Posted Friday, January 3rd, 2014
We’re now more than a month into the prep school season and well underway in the public school leagues and that has given us plenty of opportunity to get out and see the top prospects in New England. Those weeks of evaluations have led to updated rankings in the class of 2014, which now include post-graduates and other players in their first year in the region. We’ve also lost some players, most noticeably Chris McCullough who now stars for IMG…
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Posted Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
New England’s top ranked sophomore brought an early end to his recruitment on Thursday when Mustapha Heron made a verbal commitment to Pittsburgh. Heron had been in the headlines in recent weeks, first for his mid-season transfer from Wilbraham & Monson Academy to Sacred Heart High School in Connecticut and then for his unofficial visit to Pittsburgh last weekend. Now, his commitment comes just days after that trip. Heron’s father and Pittsburgh assistant coach Barry Rohrssen played professionally together some…
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Posted Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
In each of the last several high school seasons the New England Recruiting Report has published a weekly list of some of the region’s top individual performances. The list came by virtue of keeping up with all the scores, stats, and news that flowed out of various local media outlets and strived to credit the long list of noteworthy young players that were making important contributions to their respective teams. This season, NERR’s Notable Performances will return, only with a…
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Posted Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
ESPN 100 forward Jonah Bolden is transferring to Brewster Academy according to head coach Jason Smith. Bolden is expected to arrive on campus on January 6th when students return from holiday break and suit up for the Bobcats right away. The six-foot-eight Bolden first turned heads this summer while competing with his native Australian team at Adidas Nations and then enrolled at perennial high school powerhouse Findlay Prep in September. He quickly became a top national target for a variety…
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Posted Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
The new year is here and that means it’s time to take one last glance back at 2013, and so with that in mind, we’ll count down the top ten stories of the year that was in New England basketball:10. 2015 Starts to Take Center StageIt’s a trend that has gradually been gaining momentum since this fall but with the vast majority of the 2014 class already off the board, the attention of college coaches and media outlets alike is…
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Posted Monday, December 30th, 2013
Binghamton University has tapped into the New England prep school market for the third time this year, this time landing a commitment from south Kent forward Romello Walker. Walker is a six-foot-six forward who came to South Kent from Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has been a major factor behind the Cardinals' 8-1 start this season. Walker made his debut in the northeast region this summer when he starred at two different sessions of Hoop Group Elite…
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Posted Sunday, December 29th, 2013
Division III commitments continue to come in at a consistent rate following recent decisions from early applications. The latest local prospects to commit to the NESCAC, one of the nation’s most prestigious leagues because of the strong combination of academics and athletics, are Taft point guard Shawn Strickland and BB&N big man Nick Tarantino. Strickland is a five-foot-ten point guard who will be heading to Bates College next year after spending the previous two seasons at Taft. He began his…
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Posted Saturday, December 28th, 2013
St. Andrew's won three games in a matter of 36 hours to claim the title at the annual Roxbury Latin-Belmont Hill Holiday Tournament this weekend. They opened with a 60-40 win over St. Sebastian in a game in which head coach Mike Hart went to the bench early and often. Later on Friday they took down fellow Class A rival Brimmer & May by a 70-40 margin. Saturday's final matched them against AA powerhouse Tabor Academy. The Saints took a…
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Posted Saturday, December 28th, 2013
The Boston Amatuer Basketball Club’s annual Holiday Classic got underway on Friday at the Shelburne Community Center and after eight games of action over the course of the last two days, the event will conclude with two final games on Sunday at the Reggie Lewis Community Center. Here’s a rundown of the action thus far:Friday’s ResultsNew Mission 67 Bishop Guertin (NH) 48New Mission held the lead around double figures for the majority of the game and gradually extended the margin…
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Posted Friday, December 27th, 2013
The Shooting Touch Holiday Shootout got underway on Friday at Tufts University, bringing top talent from all over the northeast region to the greater Boston area. Here’s a look at how things went down:Friday ResultsFranklin 55 Cardinal Spellman 48Mansfield 79 Springfield Cathedral 45 DeMatha (MD) 58 Christian Brothers Academy (NJ) 46St. Anthony (NJ) 62 Central Catholic 46St. Joseph’s (NJ) 72 Archbishop Wood (PA) 59Top PerformancesTyler Nelson, Central Catholic – The Fairfield bound senior came out on fire, dropping 15 of…
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