Centralpabasketball has decided to have a MOP of the week.... It won't always be the highest scorer, but the person who was the MOST OUTSTANDING overall player for that week... This weeks MOP is......
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
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.....
McDevitt Squeeze out another victory...
In this Mid Penn conference, you better not take a night off.... With a bunch of teams in the middle of the pack trying to protect their home court at least, McDevitt did just that in a 49 - 41 victory over Carlisle....
Predictions on todays games 1/6/12....
Here's a look at some of todays matchups for high school games..... Should be a very interesting day of games.......
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Little and Caruso puts on a show....
Emmanuel Baptist JV boys basketball team went to Red Lion Christian not really knowing what to expect... "They were pretty good last year" head Coach Brooke Morrison said... "I'm not really sure how we'll do today"......
PSU - Harrisburg with a big over Lebanon Valley...
PSU - Harrisburg is on a roll right now and seems to be growing as a program rapidly... With PSU-HBG picking up local guys and a few outsiders, they are well on their way to becoming one of the top Division 3 programs in the country within the next few years.....
Monday, January 2, 2012
This weeks predictions 1/2 - 1/6....
Here's a look at this weeks games......
McDevitt vs Cumberland Valley - For some reason CV hasn't been able to get it together over the years.... They have a lot of talent but it's not producing wins..... McDevitt is coming off of a two game winning streak and need this win in a big way... Expect the role players (Jordan Brooks, Milik Gantz, Jaquan Johnson, and Donte Vaughn) to really have impacts on this game as CV will focus on stopping 1000 point scorer Aaron Devan (23 ppg) . David Craig will be a load for MCD to handle inside but can the guards get him the ball where he needs it??? McDevitt by 5 in a tough one.....
Susquehanna vs Green Castle - This is a game of who can win the coaching battle as Coach Martin will use his wheel offense to exploit his size advantage over Susquehanna.... Hanna will need a big game from Shoop Shepard on offense and defense if they want to have a chance to win but with pg Gabe Mack out, who can run the show for Hanna??? Too many question marks, Too much Coach Martin, Green Castle by 7 points....
CD East vs Cedar Cliff - This is a rough week for CD East as they play some of the areas top teams... On paper, the match ups are in the favor of Cedar Cliff as they'll most likely use a solid 1-3-1 zone with Christo Majok up top to bother East with his length... Cedar Cliff's Logan Stumpf (Gardner Webb signee) has been on fire lately and I expect him to keep it up in this fast paced game. If CD East's pg Eddie Cowan can control the tempo of this game, East can have a chance... If not, it could get ugly fast because CC has too many solid horses and are coached very well... First 3 quarters will be close, 4th quarter, Cedar Cliff takes over and wins by 13 points....
CD East vs CD - This game will be jammed packed early as these two sister schools will do their tradition double header of girls play at 6pm and boys at 7:30pm.... CD will use a lot of strategy to get Devin Thomas into the game early and often.... East starts a very small team so expect CD to exploit the mis match inside until East can figure out a way to stop it.... CD East's Reggie Dudley (19ppg) will be a man on a mission but CD will be all over him so someone else will have to step up... That someone will be Tony McCraw... East thrives off of turn overs but veteran guard Nick Seefelt really takes good care of the basketball so it can be tough for East...... CD by 19 points as Thomas goes for 25 points and 15 rebs
Steelton vs Harrisburg - Too much MacIntyre as Harrisburg will pressure Steelton into turnover after turnover.... Steelton will play well in the first half but inexperience will set in after halftime and the Cougars will keep the lead going up and up... Harrisburg ends up with a 23 point win as Harrisburg plays 12 guys all game...
Harrisburg vs CD - This is the game everyone is waiting for... This game determines who's the top team in the area right now... CD has been winning games but haven't played their best yet... Harrisburg has been scoring lots of points but Haiisheen MacIntyre can't do it all by himself... Steven Stoney and Jerel Patterson has to begin to be more consistent in order for Harrisburg to win... Devin Thomas will be a difficult matchup and Ryan Beaver is a lights out shooter... If Nick Seefelt can handle the pressure, CD can walk out with a nice win... CD edges Harrisburg by 5 because of the referees in my opinion... Refs won't let the players play as this will be a free throw shooting game all game... Be ready to record your favorite shows after 9pm...
Emmanuel Baptist vs Red Lion Christian - EBCA had a really good week of work outs and should be ready for the game.... Red Lion always has a nice team and are full of juniors and seniors.... EBCA will need Nehemiah "Bud" Mack to have a huge game and also Tyrece Little has been playing well as of late coming off the bench.... If those two guys can combine for 40 or more points, expect EBCA to win by 10 points...
McDevitt vs Cumberland Valley - For some reason CV hasn't been able to get it together over the years.... They have a lot of talent but it's not producing wins..... McDevitt is coming off of a two game winning streak and need this win in a big way... Expect the role players (Jordan Brooks, Milik Gantz, Jaquan Johnson, and Donte Vaughn) to really have impacts on this game as CV will focus on stopping 1000 point scorer Aaron Devan (23 ppg) . David Craig will be a load for MCD to handle inside but can the guards get him the ball where he needs it??? McDevitt by 5 in a tough one.....
Susquehanna vs Green Castle - This is a game of who can win the coaching battle as Coach Martin will use his wheel offense to exploit his size advantage over Susquehanna.... Hanna will need a big game from Shoop Shepard on offense and defense if they want to have a chance to win but with pg Gabe Mack out, who can run the show for Hanna??? Too many question marks, Too much Coach Martin, Green Castle by 7 points....
CD East vs Cedar Cliff - This is a rough week for CD East as they play some of the areas top teams... On paper, the match ups are in the favor of Cedar Cliff as they'll most likely use a solid 1-3-1 zone with Christo Majok up top to bother East with his length... Cedar Cliff's Logan Stumpf (Gardner Webb signee) has been on fire lately and I expect him to keep it up in this fast paced game. If CD East's pg Eddie Cowan can control the tempo of this game, East can have a chance... If not, it could get ugly fast because CC has too many solid horses and are coached very well... First 3 quarters will be close, 4th quarter, Cedar Cliff takes over and wins by 13 points....
CD East vs CD - This game will be jammed packed early as these two sister schools will do their tradition double header of girls play at 6pm and boys at 7:30pm.... CD will use a lot of strategy to get Devin Thomas into the game early and often.... East starts a very small team so expect CD to exploit the mis match inside until East can figure out a way to stop it.... CD East's Reggie Dudley (19ppg) will be a man on a mission but CD will be all over him so someone else will have to step up... That someone will be Tony McCraw... East thrives off of turn overs but veteran guard Nick Seefelt really takes good care of the basketball so it can be tough for East...... CD by 19 points as Thomas goes for 25 points and 15 rebs
Steelton vs Harrisburg - Too much MacIntyre as Harrisburg will pressure Steelton into turnover after turnover.... Steelton will play well in the first half but inexperience will set in after halftime and the Cougars will keep the lead going up and up... Harrisburg ends up with a 23 point win as Harrisburg plays 12 guys all game...
Harrisburg vs CD - This is the game everyone is waiting for... This game determines who's the top team in the area right now... CD has been winning games but haven't played their best yet... Harrisburg has been scoring lots of points but Haiisheen MacIntyre can't do it all by himself... Steven Stoney and Jerel Patterson has to begin to be more consistent in order for Harrisburg to win... Devin Thomas will be a difficult matchup and Ryan Beaver is a lights out shooter... If Nick Seefelt can handle the pressure, CD can walk out with a nice win... CD edges Harrisburg by 5 because of the referees in my opinion... Refs won't let the players play as this will be a free throw shooting game all game... Be ready to record your favorite shows after 9pm...
Emmanuel Baptist vs Red Lion Christian - EBCA had a really good week of work outs and should be ready for the game.... Red Lion always has a nice team and are full of juniors and seniors.... EBCA will need Nehemiah "Bud" Mack to have a huge game and also Tyrece Little has been playing well as of late coming off the bench.... If those two guys can combine for 40 or more points, expect EBCA to win by 10 points...
Swatara Middle vs Central Dauphin Middle split games...
On one of my few free days of the week, I had a chance to check out some of the local talent in the middle school area here in Harrisburg.... The future is looking bright....
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Stevie Jones comes up BIG for PSU - Harrisburg.....
The day after watching PSU - Harrisburg in practice, I began thinking about the old saying "you play how you practice!"..... As I stated before, they were enthusiastic, excited, focused and uplifting so I figured they would play well the next day..... BINGGGG, I was correct.....
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
PENN STATE - HBG - "Program on the RISE"
I had the opportunity to take a visit to Penn State Harrisburg to see what all the fuss is about. There's a huge buzz in the air about the men's basketball program and rightfully so, those guys are FIRED UP!!!!!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
2013 Top 10 players early in the season....
Here's a look at the top juniors in the area so far this season....
2012 Top 15 players in each class in the Harrisburg area....
Early in the seasons, here's a look at the ranking order for the senior class....
Congrats to Kyler Burke 1000 pt scorer and Coach Archer....
Now, this blog has been for the Harrisburg area players BUT here's an exception.... Pine Grove HS is coached by Harrisburg product David Archer and he's been doing a fantastic job changing the culture of basketball in that area......
Monday, December 26, 2011
Quincy Roberts has a big first game for Grambling....
Take a look at ex Cougar Quincy Roberts as he tries to help Grambling get on track....
Sunday, December 25, 2011
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