Elijah Reed, Andre Frazier, Kory Hamane
Sunday 9/9/07
Pressure Basketball Club 8th graders Andre Frazier, Kory Hamane and Elijah Reed were allowed to run with the some of the Top High School Freshman in the Fullcourt Press Fall Showcase.
Both Andre and Kory took advantage of their time on the floor and raised a quite few eyebrows in the process. Elijah tried to go but saw limited action because of a recent foot injury.
The game was close and their team was in good position to win it at the end. After the game, when word got out that they were only 8th graders, no one could believe it!
(Andre was singled out in CaliforniaPreps.com game recap... see article reprint below)
Congratulations Andre, Kory and Elijah! keep up the good work, from the Coaching Staff and all of us at Pressure Basketball Club!
by Eric "Rico" Reed
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September 11, 2007
Dave Rogahn and Dave Keefer
CaliforniaPreps.com Staff
One of the highlights of the fall basketball season took place this past Sunday when the Fullcourt Press Fall Showcase was held at Jordan High School in Long Beach. There were two games for each of the four class years, with players from all over Southern California and beyond in attendance. This is the first in a series of articles covering the event: game-by-game summaries of the two freshmen and two sophomore games.
By Dave Rogahn
Top 40 Freshmen: White 56, Black 47
Corey Waller
Photo by Dave Keefer
Corey Waller (Long Beach Poly) had 14 points while Kamyron Crocker (Los Alamitos) and Brandon Moore (Mayfair) each had 11 to lead the White team to the win in the day's first game.
The White team led most of the way, building a 10-point lead at 23-13 and holding a 6-point lead at halftime. The margin ballooned to 16 points at 47-31 midway through the second half before a late rally closed the margin to 4 points at 51-47 with just over a minute left. Then Andre Newman (Ayala) scored to push the margin back to 6, then grabbed a rebound, was fouled and made a free throw to make it 54-47. A basket by Moore after a steal by Dylan Garrity (Edison) clinched the win for the White team.
Waller made 7 of 12 shots from the floor and also had 6 rebounds and 4 steals for the winners. Newman had 9 points and 6 rebounds, while Ernest Pettaway (Palos Verdes) had 8 points plus a game-high 9 rebounds. Garrity did not score but finished with game-highs of 6 assists and 5 steals.
For the Black team, Billy Keller (Kaiser) led the way with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Devon Potts (Gahr) had 9 points and 6-foot-3 8th grader Andre Frazier (Los Angeles) finished with 6 points, 5 rebounds and a stunning total of 9 blocked shots.
Top 20 Freshmen: Black 66, White 57
Dominique Dunning
Photo by Dave Keefer
Dominique Dunning (Santiago) posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Black team to a 66-57 win in the day's top game for Freshmen.
The Black team jumped out to an early 13-2 lead and led the rest of the way as the White team missed 15 of its first 16 shots from the floor. But the White team rallied to cut the margin to a single point with about 6 minutes left before the Black team pulled away again.
Alex Carmon (Long Beach Poly) had 11 points and Bruce English (La Verne Lutheran) had 10 for the winners. And Cezar Guerrero (St. John Bosco) had 8 points plus 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
For the White team, Austin McBroom (Campbell Hall) led the way with 15 points and 4 assists. C.J. Cooper (La Verne Lutheran) had 14 points, 3 assists and 3 steals. Kevin Payne (La Verne Lutheran) and Byron Wessley (Rialto) both narrowly missed double-doubles; Payne finished with 11 points and 9 rebounds while Wessley totaled 9 points and 9 rebounds.
