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2021 RTB Frosh/Soph Showcase
Sunday, July 18 12-3pm at InSports Center 29 Trefoil Lane, Trumbull, CT Below are the participants for the RecruitTheBronx.com 2021 Frosh/Sophomore showcase. In addition to 5 on 5 play, the participants will have the option of participating in a 3 point shooting contest, an one on one championship and a speed dribbling race. ... Read more
2021 Hoop Group Atlantic City Jam Fest Top Performers
By David Cordova On July 8-9, RecruitTheBronx.com dropped in on the Atlantic City Convention Center for the Hoop Group Atlantic City Jam Fest. This showcase was heavily attended by college coaches of all levels, as the NCAA AAU Live Period began with a bang. Programs from across the Northeast and their players were trying to benefit from that... Read more
2021 CT Takeover College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com CT TakeOver is a New Haven and Hartford County, Connecticut based program coached by skills trainer Darren Gilbert. The program has the following college prospects playing with them this season: Andrew Lazarre (2022) 6’1 combo guard, Notre Dame-West Haven (CT) Lazarre is one of the best rebounding guards you’ll... Read more
Premier Hoops Development 2023's College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Over the past decade Connecticut’s Premier Hoops Development (PHD) program has build themselves into a solid skill development program in Fairfield and New Haven Counties of Connecticut. They pursue a comprehensive and competitive approach to help inspire self-confidence, athletic excellence, academic achievement... Read more
New Heights Lightning NYC College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Two of the most storied programs in New York City grassroots basketball history have teamed up this year on the EYBL circuit. New Heights and the New York Lightning will play under the New Heights Lightning flag this July. The Lightning, led by long-time directors Dana Dingle and Shandue McNeill (who will coach the... Read more
Riverside Hawks 2023's College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Riverside Hawks, one of NYC’s most storied programs, was founded by the historic Riverside Church in the early 1960’s. The program’s mission is still to help students and families use basketball to pursue academic opportunities and to promote their character development. Their Class of 2023 team i... Read more
2021 All Gym Rat Selections
To get a copy of the 2021 Gym Rat Challenge Report contact Steve Amedeo Director of Communications Gym Rat Challenge SAmefio@GymRatCHALLENGE.com... Read more
2021 CHSAA Team Camp Top Performers
By David Cordova On June 26 and 27, RecruitTheBronx.com caught the last two days of the CHSAA (Catholic High Schools Athletic Association) Team Camp as it was being held at Iona Prep in New Rochelle, NY. These past two weekends are the NCAAs’ Scholastic D1 Live Period window. In a LIve Period, the D1 college coaches are allowed to see pro... Read more
2021 Philly Live Top CT Performers
By David Cordova On May 19, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia for the Philly High School Live I event. A multitude of teams from the Northeast played against one another in front of college coaches from multiple levels. It was the first D1 Live Period event in over a year and half, where D1 co... Read more
Boys 2 Men 2023's
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Boys 2 Men 15u squad, coached by Doug Niblock, have been dominating 15u Zero Gravity XL circuit all summer, capturing ZG Prime Championship in Orlando, FL in the process. Anthony Daley (2023) 6’0 shooting guard, Deer Park High - Daley is a arguably the best 15 year old shooter in Greater New York. He has u... Read more
Pharos Elite College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Coach Tyron Robinson has left his home turf of Philadelphia to take the varsity coaching job at Pharos Academy Charter in the Bronx. Robinson knows his way around a basketball program. He was an All State selection and 1,000 point scorer at Penn Wood High (PA). He played DII ball at Bluefield University and at Neumann ... Read more
2021 Collision Top Performers
By David Cordova On Saturday, June 6, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Riverbank State Park for The Collision, an event put together by Eleve11Hoops. In this event, all teams in the 17u division played in bracket play. The Milbank Flyers went on to win the championship. There were plenty of strong teams within the Northeast that played agai... Read more
2021 Memorial Day Slam Top Performers
By David Cordova RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Island Garden facility in West Hempstead for the Memorial Day Slam event run by Eleve11Hoops. In this event, there were plenty of talented teams with under-the-radar players that came out to do battle. Here are some of the standouts from that day’s event: Cherif Diarra 6-6, Forward,... Read more
2021 Empire Youth Athletics 16u
Empire Youth Athletics 16u team is coached by Brandon Wilson. Wilson is a Long Island Lutheran High alumni, who played D1 ball at Maryland Eastern Shore. The stated goal of the program to mold their players into hard-working, coachable individuals by providing a high quality coaching and training experience for them. They preach that becoming bette... Read more
2021 The Circuit League: Session IV 5/22-5/23
By David Cordova This past weekend, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Irving, Texas for the fourth session of The Circuit League, as the New Heights/Lightning program competed amongst some of the country’s best in three age groups (15U, 16U & 17U). Here are the NE/Lightning’s standouts from the event and how they fared: Zakai Zieg... Read more
2021 Brass City Basketball College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Brass City Basketball Club was formed in 2019 in Waterbury, CT. The program is run and coached by TJ Faeth, who coaches at Metro Learning Center High School (MLC) in Bloomfield, CT. In 2020, the plan was to develop more teams and run a full program instead of just one team. However, the pandemic put those plans on hold... Read more
2021 All-America Valley Basketball Club College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The All-America Valley Basketball Club (AAVBC), founded in 2018, is an AAU club whose purpose is to foster stage-appropriate player skill development and a positive experience for young athletes. The club was founded by Steven Wolfe on the premise of service and hard work while promoting fun through the sport of basketba... Read more
Connecticut Elite-Langston 17u College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Dominique Langston is the head coach of the Connecticut Elite-Langston 17u team. He is also a former college player, both for D1 Quinipiac College and D2 SCSU. He is also a Fairfield Warde High School (CT) Boys Varsity Assistant Coach. All of which gives him a pretty guy eye for recognizing college prospects in the reg... Read more
NHAA Spring Madness Quarterfinals 5/10/21
By David Cordova On Monday night, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the PAL Polo Grounds Community Center, for the NHAA Spring Madness quarter finals. The tournament was organized by Will Kelly, the director of the Hoops By The River. Some of the Tri-State’s area’s finest players participated. In the quarterfinals, there were some good... Read more
Diamond In The Rough Showcase 5/2/21
By David Cordova On Sunday, @Daves_Joint and @HoopsDreams_NYC were given billing as hosts for the May 2nd version of A Diamond in the Rough Showcase. But the lion’s share of the heavy lifting was done by the high energy coach and promoter Kaamil Dillard. The event was held at the Bronx River Community Center and was an opportunity for high ... Read more
2021 NY Select Showcase Players of the Game
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On May 1, NY Select Director David Moses and Assistant Director Luis Nieves teamed up with Boys and Girls Club Metro Queens staff and Director Barry Witter to host a showcase event at the Boys and Girls Club in Richmond Hill. They intend to make it an annual event for AAU team play. This year they brought in New Yor... Read moreNHAA Spring Madness Top Performers 5/1/2021
By David Cordova On Saturday afternoon, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem, for the NHAA Spring Madness. The event was organized by Will Kelly, who is also the Director of the Hoops By The River tournament. Some of the Tri-State area’s finest players, came to participate outdoors on the asphalt in a si... Read more
2021 Nate Blue Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova On Thursday night, RecruitTheBronx.com paid showed up at the Frederick Samuel Community Center in Harlem for the 2021 Nate Blue Showcase. Many of the Tri-State area’s best came out to play in front of junior college coaches. This included two games that included seniors and another other game that included underclassmen. Her... Read more2021 Empire Youth Athletics College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Empire Youth Athletics is a program that was started in 2018. Their mission is to mold the future EYA generation into hard-working, coachable individuals by providing a high quality coaching and training experience. An Empire athlete is a multi-dimensional and well-rounded player. The focus is on the six pillars of exc... Read more
The Scrimmage - Rens v City Rocks Top Performers 4/17/21
By David Cordova On Saturday, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to The Grail Sports Complex in Wilmington, Delaware for The Scrimmage, courtesy of Team Final, in which some of the teams from the Northeast came out to play in two days during this weekend. Two of New York State’s elite programs, the Albany City Rocks and the New York Rens playe... Read more
NYC Invitational Top Performers 4/10/21
By David Cordova On Saturday, RecruitTheBronx.com took advantage of its invite to visit the famous Gauchos Gymnasium in The Bronx for the NYC Invitational games. The event brought together five of New York City’s finest AAU programs, the New York Rens, New York Gauchos, PSA Cardinals, Riverside Church and the New York Jayhawks. Accordingly, h... Read more2021 Elite 50 College Showcase Top Performers
Excerpted from https://www.connecticutelitebasketball.com/ April 9th, 2021 60 players from Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts made a stop at Newtown Youth Academy this Friday evening for the Elite 50 College Showcase. Here are your top performers: Demian Vial (2023) 6’0 guard, Farfield Warde High (CT) - A guard who understands chan... Read more
New York Select - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New York Select basketball AAU travel program was founded by Executive Director David Moses and Assistant Director, Luis Nieves during the summer of 2020. They are based in New York City and provide opportunities for student-athletes throughout the Tri State. During the pandemic disrupted 2020, it was a very rough ... Read more
Team NYC Takes 2021 NY Future Crown
Huntington, NY Coach Donald Francois of Archbishop Molloy High brought his Team NYC squad team to the NY’s Future tournament championship on Easter Sunday. In the finals of the seven team event, Team NYC rallied hard to grab the win over Beacon Elite, 65-59. Beacon Elite was a team that featured St Franics Prep players. The NY Future is the ... Read more2021 Elite 50 Showcase Top Performers
Excerpted from https://www.connecticutelitebasketball.com/ April 2nd, 2021- 75 Players from CT, NY and MA got together under one roof at Newtown Youth Academy in Newtown, CT for the Elite 50 Showcase. Chandler Dicks- Strong, athletic guard with the ability to get to the rim or pull up for the mid-range jumper. Has very good court IQ. Tenaciou... Read more
Long Island Lutheran vs. Archbishop Stepinac 3/23/21
By David Cordova, On Tuesday night, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to Archbishop Stepinac High School In White Plains, as the Crusaders played in the first of a two-game series against Long Island Lutheran High School. Because of the pandemic, schools from New York City are not able to play games, but both LUHI and Stepinac are located outside of ... Read more
Tri State Classic The League - 3/12/21
By David Cordova On Friday night, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Yonkers PAL gymnasium for the Tri-State Classic, The League game play. Teams from around the City came out to play a competitive brand of basketball as a way to get ready for the summer season. Here are the standouts from the three games: Tai Turnage 5-9, Point Guard, ... Read more
Gauchos Class of 2025 Team 1 Prospects
RecruitTheBronx.com picked up some scouting notes and high school attendance plans on some promising young prospects in the NY Gauchos’ Class of 2025. Brandon Stores 6’3 wing, St Raymond High - Stores is an elite finisher around the rim and excellent rebounder. Solid defender inside. Great athleticism finish above the rim. One of the m... Read more
Brother Stoldt Series - College Prospects
By David Cordova RecruitTheBronx.com dropped into New Rochelle at Iona Prep for a game in the Brother Stoldt Classic. With the pandemic protocols preventing Iona Prep and Archbishop Stepinac from playing a full schedule against their traditional NYC CHSAA foes, they instead set up a best-of-seven series between each other and named it the Brot... Read more
Connecticut Elite's Class of 2022 Showcase Invitees
On April 2, at the Newtown Youth Academy, Connectciut Elite will host a showcase for the promising college prospects in the Class of 2022 that they have been tracking. Below is the list of their initial invitees, and the links to those prospects’ profiles: Mason Jackson Logan Carey John McCain Ty Holloway Ty Staples-Santos Mike... Read more
Elite 84, Spring 2021 - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Elite 84 is a AAU basketball program based out of Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, NY. Head coach, Joel Velasquez says Elite 84 educates and empowers their athletes to be leaders, winners and students by developing the skills necessary for success in high school, college and life. Over the course of Velasquez’s coachi... Read more
We Believe Academy to Open in the Fall
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Former professional basketball players Ta’Quan Zimmerman and Ryan Gomes are part of a group who are starting a basketball academy in Waterbury, Connecticut that is called We Believe Academy. The academy will be set up as an alternative to the traditional high school basketball path, with the goal of eventully placing... Read more
Quality Academy Prep - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Quality Academy Prep is in its foundation year. Founder and Head Coach Anwar King started the program in the fall of 2020 after brief stint at Olympus Prep Academy in South New Jersey. Coach King runs his program with the thought process, “If I cant enhance you off the court like I do on the court, then my job is... Read more
2021 @ExpHoops Long Island's Top 25 Players
2021 @ExpHoops Long Island’s Top 25 Players 1. Jordan Riley (2021) guard, Brentwood High 2. Rafael Pinzon (2021) guard, Long Island Lutheran 3. Kacper Klaczek (2021) guard, Long Island Lutheran 4. Drissa Traore (2021) forward, Long Island Lutheran 5. Ryan Dunn (2021) guard, Long Island Lutheran 6. Jayden Pierre (2022) guard, Long I... Read more
2021 Lehman Campus Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The 2020-2021 season for the PSAL High School Boys Varsity Basketball is hopefully approaching and the Lions of Lehman Campus are expected to face it with a plethora of new players after graduating eight seniors (three New York All State players) As usual, the Lions program is optimistic that the returning players will... Read more
2021 Bronx Tech Prep College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bronx Tech Prep was founded in 2019 and is a private college prep school. Prior to that the school was know as Betances Prep. Their post grad basketball team is coached by Zayid Shabazz. Coach Shabazz has long been a pipeline for sending players into the college ranks. BTP compete in the American Independent Post Grad ... Read more
NY Rising Rebels - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The NY Rising Rebels mission is to provide development and instruction to their student athletes. They look to help their players become better basketball players, but more importantly, better men and women. They use basketball as a way to teach responsibility and accountability. Through such guidance, their certified... Read more
2021 TriState Sensational Six Top Performers 2/5/21
By David Cordova On Friday night, Recruit The Bronx paid a visit to the Yonkers Public Athletic League in Yonkers, New York to catch the Sensational Six event being put together by the Tri-State Classic. There were two games that took place between Bridgeport Prep (based out of Bridgeport, Connecticut) and Quality Academy (a New Jersey-based pr... Read more
2021 TriState Sensational Six Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Friday night, January 8, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Yonkers PAL for the Sensational Six event put together by the Tri-State Classic. The teams were comprised of squads such as LES Blazers (comprised of players from Murry Bergtraum High School), The Real Deal (comprised of players from WHEELS), Westchester Baske... Read more
RTB College Prospect Notes - December 2020
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com During the month of December, RecruitTheBronx.com compiled our notes from our discussions with high school, prep school and AAU coaches re any under-recruited college prospects that they had in their programs. Below we present our findings. 2021’s Bryan Adams (2021) 6’2 point guard, Frederick Gunn School... Read more
2020 Kahari Beaufort Skills Academy Top Performers
By David Cordova On Saturday, December 19th, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Boys & Girls Club in Hartford, Connecticut to check out the Kahari Beaufort Skills Academy, which was a showcase for many of Connecticut’s best players and play in front of a livestream of coaches watching. Here are the standouts from the event: Johnny... Read more
2020 Isaiah Whiteheads Basketball Academy
By David Cordova On December 19 afternoon, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Nazareth High School in East Flatbush, Brooklyn for the third session of the Isaiah Whitehead Basketball Academy, where some of the best talent in and around New York City came out to receive skill instruction and also competed against one another. Here are the sta... Read more
Family First - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Family First is a club team that sources their players from Seward Park Campus, Washington Irving Campus and East Side Community High in Lower Manhattan. Their coach is Coach Katey Wentworth, boys varsity coach at Seward Park. Over the course of the past few months this squad has played all over the tri-state area inc... Read more
2020 Real Scout Basketball Battle of the Rankings
By David Cordova On December 13, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Upper Room Christian School in Dix Hills, Long Island, for the Real Scout Basketball Battle of the Rankings showcase, where players from the New York metropolitan area came out to play in front of a live stream of coaches. Here are the standouts for the event: Alberto Varga... Read more
Diamonds In The Ruff Showcase 12/3/20
By David Cordova On December 3, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Next Level Sports in Huntington, Long Island for the second installment of the Diamonds in the Ruff Showcase. In this session, many of the players were seniors and juniors and competed in front of a livestream of coaches watching virtually. Here are the standouts from the event... Read more
2020 HBCU Showcase, Session 2 - Top Performers
By David Cordova On Novemeber 29, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Brooklyn Stuy-Dome in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for the second edition of the Why Not HBCU Showcase. In this showcase in which 30 seniors from throughout the Tri-state area were able to compete for scholarships in front college coaches from historically black colleges ... Read more
2020 The Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova On Friday, November 20th, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Yonkers PAL in Yonkers for “The Showcase,” which was put together by the GoTorey All-Stars, which had some of the best players in Westchester County, Dutchess County, New York City and New Jersey in action, playing in front of college coaches via a live-strea... Read more
2020 BASKADEMICS/MIZZWERK College Showcase
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Landing on the final weekend prior to a two month Connecticut statewide shutdown on youth basketball, BASKADEMICS, in conjunction with MIZZWERK, sold out their College Showcase event. The event took place at Nomads, in South Windsor, CT. The opportunity was taken by players from Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut.... Read more
Level Up LI College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Level Up LI is one of the fastest growing youth AAU basketball programs in the Tri-state area. They offer competitive teams, and training for boys and girls of all ages and skill levels. The program is headed by Jesse Winter, President, Nikko Callender, Grass Roots Director, Trevor Stark, Boys Director and Evan Conti, ... Read more
2020-21 Suffield Academy College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Suffield Academy, founded in 1833, is a co-ed private preparatory school located in a small New England town about 20 miles from Hartford, CT. It’s varsity boys basketball team is coached by Matt Fava and has long been a pipeline of players into the college ranks. They compete in the very competitive, seven stat... Read more
2020-21 Notre Dame Prep Basketball College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gamil.com Notre Dame High- West Haven (CT) Post Grad basketball program looks to make it another strong season after beginning their program officially last year. Year 1 included placing all 12 students in college and 10 of those players playing college basketball at 4 year schools. They will look to make it another successful s... Read more
2020 RTB Livestream Top Performers - Session 4
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Sunday, November 15, RecruitTheBronx.com hosted Session 4 of their High School Preseason Livestream showcase. The replay of the Livestream video of approximately 75 minutes of game play and the three point shooting can be found here. 2022 Sajan Porter (2022) 6’1 guard, King School (CT) – A sophomore su... Read more2020 RTB Livestream Top Performers - Session 3
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Saturday, November 14, RecruitTheBronx.com hosted Session 2 of their High School Preseason Livestream showcase. The replay of the Livestream video of approximately 75 minutes of game play and the three point shooting can be found here. 2021’s Yave Cruz (2021) 6’3 wing, Palisades Prep High, AAU Team: Purple... Read more2020 RTB Livestream Top Performers - Session 2
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Saturday, November 14, RecruitTheBronx.com hosted Session 2 of their High School Preseason Livestream showcase. The replay of the Livestream video of approximately 75 minutes of game play and the three point shooting can be found here. 2021’s Jalen Gordon (2021) 6’3 guard, Capital Prep Magnet School (CT) ... Read more2020 RTB Livestream Top Performers - Session 1
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Friday, November 13, RecruitTheBronx.com hosted Session 1 of their High School Preseason Livestream showcase. The replay of the Livestream video of approximately 75 minutes of game play and the three point shooting contest can be found here. 2021’s Elijah Parent (2021) 6’0 point guard, Bristol Eastern High... Read more
2020 Why Not HBCU Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova On Wednesday, RecruitTheBronx.com got over to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for the Why Not HBCU Showcase, which was an opportunity for high school seniors throughout New York City and surrounding areas to gain some exposure as coaches from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) on the NCAA Division I, Division II ... Read more
RTB Livestream Participants - Session 1
Session 1 Friday November 13 7-9pm at George Washington Carver Center 7 Academy Street, Norwalk, CT Livestream link for Session 1 Jersey #1 Elijah Parent(2021) 6’0 point guard, Bristol Eastern High School, AAU: CT Passion (Edwards) – Parent’s academics will draw the great schools that can only admit ... Read moreRTB Livestream Participants - Session 2
Session 2 Saturday November 14 10am-Noon at George Washington Carver Center 7 Academy Street, Norwalk, CT Livestream link for Session 2 Jersey #2 Christian Sullivan (2021) 6’2 shooting guard, Massapequa High - Sullivan has great feel for the game. He can spot up and spread the floor, can also finish around the rim. Alwa... Read moreRTB Livestream Participants - Session 3
Session 3 Saturday November 14 2pm-4pm at George Washington Carver Center 7 Academy Street, Norwalk, CT Livestream link for Session 3 Jersey #2 Joshua Capellan (2021) 6’3 shooting guard, Fieldston School - Capellan is a fast and athletic wing with a well-rounded game. He consistently shoots from long range efficiently and... Read moreRTB Livestream Participants - Session 4
Session 4 Sunday November 15 12-2pm at George Washington Carver Center 7 Academy Street, Norwalk, CT Replay link https://youtu.be/rteaPllODrE Jersey #2 Shaun Peterson (2023) 6’4 shooting guard, Academy Charter School, AAU Team: Rising Stars - Peterson is a great on-ball defender and a high energy player. He has both... Read more
European Club Style Basketball Team Starting in Connecticut
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In the heart of Connecticut prep school basketball, a new form of college prep winter basketball is emerging. Borrowing from the European model of separating sports from academics, a team is being formed to play games against the high level basketball, independent prep school basketball academies such as Putnam Science... Read more
2020 Real Scout Upstate Gems Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Cohoes, New York for the Real Scout Upstate Gems College Exposure Showcase at the Gateway Sports Complex. In this event, players from Long Island, New York City and upstate New York showcased their talents via livestreams to coaches watching the action. Here are the names of the... Read more
Cheshire Academy College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Cheshire Academy is a selective, co-educational college preparatory school located in Cheshire, CT. Founded in 1794, it is the tenth oldest boarding school in the United States. At one point in the early to mid 20th century, its mission was to train young men exclusively for the purpose of attending nearby Yale Univers... Read more
2020 Unsigned Hype Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova On Sunday afternoon, RecruitThe.com Bronx got ourselves to Huntington Station, Long Island for the always relevant Unsigned Hype Showcase. This showcase was founded by and hosted by James Barrett, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Monroe College. This year, 100 of the Tri-state area’s best unsigned players came to play a... Read more
Kings Park High Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Kings Park High competes in the New York Section 11 A-5 conference. They return three starters from last years Suffolk County Finalist team that went 20-3 overall. Coach Chris Rube’s team was one of top defensive teams on Long Island last year. Kings Park’s losses were at Hills West (by 3) and theywent on t... Read more
The Gibson Way Skills Academy - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Gibson Way Elite, the next premier program out of Connecticut, brings the beginning of something great with their Class of 2023 national team. Started by two brothers, Jarrel and Shane Gibson, with aspirations to bring the talent in Connecticut to the forefront of the basketball world. The Gibson Way is more then ... Read more
Diamonds in the Ruff Top 40 Underclassmen
By David Cordova On Tuesday night, David Cordova of Dave’s Joint, on behalf of the RecruitTheBronx.com, landed in Huntington Station, Long Island for the Diamonds in the Ruff Top 40 Underclassmen Showcase at the brand-new Next Level Sports facility. Many of the best players from Long Island, New York City and Connecticut showed up. The a... Read more
CT Passion College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The CT Passion is a competitive AAU program based out of Bristol, CT. It was created by Brendan Phelps (who is now an Assistant Coach at Division 2 Post University) in 2007. In 2018, Dean Edwards became the owner and club director. Julio Vazquez (St. Paul Catholic - Bristol CT Associate Head Coach) has been the club&#... Read more
2020-21 Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Adlai Stevenson Campus Ambassadors compete in the PSAL Bronx A East conference. After a very successful 2019-20 regular season campaign in which they posted a 17-1 league record, Stevenson will return some key players from last year’s team as well as adding some new faces. Though the loss of last year’s seniors wil... Read more
The Workout Top Performers - 10/23/20
By David Cordova On Friday night, RecruitTheBronx.com took a trip to Yonkers for a showcase called “The Workout” which was run by the Go Torey All Stars. GTAS is Torey Thomas’ program. Thomas is native of White Plains, played his high school ball in Connecticut, played college ball at Holy Cross University and then spent 13 years play... Read moreUA Fall Elite 50 Showcase - 9th and 10th graders
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Connecticut Elite Basketball Program hosted its annual Fall Elite 50 Showcase for 9th and 10th graders, with almost 80 players from Connecticut and New York area in attendance at the Newtown Youth Academy in Newtown, CT. Here were the top performers: Jakari Tertulien (2022) Bridgeport Prep (CT) - Another player ... Read more
Canarsie Educational Campus - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Canarsie High Storm, aka, “The Brotherhood” is a PSAL Brooklyn AA program that is coached by Jacob Edwards. They are currently running the following college prospects on their varsity team: Alpha Bah (2021) 6’2 guard - Bah is the definition of a sharpshooter. As hard as he works on the court, h... Read more
2020-21 St Lukes School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St Lukes School is a secular, private day school serving grades 5-12 in New Canaan, CT. Its boys varsity basketball team is coached by former Quinnipiac College Assistant Coach Tony Newsom and is assistant coached by Evan Downey. St Luke’s has a long history of placing their players onto college teams, including ... Read moreGauchos Roundball Classic - Top Performers 10/17/20
By David Cordova On Saturday, RecruitTheBronx.com was back at the Gauchos Gym in The Bronx to check out the two games being played in the Gauchos Roundball Classic. The first between Showtime (a team comprised of players from PSAL Brooklyn AA Boys & Girls High School) and the Eagles (a team comprised of players from Evangel Christian School... Read moreAll-America Valley Basketball Club - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The All-America Valley Basketball Club (AAVBC), founded in 2018, is an AAU club whose purpose is to foster stage-appropriate player skill development and a positive experience for young athletes. The club was founded by Steven Wolfe on the premise of service and hard work while promoting fun through the sport of basket... Read more
Connecticut Elite 17u-Cardona College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Fred Cardona runs a high level 17u team for the Connecticut Elite and is also the boys varsity coach at University High School of Science and Engineering in Hartford. He is also an USAB Gold Licensed Coach and a member of the NABC. Among his philosophies is an attempt to teach the game from the ground up with fundament... Read moreGauchos Roundball Classic - Top Performers 10/16/20
By David Cordova On Friday night, RecruitTheBronx.com caugt another set of games in the Gauchos Roundball Classic at the Gauchos Gym in The Bronx. We got to check out two games, with the first game between Team Unite (a team comprised of players from CHSAA AA Monsignor Scanlan High School) and Team Brooklyn (a team comprised of players from PSA... Read more
No Days Off - College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Led by former Divsion 1 player and professional player Steven Johnston, No Days Off Training LLC looks to provide knowledge, support and drills to help improve basketball skill and IQ. NDO strives to create a program that is affordable to all, but still provide a proper basketball education. Operating out of lower Fair... Read more
Monsignor McClancy 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School is located in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. Their varsity boys basketball team is coached by Anthony Olszewski and they compete in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association A division. Coach Olszewski’s key players for the 2020-21 season will be:... Read moreGauchos Roundball Classic - Top Performers 10/11/20
By David Cordova This past Sunday, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Gauchos Gym in The Bronx for the Gauchos Roundball Classic. There were three games played. The first game was between Showtime (a team comprised of players from Boys & Girls High School) and NYC Broncos (a team comprised of players from South Shore High School), the ... Read more
2020 CYB Combine Top Performers
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Changing Youth Basketball is a non-Profit organization that provides inner-city youth with opportunities to play, learn and grow. Co-founders Isaiah Aboagye and Steven Pierre Saint believe that through sports CYB has the power to reduce youth violence, promote health and inspire academic success for their kids. Aboagye... Read moreGauchos Roundball Classic - Top Performers 10/8/20
By David Cordova On Thursday night, RecruitTheBronx.com dropped into the Gauchos Gyn in The Bronx for the Gauchos Roundball Classic in which there were two games taking place. The first was between the Bronx Warriors (a team comprised of players from Cardinal Hayes High School) and Facts Over Opinion (a team comprised of players from All Hallow... Read more
Capital Prep Magnet School 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Capital Prep is a magnet school in Hartford, Connecticut that prides itself in its record of 100% college placement for its graduates. It’s varsity basketball plays is coached by Levy Gilespie and plays in the Connecticut state association, aka the CIAC. This is a program with multiple college prospects. C... Read more
2020 Fall UA Elite 50 Showcase - Top Performers
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Friday, October 2, Connecticut Elite hosted its 17th annual Fall Elite 50 Showcase with players from Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts in attendance. A dozen college coaches were in attendance from D2 and D3 programs on this night. From top to bottom the Showcase was loaded with many other players that played... Read more
Millbrook Basketball School 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Millbrook School is an 85 year old prep school located 90 miles north of New York City (Dutchess County). It’s varsity basketball team is coached by Billy Thom and competes in Class B (mid-sized school) division of the New England Prep School Athletic Counsel (NEPSAC). The NEPSAC is sometime referred to as &... Read more
Bathgate Educational High 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bathgate Educational Complex competes in the PSAL Bronx B2 conference. Last season, the Bulldogs were the regular season division champions of the Bronx B2 league and their season ended one game before the PSAL Final Four. The Bathgate Bulldogs are returning three key players from last year’s team who helped ... Read more
2020 New Haven Showcase - Top Performers
RecruitTheBronx.com The New Haven Showcase got it done for a third straight year, pulling in college-prospect talent and getting college scouts to focus on them. According to Ryan Ott, one of the organizers, he was hearing the following statements from D2, D3, and prep school recruiters in attendance: “There are definitely several scholarsh... Read more
New Rochelle High 2020-2021 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New Rochelle High competes in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Section 1 which encompasses Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties. Head Coach Rasaun Young says that after losing to Horace Greeley high in a Section 1 tournament semi final last season, that his guys are eager to get... Read more
All Hallows High 2020-2021 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com All Hallows High School competes in the Catholic High School Athletic Association Bronx Class A division and Coach Sam Alston is looking forward to having a promising season in 2020-21. All Hallows has five starters returning and three more players who will be key to the team’s success. The team has a unique situ... Read more
Norman Thomas High 2020-2021 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Norman Thomas High Tigers compete in the PSAL Manhattan A I conference and look primed this winter for an even better season than last year, when the program made its first Sweet 16 appearance since 1982. Norman Thomas Coach Cecilio Gomez brings back senior guard sharpshooter Dominique Tayie and senior forward ... Read more
Avon Old Farms School 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Avon Old Farms School is a boarding school in Hartford County, CT. It competes in the regular season in the prep school Founders League. It’s post-season tournament opportunity would lie in a seeding in the New England Prep School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class A (large school) division. The rosters of AOF and ... Read more
St Mary's High 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St.Marys High School out of Manhasset, Long Island competes in the Nassau Suffolk Catholic High School Athletic Association. This winter, they will be starting the season with a lot of new faces. Coach Ira Hunt will be relying on two of last year’s returning guards will keep St.Marys in the hunt for the title... Read more
Dr. Susan S. McKinney High 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Dr Susan McKinney High School Kings go into the 2020-2021 season with high expectations. The Kings look for a fifth consecutive winning season with seven returning players, including four seniors who look to make a major impact. McKinney competes in the A5 conference of Public School Athletic League Joel Koryor... Read more
St.Edmund Prep 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St. Edmund Prep finished last season with a record of 21-6, won the Catholic High School Athletic Association Class A Division regular season title, and lost in the Intersectional tournament final. 10 seniors have graduated from that 2019-20 team, including league Player of the Year Shemar Latty (Post University CT), ... Read more
St. Francis Prep 2020-21 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com After winning the Brooklyn-Queens Catholic High School Athletic Association Class AA Championship last season, St. Francis Prep returns four starters and seven total players who played key roles for them. The backcourt of Todd Rochelle (’21) and Latiek Briscoe (’22) return after being selected to the All City Thir... Read more