11/22 - 78-67 Blair over St Andrew's (RI) at the National Prep Showcase in New Haven, CT. Ryan Lubreski led Blair with 26 pts; Hakeem Harris had 22 pts, 11 rebs, 9 assists.

12/2 – Ryan Lubreski led Blair’s offensive attack with 18 points as Blair defeated Upper Room Christian 92-40 on Wednesday night. Other top performers included Jesse Pritchard with 13 points, Lionel Gomis with 11 points, Joe Hart with 9 points, and Hakeem Harris with 8 points. With the win, Blair improves to 2-0 as they prepare to face Hotchkiss on Saturday and Northfield Mount Hermon on Sunday in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament.

12/5 – Northfield Mount Hermon defeated Hun in the first game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament with a 59-45 win over The Hun School. Blair followed up with a win as they battled to a 68-58 victory over Hotchkiss (CT). On Sunday, Hotchkiss defeated the Hun School 72-67 in the first game. Blair and NMH are about to tip off. Leading scorers and additional recap to come…

12/9 – Blair defeated MAPL rival, Hun, 55-39 on Wednesday. Jesse Pritchard and Hakeem Harris scored 14 points and Ryan Lubreski added 10 for Blair, which took a 20-6 lead after one quarter in Princeton Township. Myles Melville scored 13 points to pace Hun. Blair travels to Massachusetts this weekend for the Worcester Invitational where they will face Marianapolis Prep on Saturday.

1/10 –Boys’ Varsity Basketball travelled to New England this past weekend where they earned two solid victories over Wilbraham Monson and Avon Old Farms. On Saturday, Blair downed Wilbraham 65-42 with Ryan Lubreski leading the way for the Buccaneers offensively. Hakeem Harris played solid defense for the Bucs. In the second game of the weekend, The Bucs resumed their offensive attack with Lubreski, once again, leading the charge with 19 points. Blair will face MAPL rival, Peddie, on Wednesday at Blair.

1/16 – Jesse Pritchard was an offensive machine leading the scoring attack with 32 of Blair’s 66 points, as Blair rebounded from the MAPL loss to Peddie defeating a tough Lawrenceville squad on Saturday. Senior Nathan Reichel played an excellent floor game for the Bucs. Blair Boys will face MAPL rival Hill on Wednesday at Hill.

1/27 – Blair ousted The Phelps School 74-62 on Wednesday. Led by seniors Hakeem Harris with 23 points and Jesse Pritchard with 22 points, the Bucs were quick out of the gates jumping out to a 16-4 first quarter lead. That lead would dwindle as Phelps battled back in the second half, but Blair’s lead was too much for Phelps to overcome. Pritchard and Harris combined for 9 three pointers as Blair held on for the 12 point victory. The Bucs travel to West Point on Friday to take on West Point JVs.

 

Boys’ JV Basketball Recap 2009-2010 Season
The boys JV basketball team finished 10-6, with wins against each of the other MAPL schools. The team worked hard throughout the year, showed great sportsmanship, and represented themselves and Blair with class and dignity.

The team was led by its juniors, five of whom are finishing their third year of Blair basketball. The undisputed leaders of the team were junior Co-captains Luke Parauda and Travis Kittle. Luke lead the team in scoring, blocks, rebounds, and dunks while Travis was the backbone of our team with his incredible intensity, hustle, desire, and knowledge of the game. Ted Peacock has morphed from a skinny guard as a freshman to a skinny post player as a junior, and his intensity, teamwork and great shot were certainly as asset to us. Dan Lavanant remained a positive presence who could always be counted on to make 3’s and to keep the team upbeat with his sense-of-humor and great school-meeting announcements. Alan Meskin suffered a tough injury last year, but bounced back this year as a valuable role player who could play both post and wing when needed. We were delighted that junior Spencer Beriont decided to play basketball this year, as he brought an incredible energy and athleticism and was generally our first player off the bench. New juniors Ben Brandreth and Matt Pierce were invaluable to our team as well. Ben was a gifted scorer who played both post and wing, and also started some games, while Matt was a hard-nosed player who pushed the starters in practice and scored 8 points in our final game.

All teams need to build for the future, and we are fortunate to have so many young players make an impact this year. All three of our starting guards were sophomores and have a strong chance to be varsity contributors next year. Point Guard Nick Flora was relentless in his defensive pressure and led the team in assists. Yonnie Reichel was our “Mr. Clutch,” who was equally capable of handling the point or playing off the ball and has a great basketball future. Shooting guard Rob Britt brought energy, defensive intensity, and a stellar 3 point shot (19 3 pointers in our last 7 games). Additionally, forward Joe Geller was our most improved player and we are excited to add him to the starting lineup next year. Ray Huang and George Green are tough and athletic guards, who contributed to the team in many ways. We would be fortunate to have them as starters next year.

No summary of the JV team would be complete without mentioning our outstanding managers. Dan DeTogni has forever set the standard by which other managers will be measured, both in terms of his knowledge of the game and his ability to help us in practice. We look forward to having him as a playing member of the team next year. Soomin Kay’s sense of humor and laid-back attitude were always a source of enjoyment and we appreciated the volunteer efforts of Alex Forte who contributed her time to helping out with statistics during several of our games.

It was a very enjoyable year and all of our players are to be commended for their talent, their sportsmanship, and their success.

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