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Phenom High School Jamboree: Kevin’s Fab 5
Kevin’s Fab 5 Phenom’s High School Jamboree 6’4 2019 Julius Burch: Southern Guilford High School Julius Burch had a pretty good day making an impact throughout each game. It’s a joy to watch players like Julius who I know have put in countless of hours in the gym to become a better player. He looked to score more than I have seen in the past which I believe will make Southern Guilford a...
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Phenom High School Jamboree: Coach’s Rick Stock Raisers
The start of the high school season is upon us. At the 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree, we got a nice glimpse of the players who have made the biggest jump in their game. These are the players who have put in work during the summer and off season to get better. Now, we will take a closer look at players that impressed us with their improvement and guys who has raised their stock....
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Phenom High School Jamboree: Coach Rick’s Fab Five
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree has enjoyed a history of outstanding teams and players and this year’s jamboree was no exception. In all, we had 40 teams and a total of 60 games that were played throughout the day. Proehlific Park and Northwest Guilford High School were the venues being used. While this was a great way to kick off the 2018-19 season, the Phenom High School...
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Early Afternoon Recaps: #PhenomHSJamboree Court One @ Proehlific Park
Metrolina Christian Vs Rabun Gap This was a great matchup between two relatively evenly matched opponents that was a display of great fundamentals for both squads. The Metrolina duo of 6’2 2019 Tate Johnson and 6’8 2019 Stephen Clark (Citadel Commit) were simply sensational at breaking down the defense and finding good shots seemingly whenever they wanted. Clark is one of the more fundamentally...
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Late Morning Recaps: #PhenomHSJamboree Court One @ Proehlific Park
Carolina Basketball Academy Vs Greater Beckley Christian (WV) Coming into the Jamboree as a virtual unknown by many Carolina Basketball Academy assured that everybody would know their name by the end of the day. The feature backcourt of 6’5 2019 Gavin Singleton and 6’4 2020 Omar Gardner controlled the game from the opening tip until the final buzzer, creating many highlights along the...
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Early Morning Recaps: #PhenomHSJamboree, Court One @ Proehlific Park
Carolina Day Vs Moravian Prep Moravian Prep got the better of Carolina Day by a significant margin largely due to the play of 6’3 2019 Caleb Burgess, 6’8 2019 Josh Hall, and 6’10 2020 Javarzia Belton. The Point Guard, Wing, Big trio that might be the best in North Carolina. Burgess is clearly the vocal leader of this group and his energy is simply contagious throughout the entire roster. He...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Rabun Gap
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Today, we will take a closer look at Rabun Gap...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 — Over 100 Must Watch Players
Committed Players Greensboro Day (Greensboro, NC) 6’9” 2019 Michael Fowler (James Madison) 6’3” 2021 5-Star Carson McCorkle (Virginia) Independence HS (Charlotte, NC) 6’6” 2019 Matthew Smith (Murray State) 6’7” 2019 Tyler Harris (Western Carolina) 6’2” 2019 AJ McKee (Queens University) Christ School (Arden, NC) 6’11” 2019 Brandon Stone (LaSalle) Metrolina Christian (Charlotte, NC) 6’8” 2019...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 — What We’re Looking For (Part 8/10)
Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 2 What We’re Looking For (Part 8/10) Hickory Grove Christian Has Become Must Watch Last season Hickory Grove Christian (Charlotte, NC) finished 12-14, not typically a team that you look at to say, “they return a lot, watch out”. However, seeing their player development throughout the summer, this team returns a lot and NCISAA 3A should watch out. This team...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 — What We’re Looking For (Part 7/10)
Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 What We’re Looking For (Part 7/10) New Life Christian Vs. Piedmont Classical (10:40AM Proehlific Park) Yesterday we spoke about Greensboro Day Vs. Independence High School, a couple of established programs, who will be battling it out at Phenom’s High School Jamboree. However, this one is about two newer programs who are trying to become established, and...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Grace Christian
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Now, let’s take a closer look at one of the...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Cape Fear Christian
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Last season, Coach JD Johnson had a successful...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: North Mecklenburg High School
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. North Meck finished 27-2 last season and...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Bertie High School
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Now, let’s take a closer look at one of the...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Elevation Prep
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Now, let’s take a closer look at one of the...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Carolina Day
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Now, let’s take a closer look at one of the...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Grimsley High School
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Now, let’s take a closer look at one of the...
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Phenom High School Jamboree Session 1: Kings Mountain
The 6th Annual Phenom High School Jamboree will take place Saturday, November 3rd at Northwest Guilford High School and Proehlific Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event has always gathered some of the top private and public school teams in the state and this year is no exception. 40 teams and 60 games will be played in an exhibition format. Now, let’s take a closer look at one of...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 — What We’re Looking For (Part 4/10)
Phenom’s High School Jamboree (Session 1) What We’re Looking For – Part 4 Christ School’s Return to Prominence Without a question, over the previous 12 years Christ School (out of Arden, NC) has been one of the most storied programs in North Carolina. In that time frame, they carry a 340-84 record with 4 state titles. The amount of players they have put into college basketball has been...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 — What We’re Looking For (Part 3/10)
Phenom’s High School Jamboree (Session 1) What We’re Looking For – Part 3 The Blow Up of 6’10” 2020 Jaylon Gibson So much talent comes from North Carolina, Webb Wellman was able to dub it The #HoopState, a name that has stuck nationwide. In fact, #HoopState is so synonymous with North Carolina, you can walk into any gym across the country and utter the term and people will immediately know...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 — What We’re Looking For (Part 1/10)
Phenom’s High School Jamboree Session 1 What We’re Looking For – Part 1 The Best Backcourt in the #HoopState There is no question about it, some of the best guards to play basketball hail from North Carolina. In fact, look at the make up of the NBA, you currently have three perennial All-Stars with Steph Curry, John Wall and Chris Paul, but you also have two other NBA point guards getting...
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Unsigned Seniors Pt 3: Names Coaches need to know
As we get deeper into the season and approach the late signing period for the 2018 cycle coaches at every level will be on the lookout for late gems to boost incomplete recruiting classes. With so much unsigned talent to cover we’re gonna go a little more in depth in part three and look at some seniors really hooping as we near the holidays. 1. Kyron Gray 6’7 Position: Forward School: Hartsville...
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Freddy Johnson Approaches Milestone 1000 Career Wins
Greensboro Day School’s Head Boys Basketball Coach, Freddy Johnson, Approaches Milestone Win #1000 Greensboro, NC — Greensboro Day School’s Boys Basketball Coach, Freddy Johnson, is working towards his 1,000th career win with his next victory. On Tuesday, November 21, the GDS boys’ basketball team defeated Charlotte Latin for Coach Johnson’s 999th career win. With the next victory,...
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Chick’s Event Recap — Phenom’s High School Jamboree (2019 Standouts – Part 1)
Chick’s Event Recap Phenom’s High School Jamboree 2019 Standouts – Part 1 While the Seniors had their moments the Juniors also got the opportunity to stand out and several guys definitely stepped up with stellar performances. Here are a few of these players at Proehlific Park at the Phenom Hoops HS jamboree: Jalen Lecque 6’4” SG Christ School (Arden, NC) Lecque was one of the best two...
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Chick’s Event Recap — Phenom’s High School Jamboree…Seniors (Part 1)
Phenom Hoops HS Jamboree held at Proehlific Park in Greensboro had plenty of top notch performances these are some of the ones we observed from players in the 2018 class on the day: Greyson Collins 6’1” CG Caldwell Academy (Greensboro, NC) Over the many years we’ve scouted hundreds of guys like Collins who get ignored by D-1 schools because they’re looking for the primo athlete who never works...
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Chick’s Event Recap — Phenom’s High School Jamboree Seniors (Part 2 – More Unsigned Guys)
Phenom Hoops HS Jamboree held at Proehlific Park in Greensboro had plenty of top notch performances these are some of the ones we observed from players in the 2018 class on the day: As we mentioned in Part 1 of the Senior Standouts, we made notes on more players…Here are some more seniors who deserve mention: 6’3″ Unsigned Senior Tomas Butkus Tomas Butkus 6’3” PG Rabun...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree–Unsigned Seniors Pt. 3
Phenom High School Jamboree From the Sidelines Unsigned Senior Part 3 The Phenom High School Jamboree held Saturday, November 4th was a huge success. Over 33 teams participated in the one day event where teams played scrimmage games of two 20-minute halves with a running clock. The gym was packed with spectators and high number of college coaches. Today, we want to take a look at some of the top...
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Phenom’s HS Jamboree 2019 Standouts
Phenom High School Jamboree From the Sidelines 2019 Standouts 6’2 Michael Green (Myrtle Beach Christian) Simply stated, it was an absolutely outstanding performance for 6’2 Michael Green. He averaged 26.3 PPG in the three scrimmage games, but it was his 35-point performance against Northside Christian that was the “tell all” story. He literally put the team on his back and Myrtle Beach pulled...
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Phenom’s HS Jamboree 2020 Standouts
Phenom High School Jamboree From the Sidelines 2020 Standouts 6’2 Tristan Maxwell (North Mecklenburg) Tristan Maxwell, simply put, is an elite level shooter and will be in the conversation as one of the best shooters in the country for his class. Maxwell moves extremely well without the ball and terrific in a catch and shoot scenario. He has a quick release although he could use a tad more arch...
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Phenom’s High School Jamboree Recaps — 2021 Event Standouts
Phenom’s High School Jamboree Recaps 2021 Standouts 6’10” Ben Wiznitzer Christ School (Arden, NC) Wiznitzer has a large build to go along with soft hands and touch that extends from around the basket to beyond the 3-point arc. His coordination is very impressive to be a player so young and as he continues to get his conditioning right his production will continue to grow. 6’ Cole Sinclair Durham...
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