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http://www.newyorksportswriters.org/blog/blog-2007-12-21.shtml
Eighteen games, three days: Organizers of the South Shore Christmas Classic have announced the schedule for their annual girls basketball event next week, and it's a loaded field.
Current No. 1's Rush-Henrietta (Class AA) and Newark (Class A) are on the schedule for three games apiece, and highly regarded metro-area teams Bronx JFK, Archbishop Molloy, St. Michael's, Mary Louis, Commack and Manhattan Center will also play. Six out-of-state teams complete the field.
Thursday, Dec. 27 schedule:
JFK vs. A.B. Williams (Mass.), 1:30 p.m.
Manahttan Center vs. Newark, 3 p.m.
Mary Louis vs. Rush-Henrietta, 4:45 p.m.
South Shore vs. Lasalle (R.I.), 6:15 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28 schedule:
Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) vs. Hamden Hall (Conn.), 11 a.m.
South Shore vs. Mary Louis, 12:30 p.m.
St. Michael’s vs. Newark, 2 p.m.
Patterson School (N.C.) vs. Tabor (Mass.), 3:45 p.m.
Lasalle (R.I.) vs. Archbishop Molloy, 5:15 p.m.
Rush-Henrietta vs. Commack, 7 p.m.
A.B. Williams (Mass.) vs. Manhattan Center, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29 schedule:
South Shore vs. Rush-Henrietta, 10:30 a.m.
Tabor (Mass.) vs. Notre Dame Prep (Mass.), noon.
St. Michael’s vs. Archbishop Molloy, 1:30 p.m.
Canarsie vs. Newark, 3:15 p.m.
Francis Lewis vs. A.B. Williams (Mass.), 4:45 p.m.
Hamden Hall (Conn.) vs. Patterson School (N.C.), 6:15 p.m.
Mary Louis vs. Lasalle (R.I.), 7:30 p.m.
Friday's game between St. Michael's and Newark may be the highlight of the entire card despite the Reds' 37-35 loss to Canandaigua tonight. St. Michael's, just up the street from Madison Square Garden, is nearly as tall as the Knicks and certainly better coached. St. Mike's can put 6-3 Brittany Webb, 6-3 Tiffany Jones, 6-6 Lisa Blair and 6-0 Bra-Shey Ali — a soph and three freshmen, respectively — on the floor, and Newark will counter with its own young guns: juniors Alyssa Fenyn, Shakista Woolfolk and Marissa Bunce.
The question is whether Newark will have anything left in its tank after having tipped off about 25 hours earlier against Manhattan Center and China Crosby, the subject of an intense ACC recruiting battle.
Later on Friday, Rush-Henrietta vs. Commack will be worth the price of admission based on the matchup of Shenise Johnson (University of Miami) vs. Samantha Prahalis (Ohio State), the two top seniors in New York who will by vying for votes for the Miss Basketball award.
Saturday's Molloy-St. Michael's battle could be a preview of the CHSAA championsip game next March that will send the winner to the Federation tournament in Glens Falls.
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