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Battle of Brotherly Love: Championship Recap

Evan Cross (@EvanCross) – Second night of the 2013 Battle of Brotherly Love took place Wednesday night at Ben Franklin HS. Here’s a recap of the championship events; for some recruiting notes and quotes from the event, click here. Championship … Continue reading

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Battle of Brotherly Love: Semifinal recap

Jeff McDevitt (@JeffMcDev) & Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – The 3rd Annual Battle of Brotherly Love pits the neighborhoods of Philadelphia (and one suburban team) against each other to see which section of the city gets bragging rights for this year. … Continue reading

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NLI signing finalizes Rysheed Jordan’s tough decision

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – Rysheed Jordan officially ended his much-discussed recruitment on Wednesday morning, signing a National Letter of Intent to attend St. John’s University. The 6-foot-4 point guard picked the Big East school last Thursday, Tweeting out his decision … Continue reading

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Newton takes torch in Donofrio win

Jeff McDevitt (@JeffMcDev) – In I-3′s 123-116 victory over Team Philly in the Donofrio Classic championship game, Neumann-Goretti junior guard Ja’Quan Newton stole the show. With the city’s consensus two best players, Brandon Austin and Rysheed Jordan, moving on to college, fans … Continue reading

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I-3 wins fifth-straight Donofrio Classic title

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – If the Donofrio Classic’s first true dynasty wasn’t official before this year, it is now. The team known as I-3, named after the Philadelphia 76er who famously wore that number in the late 90s and into … Continue reading

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Donofrio Classic Recap: April 15, 2013

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – (This article is part of CoBL’s coverage of the 53rd annual Donofrio Classic, which features some of the area’s top high school talent.) The Fellowship House in Conshohocken was packed full on Monday night as hundreds … Continue reading

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Donofrio Classic Semifinal Preview

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – There’s no top seed in the Donofrio Classic, though there are certainly favorites to win the 53rd-annual high school all-star tournament. The four teams with the most hype surrounding them entering play two weeks ago have … Continue reading

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Donofrio Classic Recap: April 11, 2013

Garrett Miley (@GWMiley) – (This article is part of CoBL’s coverage of the 53rd annual Donofrio Classic, which features some of the area’s top high school talent.) The second leg of the quarterfinals of the 2013 Donofrio Classic took place Thursday … Continue reading

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Rysheed Jordan picks St. John’s over Temple, UCLA

Anthony Bellino (@bellino_anthony) – All season long, Temple fans have speculated as to whether or not Philadelphia native and Vaux senior Rysheed Jordan would choose to stay in his hometown and play basketball at Temple. Unfortunately for the Cherry and … Continue reading

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Donofrio Classic Recap: April 9, 2013

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – (This article is part of CoBL’s coverage of the 53rd annual Donofrio Classic, which features some of the area’s top high school talent.) Final night of the second round in Conshohocken at the 2013 Donofrio Classic. … Continue reading

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