NY2LA Sports will make its 2020 debut this upcoming weekend with the opening session of the Grassroots Showdown presented by THE DRIP Basketball.  A symbol of excellence and quality annually for nearly two decades, we look to close the summer offering up much of the same.  Here’s a quick look at the teams set to compete August 6-7, 2020… SEE ALSO SCHEDULE FOR SESSION 1   More...

Bryce Lance is a talented basketball and football player. Bryce is the younger brother of Trey. Trey was an outstanding football player and basketball player at Marshall. Trey then lit college football a blaze as being the only freshman ever to win the college football offensive player of the year award. You could say pressure is on. Bryce is up for the challenge at six-foot two-inches tall.   More...

In 2018-19 Max Wilson was gaining recognition as an Eighth grader playing Varsity at Brooklyn Center High School averaging over 10 points per game. Over the summer playing AAU and the CP3 Rising Stars camp Wilson's profile up itself even more. Having good height, six-foot four-inches, smooth perimeter game, and maturity as a passer and creator, has caught eyes of prospect   More...

As he completes a highly successful career, Jackson Connor was able to add himself another scholarship offer. This one coming from Eastern Illinois University and head coach Jay Spoonhour. Connor is a 6’6” senior forward at Marion High School and played with the Illinois Bears.  Eastern Illinois has been talking to Connor since last summer. Their coaching staff has come to a   More...

At the end of his sophomore season, Seth Trimble has quickly developed into one of the top players in the 2022 class in all of Wisconsin. The dynamic 6’1” point guard at Menomonee Falls High School has started to attract the interest of college coaches around the area.  Wisconsin-Milwaukee and head coach Pat Baldwin offered Trimble a scholarship back in November and is   More...

2021 SG Brandin Podziemski scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help St. Johns NW Military Academy (WI) to an 81-72 WIAA Regional Final win over East Troy (WI) on Saturday.

2021 PG Tyrese Hunter scored 26 points and grabbed 5 rebounds to lead Racine St. Catherines (WI) to a 73-44 WIAA Regional Final win over Lake Mills (WI) on Saturday.

2020 G/F Jalen Johnson scored 25 points and 2021 F James Graham III added 19 points to pace Nicolet (WI) to an 82-63 WIAA Regional Final win over Cedarburg (WI) on Saturday.

2020 F Carter Gilmore erupted for 49 points to power Arrowhead (WI) to an 84-76 WIAA Regional Final win over Menomonee Falls (WI) Saturday.

2021 F David Joplin scored 30 points and 2020 C Eric Radisevic added 20 points to pace Brookfield Central (WI) to a 71-52 WIAA Regional Final win over Homestead (WI) Saturday.

2020 G Carson Smith scored 27 ponts and 2021 G/F Patrick Baldwin Jr. added 20 points to pace Sussex Hamilton (WI) to an 83-48 WIAA Regional Final win over De Pere (WI) Saturday.

2022 F Najashi Tolefree scored 17 points and 2020 F Shilo Bowles added 13 points to pace West Allis Central (WI) to a 63-54 WIAA Regional Final win over Marquette HS (WI) on Saturday.

2020 PG Keshawn Williams scored 22 points grabbed 8 rebounds and kicked out 6 assists to pace Bloom (IL) to a 60-28 win in IHSAA tournament action Friday. 

2020 F/C Jacob Ognacevic scored 46 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to power Sheboygan Lutheran (WI) to a 91-64 win in WIAA tournament action Friday.

2021 SG Brandin Podziemski poured in 34 points to pace St. Johns NW Military Academy (WI) to a 72-51 win in WIAA tournament play Friday. 

2021 PG Tyrese Hunter scored 26 points and grabbed 4 rebounds to power Racine St. Catheriines (WI) to an 80-47 win in WIAA tournament play Friday.

2020 G/F Jalen Johnson scored 27 points to pace Nicolet (WI) to an 87-57 win over Beaver Dam (WI) in WIAA tournament action Friday.

2021 G/F Patrick Baldwin Jr. scored 20 points to pace Sussex Hamilton (WI) to an 82-44 win over Hartford (WI) in WIAA tournament action on Friday.

2022 F Najashi Tolefree scored 23 points to power West Allis Central (WI) to a 59-42 win over Racine Horlick (WI) in WIAA tournament action Friday.

2023 G Johnny Kinzinger scored 23 points to pace De Pere (WI) to a 79-62 win over Sheboygan South (WI) in WIAA tournament action Friday.

2022 PG Seth Trimble scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half to help Menomonee Falls (WI) to a 71-70 upset of host Bay Port (WI) in WIAA action Friday.

Ranked #1 in the state, River Rouge, is led in the one of the top combo guards and his name is Keyshawn Devlin.  The 6’0 junior guard is making a name for himself this season by playing and shooting the ball at a very high level. Devlin and the Panthers have a 17-1 record and most of that is due to his play.  He is averaging 20 points per game by shooting 49% from the   More...

Former first team all-state and Indiana all-star Robbie Hummel continues to be involved in the game he loves.  Hummel played alongside Purdue teammate Scott Martin (transferred to Notre Dame after one season) for Valparaiso High School in northwest Indiana.  Both 6’8” forwards were selected as 1st team all-state players and were ranked in the top 60 nationally.  As   More...

Henry Abraham is a lightning quick five-foot ten-inch point guard from Cambridge-Isanti high school and for 2019-20 he's been on an absolute tear. Through 20 games he's averaging 33.3 points per game, 11 more than 2018-19. He's scored at least 25 in every game but one, and has scored 30 or more 14 times.  Abraham scores in a combination of ways but most specifically by hitting   More...

With a coaching change at Southeast Missouri State, it has changed the plans of one their commits. After five years at the helm of the Redhawks, head coach Rick Ray has been let go. With this change, not only have they lost their head coach but also their star recruit as Ramean Hinton has opened up his recruitment from them.  Hinton announced the news on twitter Wednesday night. In the   More...

1,000 career points as a sophomore is an accomplishment on its own. Getting there while scoring 25 points a game shows consistency, a key attribute at any age. Scoring 25 a night while winning more games than the school has seen in 50 years? Now we're talking.  The six-foot two-inch 2022 sophomore guard from South Saint Paul is leading the Packers in scoring and leading them to a 17-9   More...

The Park Center Pirates have five Senior's with various college offers in their 2020 class. With that amount of talent it can make it tough for young guys to get minutes, even the talented ones.  As a 2022 six-foot three-inch shooting guard Braeden Carrington has managed to break into the rotation for the Pirates while scoring 6.4 points per game, sixth best on the team. Over the   More...

Jon Oxton of Lakeville North has won over 600 High School basketball games in his career. When you play for one of the top Minnesota high school's sometimes you have to wait your turn to play Varsity. 2020 senior shooter Noah Frechette time has come.  The Six-foot five-inch sharpshooter Frechette had a fantastic spring and summer playing for the Minnesota Select program. He had a 35   More...

As a child growing up in basketball crazy Indiana, I had the pleasure of witnessing what would become folklore and that is Damon Bailey from Bedford North Lawrence.  It’s fitting that his high school team’s mascot or nickname is the BNL “Stars” because that’s exactly what Damon Bailey is a star.  As a matter of fact, Bobby Knight recruited him in 8th grade   More...

Johnell Davis is a 6’4” 185-pound senior from Gary 21st Century high school in Gary Indiana.  This young man has started every varsity game since his freshman year and those in the area knew this was coming.  He and the program have steadily become one of the best in the state for the past 4 years plotting along with success…they have arrived. Let’s take a   More...

When people go and watch the River Rouge Panthers play, people notice how hard they play and how tough they are.  Legend Geeter is a 6’7 forward who exemplifies playing hard and tough.  His inside presence has led to wins over some of the state’s top teams and shutting down some of the best players in the process. Most recently in 58-52 win over Benton Harbor, ranked #1   More...

While Zion-Benton’s Amar Augillard has been one of the more productive and talented players in the class of 2021 in the Chicagoland area for some time now, he has yet to receive a single college scholarship offer. However, that all changed over the weekend for the well-built 6’5” small forward.  On Saturday, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and head coach Linc Darner   More...

Class of 2021 players in Indiana are quickly coming off the board. Last week point guard Kristian Lander of Evansville Reitz High School committed to Indiana and now power forward Caleb Furst of Blackhawk Christian High School picked Purdue. Some of the other juniors in Indiana to have also already made a commitment include Treyton Thompson to Minnesota, JR Konieczny to Notre Dame and Jayden   More...

Making a game-winning shot doesn’t happen all the time.  Most basketball players will never complete this task.  For Marcus Wourman, 6’0 guard out of East Lansing, he hit two game-winning shots in a week! He hit the game winner on February 18th on Okemos in a 45-43 win and on February 25th did the same thing in a 76-74 win over Lansing Catholic.  We were able to catch   More...

Over the past year Owen Dease has continued to develop his game and become one of the more talented juniors in all of Indiana. The 6’5” wing has been having another strong season at Evansville Reitz High School to generate further interest for himself.  Last May, University of Evansville became the first school to offer Dease a scholarship. Miami of Ohio joined in and became   More...

When you are big, you get noticed. When you are big and agile, you get major recognition. Francis Nwaokorie, the six-foot eight-inch forward from Champlin Park, uses his ability  Q: How's the season going so far?  A: Our season has been going well so far. Even though we started the season off pretty slow, we have been playing very well as of late. We are on an 8 game winning   More...

Kian Scroggins is a senior forward for Raymore-Peculiar High School. The 6-8 Kansas City area standout is having a fantastic season that he hopes will conclude with a Class 5 state title. As a junior, Scroggins was an all-conference and all-district selection and name to the all-state tournament team after averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds. This season, Scroggins is once again on his way to   More...

For most high school basketball players, the junior season is the most pivotal one.  This is the season, where if you haven’t already made a name for yourself you can do so if you produce.  Joshua Hines has been producing at a high-level for the Macomb Dakota Cougars this season.  We were able to catch up with Joshua and talk about his breakout season.  Q:  How   More...

As he finishes up his senior year, Reed Gunnink is narrowing down his list of potential colleges for next year. Over the course of the last couple of years, he has received interest from a variety of programs of multiple levels. Gunnink is a 6’4” shooting guard at Laconia High School and played with the Wisconsin Swing program.  “I am looking for one that I have a great   More...

A solid group of up and coming Class of 2022 post players are making a lot of noise in Illinois this season.  Here’s a quick look at five of them… Note – Not listed in any particular order TINLEY PARK - 6’9 - PF - ANDRE CASEY JR. Casey is one of the top prospects nationally in the Class of 2022 and for a good reason. He does it all, he shoots it at a good rate   More...

Gus Etchison is having himself a huge season to move himself into one of the top juniors in Indiana. The 6’0” junior is a point guard at Hamilton Heights High School and is averaging a monstrous 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.  Etchison earned his first scholarship offer last July from Western Michigan. Since then he has been able to earn additional offers from   More...

Indiana landed one of the top juniors in the entire nation Tuesday night when in-state Khristian Lander announced his commitment to the Hoosiers. The commitment follows after he had visited Indiana over the past weekend in addition to visiting Louisville a few days prior to that.  Lander is a 6’2” point guard at Evansville Reitz High School and played with the Indiana Elite   More...

When Lovell Williams was a freshman at STMA I was an AAU coach attending freshman games looking for 15U kids. Lovell was a relatively small point guard but even for his lack of size, he was productive in all ways for winning. Scored when his team needed, ran the offense keeping everyone involved, and moved and worked on defense.  Four years later, Lovell moved his way to Maple Grove and   More...

James Sommer is a six-foot three-inch guard from Minneapolis High School Cristo Rey Jesuit. Sommer uses his decent height for a guard to score largely inside the 3-point arc and rebounds well. He's making 47.5% of all his shots while shooting 27.8% from 3. He's hit his season high in points, 30 twice. As Cristo Rey has had an up and down year at 12-12, Sommer has contributed in   More...

The Mantis family is synonymous with basketball in northwest Indiana.  Chris Mantis a 6’6” forward from Lowell HS carries on the family legacy quite well indeed.  Chris grandfather Nick Mantis was an outstanding player for East Chicago Washington graduated in 1955.  Nick was a parade all American who received over 150 college offers eventually playing for   More...

Culver Academies is a college preparatory boarding school located in Culver, Indiana, which is composed of three entities: Culver Military Academy for boys, Culver Girls Academy, and the Culver Summer Schools and Camps.  This institution is very unique in the fact it is a national prep school but yet still a member of the IHSAA.  Culver is the home of head basketball coach Mark Galloway   More...