Jr.: Sr. 5’9 150 lbs. 7 ppg. 2.7 steals pg. 5 asst. Carl is a true point guard. He loves setting up his teammates and making others look good. During Canarsie’s 10 game winning streak, Carl was the starting point guard. Carl worked greatly on his game during the summer months. He is super quick and fast. He has a lethal midrange jumpshop off the dribble. Carl has great jumping ability.

Evander Little: Sr. 6’0 165 lbs.DNP. Evander has a deadly jumpshot from 3 point range. He is exceptionally fast and he jumps pretty high for his size. He is a very good on the ball defender, applying relentless pressure on the opposing guards. 

Piankhi Huchinson: Sr.6’7, 200 lbs. 10 ppg. 5 rbpg. 3 blks. Piankhi is considered by many to be the best big man in the city. His uncanny ability to block shots and run the court are two great attributes. He has a very good midrange jumpshot. He shoots free throws very well.

Alden Gibbs: Sr. 6’3, 187 lbs. DNP. A defensive specialist who can also score points. Alden is a fierce rebounder, outstanding defender on and off the ball. He plays with a high level of intensity. Alden runs the court very well, he is an excellent finisher. Although not many plays are run for Alden, he manages to score points on his fastbreak opportunities and defensive opportunities.

Ryan Sutton: Sr. 5’10, 170 lbs. 8 ppg 3.2. steals, 5 rbs. Presently Ryan is inactive, largely due to him being a starter for the Canarsie Chief’s football team. Ryan is a tremendous athlete who plays three sports, starting pitcher for the baseball team, starting defensive player for the football, and starting defensive specialist for the basketball. Ryan has unbelievable talent and the will to win. His winning attitude is contagious, no matter what team or sport he is playing.

Other players that round out the Canarsie Chief’s roster are Michael Woods: Jr. 6’1 150 lbs. Louichard Jean Sr.6’2, 170 lbs. Caleb Bedeau Jr. 6’3, 180 lbs. Marcus Delille Jr. 5’11, 160 lbs. Rashawn Williams Jr. 6’2, 175 lbs. and Laquan Stoves Soph 6’3, 185 lbs.'

11/20/05 Ted Gustus, Jr: 'Junior Nathaniel Lester and Senior Tola Lawal combined for 40 points to offset a great shooting performance by John F. Kennedy's senior Dwight Hardy, who scored 40 points.  The Canarsie Chiefs defeated JFK 90-71 in the PSAL Tip Off Classic at St. Francis College.  Junior guard, Michael Woods came off the bench in the 2nd quarter to score a career high of 14 points.  He scored the final 8 points in the 2nd quarter, giving Canarsie a 46-25 lead at half time.  Five Canarsie players scored in double figures, senior guard Carl Munnerlyn scored 12 points and dished out 7 assists.

The group of newcomers is impressive as it features some very talented athletes. The first talented player is 6’10” Teeng Akol from Sudan . This athletic forward is a very good shooter (hits threes), had a great set of hands, is very good around the basket and can finish with ease. Add in the fact that he can rebound and block shots and he will be an important key to the team’s success. 7’3” Marial Dhal from Sudan is an athletic post player who has great hands, blocks shots very easily, rebounds, and is a very good passer. He also has the ability to knock down long range jumpers. Another talented import is 7’0” Steven Yien from Sudan who is a physical post player. Yien’s best skill is his ability to rebound. He is extremely strong, can hit the 15 foot jump shot and is a good foul shooter. The 4^th player to the frontline is 6’6” Eric Noubisse from Cameroon . Noubisse attended high school last year in Phoenix Arizona . He is a powerfully built forward who play hard all the time, is a physical post defender, and a great rebounder. His best attribute is that he hustles and provides the spark that the team needs at certain times. Another addition is 6’2” Enrique Cova-Benitez from Venezuela . Enrique is a talented point guard that is reminiscent of the two guards, Edgar Padilla and Carmerlo Travieso, who helped  John Calipari’s UMASS team to the 1996 Final Four. He has a great handle, is a very good passer, and can get to the hole with ease. He’s a pass first, shoot second type of point guard that will help distribute the ball to the other talented players. His greatest attribute is his willingness to play defense and lock down the other team’s best player. 

7’5” sophomore Ring Ayeul moved up from the JV last year. Ayeul has improved dramatically over the summer as he has put on over 40 pounds with a personal trainer and worked on his skills and conditioning with personal trainer Jerry Powell. Ayeul will provide the team with another rebounder, shot blocker, and defender.  Underclassmen of note are 6’5” FR Leek Leek, 6’4” soph Marcus Damaus, 6’2” soph Shiloh Pitt, and 5’11” freshman Ishac Pitt who are currently playing JV but may move up to the varsity during the year.  

Key games and tournaments in our schedule are: Nov. 25-26th Bull City Classic in Durham NC , Dec. 2nd @ Blair Academy , Dec.3rd @ CSG International Tournament versus St Thomas More Dec. 3^rd, Dec 9th home against Philly Lutheran, December 17^th-22^nd @ Great Florida Shootout in Kissimee FL December 29^th-31^st @ Dell Curry Shootout in Charlotte NC, January 7^th-8^th Our Savior Tournament, January 13^th-16^th @ Flyin to the Hoop in Dayton Ohio, February 4^th at Battle by the Bay, February 7^th @ St Anthony’s Jersey City,  February 10^th @ Primetime Shootout, February 12^th @ New England Prep tournament, February 18^th home against St Benedicts and February 24^th-25^th at Champions Classic in Boone North Carolina. '

Tilden, 5800 Tilden Ave. Brooklyn N.Y.11203  11/2/05 Eric 'Rock' Eisenberg: ' Tilden High School Blue Devils. Our new Principal is Ms. Diane Varano, a great lady and an avid sports fan.  This season we will be led by our 6' 9" Junior Capt. Alanzo George who is a star on and off the court. Joining Alanzo up front will be 6' 6" soph sensation Rito "Air Canada" Joseph and 6' 4'' slasher soph. Fred Antoine. Our fine backcourt will be led by junior Javon Jackman, 6' 6"Soph combo guard Lujens Menard and freshmen star Chukwuebuka "E" Ekwealor.

Our key reserves will be senior forward Herschel Celestine, junior guard Darrell "Mr. Defense" Nelson, junior Nigel "Rodman" Francis and junior  center Dwayne Wright. Other players who should help us are senior guard Johnny Russell, junior forward Omar Thompson, freshman wing Jay Poleon, junior forward Simeon JnMarie, junior center Givens "The Beast" Lubin and athletic junior Durrell Laing. 

Last year we were 8-14 and did not compete day in and day out in a very competitive league. We did however place all seven of our seniors in college and we are very proud of that. This year we will be an up tempo aggressive team who I feel can be "special" if our key players take care of their academic issues and work harder in class. This is the first team at Tilden High School in my 13 years where this issue could stop us from possibly achieving all of our Team and individual goals! My staff of associate head coach John "Biggie" Harris, Howard Hughes, Michael George and Jody King are second to none and will do much of the nuts and bolts coaching this season as I try and help my wife Karin care of  our 15 month old twins Griffin and Gabrielle. Good luck to all of our opponents and have a great season.'      

11/14/05 Coach Michael Crump: 'Last season in my rookie year as a coach, the Wadleigh Tigers were undefeated in conference play going a perfect 16-0 with two impressive wins over 8th ranked Manhattan Center and two wins over Urban Peace Academy, Murray Bergtum, Norman Thomas, and Hunter College, all conference teams that had over .500% records during the regular season.  We had impressive non league wins over Upper Room Christian Academy from Dix Hills and we scrimmaged top 10 teams including Paul Robeson, Campus Magnet and Benjamin Banneker earning split decisions in all contests.  The season's overall record was 24-4 with losses to Manhattan Center in the Borough Playoffs, Lincoln in the PSAL City Playoffs and Benjamin Banneker in a non-league game (they were later disqualified for 5th year players but numerically we lost in spite of the forfeit) and a loss to McKinnet High School in a non league game.  We went to the Elite 8 joining schools such as Grady, Manhattan Center, Wings, FDA, Kennedy, Banneker and Lincoln..   

Last year we were led in scoring by Jarell Mills a transfer from Rice with a 24 ppg and a second team All City Honors.  We also had Chris Noel the most efficient point guard and Jeramine Abraham a 6'7 center with an NBA vertical.  Those three seniors combined for 51ppg and 13 rpg.  We indeed lost some fire power because we had a team average of 96 ppg scored against opponents.  These three players have moved on to college and prep school.   

This year, our leading scorers are Dominique Jones, who averaged 18ppg last year and is expected to be an all borough or all city candidate and Steven Liebert the 6'4 220 lb power foward will be a beast for us.  The tenacious defense of Darling Duran, a Kennedy High School transfer from last year will make opposing guards work. Phillip Perrier decided to stay at Wadleigh instead of going to Cardinal Hayes and he is a scoring and defensive threat.  The rest of the team has good role players in physically elite and explosive Diloo Brown, sharpshooter Mike Dziewit, bruiser Marlon Morgan, versatile 6'6 Davon Henry and 6-5 shot blocker Delano Prawl. Julien Allen, Jeremy Bell and Morris Guei will make a contribution later in the season as they were upgraded from JV to varsity this year.   

Our weaknesses are team defense because we are small and our tall players are not physical but more finesse players.  We also must find a way to make up for losing 50 points when bench players are now expected to score more and not rely on last year's offensive minded talents. We will struggle, but no question vie for Manhattan and make noise in the playoffs.   Our non league schedule has us against the best talent in the state and out of the state against Stepinac, Nazereth, Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, Jefferson High School, Our Savior Lutheran  and tentatively Hartford HS and East Orange HS.   We look forward to a good season.  

The assistant coaches are James "Turtle" Williams (Abyssinian Church), Robert Coleman (Wadleigh alumnus), Deborah Howell (girl's varsity coach), and Duke Ferguson (Harlem Hellfire Varsity Football Team).' 

Lost 4 starters to graduation -- Levance Fields (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Jake Stevens (Norfolk State), Saiquon Stone (Laurenberg Prep), Tim Hepworth (Baruch College). Return senior Brian McKenzie, 1350 SAT, (early signee with Providence College) and junior Zamal Nixon.

We will field a very young team with 5 sophomores, David Imes, Brandon Romain, Vincent Council, Patrick Jackson and Reggie Davis seeing major minutes. Senior guard Bobby Crimmins and juniors Eddie Roman, Dennis Hepworth, Danny Mayrose and Jamie Blanchard will be in the mix.

Besides the traditional CHSAA schedule, the Clippers will participate in the DWI. Tournament in Binghamton, New York and play games at St. Johns
University, Marist College and Baruch College.' 

1/12/06 MSG: Top 10 Boys' Hoops Poll.

1/11/06 NJO: Boys basketball Top 20.

1/10/06 Metro Hoops Super 10 & Team Rankings by State.

1/10/06 NJ Hoops Super Six - # 1. St. Patrick's 8 - 1. # 2. St. Benedict's 13 - 1. # 3. Bloomfield Tech 6 - 1. # 4. St. Anthony's 6 - 1. # 5. Seton Hall Prep 9 - 0. # 6. Linden 7 - 1

12/20/05 PrepNation: National Prep Basketball Poll - Week 3 includes # 12. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick's 1-0 defeated No. 20 Neumann-Goretti in opener and # 25. Mount Vernon, N.Y. 1-0 1 of 3 Top 25 teams at Iolani.

12/17/05 NJO: Tops boys basketball teams to watch - Linden, Shabazz, Haddonfield ,Bloomfield Tech, Christian Brothers and St. Patrick's.

12/13/05 PrepNation: National Prep Basketball Poll - Week 3 includes # 13. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick's 0-0 6-7 PF Yves Mekongo-Mbala committed to La Salle and # 25. Mount Vernon, N.Y. 0-0 also in the field at the Iolani Classic.

12/13/05 NJ Hoops Super Six -- # 1. St. Benedict's 6 - 0, # 2. St. Patrick's 0 - 0, # 3. Bloomfield Tech 0 - 0, # 4. St. Anthony's 0 - 0, # 5. Seton Hall Prep 0 - 0 and # 6. Linden 0 - 0.

12/13/05 NYHoops.com Top 12 Teams.

12/5/05 Breakdown Magazine: Top 25 HS Teams includes #4 St. Benedict (Newark, NJ), #6 Rice (Manhattan, NY), #14 St Patrick (Elizabeth, NJ), #18 Christ the King (NY) and #19 Mt Vernon (NY).

12/1/05 Journal News: Preview - Season overview.    Nyack boys looking for better ending. Westchester/Putnam players to watch. Spring Valley begins rebuilding process. Rockland players to watch - Stanley Francois, Kevin McGuire, Greg Parker, Mike Romanello and Shaun Weaver.  Preseason rankings.  Questions about the season. Numerous teams gunning for Glens Falls. Stepinac's Melquan Bolding provides instant upgrade. Key dates. Team by team capsules.

10/17/05 Student Sports Preseason FAB 50 with last season's records includes # 4 St. Patrick (Elizabeth, NJ) 28-4. # 5 Rice (New York, NY) 
24-5, # 16 Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon, NY) 20-4, # 27 Christ the King (Middle Village, NY) 24-3 and # 44 Bloomfield Tech (Bloomfield, NJ) 20-4.