Recap of the CentralPABball Boys Pre Season Showcase...

2015 CentralPABball Pre Season Showcase Players

The Centralpabball Preseason Showcase was a fun one to be a part of.  The talent in the gym was great being that it's November and players are gearing up for their seasons.  We had all sorts of players, young and old, but make no mistake, every game was competitive and fun to watch.  Players from all over came to represent Central PA as cities like Harrisburg, York, Lancaster and even Philly were in the house.....

Centralpabball.com 2015 ALL STAR TEAMS

Finally the season has come to an end and Centralpabball.com would like to recognize all of the players who put in hard work this season....  We like to recognize 30 players who stood out the most during the entire season and made a difference for their respective teams....  Without further ado, here you go....

1st Team
Jahaad Proctor Harrisburg HS  2015
Kobe Gantz JP McCaskey   2016

CentralPABball Stars of the Season....

It's been a while but I'm back at it again....   The regular season is coming to a close and playoffs are around the corner...   There has been some incredible play by some of the guys and they should be noticed for sure...   We will be coming out with our Super 18, which consist of the top 18 players in the Central PA area this season based on the year they had....  Also our top underclassmen which is comprised of jv and varsity players....   But, here's some of the studs from the area this year...

Big day for District 3 Single and Triple A teams

Today starts the 2nd round of States for Single and Triple A teams and these games are incredibly important for the respect of Central PA basketball....   We have only 1 team left in Single A and that's New Hope Academy Charter School....  The Mighty Ants take on Pius X today at 6pm at Hamburg HS as they look to do something that hasn't been done in school history, make it to the Quarter Finals...

Kareem Oden takes home the MVP for District 3 Single A....

Kareem Oden in the Middle holding the Championship Trophy

If you haven't heard of this kid, there's a reason for that....  See last year Kareem Oden was a standout player for Emmanuel Baptist scoring 20ppg, 9 rebs and 5.7 assist...  Being that EBCA wasn't a PIAA school, there were no District or PIAA State tournament for him to participate in...   We all know that the playoffs are where you really earn respect....

(updated) Central PA BBall " ELITE 18" and All Underclassmen Teams...

Around this time we like to recognize the "ELITE 18" players voted on by trusted sources in the area as well as myself....   This is broken up into 3 teams with 6 players on each team.....   Full descriptive bios will come out soon....  Here are the teams below....  This is compiled of Varsity players only.....

New Hope takes over #1 spot for Single A

For the 1st time this season, Lebanon Catholic drops from the #1 spot and New Hope Charter takes over....

Most Surprising players so far this season....

As we are almost halfway through the season, it's nice to sit back and reflect on how things are looking so far...  There's certain guys that we all expected to perform at a high level such as McDevitts Big 3 of Dyllon Hudson Emery, Milik Gantz and Justin McCarthur, Harrisburg's Jahaad Proctor, Steelton's Anthony Wright, New Hope's Montrel Morgan, Dover's Ryan Beck, Readings Zy Burdine, Northern Lebanon's Sam Light and Cumberland Valley's Matt Tamanosky just to name a few ....  

Great article on New Hope by The Patriot News....

If you haven't seen the article yet, check it out....  It's all over the internet and Michael Bullock did a tremendous job covering this story...

HS BBALL SEASON IS FINALLY HERE......

Seems like it took forever to begin but now it's here....  HS basketball should be better than ever in the Mid State and early on there seems to be some very intriguing match ups....  Let's take a look at how the weekend is looking for some of the teams in Central PA....

In depth Look at the TOP PLAYERS at PANGOS East All FROSH/SOPH camp....

Check out the coverage on the Pangos camp where some of the best young players in the country were in attendance....

Overview of the Allstar games at Pangos East All Freshman/Soph camp...

Written by Frank Burlison at www.burlisononbasketball.com 

THOROFARE, N.J. – Seventeen of the 25 players that were my choices as the best in the 2013 version of the Pangos All-East Frosh/Soph Camp reside in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

And, with 11 of those players residents of Philadelphia or reasonably near-by communities, it only figured that a Philly lad sparkle brighter than anyone in the Top 30 Cream of the Crop Game that wrapped of things in the two-day event Sunday afternoon.

Central PA kids performed well at Pangos East All Freshman/Soph camp....

First off I have to start off by reminding everyone that I have attended A LOT of events over the past 3 years and seen A LOT of talented players....  I must admit, other than The Buckeye Prep Showcase in Columbus, OH, this event had the most talented Freshmen and Sophomores that I've seen....   There were players from all up and down the East Coast because they felt like they needed to be there to match up against other projected HIGH MAJOR players.... 

Sensational last day of the College Showcase as stars shine....

Last day of he showcase and these guys were HUNGRY...  Did a fantastic job looking for each other and playing unselfishly...  This was a GREAT event put together by Charlie Fortney and his staff and it was all for the kids in the area...  There were as many as 25 College Coaches in the gym at one time and some of these kids will be leaving with an opportunity to play on the next level...  Here's a look at some of the top players for the day...

Advanced Hoops College Showcase week 3 was a hit.....

Another good day at the College Showcase as players are improving and a few new players should up...

Top players for the day were...

Champions are CROWNED in the Kirk Smallwood Summer League

This article here is straight from Geoff Morrow of the Patriot News....  Good job covering the game Mr. Morrow....

Down to the Final 2 teams in Kirk Smallwood Summer League

If you happened to miss the action in the Summer League games today, SHAME ON YOU!!!!  There were 4 really good games between the Varsity A and Varsity B divisions to finalize the final teams for Championship Wednesday....

NIKE Pre Draft Camp was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!!!

Coach Jamal Robinson with a camper at NIKE PDC

The first ever NIKE Pre Draft Camp held in the Harrisburg area was everything it was hyped up to be....  It drew some of the top young talent in not only the Harrisburg area, but also in the York and Lancaster area as well....  The NIKE PDC was a little different than what most people were used to...   This camp had a huge focus on THINKING the game of basketball and reading the offense and defense.....

New Hope Middle school gets huge win over Lancaster Wheatland.....

All week Coach Chris Scott had been hearing about how good Wheatland was and how they're the best middle school team in Lancaster....  Instead of fearing them, he used it as motivation to get his team fired up....  I guess it worked as the came out with the road victory of 59 - 37.....

New Hope Middle School on a roll....

Coach Chris Scott really wasn't sure how his team was going to look at the beginning of the season.  One thing he knew for sure was he'd have a group of guys willing to compete......