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WAY TO EARLY TOP TEN

Since I pushed back the Team Miller spotlight back. I thought I have a little fun TODAY. First Shore fans remember Michaela Mabrey is playing for a national championship tonight against U-Conn. So I  will give you my  Shore Top Ten for  next year based on the information I have and returning players? Plus there are a

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CENTRAL JERSEY HAWKS ’17- MARTORELLI

  With the AAU season starting, I will spot- light the top teams and players in Central Jersey. Today I will start with a team that is stacked top to bottom. But what makes this team special is that many college coaches are going to find some real surprises on there roster. Many of these

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A DREAM IS WORK

Happy Easter to everyone, it always great when family get together. Tomorrow another family will get together. The NBS spring session begins tomorrow evening at 6 pm and there are still spots available. I have always said our spring NBS is where the warriors live folks. I will never forget Danielle Padavano (Fordham) and Jill Burnori

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AAU…MY ADVICE TO PLAYERS AND PARENTS

The AAU season is officially here and I want to pass along SOME advice to everyone. First let me say this; my background allows me to discuss this topic as well as anyone.  I have been at all 3 level of college basketball. Not only have I coached at the D3, D2 and D1 levels. I

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OLYMPIC STAR TRANFERING TO SHORE CONFERENCE

If you have been around the Hoop Group the past week, no doubt you noticed a tall lanky girl shooting and dunking a basketball. The young lady’s name is Paula Schmidt, if the name sounds  familiar to you, there is a reason.  She is the daughter of the man many consider the best basketball player in European history, Hall

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ACADEMIC ELITE RECAP

Friday night we had our first Spring Academic Elite ever. Like anything new you don’t know what to expect. Well the verdict is in and it was and over whelming success. The number of e mails and texts I received are mind blowing and very exciting. It’s nice when you have people interested in so

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2014-15 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER/TEAMS

    There is no award that means more to coaches than this one… MOST IMPROVED PLAYER. So often players don’t reach their potential and there are a number of reasons for this. It could be a lack of love for the game, poor coaching or simply not being in the right environment. The players who improve the most often have thick

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ONE MORE TIME…FOR ALL THE MARBLES

There is one more game left in the season. Its only right that the two best teams all year, play that final game. Both teams took different roads to get to the TOC final. Both have been knocked down by the other and forced to get up and fight another day…now its a all Shore

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JANAE MAYFIELD AND ST. PETERS…PERFECT!

  Here is a lesson…FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS. If you don’t follow your dreams HOW  CAN YOU MAKE THEM HAPPEN. Sometimes dreams take a while before they are realized. Sometimes its take a wise veteran staff to understand that talent is not always in numbers. But most of all dreams only come true, when you believe your work ethic will win

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