Hendricken Again!

Posted Saturday, March 13th, 2010

No Baron, no Ledo…no problem! Coming into the season the big question in the state of Rhode Island was whether or not Bishop Hendricken could tie a state record by capturing their seventh straight state championship despite a lack of star power.  That question still weighed heavily on many people’s minds coming into Sunday’s final, especially since the team Hendricken was facing, North Kingston, had won their only meeting of the season, 55-52 in the beginning of February.  But Sunday… READ MORE >

Mass State Champions Crowned

Posted Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Desrosiers & Central Catholic Take D1 Carson Desrosiers capped his high school career in style as he scored the game winning bucket with five seconds left and finished with a triple double of 26 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 blocks to lead Central Catholic over St. John’s of Shrewsbury.  Jimmy Zenevitch found the Wake Forest bound big man in the middle of the paint as time was winding down and Central Catholic trailing by one, Desrosiers attacked the middle of… READ MORE >

NEPSAC Honors Announced

Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2010

NEPSAC Class A Player of the Year - Will Barton (Brewster) 1st Team:Will Barton, Brewster Academy Billy Baron, Worcester AcademyEric Ferguson, Winchendon SchoolAnthony Ireland, Winchendon SchoolJ.J. Moore, South Kent 2nd Team:Laurent Rivard, Northfield Mount HermonBryon Allen, St. Thomas MoreMajok Majok, Northfield Mount HermonC.J. Fair, Brewster AcademyTre Bowman, St. Thomas More Honorable Mention:Melvin Ejim (Brewster), Dartaye Ruffin (New Hampton), Maurice Walker (Brewster), Alexander Harris (Bridgton), Steve Roundtree (MCI), Andre Drummond (STM), Hector Harold (NMH), Naadir Tharpe (Brewster), Dominique Langston (STM), Russell… READ MORE >

MA & NH All Star Games Announced

Posted Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The top freshman, sophomores, and juniors in Massachusetts and New Hampshire will gather at the Rockingham Athletic Club on Sunday, March 21st for the first annual Mass & NH High School Basketball Report All Star Games.  The event will consist of 8 different all-star games beginning with New Hampshire boys and girls underclassmen and Massachusetts girls underclassmen at 5:30pm.  Up next at 7pm will be Massachusetts junior girls, New Hampshire junior boys, and Massachusetts underclassmen boys.  Finally at 8:30pm the… READ MORE >

National Champs

Posted Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Cinderella still had her dancing shoes on early in Wednesday night’s final as Northfield Mount Hermon, riding a wave of momentum coming into the game, quickly built up a double digit lead.  Laurent Rivard was the story to start the game as the Harvard bound guard was splashing shots from all over the court.  But true to their form, Brewster Academy would chip away and only trail by six heading into the locker room.  NMH continued to carry a slim… READ MORE >

Brewster Heading to Final

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Five days ago it was a 30 point difference.  With a birth in the National Prep Championship at stake the game went down to the wire.  Second seeded Brewster Academy knocked off sixth seeded St. Thomas More, 74-69, to advance to the finals of the National Prep Championship on Wednesday afternoon, but it was a far tougher game than the last time the two teams met.  St. Thomas More utilized a 3-2 zone throughout the majority of the game which… READ MORE >

NMH Headed to Prep Championship Finals

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Northfield Mount Hermon scored perhaps the biggest win in the school’s history as they knocked off top ranked, and previously undefeated, Hargrave Military Academy in the semi-finals of the National Prep Championship 86-83.  NMH opened a double digit lead early in the first and was able to keep the lead around that mark for the vast majority of the remainder of the half and the better part of the second.  But as all great teams do, Hargrave would make a… READ MORE >

Prep Championships – Quarterfinals Recap

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

NATIONAL PREP CHAMPIONSHIPS – Opening Round 1-HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY 95 d. TILTON SCHOOL 82Mardracus Wade (Arkansas) had nine three-pointers in the first half and Hargrave took a 20-point lead into the half as they eventually held the edge throughout the second half and advanced to Wednesday action. Gerard Coleman (Providence) finished with 43 points (29 second half) for Tilton as they cut the lead to 10 in the final five minutes.  Wade finished with 34 points and Lorenzo Brown (NC State) had… READ MORE >

Prep Championship Semifinals Set

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Over 80 college coaches were on hand at Albertus Magnus College on Tuesday for the National Prep Championship quarterfinals.  Virginia head coach Tony Bennett, George Mason head coach Jim Laranaga, Siena head coach Fran McCaffery, Hofstra head coach Tom Pecora, Drexel head coach Bruiser Flint, LaSalle head coach John Giannini, Fordham head coach Jared Grasso, Fairfield head coach Ed Cooley, Albany head coach Will Brown, New Hampshire head coach Bill Herrion, Central Connecticut head coach Howie Dickenman, and St. Francis head… READ MORE >

National Prep Championship Preview

Posted Monday, March 8th, 2010

The top eight prep school basketball teams in the country will come together over the next two days to crown a national champion for the fourth consecutive year.  The championships made their debut in 2007 when Michael Beasley returned to his hometown of Washington D.C. to lead Notre Dame Prep to the first ever undisputed national championship.  A year later Hargrave Military Academy went to New York and came out of a field that included Findlay College Prep and an… READ MORE >

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