• 1/29/11 - FHSAA Announces Finalized Reclassifications View
  • 1/13/11 - Immokalee's Hughes, Fort Myers' Graham & Yance, North Port's Wilson, Community School's Coyne & Immokalee's Hughes nominated for 2011 McDonald's All-American game View Florida Nominees
  • 12/7/10 - Underclassmen Making Big Impact Early Read 
  • New Partner Opens Up Recruiting Opportunities for Local Athletes Read More
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  • 6/22/10 - FGCU Team Camp Recap; Young Guys Highlight Competitive Weekend Read
  • 2010 SWFL Hoops POY & All-SWFL Teams Announced View
  • 4/19/10 - SFABC Releases All-Decade Team View
  • 3/16/10 - Mitch Woods and Casey Bobelis named to FACA State All-Star Game at Embry-Riddle View
  • 3/14/10 - Fort Myers' 4A State Championship game to air on Sun Sports TV at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 20th
  • Graham, Woods Garner First-Team All-State Honors; 9 Locals In All Selected View Teams
  • 3/9/10 - SFABC All-Star Game Rosters View
  • 3/9/10 - Charlotte High 2007 alum Tim Snyder selected to Second Team All-Conference at Hillsborough CC View
  • 2/27/10 - Fort Myers Punches Their Ticket to Lakeland with Win over Lakewood Read Story
  • Local Senior Standouts Flying Under the Radar Part 1 Part 2
  • 1/26/10 - Woods, Charles and Paulk Among 2010 McDonald's All American Game Nominees Read More
  • 1/25/10 - FACA District 16 Awards Announced View
  • 1/25/10 - NaplesNews.com Prep of the Week: Merton steps up game for Seacrest Read More
  • 1/19/10 - Community School's Mitch Woods nominated for the Team Fla vs Team USA All-Star Game GO VOTE!!
  • 1/18/10 - Determined Group: North Port team starts season with 15-1 record Read Story (Heraldtribune.com)
  • 1/18/10 - Davis keeps Titans' offense running strong Read Story
  • 1/16/10 - 2010 Wally Keller Classic Recap
  • 1/13/10 - State Basketball Polls - FSWA & Florida Hoops View
  • 1/10/10 - Magley’s hard work pays off big Read More
  • 1/6/10 - Last Local Unbeaten Falls Thanks to Christian's Clutch Effort Game Recap
  • 12/17/09 - "Top-ranked team won't win City of Palms" Read More
  • 12/15/09 - #3 Panthers Outlast Mustangs in Fast Paced Shootout Game Recap
  • 12/15/09 - Week 4 Team Rankings Released View
  • 12/10/09 - #2 Charlotte beats Port Charlotte in Round 1 of cross town rivalry Read Full Recap
  • 12/5/09 - Verot drops tough one to Florida Air in OT Game Recap
  • 12/5/09 - Class of 2012 Top 25 Released View
  • 12/5/09 - Class of 2013 Top 15 Released View
  • 11/23/09 - SWFL Hoops Preseason Player of the Year and All-SWFL Teams Announced View 
  • 11/9/09 - Expanded 2011 Rankings Released View
  • 10/8/09 - New Look to Class of 2011 Read More 
  • 10/8/09 - Evin Graham, Jacquard Hagan, and Brunes Charles mentioned among the elite from the Adidas Superstar Showcase by FloridaHoops.com Read More 
  • 9/30/09 - Fort Myers' 2011 guard Evin Graham garners national attention for his shooting at the Nike Team Florida event this past weekend Scout.com
  • 9/29/09 - 2011 prospect, Immokalee HS guard Jernell Hughes, has received a scholarship offer from Liberty University (VA), a NCAA D1 school Get More Updates
  • 9/28/09 - North Port's Kasey Wilson garners attention from his performance at Dodge Florida Shootout Florida Hoops   ESPN
  • 9/28/09 - Bishop Verot freshman Quinten Payne gets some national recognition at the Nike Team Florida event this past weekend Read More
  • 7/16/09 - FHSAA rescinds the reduction in games for 2009-2010 Read More
  • 7/8/09 - Mitch Woods and Kyle Kragel recognized among standouts at Hoop Mountain Live Exposure Classic in Orlando Read More
 
PAST NEWS & STORIES
 
  • 11/10/10 - Wilson Makes it official with UCF Read Story
  • 8/11/10 - Local Signings and Recruiting Update View
  • 1/9/10 - 2011's Jernell Hughes Makes the Early Move, Commits to Liberty Interview/Story
  • 9/29/09 - 2011 prospect, Immokalee HS guard Jernell Hughes, has received a scholarship offer from Liberty University (VA), a NCAA D1 school Get More Updates
  • 7/20/09 - Golden Gate senior, Yusel Cardentey, to play at Ave Maria University
  • 6/10/09 - Community School senior-to-be Mitch Woods has picked up his second offer, according to the family. Read More
  • 5/12/09 ~ Sarasota Riverview's Derek Robbins to play at Manatee Community College this fall.
  • 5/4/09 ~ Verot's Etienne Effenberg accepts "preferred walk-on" spot with Univ. of North Florida, giving Verot 7 kids now at Division 1 schools in the past 6 years
  • 5/12/09 ~ Sarasota Riverview's Derek Robbins to play at Manatee Community College this fall.
  • 5/4/09 ~ Verot's Etienne Effenberg accepts "preferred walk-on" spot with Univ. of North Florida, giving Verot 7 kids now at Division 1 schools in the past 6 years
  • 4/14/09 ~ BCS's Magley Leaves Hilltoppers Read Story
  • 3/31/09 ~ Former Port Charlotte guard Kervins Calixte commits to TCU
  • 11/12/08 ~ Vander Pol signs NLI to Liberty University Read Story
  • 7/13/08 ~ Dago Pena signs to Marshall University
 
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Class of 2011 Top 10
1. Kasey Wilson, 6'7, F, North Port
2. Evin Graham, 6'4, G, Fort Myers
3. Jernell Hughes, 6'2, G, Immokalee
4. Daniel Magley, 6'1, G, Bradenton Christian
5. Dauntae Johnson, 6'4, WF, North Port
6. Reggie Smalls, 5’11, PG, Southeast
7. Matt Yance, 6’5, WF, Fort Myers
8. Shaun Manego, 6'1, PG, Ida Baker
9. Sam Guerrier, 6’2, G, Mariner
10. Tyler Hunt, 6'8, PF, IMG Academy
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(updated 2/14/11)
1) Charlotte (26-1)*
2) Sarasota Riverview (19-6)*
3) Community School (22-4)*
4) North Port (21-6)**
5) Bishop Verot (20-7)*
6) Fort Myers (18-10)*
7) Mariner (19-8)**
8) Barron Collier (23-5)*
9) Braden River (19-7)*
10) Lakewood Ranch (20-8)**
11) Immokalee (20-8)**
12) Southeast (20-7)**
*Denotes District Champion
**Denotes District Runner-Up
 
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Austin Williamson, 2013, 6'8, C, First Baptist (Naples)
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2010-11 DISTRICT PREVIEWS 
     Barron Collier is having one of the best season's in school history, and the catalyst for the Cougar's success this season has been 6'4 ultra-talented junior guard Deion Clark.  Clark is a do-it-all athletic wing guard that is starting to turn the corner and grasp just how much potential he has, and the Cougars' opponents have been on the tail end of his revelation.  However, Clark is not the only player in the Class of 2012 in Southwest Florida having a solid season and in our updated class rankings some guys have solidified their spots among the area's best, while some new guys have also made their way into the mix with improved play and team success.  Coming in at #2, Larry Taylor from North Port High School has stepped up his game this season, and has a resume that includes two 27-point performances at the City of Palms Classic.  We've broken down the new top 10 for 2012, while also highlighting some of the newer guys and guys making a push to move up in the rankings in the future as well.
(Top) Former Western Kentucky University guard Desire Gabou shows 2014 standout Austin Walker a ballhandling drill. Bishop Verot senior (Bottom) Players competing hard in one of the skill development stations. (Photos courtesy of NelsonSanderson.com/News-Press.com)
Clark Remains Cream of the Crop in Updated Class of 2012 Rankings
Fort Myers, FL-- We hosted our 3rd event over the weekend and the SWFL Hoops Spring Showcase went in line with the previous two events as a success.  The goal with the events is to bring together some of Southwest Florida's best boy's hoopers in one location, while giving them an opportunity to be seen by our staff as well as Regional Scouts and college coaches. Southwest Florida tends to be one of the most under-recruited regions in the state and hopefully through these events, continued success by local high school teams, and success by local players on the college level, we can bring more awareness that this area is in fact a small college hotbed for prospects.
   On Saturday, there was a solid mix of players in the classes of 2011 thru 2014 going through a long day of skill development drills and competitive evaluation games.  The day started with guest speaker Anthony Hargrove of the 2010 Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints, and a member of the Port Charlotte High School Elite 8 basketball team in 2001, who stopped by to talk to the players about his experiences with making the transition from high school to college and the importance of making the right decisions along the way.  After some of the area's top high school coaches took the players through full-court and half-court skill development stations, the games got underway.  There were a few guys who stood out more than others, but there were plenty of guys who left a mark with Rick Staudt, a scout who covers Florida basketball for Sourcehoops.com and  HoopScoopOnline.com, among others. Staudt put together some notes on guys in a recap of what he saw at the Spring Showcase. SWFL Hoops Spring Showcase Recap
SWFL Hoops Spring Showcase Recap