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The Metro Hawks is a year-round athletic program, structured to serve boys and girls, young men and women who live primarily in the New York Metropolitan Area through basketball.
14s Saturday at Rucker
After opening the Rucker Park Tournament with a win last two weekends ago, the Metrohawks 14s improved to 2-0 in week two with a 41-36 win over Dyckman this past weekend.
Dyckman kept the game close through the first quarter, using their speed to run and beat the Metrohawk defenders down the court. After an adjustment, the Metrohawks 14s using a stingy man to man defense to turn Dyckman over, which led to several fast break lay ups and a ten digit lead heading into halftime.
Dyckman opened the second half on a 5-0 run, to cut the Metrohawks lead to five points. After a timeout, Metro regained their composure and held off the Dyckman run.
After a few quick baskets, the Metrohawks pushed the lead back to double-digits. Again Dyckman made a run. They cut the lead to four points with just under two minutes remaining in the contest. However, the Metro 14s fended them off and hit free-throws the rest of the way to get the win.
Captain Keith Williams led the way scoring a team-high 11 points. Forward Tajay Henry finished with nine points, seven rebounds and a block. Joel Hernandez had an all around good game finishing with six points, eight rebounds, two assists, four steals and a block. Forward Hakeem Grant and guard Aaron Ray were instrumental of the bench, especially on the defensive end. Grant finished with seven points and seven rebounds, while Ray tallied five points and two steals.
14s Sunday at Rucker
Sunday the Metrohawks 14s made the trip back to 118th and 5th Ave. to face off against the Riverside Hawks. The Metrohawks raced out to a 13-2 lead with just over three minutes remaining in the opening quarter. Riverside answered with a run of their own to cut the Metrohawks lead to three heading into the second quarter of play.
Metrohawks turned up the pressure to begin the second quarter. Lead by the defense of Aaron Ray, Sven Hunt, Hakeem Grant and Joel Hernandez, coupled with the good shooting of Keith Williams, They went on a 10-0 run to begin the quarter.
Point guard Travis Flagg controlled the tempo of play throughout the fourth quarter. Flagg’s play along with the defense of guard Tyrone Ray, Rashad Leigh and Forwards Quaid Stone and Isaiah Giles, helped Metro push the lead to as many as 22 points en-route to a 47-27 victory over the Riverside.
Captains Keith Williams and Joel Hernandez led the way scoring 12 points a piece. Aaron ray finished with seven points and six rebounds, while Hakeem Grant chipped in with seven points and four rebounds.
14s Sunday at HITS
The Metrohawks 14s battled back from a 15 points deficit to knockoff New Heights on a shot by forward Hakeem Grant to improve to 2-0 at the HITS Tournament.
New Heights looked ready to put the game away in the first half. They led by as many as 15 points and by 13 for most of the third quarter. But, the Metrohawks would have none of it. Metro closed the third stanza on a 10-0 run, led by the lineup of Travis Flagg, Joel Hernandez, Aaron Ray, Hakeem Grant and Sven Hunt.
In the fourth quarter with New Heights holding on to a slim lead, the Metrohawks decided to use a full court press. The press worked to perfection and with just under one minute, Keith Williams led a break and pulled up for a jumper, which he nailed to tie the contest at 39-39. Metro made a defensive stand and with five ticks remaining on the clock Flagg found Grant for the lay up and the 41-39 win.
Hernandez led the way for Metrohawks, hitting every shot he attempted from the field and finishing with a team-high 15 points, six rebounds and three assists. Grant added nine points, including the game winner, six rebounds and two blocks. Aaron Ray finished with six points, five rebounds and three steals, while Williams chipped in with six points four rebounds and three assists for the mighty Metrohawks.
Congratulations to AJ Price on his selection by the Indiana Pacers in the 2009 NBA Draft
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CONGRATULATIONS: To Coach Narvo Robinson and his wife in the birth of their twins, a son and a daughter this week. Congratulations to coaches Eric andrews, Jermaine Jones and douglas Jones and the players of our 15s on winning the Shock Exchange Tournament this weekend, their second championship this summer. Also congratulations to coach Danny Kiernan and Bruce Harris on their championship in the 16s of the Shock Exchange Tournament. Bruce Thanks for sitting on Danny's bench for Sunday's games We won with only six players.
Metro Hawks 17's in Spring Fling
The Metro Hawk's 17's finished up in the Spring Fling with a 2-1 rcord after splitting two games on Saturday. The first game was a come from behind win over The Playaz 16's 52 -49. After starting slow and falling behind by 10 points in the first half the Hawks stiffened their defense and were able to get back into the game. By denying their wing players it forced the Playaz's into turnovers or rushed shots. On offense Naquan Pierce and Xavier Baldwin were able to penetrate for layups or find Antoine Mason or Dom Milka for scores. On the defense the ironman (Dom) drew 3 charges and controlled the boards grabbing 10 rebounds in the 2nd half. Also Kareem Thomas was able to lock up their point guard. After Dom hit two free throws to put us up 1 we were able to hold on d and Mase was fouled on an inbound play. After he hit 2 free throws we were able to stop the Playaz from getting a good shot off. Later on in the our last pool game was vs Team Takeover. Once again we started slow and trailed at the half by 12 pts. And again the hawks stiffend on defense and led by Shaquille Stokes 13pts (10 in the 2nd half) and Dave Samuels also 13 pts (including a power put back dunk) and on a Naquan Pierce jumper (team high 14 pts) we took a 1 point lead. After team takeover took the lead back Shaquille was fouled and barely missed a chance at a 3 point play. However he missed both free throws and Team Takeover went up 3. We turned over the ball and they scored to up 5 it looked like it was over. But on the ensuing inbounds they were called for a technical. After Naquan hit both free throws to cut it to 3 we were unable to get a three point shot off. We will next be in Boo Williams and will be at full strength with Aaron Brown and Shaq Thomas. Kenny Pretlow
MetroHawk Jrs Hold Off Bunky Reid
Jay Mumford
NYCHoops.net Staff Writer
It was 1:20PM, and there was no sign of the Bunky Reid All-Stars for their 1PM game against the MetroHawks Juniors.
They eventually arrived -albeit very late, not warmed up and undermanned- and their early tightness would come back to haunt them in a 77-74 loss, and render a huge fourth quarter charge void.
As if arriving to the game late and cold to face a solid Metro Hawks team wasn't bad enough, Bunky Reid's leading scorers in yesterday's big win over Gauchos (Sheldon Hagigal and Paris Abrams) were still MIA. Therefore, it wasn't a surprise that the MetroHawks rolled out to an early 8-2 lead behind their front line having a block party. Bunky Reid's size disadvantage hurt them when trying to score inside, but they eventually reverted to what they do best when point guard Tyrece Redd cashed in with a fast break lay-up. Redd would then find Jerome Floyd in transition and all of a sudden, the game was tied at 8. Goey Charles gave Bunky Reid their first lead of the game, 11-10, with a trey from the corner, but it would also be their last. Balanced scoring from Metro would key a 14-5 run and Bunky Reid was down, 24-16, at the end of the first quarter.
Both Hagigal and Abrams showed up late in the first quarter, but their immediate insertion in the game didn't help Bunky Reid's plight. The hot shooting duo were frigid in the second quarter and Bunky Reid didn't get much help elsewhere. Their trademark pressure defense awarded them opportunities to score, but missed shots defeated the purpose and when Metro point guard Jhamir White followed up his missed free throw, he gave his team a 15 point lead, 37-22. Sub-par free throw shooting from Metro allowed them to stay within striking distance, but shooting guard Khaleev Ginyard's three pointer and 15 footer accounted for two of Bunky Reid's paltry three field goals for the second quarter. Miraculously, Bunky Reid was only down twelve, 41-29, at the half.
The third quarter only got worse for Bunky Reid, as the Mike Taylor Show was set to begin. The Boys & Girls HS standout marksman started the second half with a 7-0 solo run to put Metro up nineteen, 48-29. As Bunky Reid continued to falter with their long range shooting, Metro's Malik Nichols and Terik Bridgeman piled up the inside points. By the time Nichols made his last bucket of the quarter, Metro had gone on a 17-3 run and expanded their lead to a whopping 26 points, 58-32. The game appeared to be over, but Bunky Reid began to make use of their pressure defense for transition buckets and ended the third quarter with an 11-2 run keyed by a now warmed up Hagigal. The talented sophomore combo guard would continue to lead the Bunky Reid charge in the fourth quarter and when he nailed one from downtown to cut the lead to twelve, 69-57, it would be the first three of 11 straight Hagigal points (including four consecutive free throws from a technical and personal foul). Abrams finally got an elusive three pointer to drop in a game where they just weren't falling for him and in six minutes of play, Metro's 26 point lead had dwindled to five points, 73-68. Two critical free throws from Taylor gave Metro some breathing room, but Hagigal corked off another three to cap a doughty, 17 point fourth quarter performance cut Metro's lead back down to four, 75-71. Unfortunately for Bunky Reid, there was only ten seconds left in the game at that point and Metro was able to avoid a potential implosion by cashing in at the free throw stripe. Bunky Reid outscored Metro 31-17 in the fourth quarter, but the their slow start and two and a half quarters of shooting woes would be their afflictions in the long run.
Metro Hawks Juniors were lead by Mike Taylor's game high 22 points, while Sheldon Hagigal chipped in a team high 21 points for Bunky Reid All-Stars. Khaleev Ginyard added 17 points for Bunky Reid All-Stars.
Metro Hawks in Spring Fling
The Metro Hawks 17's opened up pool play in the Spring Fling with a 52 - 22 rout over the Jersey Jayhawks. We were led by Antoine Mason and Mike Taylor with 11 pts each. Naquan Pierce had 10 pts 10 assts and Dave Samuels 8 pts 10 rebs. Next game is Saturday vs Playaz Red and Team Take Over
Metro Hawks at CYP
The Metro Hawks 17's played in the 63rd Annual CYP Tournament in the small gym in Porchester NY. We open up with a 77 - 67 win over FCIAC All stars. We were led by Boys High soph Mike Taylor with 21 pts, JFK"s Naquan Pierce 12 pts 15 asst, New Rochelle's Antione Mason 10 pts 8 rebs 7 assts, and Christ the Kings Dominykas Milka 10pts 15 rebs. In the semi's the Hawks faced the Gauchos who were led by State mvp Durand Scott from Rice. In a physical knock em down all out game the Hawks prevailed 67 - 65 in ot. Antoine Mason led the way with 22 pts with 10 of them coming in 4th and ot as he stepped up in a big way. Joel Wright scored all 12 of his pts in the 2nd half and grabbed 18 rebs and Mike Taylor scored 10pts with 6 coming in ot. As the game went back and forth with both teams making plays the Hawks held a three point lead with 10 seconds to go but Scott drilled a three to tie the game. In ot the Gauchos raced to a 6 pt lead with 1:40 to go. However the Hawks refused to lose. Joel Wright scored a tough layup and was fouled. He made the free throw to cut the lead to 3. Naquan Pierce came up with a steal and fed Mike Taylor for a jumper to cut the lead to one. The Hawks then played tough defense which led to a steal by Joel who from his kness hit Mase for the layup to put us up one. The Hawks then denied Scott and forced the Chos into a bad shot that Justin Exum rebouned and was fouled, he hit one of two . The Hawks then doubled Scott which led to a loose ball as time expired. The Hawks now faced the NY Panthers in the championship who were led by Kevin Parrom, Omari Lawerence, and Chaz williams. We probaly left a lot on the floor in the Cho's win and while we competed hard we fell short 71-56. Mase hit for 14 pts and was All Tourney Mike Taylor added 10 pts and aslo was All Tourney. Justin Exum had 13 and David Samuels 10pts. It was a very good tourey for the Hawks as the touney is for seniors and we had only one but our underclassmen played very well, Next up is the Spring Fling
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Count No. 1 ranked Pittsburgh, Rutgers and St. John’s among those hot on the trail of Mike Taylor, the 6-foot-3 shooting guard out of Brooklyn Boys & Girls.
When Taylor dropped 19 points, including five 3-pointers on Lance Stephenson and Lincoln in a 71-61 victory on Jan. 6, St. John’s head coach Norm Roberts was joined by Pitt associate head coach Tom Herrion and Rutgers assistant Craig Carter.
“Mike Taylor can really shoot the ball,” said recruiting expert Tom Konchalski. “He’s a terrific 3-point shooter.”
Elmer Anderson, the Boys & Girls assistant, said St. John’s and Rutgers have offered and Pitt is extremely interested. Virginia Tech and Central Florida are also involved.
“We want to be in the Mike Taylor Sweepstakes,” Anderson quoted Herrion as saying. Taylor is averaging 17 points for Boys & Girls, which meets St. Raymond’s of The Bronx on Jan. 23 in the first round of the SNY Invitational. Thomas Jefferson and Mount Vernon meet in the other game, with the winners to square off Jan. 24 in the title game at NYU’s Coles Center.
Boys & Girls also faces Jefferson in a key PSAL Brooklyn AA game on Thursday at 5 p.m.
As for Taylor’s recruiting, Anderson said: “His recruiting is already taken off considering he’s just a sophomore. When you got the No. 1 team in the country crazy about you and the associate head coach in attendance, he’ s a high-major player.”
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