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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.

7/14/08 ~ "One on One" with Nick Goshay

6/30/08 ~ Complete 2008 Fort Myers Shootout Recap

6/27/08 ~ North Port Shootout Recap

6/16/08 ~ Full FGCU Team Camp Recap

5/31/08 ~ Gulf Coast Elite 16-Under team has qualified for Nationals in Division 1 after a good performance in Ft Lauderdale. Read the Game Recaps and more here

5/23/08 ~ Gulf Coast Elite 16-Under Travel Team Preview. Read More

5/14/08 ~ "One on One" with Brunes Charles

5/12/08 ~ Local Travel Team, Gulf Coast Elite 16U, having big success early in spring travel season. Read More

5/10/08 ~ "One on One" with Mitch Woods

5/10/08 ~ "One on One" with Joel Vander Pol

5/10/08 ~ Naples Finest finishes the AAU state tournament with a loss to state power Florida Elite Saturday night. Read the full recap of their weekend here

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

4/23/08 - Noriega Commits to USF. Read Story

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

3/08 ~ Community School's Kyle Petersen named Class 2A State Player of the Year

12/07 ~ Nation and Rivals.com take notice of Dunbar's sophomore David Paulk

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All-SWFL Team

**Player of the Year** ~ Mark St. Fort, Hardee

Mark stepped up on multiple occassions to carry his Hardee squad, and none more than in the district tournament where he led the Wildcats to the District 4A-10 title...Read More

First Team

Mark St. Fort, senior, 6'7", WF, Hardee **POY**

Jean Louisme, senior, 6'4", WG, Fort Myers (signed to Florida Community College)

Dago Pena, senior, 6'6", WF, Charlotte (signed to FAU)

Shavon Shine, senior, 6'2", WG, Desoto (signed to FAU)

David Paulk, sophomore, 6'4", WF, Dunbar

Kyle Petersen, senior, 6'2", WG, Community School of Naples (Preferred Walk-On to Univ of Akron)

Jameson Tipping, senior, 6'5", WF, Bradenton Christian (signed to Western Kentucky)

Read more and see all of the teams

9/15/08 ~ Ida Baker's Demetric Page, class of 2008, is heading to California to play for Junior College power Yuba College

7/13/08 ~ Dago Pena signs to Marshall University and Shavon Shine signs to play at Iowa Western Community College. Read Full 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.

6/08 ~ Evangelical Christian School's Joel Vander Pol commits to Liberty University. Read story here

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)

5/8/08 ~ Jean Louisme and David Westberry make college choices. Read Story

5/8/08 ~ Liberty officially offers Evangelical Christian School's Joel Vander Pol. View Joel's Profile Page

4/23/08 ~ Shaun Noriega commits to Univ. of South Florida. Read Story and Interview