SoCal High School & Prep Report

Slam Dunk to the Beach: Dominguez
Loses to Dunbar--(December 29, 1997)

Dominguez is a good team. No, they're a great team. It's just that in the first round, Dunbar, from Baltimore, Maryland, was just a bit better. Dominguez lost 70-66 in the first round. Dominguez is now 7-2 on the season, after winning the South Lake Tahoe Shootout earlier this month.

But the Dons are in good company in the consolation bracket. Rice from New York City, which finished as the runner-up to Mt. Zion in the the 21st Annual Reebok Las Vegas Holiday Prep Classic, will play Dominguez in a consolation semifinal Monday, December 29. Anthony Glover and Tayshaun Prince matchup. . . power v. silk. Geez, we wanna be there.

In the first round game of the Slam Dunk, Dominguez was just out rebounded, despite the presence of 7'-0" freshman Tyson Chandler. Dominguez led 21-20 after the first quarter, and then gave back the one point lead at the half, and the score was tied 33-33. In the third quarter, Baltimore Dunbar outscored the Dons by 2, and even though Dominguez held a 7 point lead in the second half at one point, Dunbar just came surging back, and took an eleven point swing to win by four.

Tayshaun Prince did his usual spectacular job, scoring a game high 28 points and 8 rebounds, but it just wasn't enough. Junior guard Keith Kincaide had 21 points, but they were the only Dons in double figures. Willie Hurst ( 5'-10" Sr. PG) only had 4 points; Jaffus Haley (5'-10" Jr. G) only had 2, Tyson Chandler finished with 2, Walter Small (6'-5" Sr. F) only had 4 points, and the only other Don to score, Keith Brooks (6'-5" So. F) had 5 points.

There is some other information on the rest of the games played in the Slam Dunk tourney online at the "Newszap!" site. Since their articles do not appear to be archived though, we'll reprint the most current ones below. They may not be of major interest to everyone in SoCal, but then again, you never know. And for those copyright folks out there, read this: Fair Use. We still believe it's alive in the Ninth Circuit, even if there are some doubters out there. So the following is simply a not-for-profit, educational reprints:

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Shootout at the Slam

One-day events becoming more popular at tourneys

By Buddy Hurlock, Staff writer
December 29, 1997

LEWES - The Slam Dunk to the Beach boys basketball tournament has shown many signs of growth since its inception in 1990, boasting yet another larger-than-last-year field with 38 teams this year.

Tournament founder and executive director Bobby Jacobs would like to see each of those teams play two or three games in front of Cape Henlopen High's bleachers.

But because of high school guidelines around the nation, which Jacobs believes are antiquated, some teams can only commit to one game. Examples of such restrictions are limits on the number of games a team can play in one season, or in a tournament's case, in so many days.

That has led to a fairly new feature at high school tournaments all over the country - a one-day affair giving teams at least one day to perform under a national spotlight.

Hence Slam Dunk's Sunday Shootout, now in its second season.

''These are becoming more popular,'' said Jacobs. ''Some teams' opportunities to travel and play are limited. This gives those teams an opportunity for them to play, at least one game.''

One of Sunday's winning teams, Lebanon (Pa.), was gracious for the chance to be present.

''We were real proud to be invited,'' Lebanon coach John Barnhart said. ''You want to be able to represent yourself in a quality fashion, because we're with some very special people at this place. We don't do this week in and week out.''

Lebanon's fan support was also one of the strongest seen so far this weekend.

''We're always thankful for that. They always support us wherever we go, always supporting us everywhere,'' Lebanon senior guard Pat Daly said.

KNIGHTS FACE BUCS: In today's first game, Sussex Central battles Milford to decide third place in the Mayor's Cup. Tip-off between the Henlopen Conference rivals is scheduled for 9 a.m.

Two more Delaware teams follow, in the Governor's Trophy third-place game, as Salesianum goes against William Penn.

Tip-Off and Power third-place games are next, with the main draw's consolation round set to start at 4 p.m.

Based on national rankings released last week, No. 3 Dominguez faces No. 8 Rice, followed by No. 24. St. Pallotti and Paintsville.

The main draw's semifinals close out the day, with No. 14 St. Joseph-Notre Dame vs. No. 4 St. Patrick, then No. 5 St. Edward against Dunbar.

And now, here's the second one from Newszap!:

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Johnsons lead Newport to win

By Buddy Hurlock, Staff writer
December 29, 1997

LEWES - DerMarr Johnson, rated as the top junior high school boys basketball player in the nation, paced The Newport School (Md.) to a 69-59 victory of St. John Neumann (Pa.) in the Slam Dunk to the Beach's Sunday Shootout finale.

Johnson had 16 points and 13 rebounds, 10 on defense. It was Newport's only appearance at the tournament being played at Cape Henlopen High.

Pierre Johnson scored a team-high 17 for Newport (9-1), while Rashime Middleton also had 17 points for Neumann (4-4).

Newport outscored Neumann 23-9 in the third quarter.

Gonzaga 55, Towson Catholic 47: In a game between two teams that are also playing in two other Slam Dunk brackets, Patrick Mitchell had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead Gonzaga (10-4).

Al-Richardo Elliott and Thomas McCloskey each scored 14 for Gonzaga, which lost Friday in its Power Series opener. Gonzaga faces Troy today at 2:15 p.m. for third place.

For Towson (3-3), Keith Jenifer had 12 points. Towson, losers Saturday in a Tip-Off Classic game, plays today at 2:15 p.m. against St. John Neumann for third place.

Loyola 45, Middle Township 40: Reggie Gray had 15 points as Loyola (Md.) rallied for the victory. Middle Township (N.J.) led 28-16 at halftime but were outscored by Loyola 29-12 in the second half.

Brian Cosgrove added 12 points and Michael Bosica had 11 for Loyola.

For Middle Township, Terrance McNeal scored 12 points and Nick Boyd had 11.

Loyola (5-5), winners over Sussex Central on Saturday, plays against Cape Henlopen for the Mayor's Cup championship on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m.

St. Frances 52, A.I. du Pont 44: Shawn Hampton recorded 16 points and 12 rebounds as St. Frances (5-1) won its second straight at Slam Dunk.

Tim Payne also had a double-double for St. Frances, with 13 points and 10 rebounds. For A.I. du Pont (2-4), John Young had 11 points.

St. Frances won its Power Series opener on Friday and will go against Plymouth-Whitemarsh for that bracket's championship on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Rancocas Valley 69, Chambersburg 59: Dan Miller led Rancocas Valley (N.J.) with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Miller is rated one of the top 50 seniors in the nation.

Marcel Grant added 16 points and Tim Ferguson had 12 as Rancocas Valley improved to 3-0. Rancocas pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Chambersburg 23-13.

For Chambersberg (Pa.), Cody Carbaugh scored 13, with Rodney Fedison and Adam Underkoffler each scoring 12. Chambersberg (8-3) led by as many as 11 in the second quarter.

Lebanon 60, Calvert Hall 53: Mike Bechtold scored 26 points and pulled down 15 rebounds as Lebanon (Pa.) ralled to beat Calvert Hall (Md.)

Lebanon (9-0) took its first lead of the game, 48-47, midway through the fourth quarter, when it outscored Calvert (9-3) 22-13. Pat Daly added 17 points for Lebanon.

For Calvert Hall, which won its Tip-Off Classic opener on Friday, Reggie Bryant scored 27 points, Calvert plays again Tuesday against St. Augustine at 5:45 p.m. Calvert led 36-25 midway through the third quarter.

Atlantic City 61, Sanford 47: Tori Cavaliere scored 15 points, going 10-for-12 from the free-throw line, as Atlantic City (2-0) won. Teammate Rashad Kirkland added 12 points.

Tony Washam had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead Sanford (3-2), which shot just 35.3 percent from the field.

St. Maria Goretti 55, St. Mark's 47: Lee Green topped Goretti (Md.) with 16 points in the early-morning opener to Sunday's schedule. Brad Rankles added 12 points for Goretti (6-5). For St. Mark's (2-5), Brian Borkowski led all scorers with 17, and A.J. Collella added 12.

Seton Hall Prep 76, Germantown Academy 70: Jeff Miller scored 25 to lead Seton Hall Prep (3-0), which led by as many as 15 in the third quarter and held off Germantown (9-3). Teammate Mark Curry added 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Seton Hall outdid Germantown in rebounds 46-29 and assists 23-7.

For Germantown, Brian Burke scored 36 points, the most by any player so far this weekend. Burke scored 24 in the second half . He made 10 of 23 from the field, 5 of 12 from three-point range, and was 11-for-13 from the free-throw line.

Chris Krug added 19 for Germantown.

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That's it for now from the Slam Dunk. More later.

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