National Prep Poll Announced

NewEnglandRecruitingReport.com | Sunday, January 6th, 2008

1.  PATTERSON SCHOOL (N.C.)
Record: 21-0; 58 Points (4)
Comments:  Chris Chaney's team jumped over Hargrave despite the fact that neither team has lost a game this season.Courtney Fortson (Arkansas) leads the team in scoring at 19 points per game while Freddy Asprilla (Florida International) has been solid up front - averaging 16 points and 11 boards per game.

2.  HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY (VA.)
Record: 12-0; 56 Points (2)
Comments:  Kevin Keatts & Co. slipped a spot even though the team remains unbeaten. Guards Damier Pitts (Marshall) and Dee Bost (Mississippi State) are averaging 17.5 points per game while Georgetown-bound forward Chris Braswell is putting up 14 points and 10 rebounds per contest.

3.  FINDLAY PREP (NEV.)
Record: 11-0; 47 Points
Comments:  The squad from Vegas has knocked off South Kent three times this season. Kentucky-bound wing DeAndre Liggins is averaging 15 points and 6.3 assists per game while junior forward Clarence Trent is adding 14.1 points and 8.5 rebounds.

4.  AMERICAN CHRISTIAN (PA.)
Record: 17-1; 35 Points
Comments:  Tyreke Evans, the nation's top unsigned senior, is averaging 36 points and 9 rebounds per game and Lamont Jones is adding 22 points per contest. Tony Bergeron's club has wins over No. 7 Winchendon, Northfield Mount Hermon, Massanutten, Laurinburg and Summit. Its lone loss came to top-ranked Patterson.

5.  BREWSTER ACADEMY (N.H.)
Record: 11-1; 36 Points
Comments:  Brewster's only setback came early in the season to No. 1 Patterson. Jason Smith's team is led by Arizona-bound forward Emmanuel Negedu, who scored 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in a recent win over Northfield Mount Hermon and is averaging 15 points and a dozen rebounds this season.

6.  NOTRE DAME PREP (MASS.)
Record: 12-3; 29 Points
Comments:  Ryan Hurd has done a nice job thus far in his rookie season at the helm. Kimmie English leads the team at 19 points per game while Johnny Higgins and Sean Crawford have been solid in the first part of the year.

7.  WINCHENDON SCHOOL (MASS.)
Record: 8-4; 22 Points
Comments:  Mike Byrnes has gotten things turned around and his big man, John Riek, is starting to get healthy. However, the team has been led by unsigned wing Larry Anderson. The Winch has key wins over MCI, New Hampton, Notre Dame and Bridgton.

8.  ST. THOMAS MORE (CONN.)
Record: 8-4; 15 Points
Comments:  Jere Quinn's team was without star Devin Ebanks for the last few games and the Chancellors lost two of the last three prior to the Christmas break. T.J. Robinson scored 28 against New Hampton, but it wasn't enough. St. Thomas More also dropped a game to MCI in late December.

9.  HARMONY SCHOOL (OHIO)
Record: 9-1; 13 Points
Comments:  Rodney Crawford's team still hasn't had a chance to go up against a Top 10 team, so Harmony is difficult to gauge. However, they have a talented group that is expected to add Bud Mackey and Jason Henry to a team that already features Lonnie Hayes, Tirrell Holloway, Cordell Passley and Jelani Poston.

10.  BRIDGTON ACADEMY (MAINE)
Record: 10-6; 11 Points
Comments:  Whit Lesure's team certainly isn't what it's been over the past three years when it's won a trio of consecutive New England titles. However, Bridgton remains a team capable of pulling the upset and getting to the Prep National Championships in March.