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Boo's Girls Tournament's Unlikely Champs

Tom Insell has brought better players and better teams to Boo Williams’ annual Nike Invitational girls hoops tournament. However, he left Sunday with something he’d never had: a championship trophy from the elite, 16-and-under division. Insell’s Knoxville-based Tennessee Flight Silver squad held off the Philly Belles, Maryland edition 78-65 ... Read More...

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Senior Muhammad keeps PHS's Final Four streak alive

Senior Muhammad keeps PHS
Kyla Muhammad is the type to tackle a challenge head on. So when Pensacola High girls basketball coach Alison Davis approached Muhammad about becoming less of a scorer and more of a distributor her senior season, the 5-foot-7 guard never blinked an eye. Instead, Muhammad embraced the change and became ... Read More...

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Girls basketball recruiting notebook: Marymount's Dugan, CK's Raaf pick college destinations

Girls basketball recruiting notebook: Marymount
A tip from a family friend helped shape Abby Dugan’s basketball life. The Marymount star forward, then a freshman, was told to check out trainer Ross Burns, who just began giving sessions at Dalton in Manhattan, and his Pro Hoops Organization. She was immediately hooked and worked with Burns, now a renowned trainer ... Read More...

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The Post's All-City girls basketball honors

The Post
It was a year of tragedy and heartache in New York City girls basketball. Two of the community’s most beloved figures, Nazareth coach Apache Paschall and Murry Bergtraum guard Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy, succumbed to untimely deaths. Murphy was shot and killed in September in a dispute between rival housing ... Read More...

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Boo Williams girls lose in quarterfinals, eliminated from Nike Invitational

Boo Williams girls lose in quarterfinals, eliminated from Nike Invitational
The Boo Williams Summer League girls team fell behind for the third time Saturday. This time they couldn't come back. Georgia Metro bounced the BSWL in the quarterfinals of the Nike Invitational. The 60-49 loss eliminated Boo's team and sent the Metros into a 9:25 a.m. semifinals game Sunday morning at the Boo Williams Sportsplex ... Read More...

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Brandt to become a Lady Pacer

Brandt to become a Lady Pacer
Amaura Brandt spent many years on the USC Aiken women’s basketball bench. She’ll continue to do that for the 2012-13 season, but in a much different capacity. Brandt, daughter of USC Aiken Lady Pacers head coach Mike Brandt, helped her father as a manager for nearly a decade. All that changed Tuesday afternoon when ... Read More...

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Girls Athlete of the Winter: Injury doesn’t bother versatile Cass in pursuit of championship

Girls Athlete of the Winter: Injury doesn’t bother versatile Cass in pursuit of championship
Adele Cass is often so good she could take over a basketball game single-handedly. She proved as much, literally, this season. Cass, Pawnee’s 5-foot-9 multi-talented senior, broke her pointer finger on her left — non-shooting — hand in the first game of the season this past winter. She missed just four complete games ... Read More...

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Adrienne Motley has different role with Boo's elite team

Adrienne Motley has different role with Boo
Adrienne Motley's junior season at Woodside ended the night of March 7 with a crushing loss to Oakton in the state semifinals. She looked drained. She vowed to take some time off and get some rest. She took a week. Then, it was time to get to work again. Basketball is continuous these days, and Motley is now going full-throttle ... Read More...