Posted Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Another week was shortened by bad weather but once again that wasn't enough to stop a variety of top performances from players all over New England: Maine Player of the Week – Andrew Shaw, Thornton Academy – The senior forward broke two school records last weekend when he went off for 46 points including eight three-pointers. Unfortunately, Shaw’s heroics weren’t enough as Thornton fell to South Portland. • Chris Braley, Nokomis – 29pts, 14rebs & 10asts over Oak Hill 59-42•…
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Posted Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
A few weeks of rumors were put to rest on Wednesday night when word broke that junior swingman Ricardo Ledo had officially transferred to Notre Dame Prep. "He's here," Notre Dame Prep head coach Ryan Hurd confirmed on Wednesday night. Ledo began the year at the South Kent School and made a Christmas commitment to his hometown Providence Friars last month. The 13th ranked player and third best shooting guard in the national class of 2011 joins an already stacked…
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Posted Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Vermont Academy’s new head basketball coach Jess Bopp came onto campus last May with one mission: to build a program. This was a school that was never known for its basketball tradition, but more for its beautiful campus. “The hardest part for me was the time at which I took the job in May,” said Bopp on his hiring, “most players were already locked into situations and there were not many kids available.” Just like any program that needs to be…
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Posted Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Eight of the CIAC's top programs met at Central Connecticut State University on Monday for the second annual Connecticut Hoops Challenge. Game of the Day: Northwest Catholic 60 East Catholic 45 In one of Connecticut’s fiercest schoolboy rivalries, East Catholic would match-up with Northwest Catholic in front of a raucous local crowd in what turned out to be a highly competitive contest. With the two teams battling each other in a physical brand of play early, East Catholic’s Rohan Brown…
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Posted Monday, January 17th, 2011
Game of the Day: Perspectives (IL) 53 St. John’s Prep (MA) 63 In Monday’s opening contest featuring two of the most prominent, late-blooming prospects in the national class of 2011, ESPNU Top 100 player and Notre Dame-commit Pat Connaughton would lead his St. John’s Prep team against one of the most talented players in the country in six-foot-ten, Kentucky-bound forward Anthony Davis. While Davis would assert himself early as the elite player on the floor with a mix of smooth…
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Posted Monday, January 17th, 2011
Braeden Anderson, a six-foot-eight post-graduate forward from Wilbraham and Monson Academy, is set to receive his release from DePaul later this week less than two months after signing his National Letter of Intent in November. Wilbraham and Monson head coach Chris Sparks confirmed the news on Monday morning. "It's not official yet because the NCAA office is closed today," Sparks said, "but we have the papers and Braeden just needs to sign them and send them in." Sparks said he…
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Posted Sunday, January 16th, 2011
This week's Video of the Week comes care of Vermont Academy who put together a highlight reel of their recent win over Wilbraham and Monson. Under first year head coach Jesse Bopp, Vermont Academy is having one of the best seasons in school history having earned victories over REDA, Brimmer and May, and Wilbraham and Monson, and currently riding a four game winning streak. The Video of the Week is located in the lower right hand corner of the NERR…
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Posted Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Sunday proved to be a tough day for local New England schools as St. Mark's, St. Thomas More, and St. Andrew's all went down to start the day. While Newton North and New Mission helped the region end the day on a more positive note, the six full games of action provided plenty of standout performers. Game of the Day: Life Center Academy (NJ) 73 St. Mark’s (MA) 69 In Sunday’s opening contest, perennial New England power St. Mark’s locked…
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Posted Saturday, January 15th, 2011
The second annual BABC Prep Classic kicked off Saturday at Chelsea High School with three exciting games highlighted by a classic match-up between two of Class AA's best programs to end the day. Game of the Day: Tilton (NH) 74 St. Andrew’s (RI) 69 Coming off its impressive victory over national power DeMatha (MD) last week at the Cancer Research Classic in West Virginia, St. Andrew’s would take on Tilton in a match-up between two perennial NEPSAC powers in Saturday’s…
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Posted Friday, January 14th, 2011
A full slate of exciting basketball is on tap for local fans of high school basketball as Martin Luther King weekend brings three seperate events to New England. Spalding Hoop Hall Classic The eyes of the nation will be focused on Springfield this weekend as some of the very best teams and individual players the country has to offer will be in action at the Spalding Hoop Hall Classic. The action got underway on Friday night with five local games…
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