April 12th and 13th, Hoop Journal will be having it’s 2nd Annual Showcase for Highschool or Prep school players who want an opportunity to show there game to college Coaches of D2, D3 or top Juco Schools! The event will take place at Kennedy H.S. in Paterson,N.J. The night of the 12th will consist of workouts done by quality instructors and the 13th will be game night! The event will cost 40 dollars and will start up at 6:00pm and end at 9:oopm on both nights! Here’s a chance to open up some eyes and maybe you can be one of those guys who finds his way to playing college basketball! For information email orlandocameron60@gmail.com! Good Luck Players!

When Kyle Anderson was a young lanky skinny kid trying to find his body at 12 years old, It was said by Reggie Cameron Sr. that this kid is the most natural player he had seen since Tim Thomas of Paterson Catholic fame and the N.B.A. Not everyone saw it and some shook their heads but if you paid attention you could understand why that was said! Now he wasn’t quite the athlete, but Anderson had the wow factor when it came to figuring the game out and from the moment you saw him on the court you knew this was the place he belonged! All he needed to do was grow into his body! Then, like a swan he found himself and it’s been nothing but the top for this baller! As was said about others, Kyle Anderson is family! He is Paterson Catholic family, Playaz Basketball Club family and of course he is now truly St.Anthony family! Kyle has had a highschool career that you can only dream about! He is concluding his career in the McDonald’s Classic, the Jordan Classic, will be the Player of the Year in the State and is a finalist for the Naismith Highschool Player of the Year! But the thing that sets him apart from all the rest is that he is the greatest Highschool winner this site has ever seen! 93-1 in the last three years! Back to Back undefeated seasons! You can’t make that kind of stuff up! And he will do whatever is needed to get the win! Need him to score, he will! Need him to quarterback the team, he will! Need him to step up defensively, he will! Rebound, not a problem! His basketball I.Q is off the charts and he already has the knack for figuring out just what’s needed! U.C.L.A. is getting the total package and if their was a kid that looks like he has a future in the League, it’s him! On a personal note, Hoop Journal would like to congratulate Kyle’s mother Suzanne, his father Kyle Sr. and his brothers and sisters! You’ve all done a great job in not only making Kyle a phenomenal player,but a phenomenal young man! The future is oh so bright for Kyle and here’s hoping for nothing but the best in the years to come! Make us proud Slo-Mo aka Stats(you know what I’m talking about)!

  Izod Arena, N.J…….. 65-0!!! That’s where the season ended for St. Anthony as their 65th win in a row resulted in the Friars being Tournament Of Champions title winners for the second year in a row! Senior Jerome Frink overcame a sluggish 1st half to score 20 of his 26 points in the 66-62 victory over Plainfield! Frink also added 13 rebounds in the contest and had his way down low! It didn’t hurt that Plainfield’s Yale commit Justin Sears had to leave the game in the 1st quarter due to spraining his ankle and played sporadically the rest of the game, eventually fouling out with 7:11 of the 4th!Senior Tariq Carey came off the bench to score 18 points and made some big plays late in the game! And then there was Senior Kyle Anderson who scored 14 points,grabbed 6 rebounds, dished out 4 assists,blocked 5 shots and 4 steals and most importantly won again! Plainfield played tough and was in it from the start as they led 12-11 to end the 1st and went into the half tied at 25! Senior Sekou Harris and Senior Jahmal Lane each played big and left it all on the floor! Harris finished with 22 points and 7 assists and Lane had 21 points and 3 steals! St. Anthony took the biggest lead of the game at 42-32 in the 3rd quarter and lead 46-38 to end the quarter! Plainfield cut the lead to 65-62 with 3.7 seconds left but Junior Hallice Cooke made the second free throw to clinch the”Chip”! St. Anthony finished the season at 32-0, while Plainfield finished at 30-4!