Wednesday, July 15, 2009

43 HOOPS GOES TO NY2LA SUMMER JAM CHAMPIONSHIP!

JOSH PELLA AND THE 43 HOOPS HARRIS TEAM PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY IN THE NY2LA SUMMER JAM IN MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.

43 WINS THEIR ELITE 8 GAME AT 11:30 AGAINST ILLINOIS KINGS, WINS THEIR QUARTER FINAL AT 1:50 AGAINST KING JAMES AND PLAYED AT 4:10 AGAINST TEAM DETROIT. PELLA REPORTS "THE WHOLE TRIP HAS BEEN A STRONG TEAM EFFORT, WE ARE LOCKED IN AND FOCUSED".

43 HOOPS GETS THE OPEN THREE FOR JORDAN REETZ TO TIE THE GAME BUT THE SHOT COMES UP SHORT. 43 LOSES 55-52 TO END THEIR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RUN AT THE MILWAUKEE NY2LA SUMMER JAM.

CONGRATS TO THE ENTIRE 43 HOOPS HARRIS TEAM AS THEY PLAYED HARD. MANY PLAYERS RECEIVING LOTS OF ATTENTION FROM THE MASSES AT THIS EVENT.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG TRIP THE LAST 10 DAYS BUT 43 HARRIS PROVED THEY CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST.

NEXT FOR 43 HOOPS HARRIS IS LAS VEGAS FOR THE ADIDAS SUPER 64 AND THEN ON TO THE KC PREP INVITATIONAL IN SHAWNEE KANSAS. GOOD LUCK 43!

Monday, July 13, 2009

43 HOOPS WINS TODAY IN FIRST GAME!

NY2LA SUMMER JAM IS UNDERWAY.

43 HOOPS WINS THEIR FIRST GAME BY 6, AGAINST FIRST STEP. TODAY THEY COME PREPARED AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AGAINST THE ILLINOIS WOLVERINES. TONIGHT THEY FACE PLAYGROUND ELITE. I WILL TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE SCORES AS SOON AS THEY GET UPDATED.

GO 43. RUMOR IS JORDAN REETZ ALREADY RECEIVED A D1 OFFER WHILE ON THE ROAD. NO CONFIRMATION YET FROM THE REETZ FAMILY.

GOOD LUCK 43! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

43 HOOPS WIN IN DOUBLE OVERTIME!

Ending match play in Chicago

FROM TC HOOPS:

Pool play concludes here in Chicago with MN taking over 3 of the 4 courts for the mid-morning session. PNR 16s defeated Playground Elite 16s 65-61. Shelby Moats with 24 points (4-4 3s) and 6 rebounds in arguably his best performance of the spring/summer. That was in front of some interested coaches too. Alex Richter with 17 points. Also of note is the possible return of Jonah Travis for the PNR tourney. Good signs today, tomorrow will tell more. They were 2-1 in the 3 games I know about. Don't know how they did against the Mac Irvin 16s.PNR 17s lost to the Illinois Warriors 61-48 and the Warriors were up bigger than that. Dyami Starks left the team last night. That also meant they were without Steve Tecker. That PNR team will be a big story of their own tourney. There appears to be some significant chaos in that organization right now. They finish up 1-3 here in Chicago.

43 Hoops Harris took on Rising Stars Gold in the 3rd game. Ohio State commit Lenzelle Smith back with the Rising Stars for this one along with talented teammate Rayvonte Rice. 15-14 Harris in the 1st half before they come across a famous scoring drought. Rising Stars finishes the half on a 15-5 run to lead 29-20 at the break. Rice with 8 in the half. 43 extends the defense to start the 2nd half and they come back. A steal leads to a big Elliot Owusu dunk to cut the lead to 4. Brett Ervin with a layup at 11:15 and 43 is back to even at 35. Ervin with a tip in to tie the game at 50 and then a dunk to tie the game at 52 with 1:35 left. Smith huge in the 2nd half and he counters with a 3 point play with 1:08 left. 55-52 Rising Stars. Vinard Birch with a layup to cut the lead to 1. Smith 1 of 2 FTs with 18.8 left. Out of a timeout, Birch drives and is fouled. He converts both FTs with 6.3 left and we'll go to OT tied at 56. Clay Horne with a tip in with 10.6 left in the 1st OT to tie the game again. To double OT tied at 60. Birch with a couple of nice hoops in the 2nd OT, Smith surprisingly doesn't convert a pair of chances down the stretch and Manani Beavers seals the win with a pair of FTs. 66-62 43 Hoops wins. Brett Ervin with all 12 of his points in the 2nd half. Definitely his best game of this tournament. Birch with 10 huge points. Elliot Owusu continues to impress despite getting ridiculously tough defensive assignments (he had to try and slow down Smith in this one). Smith finishes with 14 of his 21 points in the 2nd half. Rising Stars during the spring was regarded as possibly the best team here in Illinois and they went 0-3 vs Minnesota in their own building. Definitely a different team today vs yesterday as Ben Brust hardly got any touches in this one (yes 43s defense deserves credit for that too)
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Friday, July 10, 2009

43 HOOPS SPLITS IN CHI TOWN!

43 HOOPS HARRIS TEAM UPDATE FROM THE CHICAGO SUMMER CLASSIC

43 HARRIS WINS ON FRIDAY, SPLITS ON SATURDAY AND WILL PLAY AGAIN ON SATURDAY MORINING. THEN IT'S OFF TO MILWAUKEE NY2LA TOURNAMENT.

WILL UPDATE ON SUNDAY HOW THE WEEKEND WRAPS UP. STAY TUNED IN.

THE CLASSIC WAS LOADED WITH COLLEGE COACHES:


Day 1 Of The Chicago Summer Classic Opens Very Strong As Some Of The Top Travel Teams In The Country Hit The Floor, And Better Than 200 College Coaches Stream Through The Doors Chicago HoopsJuly 10, 2009 Email Questions/Comments To brian@chicagohoops.com

Day 1 of the Chicago Summer Classic opened very strong as some of the top travel teams in the United States hit the floor. Better than 200 college coaches came through the doors on Day 1 including a long line of high-profile head coaches from around the country. Thad Matta (Ohio State), Rick Pitino (Louisville), Bruce Weber (Illinois), Greg McDermott (Iowa State), Bill Carmody (Northwestern), Todd Lickliter (Iowa), Jerry Wainwright (DePaul), John Beilein (Michigan), Mike Montgomery (California), Herb Sendek (Arizona State), Mick Cronin (Cincinnati), Jim Boylen (Utah), Jim Les (Bradley), David Carter (Nevada), Mark Phelps (Drake), Jim Whitesell (Loyola), Ray McCallum (Detroit), Gene Cross (Toledo), Ricardo Patton (Northern Illinois), Saul Phillips (North Dakota State), Jim Molinari (Western Illinois), Mike Miller (Eastern Illinois), Jeff Neubauer (Eastern Kentucky), Lennox Forrester (Southern Illinois-Edwardsville), Bill Sall (Ferris State), Luke Reigel (Wisconsin-Parkside), Scott Trost (Lewis), Marty Bell (Quincy) and Dan Andersen (Northeast Nebraska) were all among the head coaches that took in the action on Day 1.

A number of players enhanced their recruiting stock greatly with strong efforts on Day 1. Several thrilling games highlighted the day including a heart-stopping overtime win by 15-U Mean Streets over 15-U Team NLP in a contest that featured three of the top Class of 2012 point guard prospects in Illinois in Jaleni Neely (Chicago Simeon) of Mean Streets, and Keith Carter (Proviso East) and Aaron Simpson (North Chicago) of Team NLP. Neely was magnificent as Mean Streets held on for the overtime win after Carter drilled a three-point basket at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime. Action will continue again today at 8:00 a.m. Today's games again figure to be nothing short of sensational as pool play continues, and a number of high-profile match-ups are also on tap including a highly anticipated showdown between the Mac Irvin Fire and Florida-based powerhouse Team Stat with features Brandon Knight and Austin Rivers.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

43 HOOPS HARRIS OUT EARLY AT OHIO

Disappointed by lackluster performance 43 HOOPS 17u Harris team goes out in the first round at the ADIDAS IT TAKES 5IVE Tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio this week. The team had very high expectations for themselves and came up short losing their last game by 3 points. "We just didn't play up to our ability and we are not used to early defeat" said Josh Pella shooting guard for 43 HOOPS and Champlin Park High School, MN. "Our plan was to destroy in pool play and finish strong in the top bracket".

43 HOOPS now moves on to the Chicago Summer Classic in Deerfield, IL. Next is NY2LA in Milwaukee, Las Vegas Super 64 and finishes the live period of July at the KC Prep Invitational in Kansas.

Monday, July 6, 2009

43 HOOPS WINS FIRST POOL PLAY GAME

43 HOOPS HARRIS WINS IN FIRST ROUND OF POOL PLAY. GAME 2 AT 5:30 PM


WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THE GAMES GO ON! http://www.adidas5classic.com/ FOR TOURNAMENT INFORMATION.

43 HOOPS AT ADIDAS IT TAKES 5IVE CLASSIC IN OHIO!

43 HOOPS HARRIS AT ADIDAS IT TAKES 5IVE CLASSIC IN CINCINNATI OHIO! SEE POOL PLAY SCHEDULE BELOW.

UPDATES DAILY!


17's (Senior-to-be) Opponent Day Time Court Result
Revised 7/3

Pool 1 1 C-A MON 9:20 AM 1
A Urban DFW Elite 1 B-C MON 12:00 PM 1
B DC Assault 1 A-B MON 4:00 PM 1
C Detroit Stars

Pool 2 2 C-A MON 9:20 AM 2
A Michigan Mustangs 2 B-C MON 12:00 PM 2
B Atlanta Celtics 2 A-B MON 4:00 PM 2
C Brookwood Elite


Pool 3 3 C-A MON 9:20 AM 3
A East KY Lightning 3 B-C MON 12:00 PM 3
B Kansas City Pump-n-Run 3 A-B MON 5:20 PM 1
C Gateway Basketball

Pool 4 4 C-A MON 9:20 AM 4
A Florida Rams 4 B-C MON 12:00 PM 4
B Indiana Elite (Fox) 4 A-B MON 5:20 PM 2
C Brandon Bass Elite

Pool 5 5 C-A MON 9:20 AM 5
A R.E.A.C.H. 5 B-C MON 12:00 PM 5
B Pump-n-Run/Double Pump 5 A-B MON 8:00 PM 1
C Eric Gordon All-Stars
Pool 6 6 C-A MON 9:20 AM 6

A Team Epic 6 B-C MON 12:00 PM 6
B New England Playaz 6 A-B MON 8:00 PM 2
C Ohio Basketball Club
Pool 7

A All Ohio Force 7 C-A MON 8:00 AM 1
B D1E 7 B-C MON 10:40 AM 1
C Shining Star Sports-Jax 7 A-B MON 1:20 PM 1
Pool 8

A Ohio Swarm 8 C-A MON 8:00 AM 2
B D Harris Superstars 8 B-C MON 10:40 AM 2
C Team Loyalty 8 A-B MON 1:20 PM 2
Pool 9

A Shining Star Sports-McF 9 C-A MON 8:00 AM 3
B Florida Rams Blue 9 B-C MON 10:40 AM 3
C Illinois Magic 9 A-B MON 1:20 PM 3
Pool 10

A MBA Elite 10 C-A MON 8:00 AM 4
B Stark County 10 B-C MON 10:40 AM 4
C Impact Basketball 10 A-B MON 1:20 PM 4
Pool 11

A Mustang Ballers 11 C-A MON 8:00 AM 5
B Houston Select 11 B-C MON 10:40 AM 5
C LA Stars 11 A-B MON 1:20 PM 5
Pool 12

A Derek Smith AS East 12 C-A MON 8:00 AM 6
B Wisconsin Swing 12 B-C MON 10:40 AM 6
C Team United 12 A-B MON 1:20 PM 6

Pool 13

A Pittsburgh Storm 13 C-A MON 2:40 PM 1
B Tennessee Edge 13 B-C MON 5:20 PM 3
C Illinois Warriors 13 A-B MON 8:00 PM 3

Pool 14

A TBNA 14 C-A MON 2:40 PM 2
B Derek Smith AS West 14 B-C MON 5:20 PM 4
C Full Package Elite 14 A-B MON 8:00 PM 4
IT Takes 5IVE 17 (Senior-to-be) Pool Play

Pool 15

A Indiana Elite Green 15 C-A MON 2:40 PM 3
B Detroit Fire 15 B-C MON 5:20 PM 5
C 43 Hoops -Harris 15 A-B MON 8:00 PM 5

Pool 16

A Common Bond -Hicks 16 C-A MON 2:40 PM 4
B KY Players 16 B-C MON 5:20 PM 6
C Ramey Basketball 16 A-B MON 8:00 PM 6

Pool 17

A Wave Basketball Club 17 C-A MON 2:40 PM 5
B Chicago Elite 17 B-C MON 6:40 PM 1
C Carolina Hoyas 17 A-B MON 9:20 PM 1

Pool 18

A Utah Pump-n-Run 18 C-A MON 2:40 PM 6
B Atlanta Express 18 B-C MON 6:40 PM 2
C St. Louis Salukis 18 A-B MON 9:20 PM 2
Pool 19

A Bay Area Hoosiers 19 C-A MON 4:00 PM 3
B Central KY Storm 19 B-C MON 6:40 PM 3
C Grassroots Canada 19 A-B MON 9:20 PM 3
Pool 20

A Team Power 20 C-A MON 4:00 PM 4
B Charlotte Court 20 B-C MON 6:40 PM 4
C U Play Canada Elite 20 A-B MON 9:20 PM 4
Pool 21

A Southern Kings 21 C-A MON 4:00 PM 5
B Triple Threat 21 B-C MON 6:40 PM 5
C Team Takeover 21 A-B MON 9:20 PM 5
Pool 22

A Team Pride 22 C-A MON 4:00 PM 6
B Virginia Assault 22 B-C MON 6:40 PM 6
C CP 3 All-Stars 22 A-B MON 9:20 PM 6
Pool 23

A Kentucky Gators 23 C-A MON 9:20 AM 7
B Club Ohio 23 B-C MON 12:00 PM 7
C Indiana Elite Red 23 A-B MON 5:20 PM 7
Pool 24

A Indiana White 24 C-A MON 9:20 AM 8
B Team Superstars 24 B-C MON 12:00 PM 8
C Queen City Prophets 24 A-B MON 5:20 PM 8
Pool 25

A Vipers 25 C-A MON 9:20 AM 9
B Juice All-Stars 25 B-C MON 1:20 PM 7
C Cincinnati Royals 25 A-B MON 5:20 PM 9
Pool 26

A Wrecking Crew 26 C-A MON 9:20 AM 10
B Baltimore Assault 26 B-C MON 1:20 PM 8
C Nashville Celtics 26 A-B MON 5:20 PM 10

Legend

Fifth Third Center Courts 1-6
Campous Rec Center Courts 7-10
Northern KY University Courts 11-13
Cincinnati State Court 14
Sportsville Courts 15-17
Pools 1-6 Top 2 Advance to Platinum, 3rd to Gold
Pools 7-26 Top team to Platinum, second to Gold, thirds to Silver

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

PELLA CRACKS TOP 50 IN STATE RANKINGS!

JOSH PELLA LISTED BY RYAN JAMES SPORTS WRITER FOR MINNESOTA PREPS IN THE TOP 66 PLAYERS IN MN! 43 TAKES HONORS IN MULTIPLE PLAYERS BEING LISTED.

COPIED FROM MINNESOTA PREPS: BY Ryan James

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After two weeks of action several things have changed and I felt an update to the list was essential. And in honor of this movie my child keeps watching with Route 66 in it I made the list 66 players.

1.) Jake Thomas, Columbia Heights, SG
2.) Kevin Noreen, Minnesota Transitions, PF
3.) Chad Calcaterra, Cloquet, C
4.) Cole Stefan, Minnetonka, SG
5.) DJ Peterson, Hopkins, SG
6.) Jake Kreuser, Henry Sibley, C
7.) Marshall Bjorklund, Sibley East, PF
8.) Dyami Starks, Duluth East, PG/SG
9.) Mike Rostampour, Henry Sibley, PF
10.) Alec Brown, Winona, C
11.) Trevor Gruis, Ellsworth, PF
12.) Taylor Filipek, Willmar, SF
13.) Jordan Hughes, Mpls Patrick Henry, PG
14.) Brett Ervin, Eden Prairie, PF
15.) Ben Bucholz, Perham, PF
16.) Clay Horne, Cretin-Derham Hall. SF
17.) Dan Kornbaum, Little Falls, PF
18.) Tor Anderson, Minnetonka, SG
19.) Yuriy Malashenko, Jordan, SF
20.) Vinard Birch, Eastview, PG
21.) Aaron Anderson, Osseo, PG
22.) Peter Crawford, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, SF
23.) Ryan Duxbury, Stillwater, C
24.) Alex Hanks, St. Cloud Tech, SF
25.) Jordan Riewer, Staples-Motley, PG
26.) Jalen Jaspers, DeLaSalle, SG
27.) Manani Beavers, Tartan, SF
28.) Dajon Newell, Lakeville North, PG
29.) Elijah Sabah, Spring Lake Park, SF
30.) Connor Gunderson, Austin, SG
31.) Max Rosenbloom, St. Paul Johnson, SF
32.) Joe Terfehr, Breckenridge, SF
33.) Leonard Glass, Minnetonka, SF
34.) Michael Johnson, Grand Rapids, PG
35.) Jay Sewer, Richfield, PG
36.) Josh Pratt, St. Anthony, SG
37.) Parker Hines, Minnehaha Academy, PG
38.) Alex Koch, St. Louis Park, SF
39.) Tim Lubke, Tartan, SG
40.) Zach Vraa, Rosemount, SG
41.) Scott Nystrom, Kimball Area, PG
42.) Jasper Duberry, Champin Park, PG
43.) Louis Cox, Minneapolis Henry, PG
44.) Deron Murphy, Bloom Kennedy, SG/PG
45.) Jack Wittenborg, Bloom. Jefferson, SG
46.) Josh Pella, Champlin Park, SG
47.) Devon Knopke, Lakeville North, SG
48.) Zach Riedeman, Forest Lake, SF
49.) Charlie Kern, Belle Plaine, PG
50.) Tony Gerding, Centennial, PG
51.) Paul Franklin, Stillwater, PG
52.) Sami Onsomu, Mankato East, PF
53.) Shaun Condon, MACCRAY, SG
54.) Galen Holzhueter, Minnesota Valley Lutheran, SG
55.) Andrew Good, Mora, PF
56.) John Rowland, Osseo, SG
57.) Jordan Jackson, Henry Sibley, PG
58.) Craig Brown, Park, SG/SF
59.) Danny Geiger, New Prague, SG
60.) Luke Januschka, SF, St. Cloud Cathedral
61.) Jalen Williams, SF, Bloom. Jefferson
62.) Joey Cupherus, Sebeka, SF
63.) Spencer Cummings, White Bear Lake, PF
64.) Doug Sewell, Forest Lake, PF
65) Kyle Zimmerman, Champlin Park, PF
66.) Travis Meinders, Worthington
This post was edited on 7/1 12:40 AM by Ryan James