Signings of Area Players

November 12th was national early signing day and three area ball players made their commitments. Justin Crosgile of Depaul Catholic signed his letter of intent with St. Joseph University from the Atlantic 10 conference. Crosgile,the 5’10” guard, is a scoring machine who will be looked at as the point guard of the future for coach Phil Martelli’s Hawks. St. Joe’s is known for developing guards(Marvin O’Connor, Jameer Nelson and Delonte West) and Justin hopes to continue the tradition. Lance Brown of Paterson Catholic signed with Fordham University of the Atlantic 10 and will join Jio Fontan from St. Anthonys H.S. by way of Paterson. Brown is a 6’3″ swingman who is an all out gamer and a do it all type player and Coach Dereck Whittenberg should be thrilled to have this type of kid in his program. Lance is also a big time character person which is why he has a chance to be a success on and off the court.The third player to commit was Eastside Highschool’s Karon Abraham.The 5’8″ combo guard will join Robert Morris University of the Northeast Conference. Robert Morris was the N.E.C. champs last year and Coach Mike Rice feels that Karon can feel the void on the perimeter and also play some point. Abraham is a small player who plays much bigger than his stature and is a pure shooter who can knock it down from deep. Coach Rice said he was looking for a bigger player but fell in love with”this little pitbull’ after seeing Abraham on the a.a.u. circuit.Props also has to go out to Elmwood Park’s Jared Forestieri. The swingman has turned his attention to baseball as this dynamic lefthanded pitcher received a scholarship to the University of Arizona.