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Bay Ball Classic - Cape Ferry Division Champions Putnam City (OK) 63 to 57 OT

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 31, 2007

Bayball Classic 

2007 Bay Ball Classic - Cape Ferry Division Champs Putnam City (OK) - 63 to 57 OT

Xavier Henry

This game was one of the best of the entire tournament you had two standout players one from each team in Dalton Pepper (Pennsbury, PA) and Xavier Henry (Putnam City, OK). These players lived up to the hype each having an amazing game. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bay Ball Classic Players School Lists

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 31, 2007

Dalton Pepper 

Dalton Pepper (Pennsbury, PA) Class of 2009

School list - West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Georgetown, Villanova

Durand Scott

Durand Scott (Rice, NY) Class of 2009

School list - Memphis, St. John’s, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Duke, Arizona and others

Xavier Henry

Xavier Henry (Putnam City, OK) Class of 2009

School list - Memphis, UCLA, North Carolina, Kansas and Texas

Recruiting Hardest - Memphis and UCLA

Eric Murphy

Eric Murphy (St. Mark’s, MA) Class of 2009

School list - Boston College, Duke, Connecticut, Florida, Marquette, Ohio State and Virginia

Nate Lubick

Nate Lubick (St. Mark’s, MA) Class of 2010

School list - UCLA, Virginia, Florida, Georgetown, Duke, Michigan, Marquette, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and others

Donte Taylor

Dante Taylor (NCA, DC) Class of 2009

School list - Florida, USC, Georgetown, Kentucky, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Villanova, FSU and others

Greg Robbins

Greg Robbins (Lower Merion, PA) Class of 2009

School list - FSU, Virginia, Syracuse, Temple, St. Joseph, Nebraska, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame

Trevor Cooney

Trevor Cooney (Sanford, DE) Class of 2011

Showing Interest - Delaware, Notre Dame, St. Joseph, Villanova and others

Deon Jones

Deon Jones (Sanford, DE) Class of 2011

Showing Interest - Georgia Tech, Charlotte, Virginia and others  

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Bay Ball Classic All-Tournament Team

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 31, 2007

Bayball Classic 

2007 Bay Ball Classic All-Tournament Team

Kemba Walker (Rice, NY) MVP

Durand Scott (Rice, NY)

Xavier Henry (Putnam City, OK)

Dalton Pepper (Pennsbury, PA)

Kyan Andrews (Woodbridge, DE)

Erique Gumbs (Caravel, DE)

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BayBall Classic 2007 Champs RICE (NY)

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 30, 2007

Rice

2007 Bay Ball Classic Champions Rice (NY)

Rice used their pressure defense to set the tone in the championship game. They jumped out to a 19 to 7 lead after the 1st quarter. Their defense forced 21 turnovers in the game.

The guards from Caravel just didn’t handle the intense pressure that Rice plays with from start to finish. This game got out of hand quickly and Caravel never really made a run to get back into the game.

Rice went in at the half with a 41 to 21 point lead and came out strong in the 2nd half to increase their lead by the end of the 3rd quarter to 61 to 33.

The 4th quarter saw Rice put in their reserves since the game had been decided for a long time.

This makes two titles in a 2 week span for Rice (NY) they won their Division of Iolani Prep Classic Tournament in Hawaii.  

The standout players for Rice were Kemba Walker who finished with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Chris Fouch scored 17 points on 6-9 shooting. Durand Scott finished with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

The standout players for Caravel were Tyler Niggebrugge who finished with 10 points and 2 steals. Dominic Morris finished with 9 points and 7 rebounds. Erique Gumbs totaled 7 points and 7 rebounds.

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Bojangles Shootout Champs St. Benedict’s (NJ)

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 30, 2007

Samardo Samuels 

St. Benedict’s (NJ) the # 1 team in the country proved to be to much for Moeller (OH) as they defeated them 56 to 45.

Samardo Samuels gained another MVP award after 23 points and 7 rebounds in the title game.

He also got help from the back court duel of Tamir Jackson with 14 points and Scott Machado totaled 9 points and 9 dimes.

All-Tournament Team

National Divison

Samardo Samuels (St. Benedict’s, NJ) MVP

Greg Echenique (St. Benedict’s, NJ)

Derrick Favors (South Atlanta, GA)

Quinn McDowell (Moeller, OH)

Mfon Udofia (Miller Grove, GA)

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BeachBall Classic Day 4 Scores

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 30, 2007

beachball 

BeachBall Classic Day 4

Game 1 - Cherokee (GA) vs. Socastee (SC) 59 to 53

Game 2 - Dunwoody (GA) vs. Scott County (KY) 86 to 65

Game 3 - Bishop O’Connell (VA) vs. St. Edward (OH) 74 to 51

Game 4 - Nansemond River (VA) vs. Eastern Commerce (CD) 71 to 66

Game 5 - Myrtle Beach (SC) vs. ACD (FL) 56 to 43

Game 6 - Duncanville (TX) vs. Pace (FL) 67 to 61

Game 7 - Wheeler (GA) vs. Boys & Girls (NY) 77 to 75

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Houston vs. The Nation

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 30, 2007

# 3 St. Patrick (NJ) falls to Yates (TX) 66 to 60 at Houston vs. The Nation on Saturday night.

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Brandon Jennings (Oak Hill Academy,VA) leads team to Win

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 30, 2007

Brandon Jennings Scores 49 Points in 32 Minutes

This is a clip from Brandon Jennings game at Arizona.

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Bayball Classic Day 4 Scores

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 29, 2007

 Bayball Classic 

BayBall Classic Day 4 Scores

Game 1 - CTK (NY) vs. Towson Catholic (MD) - 38 to 37

Game 2 - St. Mark’s (MA) vs. Roosevelt (DC) - 55 to 53

Game 3 - Randallstown (MD) vs. Delaware Valley (PA) - 66 to 57

Game 4 - Pennsbury (PA) vs. Linden (NJ) - 52 to 42

Game 5 - Putnam City (OK) vs. Hodgson (DE) - 66 to 40

Game 6 - Caravel Academy (DE) vs. Kempsville (VA) - 60 to 51

Game 7 - Rice (NY) vs. National Christian Academy (MD) - 70 to 55

Game 8 - Gywnn Park (MD) vs. Sanford (DE) - 65 to 42

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Bojangles Shootout

Posted by grassrootsballin on December 29, 2007

Samardo Samuels

St. Benedicts (NJ) continues to roll early on this season they defeated South Atlanta (GA) on Friday night 57 to 43.

On the night after his huge triple-double, Derrick Favors found himself going up against a huge front-line for St. Benedicts. He got into early foul trouble and never real seemed to get into the flow of the game.

Samardo Samuels had a big night playing on a bad ankle he was still able to get 17 points and 16 rebounds.

Greg Echenique (2009) finished with 16 points and played some tough defense against Favors. Tamir Jackson continued his steady play since the Oak Hill game finishing the night with 16 points.

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