Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2012
The Boston based Bomb Squad grassroots program finished the July evaluation period in style, advancing all the to the semifinals of the Summer Live tournament held in Pennsylvania before running into the host club, Team Final. This weekend they'll return to the acourt to take part in the Powerade Hardtop Challenge held at the Reggie Lewis Center, hoping to bring similar success back home to their backyard. Kyle Lawyer (Cathedral), Curtis Howe Jr. (Avon Old Farms), Dakym Murray (Madison Park)…
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Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2012
The 6th annual Shooting Touch Preseason Tune-up is here. Some of the best players in Massachusetts are invited to participate in this exclusive event. In this 6 week (12 session) program players will be taught basketball skills from 12 different elite high school head basketball coaches from around the area for 1 hour each session. The other hour will be intense strength and conditioning from one of the area’s finest. Lastly, on Saturdays, the program will end each session with…
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Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2012
In most gyms in the United States when you hear kids talking about “The League” they are referring to the NBA. But at Northfield Mount Hermon School, that phrase means something entirety different. At NMH, “The League” refers only to the Ivy League, the league which has now captured 17 players from NMH in the last five seasons. Thursday night saw their latest commitment as Anthony Dallier became already the third NMH prospect in the class of 2013 to commit…
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Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
The University of Connecticut picked up a commitment from Kentan Facey on Wednesday evening, following an unofficial visit to the school. A six-foot-nine power forward from Long Island Lutheran in New York, Facey was one of the big winners of the recent July evaluation period, running with the New Rens grassroots program. Facey’s recruitment exploded early in the month after a big performance at the Adidas Invitational in Indianapolis. Following that tournament he landed scholarship offers from the likes of…
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Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
After 50 years, 878 wins, and 11 state championships, Vito Montelli announced his retirement on Wednesday at a press conference in Vazzano’s Four Seasons in Stratford, Connecticut. Montelli is walking away not only with his name cemented in the record books, but also at the pinnacle of the high school coaching ranks, having led St. Joseph’s to back to back state championships in 2011 and 2012. The 80 year old head coach began on the job in 1963 and stayed…
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Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Jordan Hill, a six-foot-three guard from Pasadena, California, will spend next year at Phillips Exeter Academy for a post-graduate season and then head to the University of Wisconsin, after making a verbal commitment to Badgers’ head coach Bo Ryan on Tuesday. Hill made his first appearance in New England back in early June when he attended the Yale Elite Camp. At the time, the athletic playmaking guard looked like a solid Ivy League prospect, but few could have predicted his…
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Posted Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Fairfield has picked up their second commitment in the class of 2013 with Stephen Smith, a six-foot-seven forward from LaSalle College High School in Pennsylvania, making a verbal commitment on Tuesday. Smith is a product of the Jersey Shore Warriors AAU program and is coming off a tremendous month of play during the July evaluation period in which he distinguished himself as one of the best pure shooters the class of 2013 has to offer in the northeastern region. In…
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Posted Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
ESPN Recruiting Nation has announced their updated rankings in the national classes of 2013, 2014, and 2015 and, as usual, New England is well represented. Wayne Selden checks in at 13th overall in the ESPN 100, which ranks the top rising seniors in the country. The Massachusetts native and Tilton star turned in impressive performances at the NBA Camp, Kevin Durant Skills Academy, and Lebron James Skills Academy to solidify his spot among the top prospects in the class. Kuran…
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Posted Monday, August 6th, 2012
After a dominating performance last week in Las Vegas at the Adidas Super 64, Noah Vonleh upped the stakes and had another monster performance over the past four days at Adidas Nations in Long Beach, California. Playing on the same squad as fellow-Mass Rival Kaleb Joseph, an energized Vonleh led his USA Red 2013 Team to a 3-1 record in Pool Play and a berth in the Final Four of the Medal Round by averaging an event-leading 20 points/per game…
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Posted Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Holy Cross landed a commitment on Friday from six-foot-ten center Matt Husek from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Pennsylvania. Husek ran with the New Jersey Cyclones on the AAU circuit, playing alongside a number of other Ivy and Patriot League prospects. The six-foot-ten big man has the type of size that isn't easily matched in the Patriot League along with a polished interior skill set including good hands and feet, the ability to score over both shoulders and knock down…
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