Posted Friday, November 1st, 2019
The Open Gym Series wraps up this weekend with final stops in Connecticut and Massachusetts respectively on Friday and Saturday evenings. The Connecticut Open Gym will be held Friday at Hamden Hall's Beckerman Athletic Center. Check-in for registered players takes place at 5:30 while the action on the court will tip at 6:00pm. The Massachusetts Open Gym will be held Saturday at Clark University in Worcester. Check-in for registered players takes place at 5:00pm while the action on the court…
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Posted Thursday, October 31st, 2019
One of the key takeaways from NERR's Open Gym Series is the abundance of younger players that, if they continue to develop, will leave Vermont basketball with very solid college prospects over the next several years. While most college coaches focus on the junior & senior classes as their primary sources for recruiting, the younger talent in the gym means that the future is bright in Vermont. Today, we will highlight the backcourt & frontcourt standouts for the Classes of…
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Posted Tuesday, October 29th, 2019
Hamden Hall guard Jackson Benigni made a verbal commitment to Stonehill College on Monday. The Connecticut native, who ran with We-R1 in the Under Armour Association last spring and summer, had numerous division II offers along with a steady amount of division I interest. "I couldn't be happier with my decision because I know it's the best fit for me academically and athletically," Bengini told NERR. "I wouldn't be here today without my parents, [Hamden Hall] Coach Doherty, [Xavier] Coach…
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Posted Monday, October 28th, 2019
NERR traveled north to Vermont on Friday to host the state’s inaugural Open Gym Series event. The night proved that the talent within the state’s borders is on the rise, and is an area that must be recruited by college coaches moving forward. Since his performance at last year’s Elite 75 Frosh/Soph, 2021 Michel Ndayishimiye has long been anointed the top college prospect in the state. He backed that assertion up on Friday night with his improved jump shot and…
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Posted Monday, October 28th, 2019
Titles were won and championship belts earned on Sunday at the Battle for the Belt, the culmination of Zero Gravity’s Fall Circuit. Rise Above Basketball and New England Rivals took the top prizes in the varsity division as recent Emmanuel College commit Bryant Ciccio capped a brilliant grassroots career with a win in his last game for RAB and the Rivals kept up their winning ways after taking the Hoop Group championship in July. Other winners in the varsity division…
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Posted Saturday, October 26th, 2019
In some ways, things are much the same for Waynflete School and Blue Wave Nation standout Dominick Campbell. Several months ago, the Portland, Maine native was a local big man, emphasis on the "big," with a reputation for his humility and willingness to be active in the community. In other ways, he is a new man, with new opportunities he once never imagined possible. A summer of basketball and physical transformation completed, he is now one of, if not the,…
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Posted Friday, October 25th, 2019
In most parts of the country, grassroots basketball doesn't mean very much in the fall months. And in fact, that used to be the case in New England. That all changed several years ago when Zero Gravity introduced their Path to the Belt series, culminating with the Battle for the Belt, which crowned the undisputed fall champions in each respective age group. That tradition returns this weekend to punctuate what has already been an exciting season of basketball. The fields…
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Posted Friday, October 25th, 2019
The New England Recruiting Report is coming to Vermont on Friday for the second event in our new open gym series. In the 14 years since NERR has been in existence, this will be the first time we've ever hosted an event in Vermont and we're expecting the best local prospects from the state to be in attendance. Check-in for registered players begins at 6:30pm at Castleton University's Spartan Athletic Center while the action will tip promptly at 7:00pm. The Open Gym Series was…
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Posted Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Some things are more important than basketball. At St. Thomas More though, where basketball has been a part of the school’s foundation for years, basketball is Jere Quinn and Jere Quinn is the face of the school. There was a period of time last spring where Quinn must have wondered if he would ever coach again. Long before the general public, or even the basketball community, knew he was dealing with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, he was hospitalized by the illness that…
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Posted Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
Windsor High School alum and current Woodstock Academy post-grad Lawrence Foreman announced his verbal commitment to Rider University over the weekend. Foreman had been one of Woodstock’s biggest stock-risers from the fall open gym season and is also one of the most improved prospects in New England over the course of the last year. A native of Jamaica, Foreman first played for the St. Thomas More varsity team upon arriving in the U.S. before transferring to Windsor for his senior year…
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