Holiday Tournaments Get Underway Today

NewEnglandRecruitingReport.com | Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

The only possible negative about having so many worthwhile events happening at the same time is that we simply can’t cover them all.  With that in mind today we preview some of the more notable holiday tournaments happening this week in New England.     

Loomis Chaffee Holiday Basketball Tournament
December 17th – 19th
Loomis Chaffee School – Windsor, CT
Participating Teams – Loomis Chaffee, Gunnery, Taft, Westminster, Salisbury, Suffield, Wilbraham & Monson, Kent
Top Players – Sean McCarthy, Cliff Desravines, Jamual Bryant, Jarrid Bryant, Xavier Pollard, Roshard Bryant, Kostadin Marshavelski, Brent Abendroth, Theodore Boyomo, Jordan Borucki

Doc Hurley Classic
December 17th – 20th
Weaver High School – Hartford, CT
Participating Teams – Master’s School, Watkinson, Sports & Sciences HS, Rockville HS, Capitol Prep, Classical HS, Middletown HS, Cheney Tech, East Catholic HS, Bloomfield HS, Bulkeley HS, Windsor HS, Weaver HS, Hartford Public HS, Fermi HS, Manchester HS, Northwest Catholic HS, New London HS, Prince Tech, East Hartford HS, Hillhouse HS, New Britain HS, & Springfield Cathedral HS
Top Players – Andre Drummond, P.J. Santavenere, Jerome Harris, Rashad Moore, Denzel Jones, Steven Samuels, Adrian Satchell, Daryl McCoy, Danny Lawhorn, Julian Harris, Anthony Jernigan, Tavon Allen, Jeremy Moore, Steven Glowiak, Darius Watson

Rivers Holiday Tournament
December 18th – 20th
Rivers School – Weston, MA
Participating Teams – Rivers, BB&N, Milton, Pingree, St. Sebastian’s, Belmont Hill, Pomfret, Millbrook
Top Players – Allen Williamson, Greg Jacques, Cory Willis, Aziez Dieng

Lawrence Academy – Groton School Holiday Tournament
December 19th & 20th
Lawrence Academy, Groton School – Groton, MA
Participating Teams – Lawrence Academy, Groton School, Thayer Academy, Cushing Academy, Holderness School, Hebron Academy
Top Players – Darryl Cato-Bishop, Denzel Brito, Shabazz Napier, Domonique Bull, Tyler Strange, James Kennedy, Alex Francis, Curtis Christian

Tilton – Proctor Boys Basketball Tournament
December 19th & 20th
Tilton School – Tilton, NH & Proctor Academy – Andover, NH
Participating Teams – Tilton, Prcotor Academy, Marianapolis Prep, Deerfield Academy, Governors Academy, St. Andrew’s, Kimball Union Academy, Williston Northampton
Top Players – Alex Oriakhi, Jamal Coombs, Gerard Coleman, Corey Wright Jr., Chris Flores, Wouter Van Der Eng, Cam Sutton, Michael Laplante, Mike Carter-Williams, Adam Marshall, & Wes Clark

Middlesex School Tournament
December 19th & 20th
Middlesex School – Concord, MA
Participating Teams – Middlesex School, Brooks School, Berwick Academy, New Hampton Varsity B, Master’s, Kents Kill, Noble & Greenough, Lexington Christian
Top Players – Rod Odom, Scott Anderson, Tucker Halpern, Derick Beresford, Matt Gibson

Paul W. “Frosty” Francis KIT Tournament
December 19th – 21st
Kingswood-Oxford School – West Hartford, CT
Participating Teams – St. Luke’s, Hamden Hall, Hopkins, Tabor Academy, Staten Island, Vermont Academy, St. George’s, Kingswood-Oxford
Top Players – Zach Taylor, Danquah Rawlins, Tylon Smith

Northfield Mount Hermon Holiday Tournament
December 20th & 21st
Northfield Mount Hermon School – Northfield, MA
Participating Teams – Northfield Mount Hermon, Lawrenceville, National Elite Development Academy, Lake Forest, St. Mark’s, Brimmer & May, Blair Academy, Choate Rosemary Hall
Top Players – Mike Marra, Matt Brown, Erik Murphy, Nate Lubick, Dave Johnson, Kyle Casey, Derek Retos, Luke Matarazzo, C.J. Ruskay