Posted Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The Rhode Island Breakers hosted the first showcase of the post-season on Sunday night. In typical showcase fashion, it was an event dominated by guards with playmaking skills. However, one big man managed to stick out as Nikko Acosta was likely the most impressive player in the field, and certainly the best prospect in the class of ’08. Although he is said to still be hearing from a variety of division I schools, he has yet to receive an official…
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Posted Monday, March 17th, 2008
Class L – Salem 66 Trinity 45Top seeded Salem left little doubt about who the top team in New Hampshire was as they handled #2 Trinity 66-45 in Saturday’s final. Junior guard Josh Jones continued to lead the way for the Blue Devils as he scored a game high 19 points. He was particularly impressive during a stretch of the third quarter when he single handedly rattled off 11 straight points, including 3 three-pointers, as Salem built up a commanding…
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Posted Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Saturday was championship day in Massachusetts, especially at Worcester’s DCU Center where 6 state champions were crowned in boys and girls basketball. There were plenty of intriguing story lines on the boy’s side including senior heroics, a bid for retribution, and two sets of brothers competing against each other. Central Catholic Runs Away with Division I TitleHad St. John’s High School (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) Head Coach Bob Foley been told before the game that Central Catholic’s (Lawrence, Massachusetts) leading scorer Billy…
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Posted Saturday, March 15th, 2008
There were some familiar faces in Saturday night’s championship games as Maloney was playing in their second straight final, while Crosby and Trinity Catholic were both making their third appearance in the last five years. Maloney Avenges Last Year’s Loss in Class L FinalMaloney (Meriden, Connecticut) has plenty of experience competing for a state championship in Gampel Pavilion after last season’s undefeated season came to a screeching halt at the hands of Weaver (Hartford, Connecticut). However, this year was different. …
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Posted Friday, March 14th, 2008
It was an exciting start to the day for high school basketball fans in Connecticut as the CIAC crowned their first two champions. The Class L and LL finals will be played tonight at the University of Connecticut’s Gampel Pavilion. Bloomfield Takes Class SBloomfield Head Coach Gary Barcher told the television news reporters before the game that his team planned to attack Kolbe Cathedral’s patented full court pressure…and attack they did as Bloomfield scored 78 points en route to winning…
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Posted Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Class LL - #5 Trinity Catholic vs. #3 Crosby, 8:15pm at UConn’s Gampel PavilionTrinity Catholic High School (Stamford, Connecticut) will meet Crosby High School (Waterbury, Connecticut) on Saturday night for Connecticut’s most prestigious title. This is the third time in the last five years that these two storied programs have met up in the state final with each team owning one victory. This season, Crosby has certainly been more dominant as of late, riding a 21 game winning streak into…
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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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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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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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