Words. Aron Phillips
While everyone had football on the brain for yesterday’s Super Bowl Sunday, the day also featured one of NYC’s most touted high school hoops rivalries between Christ the King (Queens, N.Y.) and Rice (Harlem, N.Y.). In front of a packed house on the Middle Village campus, I made the trek from the 4 to the J to the M for what could have been the greatest high school basketball spectacle ever. MORE >
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Posted in Getting Up, High School Stories |
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Words. Aron Phillips
The best high school basketball programs from across the United States and Canada will descend on New York City for the first annual New Heights Holiday Hoop Festival on Dec. 18-19.
Teams from Illinois, Canada, Connecticut, Massachusetts, DC, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will square off in this unique eight-team holiday tournament to be held at the famed Rose Hill Gymnasium at Fordham University. Not to be left out, four of the best high school programs from New York City – Bishop Loughlin, Lincoln, Cardozo and Christ the King – will participate in two Showcase Games. MORE >
Tags: Amile Jefferson, Bishop Loughlin, Blair Academy, Branden Frazier, Breaking News, Cardozo, Chris Gayot, Christ the King, Corey Edwards, Dave Edwards, Dwayne Brunson, Eastern Commerce, Fordham University, Friends Central, Hakeem Harris, JayVaughn Pinkston, Jesse Pritchard, JJ Moore, Kamari Murphy, Kelvin Jefferson, Lake Forest Academy, Lincoln, Maurice Barrow, Nate Lubick, New Heights Holiday Hoop Festival, Omar Calhoun, Reynaldo Walters, Rose Hill Gymnasium, Russ Smith, Ryan Rhoomes, Shaquille Stokes, South Kent, St. Albans, St. Mark’s, Vanier College Prep
Posted in Getting Up, Recruiting News, Tournaments |
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Words. Aron Phillips
Before guys make it to the Tournament of Champions, they have to pay their dues. And this Saturday, August 22 at Goat Park (99th & Amsterdam), you’ll get to see the next group of Metro area legends in the making in the high school showcase game. Check out the roster: MORE >
Tags: Angel Nunez, Ashton Pankey, Corey Edwards, Devon Collier, Doron Lamb, Fuquan Edwin, Isaiah Epps, Javaughn Pinkston, Kyle Anderson, kyrie irving, Maurice Harkless, Mike Taylor, Myck Kabongo, Myles Davis, Myles Mack, New York City, Nike Tournament of Champions, Shane Southwell, Shaquille Stokes, Shaquille Thomas, Sidiki Johnson, Sterling Gibbs
Posted in Recruiting News |
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
