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Gym Gems: Icon Cuts Fall League Week 1 Game of the Week Coverage
Passion Driven Sports has been a pillar in the Pee Dee/Grand Strand area for the past two years. Gyms Gems heavily focus on small town kids with big talent. Got a chance to attend Week 1 of Icon Cuts Fall league at Trinity Collegiate School in Florence, SC. Great basketball is being displayed in which the content can be displayed on the Savage Academy youtube channel. Here is some of the outstanding players who stood out the most from this event:
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Special K
As we prepare for the coming high school season, fall leagues across the east coast have begun! This weekend, I pulled up to the Icon Cuts Fall League sponsored by H3 Grind and Savage Academy in Florence, SC. Week 1 of this fall league was full of known and unknown talent. Here are the six players that I thought really performed very well.
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Cesare Edwards Continues to Trend Upward Nationally
In South Carolina
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34th Annual Pepsi Carolina Classic Champion Saturday
Best Game of the DaySouth Florence (68) vs. Marion (65)South Florence took a 10 point lead (37-27) into halftime, then Marion used a 23-12 third quarter, behind 8 points from TJ Sanders and 9 from Mac Washington to make this an incredibly tight ending. South Florence pulled away in the fourth and ended up winning 68-65. The stars shone brightly in this one in what ended as a three-point win....
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SC Big Man Cesare Edwards Made Noise at 2019 SC Top 80! Raw Highlights
Check out highlights from 6
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South Carolina Phenom Top 80 Camp Evaluations: Team 1
Team 1 Coach: Josh Staley #1: 5
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South Carolina Top 80 All Tournament Team “Class of 2021”
Class Height No. Name City State High School 2021 6'4' 80 Russell Felton Jr Aiken SC Aiken High School 2021 6'1' 44 Daveon Thomas Elgin SC Lee Central High School 2021 6'3' 72 Cohen Gaskins Summerville SC Pinewood Preparatory School 2021 6'4' 82 Korey Richardson Columbia Sc SC Lower Richland High School 2021 6'4' 96 Malachy McGuirt Rock Hill SC Rock Hill High School 2021 6'7' 112 AJ Allenspach...
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Evening Standouts at Phenom’s Palmetto Winter Classic
Morgan County: 5
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What to Watch for at Phenom
There are an abundance of subplots worth noting for this upcoming weekend of basketball, but the showdown between AC Flora and Hartsville might be the most anticipated first-round game on tap. Obviously, people are excited about seeing South Carolina-signee Trae Hannibal (who also doubles as a human highlight reel) face off against one of the top sophomores across the state in Robert McCray....
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#PhenomNationalShowcase: Possible Breakout’s
6’5 2020 Djimon Bailey: Greenfield School (Friday 3:30 PM Vs Grace Christian Sanford: Dillard Gymnasium) Bailey now has the keys to the car at longtime powerhouse Greenfield School as he looks to show that this team is still very dangerous without the likes of Coby White (UNC) and Elijah McCadden (Georgia Southern). He’s a sweet shooting, lengthy combo guard that now has an...
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South Carolina Top 80: Evaluation Team 11
South Carolina Top 80 Evaluations Team 11 Coach: Latrose Brace #13: 5
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Bendel’s Best: Phenom Southern Jam
The travel season ended on Sunday, allowing these players to apply some rest to their bodies and properly recover from what can be a grueling summer. There were a lot of quality prospects in the building over the week and many guys received offers from their appropriate level. That being said, we will be focusing on five specific guys who outperformed expectations and stood out amongst the...
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Phenom’s Summer Jam – Session 2 — The Young Guns You Got to See
Anytime you fill the gym with great programs, there are sure to be young prospects who pop up. This camp was no different. There was so much talent in the gym, it was great to see the young talent step up to the challenge. Some of these guys are players coaches across the country will need to keep a close eye on, a few of these guys are national level recruit types. 6
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Phenom’s Summer Jam, Session 2 — The Event’s Top 10 Performers
There was so much talent in the gym at Ridge View High School for Phenom’s Summer Jam Session 2. Defending State Champions along with high major basketball recruits and everything in between met to compete and the standing room only crowd got a show. With 10-15 college coaches in the stands and countless coaches viewing via the Baller TV live stream, players showed out. In fact, some of...
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#PhenomSummerJam Session Two: Court One Standouts Late Morning/Early Afternoon
The show goes on here in Columbia, people really need to stop sleeping on the State of South Carolina as a basketball state, cause there’s a ton of talent in the public and private school leagues that’s been on display for the Phenom Hoops staff all day long… without further adieu let’s take a look at some of the top performers from the late morning/early afternoon...
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