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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:50:57 -0400

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Folks,

I'm sad to report that the owner of this website, Kevin Bays, recently died of a medical ailment. Since he was the sole proprietor and main scout, it will likely be discontinued.

If you are a college coach, please contact Michael Ryan at michael1ryan [at] gmail.com for further info.

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BAYS, Kevin W.

Kevin Bays of Goshen, OH. Loving father of Emily Bays. Beloved son of Jimmy and Mary Lumley Bays. Dear brother of Pam Eickenhorst, Elaine Herbst and Bev Price. Also survived by former wife Darla Dunn, grandmother Mildred Lumley and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Kevin died unexpectedly and peacefully on Friday April 11 at the age of 44.

Josh Hart Garning Interest!

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:07:52 -0400

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With many of Arizona's top targets from the 2008 class still remainning unsigned this spring, Brophy Prep High School's 6-foot-4 senior guard Jeff Hart is beginning to garner significant college interest from several schools for his services next fall.

Jeff Hart has several schools showing interest this spring.Arizona Preps caught up with Hart this week about his current recruitment, and he informed us that he is currently hearing from several schools that have shown serious interest in him as of late.

According to Hart, he advised us that the University of Denver has contacted him recently and told him that they have atleast one scholarship still available and that they may decide to use it to offer the talented combo guard. Hart also advised us that William & Mary and Fairfield have also shown significant interest in him as of late, and that he is very interested in each school.

Christian Pold Realeased From ASU

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:03:14 -0400

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One of the top prospects in the country just two years ago (2006) was Deer Valley High School graduate Christian Polk.

Christian Polk gets release from Arizona State.As a high school performer, Polk was rated as high as #19 nationally by Rivals.com, and was among the top recruited young prospects in the country. Polk gave a verbal pledge to Arizona State and former head coach Rob Evans during the spring of 2005, even though, at the time, many in the media had spoken of Evans' future at Arizona State.

Ricky Calvin Leaves looking At Juco

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:59:49 -0400

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With the majority of Arizona's top performers from the 2008 class already having made their decisions for schools next fall, Precision High School's 6-foot-8, 215-pound senior post player Ricky Calvin is looking for a college home.

Ricky Calvin is deciding between junior colleges.Calvin's athletic high school career has come to an end, while he is still completing his academic portion of it. Calvin began his high school career at South Mountain HS as a freshman, but then transfered to Precision HS, a local charter school located in South Phoenix, as a sophomore. This year as a senior, Calvin transfered to Mount Zion Prep in the fall, before returning back home just weeks later.

St Xavier Over Withrow: Player Evals (Free Article)

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:40:52 -0400

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St Xavier beat Withrow at the Cintas Center today to earn a trip to the state D1 Final Four. St X will play Friday Mar 14th at 5:15pm for a berth in the championship game.

X combined some clutch FT shooting and some timely rebounds to earn the 52-51 win. Yancy Gates, in his final game before becoming a Cincinnati Bearcat, missed two FT’s with two seconds on the clock, preventing the Withrow win, or at least an overtime session.

Its too bad that the game ended with the two missed FT’s. Many on press row admitted that they wanted Gates to hit one of the two, so that the game would go into overtime – it was that good of a game.

St Xavier

Walt Gibler 2008 PF - This Loyola of Illinois signee scored 9 pts on 3 of 10 shooting from the field, had six rebounds and five assists.

Notes: missed 10 j, missed 5' jh, hit LU, missed top of key trey, missed LU, hit LU, miss 17' j, hit LU, off fl TO, asst, Fld on LU def reb, spin missed LU, missed front end of 1-1 with his team down 1 with 15 sec left in game, hit game sealing FT’s with 15 sec left.

Brad Loesing 2008 PG - The Wofford signee had 14 pts on 5 of 9 shooting. This kid is just a winner who knows how to lead his team. His five assts were offset by five turnovers, but his leadership and poise were an important facet to the X win.

Notes: def reb, layup, def reb, missed LU, hit wing 3, asst, asst, missed LH LU, TO, asst.

Steve Stefanou 2008 C - This University of Chicago signee scored five pts and grabbed two rebs. He was strong on defense helping defend man child Gates.

Notes: hit missed w 3, missed PB, missed w 3, hit LU, layup fouled hit 1-2 FTs.

Tom Williams 2008 PF – Williams was big all game long hitting several big shots scoring 10 pts on 5 of 7 from the field. Also did decent job helping guard Gates in St Xavier’s 2-3 zone. Williams is attending the U of Chicago with Stefanou.

Notes: hit 17 j, pb good, hit LH LU, missed PB, missed w3, hit 17' j, hit LU, hit LU.

Withrow

Yancy Gates 2008 PF – Gates finished with 16 pts and 5 rebs in 29 mins of playing time. He scored just four points in the first half and came on strong late in the game when in some quick sequences he had a dunk, two FT’s and a layup with two X players draped on him. He was getting double teamed when an entry pass looked possible, or after he caught it. He had his usual Yancy-like game: when he chose to work hard, he succeeded.

Notes: reb, got blocked, 5 ft jumper, push shot mss, 18’ miss, alley oop failed, reb, putback, steal. Second half: reb, dunk, two FT’s, block, reb, layup, dunk, two FT’s, layup, the two missed FT’s at the end.,

Troy Long 2008 SG – Long came out like gang busters helping Withrow to the early 13-6 lead with three treys. He made 4-8 on the game. He had three steals and was 2-2 from the line and finished with 18 pts, leading his team.

Chris Grimes 2008 C – Big Chris had just two made FT’s in the scoring column but did grab 7 of Withrow’s 17 total rebounds.

Ron Bracey 2008 SF – Bracey had 5 pts but no rebs, which was a negative for Withrow from their SF.

Anthony McBride 2008 PG – McBride, having been a highly ranked player for years finished his career with 8 pts, one reb, 4 assts and three TO’s. All of his points were on layups and will have to improve his outside shooting to perform well at the college level.

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Both teams shot 5-11 from the three point line

Seven Hills over Lockland in D4 Playoffs

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:04:04 -0500

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The #1 and #2 seeds in the SW district of Division Four met Tuesday night for a chance to play against New Knoxville, the number one D4 team in the state. The 23-1 Lockland Tigers squared off against the 22-1 Seven Hills Stingers, just like they did on January 4th and in that game, Seven Hills reigned victorious in a home turf win. So it was payback time in the minds of many Lockland fans.

Lockland started well, gaining the upper hand at the half with a four point lead, but after an even third quarter, fell in the fourth. Seven Hills outscored Lockland 11-4 in the final stanza for a 40-37 win. As the Cincinnati Enquirer reported, Lockland didn’t score in the last 5:30 of the game. At that mark, Lockland got a 37-36 lead off a Ricardo Maxwell layup, but never saw their basket again.

Breaking News: Travis Brown Looking to Transfer

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:17:18 -0500

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Trravis Brown (Mason - 6'3", 195 lbs) Sophomore at Fairmont State is wanting to get back to the Cincinnati area. Travis had a very productive year at Fairmont State but wants to get closer to home.

27 games played, 8 games started, 18.3 min. game, 3 rebounds, one asst and one steal a game.

- Brown had the best 3PT % on the team. (.516)
- Brown was second in FG% on the team. (.557)
- Brown was sixth in minutes played on the team. (18.3 min.)

FGs - 59/106
3FGs - 16/31
Avg'd six ppg.

Brown was a two time FAVC Conference player of the year and All City Cincinnati his Jr and Sr years. (20 pts game, 43% 3PT%, 85% FT). His GPA is 3.85 at Fairmont State and his major is Education.

Staten Stays Close to Home

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:13:54 -0500

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Juwan Staten has announced his college decision. The Dayton Daily News has the story.

Withrow over Talawanda: Player Eval's (Free Article)

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:17:57 -0500

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Withrow 79 Talawanda 71 OT

Withrow defeated Talawanda, but it took an overtime session to do so. Withrow outscored Talawanda 13-5 in OT for the win and the right to face 17-5 Oak Hills HS on March 1st.

Talawanda had an undefeated league season and an impressive 13-4 record coming into Tuesdays game against the Tigers of Withrow at the University of Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena. Many in attendance thought that Withrow's strong schedule and impressive 16-3 record would prove too much for Talawanda, but the Braves proved to be a tough opponent.

North College Hill vs Reading: Player Evals

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:22:17 -0500

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North College Hill Reading

North College Hill

Barry Cobb 2010 PG - This super quick PG plays the wing on this team because Butler runs the PG spot for NCH, but Cobb projects to be a PG in college. He had a big game scoring 22 in three quarters. He has sweet stroke from everywhere. Still needs to work on playing under control. LM

Notes:hit LU, Hit W3, dr missed LU, Hit 3, hit LU, missed LU, nice 13' PU J in the line OD, TO, hit C3, dr LU good, stl LU good, TOK 3 good.

Damon Butler 2008 PG - Butler is quick and can run a team well, but is not a great outside shooter. Got all his points on steals and LU's or drives to the basket. MM/LM/JC

Taft Over Norwood: Player Evals

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:09:18 -0500

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Taft 73 Norwood 61

Taft

Angelo Benton 2008 PF - Struggled with his shooting and TO's in this game. Nice player but he was off in this game scoring 4 pts. D3

Notes:missed PB, pB good, TO,TO, missed 10 j, charge TO, missed tip, PB good, hit MR J, missed MR J, put back good.

Ontiwon Primus 2008 PG - This super quick PG played limited mins and scored only two pts. D3

Notes:dr fld hit 2-2 fts, stl, LU fld hit 2-2 fts, stl, dr missed LU.

Richard Harris 2009 PF - This burly PF prospect was a beast down low scoring 15 pts in the first half. With the score out of hand, he played limited min's in the second half scoring on two pts to finish the game with 17. Norword had no answer to Harris in the paint. LM/D2+

Indian Hill Over Goshen

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:44:46 -0500

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Indian Hill 60 Goshen 31

Indian Hill

Wes Bonekemper 2009 CG - Has a good build and handles the rock well. Due to the game being a blow out he saw limited min's and scored 12 pts. D2

Notes: had 10 pts at half, dr TO, misssed LU, nice pass, dr LU good, TO.

Sam Hendricks 2010 PF - This was our first look at this talented PF prospect. Little undersized for a PF but he's young and could grow. Scores most of his points in the paint. D2 prospect with a chance to go higher.

Chaminade-Julienne Over Ross: Player Eval's

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:18:28 -0500

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Chaminade-Julienne 62 Ross 34

Chaminade-Julienne

Zach Kauth 2008 PF - This player had a great game in the paint scoring on athletic layups, dunks, and put backs. He was also a monster on the glass and defense. The CJ half court trap succeeded using his athletic ability and his long arms. Scored 14 pts in limited mins due to game being blow out. Kauth needs to improve his perimeter game to provide a balanced skill set. We still feel he's a D3+ and that D2/NAIA's should take a look at this player.

Notes:PGB good, PB fld hit 2-2 fts, ast, stl, hit LU, stl, LU fld hit 1-2 Fts, missed LU, PB good, dunk on alley oop, dunk fld missed both fts, TO, reverse LU blkd , reverse LU good, tip good, LU fl'd hit 1-2 fts.

Dunbar Over Little Miami: Player Eval (Free Article)

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:25:50 -0500

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Due to the fact this was a total mismatch in talent, the evals will be shorter than normal and most of Dunbar's top players played limited min's. The two time defending Ohio D2 state champs are loaded again this year and have a good chance to make another run at getting to Columbus. Note: Former Dunbar and Ohio St star and current 76'er Daequan Cook was in the house to support his former HS team.

Dunbar 73 Little Miami 38

Dunbar

Joshua Benson 2008 C - This UD signee scored 10 pts in limited action. He has good upside but needs to get stronger and develop a better back to the basket game to succeed at Dayton.

Chaminade-Julienne vs Monroe: Player Evals

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:07:58 -0500

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This was the best game of the three games we saw on this night and a great game to evaluate players. For non-D1 coaches there were several prospects.

Chaminade-Julienne 59 Vs Monroe 56

Chaminade-Julienne

Zach Kauth 2008 PF - This is one of the more intriguing players in this game. He came away with huge cut above his eye after an inadvertent head butt and had to leave the gamefor a bit. He can score well in the paint put we didn't see much from the perimeter. Has decent handles and can score off the drive. Smart player who passes well and is surprisingly athletic. Late in the game he threw down a very impressive two hand slam that had the crowd buzzing. He's a hard player to put a level on but D2 and NAIA's should take a look.