Posted Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The action will tip with the senior game at 6:00 p.m. featuring the areas best players in the class of 2008. The list of confirmed participants includes: Stevie Mejia from Lawrence Academy; Jake O’Brien from Boston College High School; Andrew Van Nest from Northfield Mount Hermon; Romeo Diaz from Methuen High School; Uche Egesionu from Trinity Catholic High School; Adrian Gonzalez from Central Catholic High School; Jamal Turner from the Tilton School; Ryan O’Connell from St. John’s Prep; Tyler Patch…
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![Three Finals Set, One Championship Decided in MIAA]( "Three Finals Set, One Championship Decided in MIAA")
Posted Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
In Division 4 North Cambridge Catholic defeated Avon 77-54 at the TD Banknorth Garden on Monday to win the state championship. For NCC there were two keys to this victory. The first was jumping on Avon early, which they certainly did after opening up a 30-11 lead after the first quarter. The second was containing Akeem Williams, who came into the finals averaging over 40 points per game in tournament play for Avon. Monday, the star guard was held to…
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Posted Monday, March 10th, 2008
Last Wednesday, a day after St. Thomas More’s season had officially ended with a quarter-final loss to Hargrave Military Academy in the first round of the National Prep Championship, Adam Zagoria, a staff writer for the Herald News in West Paterson, NJ, reported that Devin Ebanks was now considering Indiana, Memphis, Texas, and Rutgers with the possibility of one other school being in the mix. While Zagoria, who is one of the best in the business and also a voter…
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![Rhode Island State Championships Decided]( "Rhode Island State Championships Decided")
Posted Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Bishop Hendricken’s reign continues…but it wasn’t easy. The four time defending state champions were stretched to overtime before claiming their fifth consecutive title. For junior point guard Billy Baron, it was a coming out party that solidified his reputation as a big game player. Despite scoring a game high 26 points, grabbing 5 rebounds, and coming up with 5 steals, it was the final 30 seconds of the game that were his best. With 17 seconds left on the overtime…
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Posted Saturday, March 8th, 2008
SNHU Lands Talented GuardMCI guard Marcus Matthews has committed to attend Southern New Hampshire University. He joins Lucas Croteau from Spalding High School in New Hampshire in SNHU’s recruiting class. Matthews is a very talented player who should be able to make an immediate contribution in the NE-10. In fact, prior to his junior season at Bishop Loughlin High School (Brooklyn, New York) he verbally committed to UMass. However, he struggled with injuries for the next two years and eventually…
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Posted Friday, March 7th, 2008
Cheverus took the Class A title as they knocked off previously undefeated Bangor High School in an upset victory. Midway through the game it looked as if Bangor was well on their way to completing their perfect season as they held a 24-14 lead at the half behind the play of sharp-shooting swingman Jon McAllian. But Cheverus junior star Mick DiStasio took over in the second half scoring 19 of his game high 24 points. Cheverus took their first lead…
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![Burlington High School Wins Vermont State Championship]( "Burlington High School Wins Vermont State Championship")
Posted Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Clancy Rugg was the dominant force with 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots as BHS held off a gritty Rice effort in front of a frenzied crowd of 3200 at Patrick Gymnasium on Monday night. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story for Rugg who came up with several timely buckets and altered a wide variety of shots patrolling the paint on the defensive end. Rice jumped out to a 13-7 lead early and looked as if…
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Posted Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Unfortunately it was not a good day for New England, as both local teams were eliminated in the semi-finals. It began in the first game of the day as Brewster Academy met up with #1 Hargrave Military Academy. Mark Lyons came ready to play as he had 8 points in the game’s first 4 minutes. But Hargrave was clicking on all levels in the first half as they opened up a double digit lead on 48% shooting from the floor. …
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Posted Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
In the first game of the day St. Thomas More squared off against Hargrave Military Academy. Although the #1 seed jumped out to a 12-0 lead to start the game, STM wouldn’t be discouraged as they chipped away at the lead for the next 25 minutes. Ultimately, with only 8 minutes remaining in the game, Hargrave held a slim 2 point advantage. That was when their backcourt took over. The combination of Dee Bost (Mississippi State) and Damier Pitts seemed…
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Posted Monday, March 3rd, 2008
The field will not only feature the nation’s best teams, but also some of the top players. American Christian’s Tyreke Evans and St. Thomas More’s Devin Ebanks headline that list. Both players are also New York natives who will end their prep school careers playing in front of the home crowd this weekend. Today’s action will begin at 5pm when Ebanks and St. Thomas More look for the upset against the number one ranked team in the country, Hargrave Military…
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