NE High School Challenge wrap-up
SPRINGFIELD -- It was an exciting afternoon yesterday at Springfield College's Blake Arena, as several local players participated in the first-annual New England High School All-Star Challenge.
In the Public School game, the South squad beat the North squad, 111-99, thanks to 19 points each from Windsor (Conn.) High teammates Adrian Satchell (seven rebounds) and Steven Samuels (six assists). The North team, which featured Watertown coach Steve Harrington as an assistant, was led by several locals -- most notably O'Bryant's Ike Azotam (14 points, six rebounds), Brockton's Louis Montes (12 points), Lexington's Danny O'Keefe (11) and Watertown's Kyle Stockmal (11).
In the Private School game, Worcester Academy's Yale-bound Sam Martin led the West team to a 107-100 victory with 21 points and five assists. Worcester's Austin Carroll had four 3-pointers for 12 points. Two West forwards just missed out on double-doubles -- Worcester's Vermont-bound Ben Crenca (12 points, nine rebounds) and Harvard-bound Brimmer & May forward Kyle Casey (11, nine).
UConn-bound Tilton forward Jamaal Coombs-McDaniel led the East squad with 16 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while St. Sebastian's Greg Jacques also added 16.
After a three-point contest won by Tilton's Scott Tavares-Taylor (13 three's), Casey put on a show to win the dunk contest. In the first round, he jumped over 6-foot-9 Thomas Knight, a Dirigo (Maine) High senior bound for Notre Dame.
In the finals, though, he jumped over a group of eight kids to beat out Stamford (Conn.)'s Chris Evans, scoring a perfect 50 on the dunk to win.
We were there to witness the thunderous dunk, and you can check it out in the video at the top of this entry.
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- Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native (Go Tide!), Mike attends Eastern Nazarene college and is entering his second year with the Globe. He'll focus on Division 1 this fall, which means he'll spend a lot of time in his hometown, which Forsberg thinks is cool because the Tide have that Fried Dough cart.
- Emily Wright: A Hyannis native (Go Barnstable Red Raiders!), Emily is a senior at Emerson College and has been with the Globe since the end of July. She'll cover Division 1A and will be the first intern we've trusted to navigate her way to Dennis-Yarmouth or any other school on the Cape.
- Mike Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Mike attends Northeastern and has been with the Globe for two months. He'll cover Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.
- Jonathan Raymond: A native of Benicia, Calif. (a suburb of San Francisco), Jonathan attends Northeastern and has been working at the Globe since the end of June. He will be focusing on Division 3 and is likely woefully underprepared for covering a game in a foot of snow.
- David Carty: A native of West Bridgewater (Go Wildcats!), David is a senior at Emerson College and has been working at the Globe for a year. He'll cover Divisions 3A and 4 because, "small school ball is in my blood."
- The bench: You'll also catch updates from our regional contributors, including Globe North's Julian Benbow and South's Monique Walker. Correspondent Brendan Hall will have updates from the Globe West coverage area and will often try to sneak in Central Mass. news.
