Scholar Athletes
All American Basketball Academy
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"Champions aren't made in in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill" - Muhammad Ali |
Congratulations to the Scholar Athletes Elite 17 & Under team for their tremendous play at the Rumble In the Bay Tournament during the weekend of May 26th through the 29th, 2006. They finished in the Elite 8 after going 5-1 over the Memorial Day weekend led by All-Tournament selections seniors Darnell Porter, Greg Scott, and Lane Whitney.
Darnell Porter Greg Scott Lane Whitney
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Coaches Gregg Scott and Ted Lopez led a hungry Scholars squad into the Bay with one focus in mind... "The 'Ship". The boys opened their run with an overtime win against Frisco's Finest, winning their pool after quality wins against Greenline and the Hayward Panthers. Scholars finished their run with a quality win over the Oakland Soldiers before losing in the quarterfinals to the host Bay Area Hoosiers.
Top Players at the
CaliforniaPreps.com Publisher
The second annual Southern California Hoop Review was held March 25-26 at the Southern California Basketball Academy in
Top senior (05) prospects included (14):
6'2 Aaron Buckner of Piedmont Hills HS,
6'6 Jan Burris of
6'8
6'3 Keenan Haywood of Skyline HS,
6'4 Kelly Hubbard of
6'8 Chawn Johnson of
6'3 Joe Mitchell of
6'3
6'6 Ray Reese of Westchester HS,
5'11 Nican Robinson of Technical HS,
6'9
6'5 Donald Thomas of
6'3 Larry Tyson of Quartz Hill HS,
6'6
Other senior prospects of note (30):
6'3 Brandon Allen of Mayfair HS,
6'4 Chuck Anakwenze of
6'5 Brandon Burnside of Kennedy HS,
6'5 Chris Busch of
6'6 Darcenio Carter of Natomas HS,
6'2 Sean Cunningham of Daniel Murphy HS,
6'2 Mike Danielian of Grant HS,
6'5 Alan Elezama of Villa Park HS,
6'0 Marcel Edwards-Gray of Skyline HS,
6'7 Wendale Farrow of Mira Loma HS, Fair Oaks, CA
6'1 Gerrell Finney of Muir HS,
5'10 Dominique Howard of West HS,
6'2
6'1 Chris Johnson of
6'7
6'0 David Kane of Leuzinger HS,
6'4 Brandon Kennedy of Eisenhower HS,
6'6 Arturas Lazdauskas of Hollywood HS,
6'6 Josh Lopez of Polytechnic HS,
6'2 Julian Marion of
6'0 Leroy Moore of Armijo HS,
6'6 Cornelius Perry of Hug HS,
5'11 Trevor Ray of
6'5 Carl Robertson of Palisades Charter, Pacific
6'2 Justin Sobczyk of
5'11 Demetrius Thigpen of Crawford HS,
6'3 Aaron Thompson of
6'3 Marquise Venison of
6'3 Cortez Ward of
6'8 Keith Wilkinson of
Top junior (06) prospects included (19):
6'5 Marvin Adams of Stoneridge Prep,
6'5 J.J.
6'8 Rhett
6'6 Ricky Boyles of
6'9 Craig Brackens of
5'10 Mike Caffese of Tokay HS,
6'5 Bill Clark of
6'2 Deandre Denan of
6'10 Terrence
6'6 Kevin McDowell of Stoneridge Prep,
6'6 John Paul Olukemi of
6'4 Darnell Porter of Millikan HS,
6'3
6'8 Deon Thompson of
6'6 Gabriel Thrash of
6'6 A.J. Tolbert of Dominguez HS,
6'2 Russell Westbrook of Leuzinger HS,
6'6 Decensae White of Serra HS,
6'3 Tyler Williams of
Other junior prospects of note (19):
6'1 Andrew Beck of Flintridge Prep, La
5'8 Stephon Blackwell of McClymonds HS,
6'9 Oliver Caballero of Alisal HS,
6'10 Kevin DeLange of
6'8 Mark Einhorn of Calabasas HS,
6'6 Zach Evans of Chaminade Prep,
6'4 Charles Jim-George of
6'5 Jameel Johnson of
6'5 Jervaughn Johnson of Centennial HS,
5'11 Omari Johnson of
6'7 Demetrius Love of
6'5 Ray Magee of
6'1 Tim McLauren of
6'4 Nick Palmer of
6'5 David Renfroe of Diamond Ranch HS, Diamond Ranch, CA
6'6 Phillip Roberts of Reseda HS, Reseda, CA
6'4 Eric Rush of
5'9 Gregory Scott of Kennedy HS,
6'8 Nick Storment of
Top sophomore (07) prospects included (15):
6'6 Clint Amberry of Ocean View HS,
6'0 Deandre
6'4 Matt Busch of
6'9 Josh Crawford of
6'6 Adam Malik of La
6'3 Gerald McLemore of Scripps Ranch HS,
6'6 Zachary Nelson of Natomas HS,
6'4 Kieran Ramsey of Harvard
6'5 John Reed of
6'1 Marcus Shannon of
6'2 Jeremiah Slowick of
6'5 Dane Suttle of Westchester HS,
6'8 Kenton
6'5 Jonathan Wills of Mayfair HS,
6'1 Jesse Woodard of Centennial HS,
Top freshman (08) prospects included (7):
6'0 Ryan Beall of Dos
6'4 Quamaine Crymes of
6'4
5'8 Marcus Johnson of Loyola HS,
6'0 Ryan Merkle of Harvard-Westlake HS,
5'11 Josh Thomas of
6'9 Jeff Withey of Horizon HS,
January 15, 2005
Rankings For 14u and 13u Divisions (1/15)
CaliforniaPreps.com Publisher
The rankings we compile are intended to celebrate the accomplishments and successes of our extraordinary youth. They are intended to be positive and informative.
Our first rankings took a while to get off the ground because we're trying a different approach. We're gathering as many expert voters as we can and we expect many more to be involved soon. For now we're going ahead with the rankings based on the initial voting members who have responded. We'll do only the 14u and 13u divisions this time. We had some ballots for 12u and 11u but not enough to be representative.
Each voter could rank teams only in their own division and could not vote for their own team. We weighted the results based on a point system that was mathematically adjusted so that no team had an unfair advantage by not having a voting member (and thus be eligible to get votes from all voting members - while others received potentially less votes because they had voting members who could not vote for their own team). Without getting too complicated, here are the results.
All the voters were surprisingly close on how they ranked the teams. They represented a wide sampling of teams in the whole region so this is a good start to the season. Keep in mind, the season's young and a lot of teams haven't been seen much yet and a lot of top teams haven't faced each other yet. So we expect a lot of changes and movement as the season progresses.
14u Division
1. Team
2. RSA another talented team but a notch below Team
3. Scholar Athletes a "new" team that has split off from ACES. They gave Team
4. ABC Hoops a team we haven't seen yet but the voting panelists all have a high regard for them. We hope to see them in the California Invitational this weekend.
5. ARC Vikings could move up if they continue to do well this year and more people see them.
6. (tie)
6. (tie) ARC Gorillas won the "ARC Fall Brawl" beating ARC Vikings; have lost to RSA (AAU regionals) and Scholar Athletes (CaliforniaPreps tourney).
8. MV Tarheels should have another strong season.
9. NC Express this
10. All-American a disappointing no-show at the CaliforniaPreps tourney. We wonder if they avoid some of the better teams but they nonetheless deserve their top ten ranking.
11. (tie) Mason Basketball School this ranking may surprise some, but they got a lot of respect from the panel.
11. (tie)
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14. Redland D-Shoot barely placed; now need to prove they belong.
15. A1A they got no votes because nobody has seen them play. They have played out of the region while running up a bunch of wins. We saw them a few months ago and know they deserve to be on this list somewhere. So we gave them an honorary "15" this week only in hopes they will start playing locally.
14u Championship Results for CalPreps tourney
CaliforniaPreps.com Publisher
December 21, 2004
14u Championship: Scholar Athletes 75, ARC Gorillas 56
Gregg Scott's debut with his new Scholar Athletes team was a huge success as they finished the tournament strong with an impressive win over a good ARC Gorillas squad. Scott is off to a great start with the newly-names Scholars.
The champs jumped out to a quick lead and ARC never recovered. They led 6-0, 9-6, and 20-7 before Deuce Johnson hit a nice soft jumper for ARC in an effort to slow them down. Patrick Moran helped set the tone for the Scholars as he responded with two net-swishing three-pointers to spread to gap and make it 26-9.
They kept rolling as Andy Brown's nifty drive to the rack made the score 35-18. But ARC is the kind of team you can't let up on because they are a quality team. They put together a mini run of 6-0 (capped by Rene Reyes' 3-pt play) to cut the deficit to eleven. But they could never get closer then ten points the rest of the way and trailed 38-26 at the half. Besides Moran (4 threes in first half) and Brown (7 pts), Chris Bearden and Andrew Bock provided more than enough offensive firepower to fuel the big lead.
It was more of the same in the second half as the lead grew to 43-28. Jason Lang nailed a three for ARC to cut the deficit to ten at 55-45. But behind Richard Johnson and Bearden, the Scholars kept pushing and the lead ballooned to 70-49 and it was all over. No excuses were made by coach Lee Garson for ARC who played three games the last day and seemed to poop out a bit. He gave full credit to the Scholar Athletes who played an excellent game and looked unbeatable on this night.
Scoring:
Scholar Athletes - Bearden 21, Bock 6, Brown 11, David Enfinger 3, Johnson 11, Moran 14, John Russo 2, Kendall Williams 1, Dele Olora 4.
ARC Gorillas - Alex Reyes 17 (3 threes), Shayan Edrisavi 7, Mark Haskell 4, Lang 5, Rene Reyes 8, William Segura 4, James ("Deuce") Johnson 11 (and seemingly an equal amount of blocks).
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