For four years, Kennedy Smith of Etiwanda has been a game-changing player. She teamed with coach Stan Delus to help establish the Eagles as a destination point for elite girls' basketball. Versatility always has been her calling card — playing defense, rebounding, leading the fast break, blocking shots, attacking the basket. She does whatever her team needs. This season the 6-foot-1 senior and McDonald's All-American was at her best, leading Etiwanda to a Southern Section Open Division...
Joyce Edwards, a three-sport all-state player on Camden, has been named the 2023-24 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
2023-24 News-Herald girls basketball, led by the player of the year, Riverside’s Savanah Laurenty
The Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year finalists were announced on Thursday.
Jada Savage helped close the door on a victory for the East in the Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Game March 15 at the University of West Florida. The Milton senior came up with a steal and converted it into a layup in the final minute of a 57-52 win.
Trent Perry smiles so much during basketball games that photographers can’t help but focus their cameras on his face. He’s always showing his joy at competing, his passion for winning, his commitment to succeeding. Over this past season, few guards have been better. When the game matters, when the moment reaches a fever pitch, Perry steps forward to deliver. The 6-foot-4 senior headed to USC helped the Wolverines win a Southern Section Open Division championship and repeat as state Open Division...
Just before the basketball season began, Harvard-Westlake coach Melissa Hearlihy learned her team’s top returning player, Bella Spencer, suffered a torn knee ligament. Other injuries would follow. A 2-7 start left the Wolverines reeling. They were 4-13 at one point. All the experiences, ups and downs, from a coaching career that began in 1985 gave Hearlihy the wisdom to preach patience. “When we weren’t winning, she kept us motivated,” freshman guard Angelina Habis said. Players got healthy....
As BYU prepares to play in the NCAA Tournament, Muslim post players Aly Khalifa, Fousseyni Traore, and Atiki Ally Atiki talk about why they decided to play among Latter-day Saints in Provo, Utah.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame awarded two western Massachusetts star high school athletes as the 13th annual players of the year.
Fourteen area players named on the Brainerd Dispatch All-Area First Team.
Camden star Joyce Edwards has had quite the high school career. From winning back-to-back state championships and committing to the South Carolina Gamecocks, the No. 2 ranked senior in the country recently added another accolade to her resume: she’s now this year’s 2023-24 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player. The distinguished honor, which was announced on […]
In its 39th year of recognizing outstanding high school athletes, Gatorade has crowned Cooper Flagg of Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., as the 2023-24 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Flagg’s exceptional talent on and off the court distinguishes him as the recipient of this prestigious award, previously won by NBA luminaries like […] The post SOURCE SPORTS: Cooper Flagg Named Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year first appeared on The Source.