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Saniel Atkinson, Bishop McNamara, Senior
2009 All-Beltway Girls Indoor Track First Team
Atkinson won the high jump and triple jump at the Private School state championships and DCIAA Invitational among other meets. Her best high jump was five feet, nine inches and best triple was 40.04.25.
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Andrew Bannister, 130 Pounds, Bishop McNamara, Senior
2009 All-Beltway Wrestling First Team
The three-time private schools champion and outstanding wrestler fell in the Maryland Private Schools finals this season. But not before he won a fourth WCAC championship over O’Connell’s Nam Dubar.
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Talib Zanna, Bishop McNamara, Senior
2009 All-Beltway Boys Basketball First Team
Zanna was the WCAC’s most athletic big man. He was a monster defensively and refined his jump shot this season, making him one of the toughest players to stop. Zanna led the Mustangs to the WCAC semifinals while averaging 14.6 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Will play for Pittsburgh.
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Baltimore, Md. – Corrigan Sports Enterprises (CSE) and Sports America, Inc. announced the rosters for the 36th Capital Classic today. Presented by Bart & Associates the annual high school men’s basketball All-Star game, set for Thursday, April 9, 2009 at American University, pits the nation’s top prospects versus the D.C. area’s elite seniors.
Headlining the U.S. All-Stars is Milton Jennings, a 6-9 forward from Summerville, SC who was recently named to the prestigious McDonald’s All-America team and signed with Clemson University. Averaging 22 points and 9 rebounds Jennings has led Pinewood Prep to four consecutive championships.
Joining Jennings is a heralded group which has primarily committed to play in the ACC or Big East next year, including Jordan Williams, a 6-10 center from Torrington, CT, who is headed to Maryland in the fall. Williams has been a force in the post, scoring 50 or more points on three occasions, including a 52-point outing in a game where he shattered the backboard.
The Capital All-Stars will be led by Montrose Christian’s Mouphtaou Yarou, a 6-10 center who will attend Villanova University and Ian Hummer, the WCAC Player of the Year from Gonzaga, who will suit up for the Princeton Tigers next season. Among the 12-man roster are ten of the region’s premier players who have committed to some of the biggest programs in Division I.
WCAC Coach of the Year Gonzaga Coach Steve Turner will head the Capital All-Stars, while his counterpart for the U.S. team is Kevin Keatts from Hargrave Military Academy. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. and the game will be proceeded by a 6 pm contest featuring District All-Stars versus Suburban All-Stars. The festivities will be kicked off with the fan favorite dunk and three point contests at Gonzaga High School on Wednesday, April 8 at 3:30 p.m.
From its prominent beginning in 1974, the Capital Classic has introduced fans to the next generation of superstars. The greats, including Moses Malone, Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson and Dominique Wilkins have all participated in the Capital Classic, as well as the new age All-Stars of Lebron James, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony.
Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster at (202) 397-SEAT or Corrigan Sports Enterprises at (410) 605-9381. More information is available online at www.TheCapitalClassic.com or contact CSE.
U.S. All-Stars
Coach: Kevin Keatts, Hargrave Military Academy
PLAYER POS HT HIGH SCHOOL CITY, STATE COLLEGE
Lamont Jones PG 6-0 Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson, VA Virginia Tech
CJ Harris G 6-2 Mount Tabor HS Winston Salem, NC Wake Forest
John Jenkins SG 6-5 Station Camp, HS Hendersonville, TN Vanderbilt
Joey Brooks SG 6-5 Stroke Jesuit College Prep Houston, TX Notre Dame
Dalton Pepper G/F 6-5 Pennsbury HS Levittown, PA West Virginia
Lamar Patterson SF 6-5 St. Benedict’s Prep Lancaster, PA Pittsburgh
Paris Bennett SF 6-6 St. Patrick HS Linden, NJ George Mason
Jamal Coombs-McDaniel SF 6-7 Tilton HS Tilton, CT Connecticut
Milton Jennings F 6-8 Pinewood Prep Summerville, SC Clemson
Cadarian Raines PF 6-9 Petersburg HS Petersburg, VA Virginia Tech
DeShawn Painter F/C 6-9 Hargrave Military Academy Norfolk, VA Florida
Jordan Williams C 6-10 Torrington HS Torrington, CT Maryland
Capital All Stars
Coach: Steve Turner, Gonzaga
PLAYER POS HT HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
Erick Green PG 6-4 Paul VI Virginia Tech
Derrick Washington PG 6-1 Coolidge Undecided
Derrick Thomas G 6-4 St. Johns Drexel
Rashad Whack G 6-3 McNamara George Mason
Javorn Farrell SG 6-5 Riverdale Baptist Massachusetts
Christian Webster SG 6-5 Landon Harvard
Tristan Spurlock G/F 6-8 Word of Life Virginia
Ian Hummer F 6-7 Gonzaga Princeton
Isaiah Armwood F 6-8 Montrose Villanova
Jamal Olasewere PF 6-6 Springbrook Undecided
Talib Zanna F/C 6-9 McNamara Pittsburgh
Mouphtaou Yarou C 6-10 Montrose Villanova
Suburban All Stars
Coach: Julian King- TC Williams HS
PLAYER POS HT SCHOOL
Stephen Griffin PG 6-1 Paint Branch
Ed Jenkins G 5-10 TC Williams
Dominic Morra G 6-0 Lake Braddock
Bruce Massey G 6-2 Seneca Valley
Percy Woods G 5-10 Crossland
David Golladay SG 6-2 Wise
Chase Hicks SF 6-4 Churchill
Lasan Kromah SF 6-5 Roosevelt
Stephen Stepka SF 6-6 Woodson
Frank Holloway F 6-6 Lee
Raphiael Putney F 6-9 Woodbridge
Keith Mitchell F/C 6-6 Hylton
Chris Kearney F/C 6-7 Westfield
District All-Stars
Coach: Vaughn Jones – Coolidge HS
PLAYER POS HT SCHOOL
Anthony Myers PG 6-0 McKinley
PJ Miller PG 6-3 Potomac School
Given Kalipinde G 6-3 Episcopal
Marcus Rouse G 6-1 Dematha
Recardo Gaddy G 6-2 Good Counsel
Robert Olson G 6-4 Georgetown Prep
Rafriel Guthrie SG 6-2 Cardozo
Dartanion Lesane G/F 6-4 Dunbar
Lawrence Smith SF 6-5 McNamara
Bryan Wilson SF 6-4 Riverdale Baptist
Brian Freedman F/C 6-7 Potomac School
Andre Mattison F/C 6-6 Coolidge
Raven Barber C 6-8 Paul VI
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Coach of the Year
Tom Splaine, Good Counsel
2nd Team
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Coach of the Year
Steve Turner – Gonzaga
First Team
Ian Hummer – Gonzaga
Tyler Thornton – Gonzaga
Talib Zanna – McNamara
Naji Hibbert – DeMatha
Rashad Whack – McNamara
Derrick Thomas – St. John’s
Erick Green – Paul VI
Quinn Cook – DeMatha
Cedrick Lindsay – Gonzaga
Recardo Gaddy – Good Counsel
Second Team
Kendall Marshall – O’Connell
Marcus Rouse – DeMatha
Brandon Coleman – McNamara
Jerian Grant – DeMatha
Chris Martin – St. John’s
Gokhan Sirin – St. Mary’s Ryken
Third Team
David Eismeier – O’Connell
Rodney Glasgow – Good Counsel
Malcolm Lemmons – Gonzaga
Raven Barber – Paul VI
Eugene McCroy – Paul VI
Victor Oladipo – DeMatha
Honorable Mention
Andrew Sterritt – Gonzaga
Cahli Thomas – Gonzaga
Patrick Wolf – Gonzaga
Kai Smith – St. Mary’s Ryken
RJ Buck – St. Mary’s Ryken
Deon Andrews – St. Mary’s Ryken
Gorkem Sonmez – St. Mary’ Ryken
Ben Hazel – Good Counsel
Devon Wright-Nelson – Good Counsel
Julius Francis – Good Counsel
Arturo Oberg – Ireton
Antonio Rouse – Ireton
Dominic Sanders – Paul VI
Deon Jones – Paul VI
Denzel Primus-Devonish – St. John’s
Ryan McNeil – St. John’s
Julian DeBose – St. John’s
Lawrence Smith – McNamara
Mikael Hopkins – DeMatha
James Robinson – DeMatha
Malik Dauda – Carroll
Kemy Osse – Carroll
Ahmad George – Carroll
Jordan Burgess – O’Connell
Larry Savage – O’Connell
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Posted on 10 March 2009 by .
Boys Beltway Basketball
Top-10 Rankings
After winning the WCAC conference championship and the D.C. Title game, the DeMatha Stags move into the No. 1 spot in this week’s DigitalSports Beltway Ballers basketball poll.
*Records as of Tuesday, Mar. 10*
1. DeMatha (WCAC) 27-3; LW: 3
Defeated Gonzaga, 62-61, 3/5; Ballou, 55-48, 3/9
2. Montrose Christian (Ind.) 21-2; LW: 1
Lost to Oak Hill Academy, 69-63, 3/6
3. Springbrook (Montgomery County) 25-0; LW: 2
Defeated Walter Johnson, 62-41, 3/3; Northwest, 70-43, 3/4; Quince Orchard, 65-51,3/7
4. Friendly (Prince George’s County) 22-3; LW: 9
Defeated Northern, 85-66, 3/5; Huntingtown, 64-43, 3/5; Lackey, 77-60, 3/7
5. Gonzaga (WCAC) 26-5; LW: 4
Lost to DeMatha, 62-61, 3/5
6. Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. (Prince George’s County) 20-5; LW: N/R
Defeated Bladensburg, 74-56, 3/3; Laurel, 65-60, 3/4; Eleanor Roosevelt, 71-58, 3/7
7. T.C. Williams (Northern Region) 27-3; LW: 6
Defeated Hayfield, 59-52, 3/4; Lost to John Marshall, 72-61, 3/8
8. Lackey (SMAC) 22-3; L/W: 5
Defeated Potomac, 84-82, 3/3; Chopticon, 81-62, 3/5; Lost to Friendly, 77-60, 3/7
9. Thomas Stone (SMAC) 21-4; LW: N/R
Defeated Broadneck, 71-54, 3/3; Old Mill, 65-55, 3/5; Glen Burnie, 73-58, 3/6
10. Laurel (Prince George’s County) 19-6; LW: 7
Defeated Northwestern, 51-44, 3/3; Lost to Henry Wise, 65-60, 3/4
Others receiving votes:
Hayfield (Northern Region)
Bishop McNamara (WCAC)
Frederick Douglass (Prince George’s County)
Potomac (Prince George’s County)
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*Teams
considered for the Beltway Ballers poll include those in the DCIAA,
Loudoun County, Montgomery County, Northern Region, Prince George’s
County, Prince William County, Southern Maryland Athletic Conference,
and WCAC, as well as other independent private schools.*
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Created by Phil Murphy
Senior Multimedia/Content Editor
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Top 10 Plays — February 23 – March 2, 2009
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the video on the left for the full countdown of the Top 10 plays from
across the seven DigitalSports territories in the greater Washington,
D.C. Metro area.
You can also view the full list of top plays
below. Click on the titles to view the individual, unedited highlights
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Check back every Monday morning for the new Top 10 countdown from around the metropolitan area.
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Honorable Mentions (in no order):
Coyer Keeps Record Spotless — No. 3 Oakton trailed No. 10 Mount Vernon by 19 in the second quarter, but Cougar freshman Caroline Coyer caught fire. Coyer scored 18 of her game-high 22 points in the last two-plus quarters as Oakton kept its perfect record in tact and advance to the Northern Region final.
Coleman Exclamation Point — McNamara center Brandon Coleman‘s dunk gave the Mustangs a four-point lead in OT and
was really the ****** blow in a 65-58 overtime win over Good Counsel in the WCAC
quarterfinals.
Tonkins Truck — Northern guard Malik Tonkins steals the ball and dishes
ahead to Dustin Jones to put the exclamation mark on the Patriots 68-61 win
over defending Maryland 3A state champ Largo on Friday night. The 5’5″
Tonkins scored a team-high 20 points and got a lift from his coach.
Orange Crush — Fighting Hornet swingman Dennis Brown gets a huge block in the lane and, in one motion, is headed up-court for a game-clinching, transition dunk in Orange County’s 65-59 road win over Broad Run in the Region II D4 semifinals.
No. 10 — Hulk, Smash!
Montgomery County, Maryland — Jaguar junior Willie Lee, nicknamed “Hulk,” recorded 26 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists as Northwest — one year after a 1-21 season — defeated Wootton on the road in the first-round of the 4A West playoffs.
No. 9 — Three for All
Prince William County, Virginia — In a match-up of the Cedar Run and Cardinal District Players of the Year, Stonewall Jackson junior Kyani White and Forest Park senior Danni Jackson combined for 11 3-pointers in the Northwest Region championship. White won the barrage-de-trois, 6-5, but Jackson outscored her, 39-23, and the Bruins repeated as regional champs, 75-56.
No. 8 — Guerere Dagger
W.C.A.C., Va./Md./D.C. — O’Connell sophomore Alex Guerere wins the puck out of a forecheck, skates in and wrists a shot over the shoulder of the Stone Bridge goalie to lift the fourth-seeded Knights over the previously unbeaten Bulldogs — who had won 48 of their last 49 games. The win earned O’Connell a spot in the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League finals.
No. 7 — Johnny on the Spot
S.M.A.C., Maryland — La Plata 125-pound wrestler Johnny Thomas gets a clutch, triple-overtime victory in the 4A/3A South Region Tournament on Saturday to capture one of the Warriors’ five individual championships. La Plata qualified 11 wrestlers for next week’s state tournament, where the Warriors look to defend last year’s state title.
No. 6 — Up, Up and Oladipo!
W.C.A.C., Va./Md./D.C. — DeMatha junior Victor Oladipo finishes a give-and-go with senior Marcus Rouse with the rim at eye level on the receiving end of a vicious fast-break alley-oop. The Stags beat St. Mary’s-Ryken, 55-42, in the W.C.A.C. quarterfinals. This was Oladipo’s only field goal.
No. 5 — A.J. Thomas Fires from Friendly
Prince George’s County, Maryland — In the Prince George’s County championship, and time winding down in the third quarter, Friendly senior A.J. Thomas drills a step-back 3-pointer from 35 feet out. The distance shot at the neutral site, Wise, gave the Patriots a one-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter.
No. 4 — Beale Un-Friendly Demeanor
Prince George’s County, Maryland — Later in that same game, Laurel junior Jerrium Beale is on the receiving end of senior Marcus Hebron‘s alley-oop pass for a jam over a Friendly defender to steal the momentum. The contested dunk was part of a decisive, 10-0 fourth-quarter run for Spartans.
No. 3 — Winbush … Winner
Northern Region, Virginia — In the Northern Region semifinals with the score tied at 57, Hayfield junior Brandon Winbush hits the game-winning 3-pointer with :03.2 seconds to defeat Mount Vernon — who entered with a 19-game winning streak — and lift the Hawks into the regional final and guarantee a berth in the state tournament.
No. 2 — HOLY Cross!
W.C.A.C., Va./Md./D.C. — In the W.C.A.C. semifinals on Sunday with the score tied at 44, Holy Cross senior NaTasha Thames — 10 seconds after missing a pair of would-be go-ahead free throws — channels her inner Lorenzo Charles, and gets a leaping, buzzer-beating putback to lift her team over Seton.
No. 1 — Clark Caps Cinderella Run
W.C.A.C., Va./Md./D.C. — With NVSHL Player of the Year Chris Bond absent — due to club commitments — O’Connell caps its Cinderella run, winning its first-ever NVSHL title over Forest Park, 6-5, on this overtime goal by Knight sophomore Chris Clark.
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Stories by James A. McCray III
Prince George’s County, Content Managers
Photos and Videos provided by:
Andy States and Ryan Mink
SMAC and WCAC, Content Managers
DeMatha 59, Bishop McNamara 56; Click HERE for video highlights from DeMatha vs. Bishop McNamara
It is a common thought that good things come in three’s. But all one would have to do is witness the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference boys’ basketball semifinal contest Sunday night for evidence to the contrary.
With the score tied at 53 with just under a minute remaining in the game, DeMatha’s Jerian Grant — who wears jersey No. 44 — proved that good things come in four’s as well.
Grant hit a layup over the outstretched arms of a Bishop McNamara player to give DeMatha a 55-53 lead.
The shot proved to be the eventual game-winner as the Stags of DeMatha advanced to the WCAC title game with a 59-56 victory.
“I just [saw] that they had a big man on me,” Grant explained of the late-game basket. “I saw my chance to get to the basket and finished strong.”
Added DeMatha Coach Mike Jones: “I think he saw he had the mismatch. He had a big guy on him, and Jerian is very good at getting it to the basket.”
Grant had a game-changing fourth quarter as he tied the game at 49 with a three-pointer just minutes before his go-ahead basket. Only seconds after the basket, he converted two free throws giving the Stags a four-point, 57-53 lead.
In addition, the junior also took a charge late in the game that took away a McNamara basket, and scored nine fourth-quarter points in leading DeMatha with a team-high 15.
“He had three huge plays, not even counting the free throws down the stretch,” Jones said. “He also had the charge which was definitely the play of the game.”
“Coach told him at halftime, ‘Jerian Grant, you are the X-factor in this game, you can win this game,’ so he really stepped up,” DeMatha’s Quinn Cook said. “After that three-pointer, he really got going.”
McNamara was led by the hot-hand of guard Rashad Whack as he knocked down six three-pointers, five in the first half, en route to his game-high 28 points, albeit in a losing effort.
“Credit should be given to McNamara,” Jones said. “That is a very good representation of what our league is about. That was great basketball, a great game, and they had a player who played wonderful tonight in Rashad Whack.”
DeMatha 59, Bishop McNamara 56
McNamara — 16 16 15 9; Whack 28, Zanna 14, Coleman 7, Ivey 2, Pilgrim 2, Smith 2, Muhammed 1
DeMatha — 18 19 7 15; Jerian Grant 15, Rouse 13, Cook 13, Oladipo 9, Jerami Grant 4, Hibbert 3, Robinson 2
Gonzaga 57, Paul VI 48; Click HERE for video highlights from Gonzaga vs. Paul VI
It is only proper to defend what is yours, what you have worked so hard for to obtain and hold on to.
For the Gonzaga Purple Eagles, it captured the right to defend its WCAC title with a 57-48 victory over Paul VI in the WCAC semifinals Sunday night.
Gonzaga jumped out to a 4-0 lead and led for the duration of the game. After gaining a a 10-point, 27-17 lead late in the second quarter, Gonzaga was able to keep the lead in double digits for the better part of the contest.
“I though tonight, the kids did an incredible job from start to finish,” Gonzaga head coach Steve Turner said. “We wanted to do a good job of the boards. They are a big, physical team and when we played them at home last time, they did a really good job against us on the boards.”
Gonzaga’s Ian Hummer played an intricate part of that rebounding process and also scored a team-high 20 points in the victory.
Teammate Tyler Thornton scored 13 points in the victory as well.
“We knew they were going to crash the boards hard,” Thornton said. “Coach told us we had to box out and that’s what we did. We boxed out and rebounded well, and limited them to one possession.”
As far as defending the WCAC title, Thornton added: “It is good to defend our title,” Thornton said. “We knew it was going to be a tough road to get here, we’re here, and now we have to take care of business [Thursday].”
Erick Green led Paul VI with a game-high 23 points in the semi-final loss.
Gonzaga will now face DeMatha Thursday night in the WCAC title game originally scheduled for Monday night but postponed to Thursday, 8 p.m. at American University.
The Purple Eagles and Stags split two games during the regular season with DeMatha winning the latter on Feb. 20, 68-65.
“It is an incredible opportunity,” Turner said of returning to the title game. “A lot of people don’t get this opportunity. We split during the year and I am expecting a heck of a game from both teams.”
Gonzaga 57, Paul VI 48
Gonzaga — 13 16 8 20; Hummer 20, Thornton 13, Lemmons 12, Lindsay 8, Thomas 4
Paul VI — 11 6 12 19; Green 23, McCrory 17, Barber 4, Bozeman 2, Sanders 2
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By Ryan Mink
rmink@digitalsports.com
Good Counsel was never challenged by McNamara’s girls basketball team in Sunday’s WCAC semifinals, rolling to a 66-49 victory at American University.
And yet, Falcons senior Katie Sheahin wasn’t at all surprised by that.
“I would say we definitely put in the work in practice and it showed,” said Sheahin, who led Good Counsel with 18 points.
Sunday showed just how well the Falcons (25-3), winners of 17 straight games, can perform when their game is clicking.
The Falcons will now play in their second straight WCAC finals Monday against Holy Cross after the Mustangs upended them in last year’s title game.
The team’s seniors are on a quest to win their own WCAC championship after sitting on the bench as freshman when Good Counsel won the title.
“Wanting to go to the championship one more time, there was a feeling inside that we had to get the W,” senior Sarian Snyder said.
The Falcons said they were especially focused before the game. The team went to Good Counsel’s gym to shoot around early Sunday morning and loudly prayed in the locker room before the game.
“It’s hard to explain,” sophomore Boo Abshire said. “It was just intense.”
Good Counsel, who split with McNamara in the regular season, has often struggled at the starts of games this season, but not as much recently. The came out strong against O’Connell in Saturday’s quarterfinals and did so once again Sunday.
The Falcons hit their shots early, building a 16-point lead in the first quarter. Seven different Falcons scored in the first half with Sheahin and Kyleen Armstrong each notching eight points and Bianca Hood and Sydney Lewis each adding six.
Sheahin, a 5-foot-9 guard headed to Loyola, Md., stole the show with solid ball-handling, a deft outside scoring touch and ability to drive to the basket.
“Katie’s obviously playing very confidently right now,” Good Counsel coach Tom Splaine said. “She’s Miss Do Everything for us. She rebounds, she scores, she plays great defense, she handles the ball real well.”
Good Counsel only turned the ball over once in the first half, which is quite a feat especially considering McNamara’s intense ball pressure is made to force turnovers. The Falcons had a 21-point lead heading into the half and maintained if for much of the game.
“We just got pumped up together,” Sheahin said. “We came out hyped and it showed.”
McNamara (14-11) started to crawl back into the game by scoring nine straight points to pull to 14 points down with two minutes, 16 seconds left in the game.
At that point, Splaine inserted Sheahin back into the game. She pulled down three straight rebounds and hit 3-of-4 free throws to eliminated any comeback attempt.
Taylor Brown and Micheal Bryant each scored 19 points for McNamara.
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