Monday, February 22, 2010

AAU Season Underway

AAU is about to start and there are a lot of area tournaments coming up. Stay tuned for a complete AAU tournament schedule under the players corner.


To start off the season, D1Spects is having their annual All American Camp at Berkmar High School in Lilburn, GA. This will be a great opportunity for players to get quality coaching and compete against some of the top middle school players in the state. The exposure camp is for boy’s grade 5th-8th. For more information go to www.d1spects.com. On a side note, Augusta will be bringing 20 players to Atlanta to participate in the camp.

Middle School Championship

NexLevelsports will like to send out special congratulations to Pine Hill (Girls) and Glenn Hills (Boys) for being the 2009 /2010 Richmond County champs. Pine Hill is a first year school under Coach Daniel Stockdale. Glenn Hills Coached by Kevin Mitchell, capped off an undefeated season with an average scoring margin of 20+ a game. Great job!




Saturday, January 23, 2010

Middle School Season Update

It’s the month of January and that means that some teams are gearing up for the playoffs and the others will be looking for ways to improve their teams for next year. We were able to catch some of the games after the holidays and we will be providing a full playoff preview on Tuesday. Here are some of the games we were able to check out over the past two weeks. Click the read more Icon



Sunday, December 20, 2009

Richmond County Games (4 games) Dec. 14th - 17th

East Augusta vs Tutt (girls) Dec. 14th


Tonight’s matchup featured two teams that have a similar style of play, which is very “scrappy”. The first quarter consisted of a lot of loose balls, scraped knees, and hard fouls. The game was close throughout the first half with the score being 17-19 Tutt. #11 A. Sanders (Tutt) displayed her aggressive defensive play with four first half steals. In the second half, Tutt started to pull away with two consecutive baskets by #51 E. Dukes (Tutt) which put Tutt up by eight mid-ways through the third quarter. #32 Bowman (East Augusta) put on an offensive display late in the third scoring six consecutive points by the way of layups and pull-up jumpers. Her play brought East Augusta within one 26-25 going to the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter started off just like the first, very intense. Both teams couldn’t get into an offensive groove early in the fourth due a lot of fouls being called. Then the electrifying point guard, #11 A. Sanders (Tutt) scored on two full court layups that put Tutt up by six with a minute left in the game. East Augusta couldn’t convert on 3 three pointers to try and put them in a winning position but couldn’t prevail.
Final Score: Tutt 33 East Augusta 29.
 
#32 Bowman (East Augusta) led all scorers for the game with 16 points. #51 E. Dukes led Tutt with 12 points and #11 A. Sanders added 10 points for Tutt. #23 Collier added 7 points for East Augusta as well.
 
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Richmond County Game Recaps (4 games) Dec. 7th -10th

Morgan Rd Mustangs vs Glenn Hills Spartans (boys) Dec. 7, 2009

The boy’s matchup featured two teams that were both undefeated coming into the matchup at 4-0. Glenn Hills got off to a fast start, lead by #23 Michael “Meat” Scott (Glenn Hills) who put in five first quarter points, giving his team a 15-6 first quarter lead. Morgan Rd started to make a run early in the second quarter with four quick buckets by #24 Kahlige “Da-Da” Fleglare. With the offensive fire power that Glenn Hills has, at any given time any one of coach Mitchell’s player can get hot. That was the case in the second quarter. #12 Niquia “bubba” Andrews picked up where #23 “Meat” Scott left off, scoring five second quarter points. Glenn Hills continued to keep the widespread lead throughout the game due to the inside presence of #24 Caleel Stephens (Glenn Hills) and Maurice O’Bannon (Glenn Hills) who also added two 3rd quarter blocks. Morgan Rd couldn’t get into an offensive rhythm in the second half. As a result, Glenn Hills took a 20 point lead and didn’t look back. Morgan Rd got a spark from #3 Earl Cobb early in the fourth but couldn’t chop away at the lead.
Final Score Glenn Hills 45 Morgan Rd 26.

#24 Caleel Stephens led Glenn Hills with 10 points and 8 rebounds. #23 Michael “Meat” Scott (6 assist) and #12 Niquia “bubba” Andrews added 9 points each. #24 Kahlige “Da-Da” Fleglare lead Morgan Rd with 14 points. #3 Earl Cobb added 7 points.

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Columbia County Game Recap Dec. 11th

Greenbrier Wolfpack vs Columbia Raiders (boys) Dec. 11, 2009

We got the chance to check out two of the better teams in Columbia County between Greenbrier and the Columbia Raiders. Columbia showed their athleticism by gathering steals and converting on layups in the first quarter, which lead to a 14-2 Columbia lead. #34 T. Cabarrus (Columbia) dominated the game on both ends. He gathered rebounds and took the rock full court for layups and floaters. He had 12 first half points. Greenbrier couldn’t get their offense going due to their starting guard #23 Khadime Celestine (Greenbrier) picking up 3 first half fouls. Columbia kept the attack on throughout the game, which lead to a 44-19 lead going into the fourth quarter. Greenbrier continued to play hard but couldn’t cut the lead down. Columbia County doesn’t have a playoff system which is unfortunate because it would be nice to see how Columbia will look against Evans and Grovetown Middle in a playoff battle.
Final Score: Columbia 55 Greenbrier 29.
#34 T. Cabarrus led all scorers and Columbia with 16 points and 7 rebounds. #22 J. Grimes added 11 points and #21 K. McCladdie added 10 points as well for Columbia. T. Martinez led Greenbrier with 6 points.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Richmond County Game Recaps (3 games) Nov. 30th -Dec. 3rd

East Augusta Jaguars vs Langford Lions (girls) 11/30/09

Tonight’s matchup kicked off the official start of the Richmond County Middle School season. We were in the building to watch the Langford Lions host the East Augusta Jaguars. The game got off to a fast/ aggressive pace with both teams showing a strong defensive effort with block shots and hard fouls. #50 C Aleshia Merriweather (Langford) showed her dominance in paint by grabbing 6 rebounds, 4 being offensive. Her counter partner #55 PF Brandy Hayes (Langford) also was very aggressive on the boards in the first half leading the lady lions to a 21 – 12 halftime lead. East Augusta started to chip away in the second half. Leading the way for the jaguars was #24 SF Bowman (East Augusta) who is just a six grader, displayed a nice pull-up jumper throughout the game and also has a nice shooting touch on her jumpshot. Bowman also added in two blocks. Langford started to pull away late in the fourth quarter with an offensive effort from #14 Tatyanna Dumas (Langford) in where she scored 6 points in the fourth. #24 Bowman (East Augusta) led all scorers with 13 points. #14 Tatyana Dumas led Langford with 10 points.
Final Score: Langford 34 East Augusta 21