*****The 2016 Carolinas All Star Basketball Classic have been announced.*****
In its 19th year, the all-star game, which features some of the top seniors from North Carolina against their counterparts in South Carolina, will be held Saturday, Mar. 19, at Socastee High, in Socastee, S.C. The girls game will tip off at 6:30 p.m., followed by the boys. Tickets are $10.00.
The Slam Dunk and 3-Point Contests will be held at 7:00 p.m., on Friday, Mar. 18, at Myrtle Beach High School, in Myrtle Beach, SC. The cost is $5.00.2016 NC—SC Basketball
North Carolina Men
Player Ht Wt School Coach Damani Applewhite 6'7 185 Westover HS George Stackhouse Kyran Bowman 6'2 179 Havelock HS Daniel Griffee Ian Boyd 6'3 210 Apex HS David Neal Zach Cottrell 6'5 205 Hayesville HS Michael Cottrell Matt Elmore 6'9 230 Dixon HS David Henry Jay Huff 6'11 195 Voyager Academy Mike Huff Raekwon Long 7'2 265 Lincolnton HS Bob Cowie Jaylen McManus 6'7 195 North Mecklenburg HS Duane Lewis Davion Mintz 6'3 175 North Mecklenburg HS Duane Lewis Jalen Sanders 6' 195 North Rowan HS Andrew Mitchell Head Coach: Mike Gurley West Rowan HS Assistant Coach: David Dewey South Johnston HS
2016 NC – SC Basketball
North Carolina Women
Player Ht School Coach Jordan Chavis 5'8 Central Davidson HS Sterling Charles Naheria Hamilton 6’3 Eastern Wayne HS Philemon Gray Kiara Harrison 6' Dudley HS Frank McNeil********** Bailey Kargo 5'10 Page HS Deborah Jones*********** Lexi Mercer 5'9 Rosewood HS Rick Grantham Bayley Plummer 6'2 East Davidson HS Don Curry Angel Rizor 6' 2 East Wake HS Toni Dupree Chanin Scott 5'11 Myers Park HS Barbara Nelson Te'ja Twitty 5'11 R-S Central HS Darius Fuller Mikaya Wilson 5'7 Knightdale HS W Trent Bunn Jr. Head Coach: Amber Reddick Freedom HS Assistant Coach: Brent Barker South View HS
The players for this team have to be submitted by the Head Coach of the high school. There was a deadline of January 10th to submit it. Before the oh this is a travesty talk starts. I know northwest will flood this subject with complaints of why Kargo and Harrison are on the team but no northwest players.
Just because a coach submits a players name does not mean they will make the team. I would have thought Hailey from NW would have made the team but I doubt if anyone else would have made it. Pointer would have been a consideration but Bayley Plummer is really good. I wonder if the NW coach actually submitted either of these players for the game.
Hayley Barber should have made this team. But maybe the other point guards that are on there are really good. Still, congratulations to the players from Greensboro making this team. Bailey is a knock down shooter
Barber is a really good guard but not in the same conversation as Jordan Chavis or Mikayla Wilson.
I agree that Jordan Chavis is far better than Barber and I don’t know much about Mikayla Wilson. I thought these teams were more so rewards for the better players and their team success. If their goal or rules were to only get 2 of each position such as PG, SG, etc. then it’s understandable that Barber did not make it when compared to the other 2 players. Barber is a very good team player but does not have the individual skill set that some of these players have. This is what hurt NW last year. Myers just had too much individual talent that NW could not match up against defensively. NW still has the same problem but there are less teams in the state such as Myers Park or SE with 3-4 high end players this year. Maybe this will be NW’s year.
I still think Barber will make the East vs West game. The match up this week with her and the Hallman kid from ED is gonna be pretty good. I saw ED play last year and Hallman so so. But I saw her play again durring the travel season, she was on a team with Monk from SW Guilford and the guard from HP Andrews and she was way better than I thought she was. I think NW should win the game but the point guard show down should be fun to watch!
If you look at the numbers these players put up, it is clear they carry their teams. There are a lot of really good players who deserve the honor of playing on this all star team who aren’t on the list. It just so happens that several of them play for the same team. NW is loaded with talent and no one player carries that team. They have 2 who recently hit the 1000 pt mark, Pointer and Barber, within a week of each other. And, there is at least one more who isn’t too far off the mark. While I’m sure the NW girls would love to be on this list, they have bigger fish to fry as a team.
Congrats to Bailey and Kiara. That is one stacked team.