Posted Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Former Lynn English star Jarell Byrd has realized his division I dream with his commitment to Wofford. Byrd averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds during his senior season at English and has proven to be a sparkplug for a St. Thomas More team that captured the National Prep Championship earlier this month. Wofford, who had been recruited Byrd for the better part of the year, took the Southern Conference championship this year and advanced to the NCAA tournament before falling…
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Posted Saturday, March 26th, 2011
New Hampshire native Jordan Laguerre is in Miami, Florida this weekend for the annual Jack Jones Shootout, one of the nation’s premier all-star games. This year’s game is being held at the American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat. Selected players and coaches arrived in Miami on Friday, where they had their opening practice and then watched the Heat take on the Philadelphia 76’ers. Saturday began with a community service project as the all-stars coached in the Jack Jones…
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Posted Friday, March 25th, 2011
Canadian native Nikolas Stauskas made a big impact in his first season at St. Mark's, proving himself to be one of the top juniors in New England and scoring a good deal of high-major recruitment in the process. On Saturday, Stauskas committed to one of those high-major programs, making a verbal commitment to Michigan and head coach John Beilein. "Yessir! YOUR BOY IS GOING TO BE A MICHIGAN WOLVERINE IN 2012!!" Stauskas wrote on his facebook page. "Thank you to…
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Posted Friday, March 25th, 2011
These last couple of weeks have been quite eventful for Bishop Guertin’s Connor Green. In the span of seven day the 6’4” swingman has won a state championship, a slew of individual awards, and also committed to a school for next year. Not a bad week at all. Green is one of the NHIAA’s top prospects. He has received his share of interest from college coaches, but will now have an extra year to decide which one he will play…
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Posted Thursday, March 24th, 2011
It’s been a hectic week in New England as winter gave way to spring with state champions being crowned in four states last weekend and the spring exposure circuit getting started with a variety of different events. Here’s a look back at all the headlines in case you missed any of the action: High School State Championships New London, St. Joe’s, Trinity Catholic, & Valley win in Connecticut Vermont Crowns Champions MIAA titles go to St. John’s Prep, New Mission,…
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Posted Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Class AAA Player of the Year - Naadir Thaarpe, Brewster Academy 1st Team:Naadir Tharpe - Brewster AcademyJordan Laguerre - New Hampton Andre Drummond - Saint Thomas MoreAaron Cosby - Northfield Mount HermonJaKarr Sampson - Brewster AcademyDamion Lee - Saint Thomas More 2nd Team:Khristian Smith - Maine Central InstituteMaurice Harkless - South KentNemanja Djurisic - South KentRafael Maia - Maine Central Institute Honorable Mention:Nick Paulos - New HamptonXavier Pollard - WinchendonOmari Grier - Maine Central InstituteDonnie Hale - Bridgton AcademyMarkus Kennedy…
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Posted Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
CHICAGO (March 17, 2011) — In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, announced the 50 state by state winners of their Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year. In New England the awards went to St. Thomas More’s Andre Drummond in Connecticut, Camden Hills’ Tyler McFarland in Maine, St. John’s Prep’s Pat Connaughton in Massachusetts, Bishop Guertin’s Connor Green in New Hampshire, St. Andrew’s Michael Carter-Williams in…
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Posted Monday, March 21st, 2011
It was a big weekend for Samir McDaniels as the New Mission senior led his team to their second consecutive state championship on Saturday, knocking off Northbridge 67-57. Less than 24 hours later and McDaniels was back on the court, this time as an all-star at the BasketBull New England All-Star Challenge where he scored a team high 24 points for the North squad. What few people realized, was that McDaniels had put an end to his recruitment to start…
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Posted Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Nemanja Djurisic, a 6-foot-8 power forward from the South Kent School in Conn., made a verbal commitment to Georgia on Sunday. Djurisic was one of the top big men left available on the East Coast and had seen considerably increasing high-major recruitment throughout his final season. However, things started to get complicated in recent weeks as the coaching carousel at Utah and N.C. State had a big impact on his decision making process. In addition to Georgia, Utah and N.C.…
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Posted Sunday, March 20th, 2011
The Massachusetts and New Hampshire High School Basketball Report held their second annual all-star game on Sunday night, playing host to the top freshmen, sophomores, and juniors from the two states. Here’s a look at who stood out during the action: Juniors – Top Prospects Akosa Maduegbunam, Charlestown – His jumper has become a weapon as Maduegbunam shoots a soft ball with great backspin from deep range, but don’t sleep on his athleticism or he’ll rise up to throw down…
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