Posted Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Devin Ebanks scored 32 points in the championship game to lead his team past the Playaz (New Jersey) 92-83 to earn the championship crown. Despite the fact that the Shooting Stars had a cast full of high-major players including Louisville bound big man Samardo Samuels (Co-MVP), future North Carolina forward Ed Davis, and Florida commit Erving Walker, they still turned to Ebanks down the stretch to bring home the title. And he delivered in a big way scoring 22 of…
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Posted Sunday, October 21st, 2007
In one of the farthest northern points in the country lies Lee Academy, a prep school who is about to begin their third season with a post-graduate basketball program. The growth has been slow but steady as Head Coach Carl Parker continues to build a program that can challenge some of the region’s best. This year Coach Parker will rely heavily upon a backcourt that features two returning point guards as well as a newcomer who is making a big…
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Posted Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Orion Outerbridge’s high school career has definitely been a case of the road less traveled. After starring for Beaver Country Day in Massachusetts for his freshman and sophomore seasons he transferred to a public school in California along with two other players from the greater Boston area in Troy Gillenwater and Leroyal Hairston. A year later when the trio was ruled ineligible for living outside the district, they all went their separate ways. For Outerbridge that was an opportunity for…
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Posted Friday, October 19th, 2007
Marianapolis Prep will be in the midst of the championship hunt this season as Head Coach Dave Vitale’s squad has a lethal combination of backcourt talent and frontcourt depth. Corey Wright Jr. will have the ball, as the transfer from St. Raphael’s Academy is already penciled in at the starting point guard spot. He will be surrounded 6’6” post-graduate Mike Myers-Keitt on the wing as well as 6’0” post-graduate Nikoal Vukadinovic, who is a pure shooter with NBA type range. …
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Posted Thursday, October 18th, 2007
The secret was kept well until RJ Evans had a chance to announce his decision to a room full of friends, family, and reporters at a Thursday afternoon press conference. While most of the people in attendance were aware of the fact that the decision had come down to Harvard and Holy Cross, very few people actually knew what the final outcome would be. So when Evans finally announced that he was headed to Holy Cross to become a Crusader,…
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Posted Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
St. Andrew’s has won two consecutive NEPSAC championships and a total of six under the direction of Head Coach Mike Hart. Meanwhile they have produced high major products like Connecticut’s Tony Robertson, Providence’s Jonathon Kale, Syracuse’s Demetrius Nichols, and most recently Boston College’s Rakim Sanders. And while this year’s team may not feature any future high major players, this group has all the components necessary to go for the three-peat. The first component of any championship level team is a…
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Posted Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
With four scholarship offers in hand from division II schools and a host of calls and letters coming from coaches in the America East, NEC, Patriot, and Ivy Leagues, it was likely only a matter of time before Kevin Donahue got the division I offer he had always dreamed about. “I thought about it a lot, and a lot of guys are worried about division I, but this was the best fit for me,” Donahue told the New England Recruiting…
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Posted Monday, October 15th, 2007
With some teams set to begin practice in the next two weeks, we thought this was a great time to update our program profiles page. The program profile page strives to bring you a listing of top prospects on a variety of high school and prep school programs in the region. At the present time we have listed top prospects from several of the best prep school programs in the region. But this is just a start. We encourage any…
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Posted Sunday, October 14th, 2007
A few days after talking with St. Mark’s super sophomore Nate Lubick, the New England Recruiting Report spoke with Erik Murphy in the second of a two part series. NERR – First of all, how is the leg feeling? Erik Murphy – It’s good. 100% better. NERR – Now when did you first get injured and what exactly happened? Erik Murphy – Well in the spring, right before Bob Gibbons [Tournament of Champions], I twisted it pretty bad. They told…
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Posted Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Despite having two full seasons ahead of him at South Kent, Jin Soo Kim has finalized his plans for college after having verbally committed to Gary Williams and the University of Maryland this weekend. “He went down to midnight madness with his uncle and decided to pull the trigger now,” said South Kent Head Coach Raphael Chillious. It appears as if the timing was perfect for the Terrapins as Kim appears poised for a breakout year at South Kent. To…
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