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The Empire invitational descends on Adelphi this Saturday

January 4th, 2017

The inaugural Empire Invitational will take place on January 7, 2017 at Adelphi University. Some of the top boy’s high school basketball talent in the tristate area will be on display. Teams will be drawn from New York City, Long Island, upstate New York and southern New Jersey.

The Empire Invitational is a New York based boy’s high school basketball event that will take place once a year. The event founder and director Pat Lawless is a national basketball recruiting analyst for MADEHoops.com & an NCAA Certified Scout. This event has some really good teams and players alike that will be present under 1 roof and we will be in attendance and look forward to a great weekend of high school boys basketball!

Here is the schedule and a list of some of the players that will be in attendance.

 

The Game Schedule goes as follows:

12:00 | Lawrence Woodmere vs. South Shore

1:30 | The Knox School vs. Our Saviour Lutheran

3:00 | Long Island Lutheran vs. Bishop Loughlin

4:30 | Cardinal Hayes vs. Albany Academy

6:00 | Our Savior New American vs. Pope John XXIII

7:30 | Baldwin vs. HS for Construction

Some of the top players that will be showcased at the event:

 Cincinnati Commit & Bishop Loughlin guard Keith Williams

 St. John’s Commit & Our Savior New American forward Boubacar Diakite

 Rutgers Commit & Our Savior New American forward Mamadou Doucoure

 ESPN’s 16th ranked player in the nation & Albany Academy’s Hameir Wright

 Bishop Loughlin point guard Markquis Nowell

 Cardinal Hayes point guard Joe Toussaint

 Lawrence Woodmere forward Aidan Igiehon

 Pope John XXIII forward Samba Diallo

 USA Basketball participant & Our Saviour Lutheran point guard Posh Alexander

BALDWIN MAULS THE MARAUDERS

January 3rd, 2017

We were on hand at Baldwin this Bruins vs the Marauders of Bay Shore’s Matchup. This was a good one. So far all the critics have the Baldwin Bruins, the reigning class AA long Island Champs as repeating out of Nassau. Well so far Baldwin is undefeated and the are facing a very good team in the Bay Shore Marauders. The Marauders are coming off a win and are looking pretty hot in Suffolk. the are very well coached by their 2 year coach C.J. Leary and the letter of the day is “D”. D for defense. Because if The Marauders do anything right, that’s play really good defense. Int the first qtr of this game it was all Baldwin. The young bayshore team looked as if the were out of their league. The Bruins went right at them they got immediate contribution from Elijah Bovel , and some really exciting moves from the last games standout player Jabeon Bivens.  On the bayshore side it was all Jose Rivera. He is one of the scoring super twins from the south shore of western Suffolk. his brother Angel seemed to be struggling in the first half so he was relegated to the bench while bro did the heavy lifting. Every time Baldwin came with a run jose answered with an acrobatic layup or a momentum breaking steal or deflection which converted to a Bayshore point. Though they were with 3 points throughout the momentum heavily favored Baldwin. The lead was no more than 5 points for either team in the first half. Baldwin takes the lead by 1 point. the score is 28 Baldwin – 27 BayShore.

Then in the 2nd half here comes Angel the other Rivera twin. this is probably Badwin’s worst nightmare, both the Rivera’s clicking at once. Levon Montgomery Bayshore’s big man makes some major contributions in the3rd quarter. He single handedly dominates the boards and chips in some offensive points to take some scoring pressure off of the twins. Then we get some more help from the point guard, Kyrie Sawyer. He pitched in some timely 3 pointers and a few acrobatic field goals. This game was great from beginning to end. But in the end the Bruins were just too much for the Marauders. The Marauders were a pleasure to watch in that they played great team defense, they had o quit in them, and had it not been for the offensive onslaught of the the dynamic duo of Bovel and the game MVP Jabeon Bivens they just might’ve came in and stole that game from the home team Bruins. Compliments to Coach Leary & his Marauders for making this as entertaining as they did. He did a great job of getting his players prepared and this team that went pretty far in the playoffs last year only to lose to the Suffolk champs by 2 points is expected to do really well this year again and we are looking forward to seeing these guys again.

On the Bruins… they got contributions from their guards Rhyjon Blackwell and Derrick Ruffin as well as the

(From Left to right Baldwin’s Assistant Coach Jon , Elijah Bovel ’17, Jabeon Bivins ’17, & Head Coach Coach Darius Burton)

Bayshore’s Kyrie Sawyer directing traffic.

Levon Montgomery Bayshore’s Big Man #player2watch

(From left to right #3 Kyrie Sawyer, #4 jose Rivera, #5 Angel Rivera & Coach C.J. Leary)

 

THE ALZHEIMER’S ALL-STAR GAME LAST GIRLS TRYOUTS ARE TODAY!!! BOYS LAST TRYOUTS DATE ANNOUNCED

September 30th, 2016

TODAY ARE THE SUFFOLK GIRLS LAST TRYOUT’S AT SUSA.

Friday September  30th from 6:30pm-8:00pm @ SUSA – 114 Parkway Dr South Hauppauge, NY

THE LAST SUFFOLK BOYS TRYOUTS ARE:

Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM @ Amityville Memorial High School 272 Merrick Rd, Amityville, NY 11701, United States

REGISTER ONLINE TO SAVE TIME!!

 

These tryouts are open to ALL Long Island basketball players (Girls and Boys) and this event is truly the best of the Island. Only restrictions are NO MORE THAN 3 players from 1 school can be selected and you must attend at least 1 tryout to be selected to the All-Star teams.

 

 

The 2016 Alzheimer’s  All- Stars classic  proudly  announces this year’s event will be sponsored by the Rising Stars Youth Foundation. Event founder Gordon Thomas sees the partnership between the two organization as the perfect fit saying,” Rising Stars is much more than basketball .We share a common bond  in putting importance on the values and life lessons taught on and off the court  ahead of wins and losses.”

Hope to see you there and good luck!

Come out and Ball for a cause. tell them that iLuvBBall sent you!

BE THERE 1 HOUR IN ADVANCE TO REGISTER FOR TRYOUTS! OR CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE THEN PRINT AND BRING COMPLETED FORM TO TRYOUTS WITH YOU.

 

 

 

Brentwood star breaks 44 year old Scoring Record!

January 7th, 2016

Michael Almonacy breaks Mitch Kupchak’s Brentwood record!

(Photo Credit: James Escher)

Michael Almonacy broke Mitch Kupchak‘s school scoring record of 1,380 points in Brentwood’s game vs the William Floyd Colonials at home on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Unless you live under a rock then you know that Mitch Kupchak is the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers. Mitch scored 1,380 points and held that scoring record for Brentwood from 1970-72!

Mike came out the gate scoring like a man possessed! He ran off Brentwood’s first few points in the first quater to surpass Mitch‘s scoring record and finished with 18 points in Brentwood’s 104-48 win over the Colonials. See photo below of Michael Almonacy of Brentwood shooting the jumper to break Kupchak‘s record.

 

(Photo Credit: James Escher)

 

After the game Mike received a call from Mitch Kupchak himself congratulating Michael on his accomplishment. When we asked how he felt about breaking the 44 year scoring record held by the current GM of the Los Angeles Lakers his response was that, the best part of this whole experience was the congratulatory phone call from Mitch Kupchak. Michael Almonacy, a senior who committed to playing basketball for Stony Brook has a bright future ahead of him and many more benchmarks to acheive in his basketball career. He’s a great kid as well as a player and the skies the limit for him. See photo below of Mike Almonacy in post game ceremony with commemorative game ball.

(Photo Credit: James Escher)

Good luck Michael,

iLuvBBall.