MA & NH All Star Games Announced

Posted Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The top freshman, sophomores, and juniors in Massachusetts and New Hampshire will gather at the Rockingham Athletic Club on Sunday, March 21st for the first annual Mass & NH High School Basketball Report All Star Games.  The event will consist of 8 different all-star games beginning with New Hampshire boys and girls underclassmen and Massachusetts girls underclassmen at 5:30pm.  Up next at 7pm will be Massachusetts junior girls, New Hampshire junior boys, and Massachusetts underclassmen boys.  Finally at 8:30pm the… READ MORE >

National Champs

Posted Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Cinderella still had her dancing shoes on early in Wednesday night’s final as Northfield Mount Hermon, riding a wave of momentum coming into the game, quickly built up a double digit lead.  Laurent Rivard was the story to start the game as the Harvard bound guard was splashing shots from all over the court.  But true to their form, Brewster Academy would chip away and only trail by six heading into the locker room.  NMH continued to carry a slim… READ MORE >

Brewster Heading to Final

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Five days ago it was a 30 point difference.  With a birth in the National Prep Championship at stake the game went down to the wire.  Second seeded Brewster Academy knocked off sixth seeded St. Thomas More, 74-69, to advance to the finals of the National Prep Championship on Wednesday afternoon, but it was a far tougher game than the last time the two teams met.  St. Thomas More utilized a 3-2 zone throughout the majority of the game which… READ MORE >

NMH Headed to Prep Championship Finals

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Northfield Mount Hermon scored perhaps the biggest win in the school’s history as they knocked off top ranked, and previously undefeated, Hargrave Military Academy in the semi-finals of the National Prep Championship 86-83.  NMH opened a double digit lead early in the first and was able to keep the lead around that mark for the vast majority of the remainder of the half and the better part of the second.  But as all great teams do, Hargrave would make a… READ MORE >

Prep Championships – Quarterfinals Recap

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

NATIONAL PREP CHAMPIONSHIPS – Opening Round 1-HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY 95 d. TILTON SCHOOL 82Mardracus Wade (Arkansas) had nine three-pointers in the first half and Hargrave took a 20-point lead into the half as they eventually held the edge throughout the second half and advanced to Wednesday action. Gerard Coleman (Providence) finished with 43 points (29 second half) for Tilton as they cut the lead to 10 in the final five minutes.  Wade finished with 34 points and Lorenzo Brown (NC State) had… READ MORE >

Prep Championship Semifinals Set

Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Over 80 college coaches were on hand at Albertus Magnus College on Tuesday for the National Prep Championship quarterfinals.  Virginia head coach Tony Bennett, George Mason head coach Jim Laranaga, Siena head coach Fran McCaffery, Hofstra head coach Tom Pecora, Drexel head coach Bruiser Flint, LaSalle head coach John Giannini, Fordham head coach Jared Grasso, Fairfield head coach Ed Cooley, Albany head coach Will Brown, New Hampshire head coach Bill Herrion, Central Connecticut head coach Howie Dickenman, and St. Francis head… READ MORE >

National Prep Championship Preview

Posted Monday, March 8th, 2010

The top eight prep school basketball teams in the country will come together over the next two days to crown a national champion for the fourth consecutive year.  The championships made their debut in 2007 when Michael Beasley returned to his hometown of Washington D.C. to lead Notre Dame Prep to the first ever undisputed national championship.  A year later Hargrave Military Academy went to New York and came out of a field that included Findlay College Prep and an… READ MORE >

Kent Takes Western New England Title

Posted Sunday, March 7th, 2010

The Kent School put the punctuation mark on a terrific season on Saturday by knocking off Wilbraham & Monson Academy 58-36 to take the championship of the Western New England League.  Kent won the title on their home floor as they hosted the championship game by virtue of being the higher of the two seeds.  They entered this week’s field as the second seed and knocked off #7 Avon Old Farms on Wednesday by a score of 78-69 and then… READ MORE >

Gillespie Headed Back to Elite 75

Posted Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Levy Gillespie, one of the top up and coming talents in the state of Connecticut, will be returning to this year’s New England Junior Elite 75 Showcase. Gillespie starred at last year’s showcase showing terrific playmaking ability and feel for the game beyond his years, and this year he promises to once again be among the top talents in the building.  The 8th grade star is in the midst of a tremendous winter season, achieving success in a variety of… READ MORE >

Brewster Takes Class A with Thriller

Posted Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Brewster Academy couldn’t have played much better to start the NEPSAC Class A final.  They were defending, sharing the ball, making shots, going to the glass with reckless abandon and were consequently able to open up a 16 point lead.  But never a team to give up, Winchendon would fight back.  They cut the lead to 12 heading into halftime, 10 by the 12:00 minute mark, tied the score at 28 with five minutes to play, and finally took their… READ MORE >

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