Brackets for the Beach Ball Classic are out:

 

Friday December 26th:

 

3:30PM Arlington Country Day (FL) vs. Southside (SC)

5:15PM Fayette County (GA) vs. Pennsbury (PA)

7:00PM St. Patrick (NJ) vs. Mullins (SC)

8:45PM Paterson Catholic (NJ) vs. Socastee (SC)

 

Saturday December 27th:

 

1:45PM Pickering (Canada) vs. Wheeler (GA)

3:30PM Boys & Girls (NY) vs. J.L. Mann (SC)

5:15PM Elliott County (KY) vs. Cedar Hill (TX)

7:00PM Martin Luther King (CA) vs. Myrtle Beach (SC)

 

Elliott will play on Monday December 29th at 3:30 if they lose or 7:00 if they win. They will play the winner or loser of the 7PM Saturday game. (No games on Sunday December 28th)

 

Cedar Hills, TX is a suburb of Dallas and right next to Duncanville, Texas. They finished 20-13 last year and lost to district rival Duncanville by 11 and 5 There only problem is that they have the #1 team in Texas and #1 in some national polls in their own district. Duncanville has a D-1 starting line-up that goes 6'11", 6'7", 6'7", 6'5", and 6'1". Cedar Hills features 6'6" Senior Shawn Glover who has committed to Utah. Other all district players include 6'6" Sophomore Thomas Gipson and 6'1" Junior Tanner Milson (Coach's son). Coach David Milson has coached at Cedar Hills for 29 years and they have averaged 28 wins per season from 2000-2008 with a 82.5% winning percentage during that span. A big challenge in the first round for the Lions of Elliott County.

Should be a good venue for EC to prove if they're legit to make a run at the state title this year or not.

Brackets for the Beach Ball Classic are out:

 

Friday December 26th:

 

3:30PM Arlington Country Day (FL) vs. Southside (SC)

5:15PM Fayette County (GA) vs. Pennsbury (PA)

7:00PM St. Patrick (NJ) vs. Mullins (SC)

8:45PM Paterson Catholic (NJ) vs. Socastee (SC)

 

Saturday December 27th:

 

1:45PM Pickering (Canada) vs. Wheeler (GA)

3:30PM Boys & Girls (NY) vs. J.L. Mann (SC)

5:15PM Elliott County (KY) vs. Cedar Hill (TX)

7:00PM Martin Luther King (CA) vs. Myrtle Beach (SC)

 

Elliott will play on Monday December 29th at 3:30 if they lose or 7:00 if they win. They will play the winner or loser of the 7PM Saturday game. (No games on Sunday December 28th)

 

Cedar Hills, TX is a suburb of Dallas and right next to Duncanville, Texas. They finished 20-13 last year and lost to district rival Duncanville by 11 and 5 There only problem is that they have the #1 team in Texas and #1 in some national polls in their own district. Duncanville has a D-1 starting line-up that goes 6'11", 6'7", 6'7", 6'5", and 6'1". Cedar Hills features 6'6" Senior Shawn Glover who has committed to Utah. Other all district players include 6'6" Sophomore Thomas Gipson and 6'1" Junior Tanner Milson (Coach's son). Coach David Milson has coached at Cedar Hills for 29 years and they have averaged 28 wins per season from 2000-2008 with a 82.5% winning percentage during that span. A big challenge in the first round for the Lions of Elliott County.

 

I noticed that Fayette High, Georgia is playing. Manual defeated them last year at the King of the Bluegrass behind Jenkins' 28 points against top 10 shooting guard Noel Johnson who is committed to USC.

 

Should be a nice event and Elliott will do well there.

If I am not mistaken Scott County played Arlington Country Day a couple of years ago in a close loss in a Florida tourney. ACD features Ari Stewart this year, a top 150 player nationally.

If I am not mistaken Scott County played Arlington Country Day a couple of years ago in a close loss in a Florida tourney. ACD features Ari Stewart this year, a top 150 player nationally.

 

Speedy, ACD features 6'8" senior Wallace Judge who is the #32 rated player nationally in ESPN's Top 100. He has verbally committed to Kansas State.

 

Wheeler (GA) has #48 rated 6'6" Sr. Ari Stewart and #60 rated 6'8" Sr. Richard Howell.

 

6'7' Noel Johnson from Fayetteville (GA) is the #39 rated player nationally and played in the KOB last year. He had 40 points against Ballard in that tourney and has committed to USC (as pointed out before).

 

Some other tidbits about Cedar Hills (TX): They are in Class 5A

(1200+students) as compared to Elliott with 325 students. Nickname is Longhorns (Imagine that being in Texas). Colors are Red, Black, & White (like Texas Tech).

Speedy, ACD features 6'8" senior Wallace Judge who is the #32 rated player nationally in ESPN's Top 100. He has verbally committed to Kansas State.

 

Wheeler (GA) has #48 rated 6'6" Sr. Ari Stewart and #60 rated 6'8" Sr. Richard Howell.

 

6'7' Noel Johnson from Fayetteville (GA) is the #39 rated player nationally and played in the KOB last year. He had 40 points against Ballard in that tourney and has committed to USC (as pointed out before).

 

Some other tidbits about Cedar Hills (TX): They are in Class 5A

(1200+students) as compared to Elliott with 325 students. Nickname is Longhorns (Imagine that being in Texas). Colors are Red, Black, & White (like Texas Tech).

 

Thanks for the correction. Ari Stewart is going to Wake Forest and I had thought he played for ACD. Scott County did play them and it was with Matt Walls and Bud Mackey. At that time, I'm almost certain Stewart was there and SC lost in a game that was close throughout. Or maybe it was a different Stewart. Whatever the case, ACD is another strong team in the BBC this year.

 

The Fayette team Manual defeated last year to win 3rd in the KOB had 3 DI players including Noel Johnson. They should be strong again this year. Johnson had 46 in that game against Ballard. Against Manual and Jenkins he finished with 17.

 

It should be interesting to see how Scott County fares against Dunvansville in a couple of weeks. The Beach Ball tourney is loaded and should be a lot of fun.

Speedy, ACD features 6'8" senior Wallace Judge who is the #32 rated player nationally in ESPN's Top 100. He has verbally committed to Kansas State.

 

Wheeler (GA) has #48 rated 6'6" Sr. Ari Stewart and #60 rated 6'8" Sr. Richard Howell.

 

6'7' Noel Johnson from Fayetteville (GA) is the #39 rated player nationally and played in the KOB last year. He had 40 points against Ballard in that tourney and has committed to USC (as pointed out before).

 

Some other tidbits about Cedar Hills (TX): They are in Class 5A

(1200+students) as compared to Elliott with 325 students. Nickname is Longhorns (Imagine that being in Texas). Colors are Red, Black, & White (like Texas Tech).

 

ACD also has top 100 senior Rodney McGruger, Judge's AAU teammate. He to has committed to K-State.

All the 1st round games and winners bracket games are usually broadcast live online on the tournament website.

 

http://beachballclassic.com/Teams/BeachBallClassic/tabid/63/Default.aspx

All the 1st round games and winners bracket games are usually broadcast live online on the tournament website.

 

http://beachballclassic.com/Teams/BeachBallClassic/tabid/63/Default.aspx

 

Thanks,,:thumb::thumb::thumb:

Should be a good venue for EC to prove if they're legit to make a run at the state title this year or not.

 

Even if they go down there and dont win a game it will help them in the long run.

Beside the players mentioned previously here are some more top players in the Beach Ball Classic. It is loaded with talent:

 

6'3" Sr. Dexter Strickland, St. Patrick (NJ) is going to North Carolina

6'5" Sr. Dalton Pepper, Pennsbury (PA) is going to West Virginia

6'8" Sr. Richard Howell, Wheeler (GA) is going to NC State

6'6" Sr. Kawhi Leonard, MLK (CA) is going to San Diego State

6'1" Jr. Eric Smith, Mullins (SC) has committed to Horn and South Carolina

6'4" Sr. Robbie Dreher, Southside (SC) is going to Winthrop

6'5" Sr. Quinton Thomas, Southside (SC) is going to Wyoming

6'7" Sr. Emari Bailey, ACD (FL) is going to Florida International Univ.

6'3" Sr. Stacy Bailey, Mullins (SC) is being recruited by Radford & Coastal Carolina

6'7" Soph Michael Gilchrist, St. Patrick (NJ) is a top 100 player in his class and ESPN calls him an NBA player in waiting

6'3" Soph Michael Taylor, Boy's & Girl's (NY) is a top 100 player in his class and has offers from schools in the Big East, SEC, Big 12, and Conf USA

5'8" PG Myles Mack, Paterson Catholic (NJ) is being recruited by Syracuse and Georgetown.

6'2" Sr. Anton Dickerson, Boy's & Girl's (NY) has several D-1 offers

6'4" Sr. Lamont Samuels, Boy's & Girl's (NY) has seven D-1 offers

6'1" Sr. Evan Faulkner, Elliott County, going to Radford.

 

And there are some players on Pickering Canada that are D-1 prospects including Jon Hull. Probably left 6-8 others off, but you can see that it is loaded with talent. Boy's & Girl's (NY) had five players sign D-1 scholarships and three sign D-2 scholarships. Southside (SC) won the 2A State Championship last year and Myrtle Beach (SC) won the 3A State Championship last year. Mullins (SC) lost a close game in the 2A Semi-finals or what they call the Lower State Championship game.