LOCAL HOOP NEWS
  • 6/12/09 - Dunbar 2011 guard Darius Perkins garners more national attention earning a top 25 spot in Slam Magazine's newest 2011 National Rankings coming in at #22 Read More
  • 6/10/09 - Community School senior-to-be Mitch Woods has picked up his second official offer, according to the family. Read More
  • 5/12/09 ~ BJ Ivey named new head coach for Sarasota Riverview. Ivey is a RHS alum and was most recently the RHS girl's head coach Read Story
  • 5/2/09 ~ Dunbar's David Paulk and travel team Florida Elite upset previously #1 team in nation, All-Ohio Red, in pool play at Spiece Run n' Slam Classic in Indiana
  • 4/24/09 ~ Immokalee hires Crowder as new head coach Read Story
  • 4/23/09 ~ Sarasota Riverview head coach Jim Wards retires and will take over as Athletic Director full time
  • 4/17/09 ~ Gulf Coast HS hires new head coach, Tom Zucchi Read Story
  • 4/13/09 ~ SWFL Select 17U and 16U have great showings at Disney Easter Classic, with both qualifying for AAU Nationals in first ever tourney  17U Recap   16U Recap 
  • 4/13/09 ~ Dunbar junior David Paulk stands out at Disney Easter Classic in Florida Elite's 17-Under title run Read More
  • 4/14/09 ~ BCS's Magley Leaves Hilltoppers Read Story
  • 4/2/09 ~ Ryan Bowen hired as the new head coach at Lely High School Read Story
  • 4/4/09 ~ DuBois and Noriega share MVP honors in Manatee-Sarasota All-Star Game Read More
  • 3/31/09 ~ Former Port Charlotte guard Kervins Calixte commits to Divison 1 TCU Read Story
  • 3/23/09 ~ Lely HS coach Don Stewart retires after a successful 26 years Read Story ~ Naplesnews.com
  • 3/18/09 ~ Dunbar High sophomore Darius Perkins has been officially invited to take part in the 2009 Nike Hoop Jamboree to be held June 11-14 in St. Louis, MO
  • 3/4/09 ~ Bishop Verot's magical run ends at the hands of Pine Crest 63-43 in 3A Semifinal View More Info
  • 3/4/09 ~ Bradenton Christian falls short in 1A Final Four 71-63 to Grandview Prep View More Info
  • 3/9/09 ~ SWFL Alumni News - Desoto 2008 grad Shavon Shine finishes his season at Iowa Western CC averaging 16 pts, 5.8 rebs, 2.2 asts, and 1.3 steals per game including a 50 point outburst towards the end of the season View Shine's Complete Stats Here
  • Live Scores & Updates to be posted for Bradenton Christian and Bishop Verot Final Four games! Click Here to View
  • 3/1/09 ~ SFABC All-Star Game Rosters Officially Released View Rosters
  • 2/10/09 ~ FHSAA announces potential reclassifications for basketball Read More
  • 2/5/09 ~ Dunbar Takes Down Fort Myers at Buzzer in LCAC Championship Read Full Story
  • 1/26/09 ~ Fort Myer's High 2007 Graduate Lance Kearse decides to leave Virginia Commonwealth University and will transfer Read Story
  • 1/21/09 ~ FSWA/FABC Polls Released with 5 local teams ranked including Riverview (#10 in 6A), Verot (#5 in 3A), Community School (#5 in 2A), Bradenton Christian (#5 in 1A) and Sarasota Christian (#8 in 1A) View Complete Rankings Here
  • 12/30/08 ~ Riverview Takes Crown as Ward gets 400th Game Recap
  • 12/17/08 ~ Hill's Heroics Lead Seahawks Past Baker in OT Read Story
  • 12/17/08 ~ #1 North Port drops first game of season to Manatee Read Story
  • 12/16/08 ~ SWFL Hoops Week 4 Team Rankings Released View More
  • 12/12/08 ~ Palmetto Ridge Drops Heartbreaker to Cougars Read Story
  • 12/10/08 ~ Defense and Jutras Too Much for Charlotte Read Story
  • 12/8/08 ~ Knights' Boston Too Much For Vander Pol, Sentinels Read Story
  • 12/4/08 ~ New and Old Faces Step Up For Dunbar in Opener Read Story
  • 11/25/08 ~ Wilson Validates Hype in Win Read More
  • 11/24/08 ~ Senior-Freshman Duo Lead Barron Collier Past Verot Read Game Recap
  • 11/25/08 ~ The FSWA/FABC Boys Preseason State Basketball Poll was released today with a total of 8 SWFL teams receiving votes; with Dunbar (#7 in 3A), Community School (#8 in 2A), and Bradenton Christian (#6 in 1A) taking top ten spots in their respective classes.  Fort Myers, Charlotte, Bishop Verot, Palmetto Ridge, and Sarasota Christian also received votes. View Full Rankings
  • 11/25/08 ~ Floridahoops.com releases their version of the State Preseason Polls with North Port (#6 in 5A), Fort Myers (#8 in 5A), Desoto (#10 in 4A), Dunbar (#4 in 3A),  Bishop Verot (#10 in 3A), and Bradenton Christian (#10 in 1A) all receive nods. View Polls
  • 11/16/08 ~ Charlotte High 2008 grad Dago Pena scores five points with three rebounds, two assists and a steal in 15 minutes off the bench in his college debut with Marshall Univ.  Read More
  • 11/13/08 ~ Shaun Noriega takes the honors as 2008-09 Pre-Season MR. SWFL upon the release of SWFLHoops.com Pre-Season ALL-SWFL Teams Read More
  • 11/6/08 ~ City of Palms Schedule Released View Here
  • 11/5/08 ~ Ave Maria @ FGCU Tonight with 5 SWFL Alumni on Each Team's Roster Read More
  • 11/3/08 ~ National Preseason Polls Released With 5 of Top 6 Teams in City Of Palms Field! Read More
  • 10/6/08 ~ Local players play well and get noticed by Florida Hoops at Hoop Mountain's Fall Exposure Event at IMG this past Saturday. Read Story
  • 10/2/08 ~ FGCU set to open season on ESPN U against defending national champ Kansas on Nov. 18 at 9 pm. Read More
  • 9/15/08 ~ A Pair of North Port underclassmen, Kasey Wilson (2011) and Larry Taylor (2012), shine at Dodge Florida Shootout in Daytona and garner reviews from ESPN analysts.  Read more
  • 8/21/08 ~ Dunbar's Season Outlook Improving after multiple transfers. Read Story
  • 8/15/08 ~ SWFL Hoops publishes first player highlight video. The first video is of Class of 2009, 6'4", Bishop Verot guard Brennen Melvin.
  • 8/15/08 ~ Jelani Hewitt is officially leaving East Lee County and returning to the east coast to Northeast High School.
  • 5/23/08 ~ Gulf Coast Elite 16-Under Travel Team Preview. Read More
  • 5/12/08 ~ Local Travel Team, Gulf Coast Elite 16U, having big success early in spring travel season. Read More
  • 5/10/08 ~ Naples Finest goes 2-0 in pool play at AAU State Tournament with only 6 players [Read more]
  • 5/4/08 - Team Fort Myers/Naples Finest wins local USSSA High Hoops Tournament in the 19-Under top division
  • 5/4/08 - Baker High wins local USSSA High Hoops Tournament in the 19-Under second division
  • 4/20/08 - Naples Finest wins pool but loses in a hard fought contest to Chris Paul All-Stars in tourney play at DC Hoopfest over the weekend with Mike Liabo leading the way and catching the attention of some D1 colleges.
  • 4/19/08 - Naples Finest Travel Team Preview - Read Story
  • 4/18/08 - Fort Myers News-Press names All-Area Teams with Fort Myers senior Jean Louisme collecting Player of the Year honors. Read Story
  • 4/11/08 - Community School of Naples' Kyle Petersen named Class 2A State Player of the year
  • 4/11/08 - Evangelical Christian School's Joel Vander Pol and Seacrest County Day's Brunes Charles named to Class 2A Honorable Mention All-State
  • 3/15/08 ~ SWFL All-Stars have overall good showing versus the Broward All-Stars at Nike All-Star Game in West Palm Beach.
  • 3/15/08 ~ SWFL All-Stars boasts a lineup including 7 college scholarship recipients for the SWFL vs Broward Nike All-Star Game
  • 3/10/08 - "Top Local Talent Still Looking for a College Home" Read Story



RECRUITING NEWS
2008-2009 SWFLHoops.com
Final All-SWFL Team

**Player of the Year**
~Brennen Melvin, Bishop Verot (G, 6-foot-4, 195, Sr.)~

  • 2008-09 Stats: 16.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 4.5 apg, 51 3pt Made)
  • Melvin was asked to do a lot for the Vikings this year, and well, he did just that.  Coming off of a season that saw Bishop Verot fall short of their lofty expectations, losing to St. Pete Catholic in just the Regional Quarterfinals, with a big and senior led group, Brennen was looked at as the go-to-guy from day 1 of this past offseason.  Having been the leading scorer for that team last year and leading assist man, it was expected the sharp-shooting big guard would improve on those numbers this season, and he did.  However, there probably weren't many that would have expected him to get into the weight room so much, add about 20 pounds or so of muscle and proceed to use that added weight to gobble up nearly 10 rebounds per game from a guard position.  At 6'4", he is not your typical southwest Florida guard....Read More

First Team

Brennen Melvin, Bishop Verot (G, 6-foot-4, 195, Sr.)
  • Signed to Fordham
Shaun Noriega, North Port HS (SG, 6-foot-4, 195, Sr.)
  • Signed to USF
Joel Vander Pol, Evan. Christian (F, 6-foot-11, 220, Sr.)
  • Signed to Liberty
Mark DuBois, Sarasota Christian (F, 6-foot-6, 210, Sr.)
  • Unsigned
Matt Conway, Sarasota Riverview (F, 6-foot-6, 195, Sr.)
  • Unsigned
Mitch Woods, Community School of Naples (PG, 6-foot-4, 190, Jr.)

Read more and see all of the teams
  • 6/10/09 - Community School senior-to-be Mitch Woods has picked up his second official offer, according to the family. Woods has picked up an offer from Jacksonville University after receiving an offer from Univ. of North Florida last week.  Interest should continue to grow along with more offers once July starts and college coaches will be able to see him play in person with SWFL Select on the AAU Circuit. Both play in NCAA Division 1 and are rivals within the Atlantic Sun Conference, the same conference as FGCU.
  • 6/2/09 - Fort Myers' senior John Michael Hodge commits to play at Division 3 Lasell College in Boston.  Hodge won the 2008 City of Palms Classic 3-point title.
  • 5/25/09 - Bradenton Christian 2007 graduate DJ Magley chooses the University of Tulsa as his future transfer destination after taking visits to a few other suitors Read Full Story
  • 5/21/09 - Bradenton Christian senior JoJo Wood headed to play at Florida Christian College
  • 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
  • 4/20/09 ~ Verot senior guard Brennen Melvin signs NLI to Fordham University in New York City, NY Read Story
  • 4/14/09 ~ BCS's Magley Leaves Hilltoppers Read Story
  • 11/12/08 ~ Vander Pol signs NLI to Liberty University Read Story
  • 6/13/08 ~ Florida Atlantic signees Dago Pena of Charlotte High and Shavon Shine of Desoto are undecided on decisions after FAU head coach Rex Walters leaves.
  • 5/24/08 ~ Mark St. Fort and Arnold Louis are signed and set to go to Division 1 Independent, Savannah State University (Full story coming next week)
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