By Zuri Berry, Boston.com Staff

Basketball fans will get the opportunity to see some of the region's top talent play next week in the Hoop Dreams Magazine Prep Classic at Curry College.

The tournament will take place Feb. 9th and 10th at the college and will feature 16 prep schools from New England and two more from New York and South Carolina.

Here's a list of the schools that will be playing in the tournament:

Brewster Academy (NH), Vermont Academy (VT), Tabor Academy (MA), Lee Academy (ME), Believe Academy (SC), Milton Academy (MA), Bridgton Academy (ME), Wilbraham & Monson Academy (MA), Putnum Science (CT), Redemption Christian Academy (NY), Green Farms Academy (CT), Hyde Prep (CT), McDuffie School (MA), Beaver Country Day (MA), Satellite Academy (NY), Belmont Hill School (MA), Masters School (CT), Suffield Academy (CT).

For more information on the tournament, visit http://hoopdreamsmag.com.

By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff

Four of the region's best NEPSAC baseball teams will square off Saturday in the annual Blackburn Tournament, the championship of Central New England. The tournament will take place at Fitton Field at Holy Cross.

At 10 a.m., No. 2 seed Worcester Academy will face No. 3 Philips Exeter followed at 12:30 by top-seeded Phillips Andover facing No. 4 Cushing Academy. The title game will be held at 3 p.m. Phillips Andover is led by former Wellesley High star and Globe All-Scholastic Dan Dymecki.

By Hannah Becker, Globe Correspondent

With his 24-point effort in Berwick Academy’s 60-32 win over Landmark on Wednesday night, senior guard Harry Rafferty became the school’s all-time leading scorer.

Rafferty broke the record of 1,394, set by John Fagan in 2003, at the 13:35 mark of the second half with his 15th and 16th points of the night. The school record now is 1,404 points, which Rafferty will look to increase as the season progresses.

Rafferty knew the record was in reach for the road game and had his parents, brother, sister, aunt, and grandmother in attendance, according to Berwick Academy coach Rory Early.

“It was no surprise,” Early said.

The school will recognize Rafferty’s achievement by having his name added to a plaque with the school’s other 1,000-point scorers, according to Early.

“Harry is just a tremendous competitor, he has worked his behind off,” Early said. “I have watched him mature from a young boy to a young man.”

Rafferty is the reigning Eastern Independent League MVP.

“He has been nothing short (of an MVP),” Early said. “He represents the league with class and character.”

Early is in his second season guiding the Bulldogs and credits Rafferty with making his transition to head coach seamless.

“He’s a tremendous student of the game,” Early said. “I’m a fortunate coach to be able to have someone like that who makes my job so much easier.”

Frontier's Cassidy Stankowski, a NEPSAC all-star this fall, was named the 2011-12 Gatorade Massachusetts Volleyball player of the year.

The junior, standing 5-foot-8, led the Red Hawks to a 23-1 record and the Division 3 state title, recording 276 kills, 143 digs, 76 aces and 20 blocks as an outside hitter.

Last year, New Bedford's Maura Manley pulled down the award

Concord-Carlisle's Andrea and Mike O'Brien are All-American soccer players in addition to being Boston Globe All-Scholastics. (Essdras M Suarez / Globe Staff)

By Zuri Berry, Globe Staff

The Boston Globe Fall All-Scholastics are out, available for view on Boston.com. More than 200 high school athletes from nine different sports have been selected as All-Scholastics, marking the end of the fall season.

On this season's cover is Concord-Carlisle brother-sister duo Mike and Andrea O'Brien, who are both All-American soccer players for the school. They highlight the level of talent of the many individuals selected this season.

Take a look at who was recognized in football, boys soccer, girls soccer, volleyball, field hockey, boys cross country, girls cross country, girls swimming and golf.

Nobles baseball coach and athletic director Alex Gallagher has resigned as the coach of the Independent School League's baseball team, he said in an e-mail to fellow coaches and the Globe.

Gallagher just recently took over as the athletic directer of the school.

"It has been a genuine honor to coach beside all of you over the last seven years," Gallagher wrote to his colleagues. "I look forward to following all of your teams in the months and years to come."

He cited a combination of his new job, a new assistant athletic director, and his wife expecting their fourth child as reasons for resigning his coaching position.

Junior varsity coach Andy Shumway will take over the varsity coaching position.

Video by Cal Borchers for Boston.com

As co-champions of the ISL, Lawrence Academy and Rivers have a lot in common: 8-0 records and NEPSAC bowl berths among their shared qualities. But a closer look reveals two programs in very different stages.

Here they are, fresh from the commish, so to speak.

2010 NEW ENGLAND PREP COUNCIL ATHLETIC LEAGUE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES

Tom Flaherty Bowl
Salisbury School (8-0) vs. Lawrence Academy (8-0)

Arthur Valicenti Bowl
Suffield Academy (7-0) vs. Kent School (7-1)

Dan Rorke Bowl
New Hampton School (7-1) vs. Cheshire Academy (7-1)

Norm Walker Bowl
Rivers School (8-0) vs. Pingree (8-0)

Jack Etter Bowl
Rye Country Day School (7-1) vs. Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School (7-1)

The first team listed is the home team. Specific sites and dates (Friday Nov.
19 or Saturday Nov. 20) will be announced once all are confirmed by each school.

We're dusting off our Player Diaries blog for the fall season and we're looking for athletes who might be interested in chronicling their seasons on Boston.com.

Last fall, Mansfield football standout Mike McPherson and Ursuline volleyball All-Scholastic Caitlin Burchill kept us updated on their exciting seasons. Now we want you to tell us all about your fall season.

Interested? Drop us an email with your name, sport you play, and a brief bio about yourself. Remember, you don't have to be the team superstar. Heck, if you're the stats keeper and you want to tell the world about how your team is doing, we want you, too.

We'll pick a handful of our favorites to handle the Player Diaries this fall. Hey, it doesn't look bad on a college resume, either.