Posted Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
James Cormier and Marco Radovic both made verbal commitments last week. Cormier heads to Le Moyne College of the NE-10, while Radovic will star at Clark University. Both players had received division I interest during their time at Proctor Academy. Cormier will be joining a Le Moyne program that is on the rise. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the NE-10 tournament this year before falling in overtime to the eventual champions Bentley. “James is a competitive, hard-nosed kid who…
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Posted Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The Northeast Hoops Festival will tip off Friday night at 6:10 in Connecticut College’s Charles B. Luce Fieldhouse. The tournament is expected to draw high numbers of college coaches as it will host many of New England’s top AAU programs. The 17 and under division will be particularly impressive. Erik Murphy, Austin Carroll, Jordan Williams, n’company make the New England Playaz the favorites heading into the field. But the newly formed Nike Expressions Elite team featuring Mike Marra, Kyle Casey,…
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Posted Monday, April 7th, 2008
This is the time of year when lots of seniors say they are going to prep school. Inevitably, some of those players end up heading to college or junior college. But today we bring you some prep school commitments that are definitive. • Aziz Dieng will head to Pomfret Academy (Pomfret, CT) in class B of the NEPSAC. Dieng follows in the footsteps of Josh Paulino who he played with during the AAU season. • Johrone Bunch will play football…
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Posted Sunday, April 6th, 2008
The Greater Boston All-Star Game was bitter sweet for Stevie Mejia. It marked the last official game he would play before arriving at the University of Rhode Island in the fall. But the point guard is ready for that challenge as he hopes to play his way into some immediate minutes“I’m very excited,” said Mejia. “I will be playing with a great shooter in Jimmy Baron and in a great environment. I just can’t wait to be a part of…
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Posted Friday, April 4th, 2008
Before the season even started Erik Murphy and Nate Lubick were already singing his praises. The two stars both said that Dave Johnson was the missing link to the team’s championship aspirations. Not only would he make the game easier for both of them, but he would get them out in transition, and could put points up on the board himself if need be. Six months later, Murphy and Lubick have proven themselves to be prophetic, as Johnson did exactly…
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Posted Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
While Worcester Academy’s season may have been “up and down” as their junior big man describes it, his own season has to be considered a success as he established himself as their most consistent low post presence. After averaging 15 points and 9 rebounds per game, Ben Crenca was voted by his teammates as the team’s Most Valuable Player. “I think I progressed pretty well this year,” Crenca told the New England Recruiting Report just prior to participating in the…
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Posted Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
When you scroll up and down the list of prospects in New England, or any part of the country for that matter, you will always find more guards than any other position. As the old saying goes, guards are a “dime a dozen”. Or as college coaches would tell you, “everybody has got guards” referring to the virtually endless supply of perimeter players that think they have the game to play on the division I level. But in the age…
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Posted Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Choosing a college or university can be a hard decision for any student athlete. They have to take into account the location of the school, number of students, academic programs, their relationship with the coach, the style of play, the amount of potential playing time, the quality of the facilities, the school’s commitment to winning, and many other factors. But for one local stand-out the decision is even more complicated than that. Darryl Cato-Bishop will have to decide if he…
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Posted Monday, March 31st, 2008
Maine Head Coach Ted Woodward and his staff had already accomplished several things in this year’s recruiting class. They had improved their perimeter shooting with the addition of Jon McAllian, increased their interior depth with Svetoslav Chetinov, and acquired a very talented and versatile wing player in Gerald McLemore. There was only one other task left unfinished…finding a scoring guard who could create his own shot. You can cross that off the list now as well. On Monday night, Maine…
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Posted Sunday, March 30th, 2008
After three very successful years at St. Andrew’s (Barrington, Rhode Island), Mike Culpo has decided to accept a scholarship offer from Long Island University. “Michael is very happy and excited about his decision,” said St. Andrew’s Head Coach Mike Hart. “He’s one of the best scoring point guard’s we’ve had at St. Andrew’s. He has over 1600 career points and will always be remembered as the kid who made ‘the shot’.” Of course the shot Hart was referring to was…
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