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Sunday, June 17
HEAT 15-UNDER TO PLAY M.Y.B.L. SEMI-FINAL AT LAUREL MD; UNDEFEATED CHAMPS AT HAPPY HOLLOW AND NORTHLIGHT C.C.
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15-Under SCHEDULE: Sat. June 21, 2008
Play-off, @ Laurel Boy's Club; 7:00 PM Vs Laurel Fire
15-Under SCHEDULE: Sunday. June 22, 2008
Chip, @ Laurel Boy's Club; 3:00 PM VS Gap Standing(Philly must win Semi-Final Saturday vs the Fire)
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14-UNDER: JAMAL, REYNOLDS, WILLIAMS, MCNAIR; HELLAMS, PERRIN, NEWBILL, GRIFFIN
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Wednesday, April 30
HEAT 15 AND UNDER WIN HAPPY HOLLOW AND NORTHLIGHT LEAGUES
The Philly Heat 15 and Under have emerged as the strongest of the three teams, after winning the Happy Hollw and Northlight C.C. leagues.
As always Marque' Griffin was one of the leaders in all stat catagories. In five play-off games, he averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Other headliners were Jon "Juice" Willianms, Cardell "Mr." Hellems, Nakief "T-Mac" Williams, and Javez Reynolds.
The team is entered in the always competitive Baltimore Metro League, where they will open with the host Laurel Fire. As 14's they are defending MYBL champs.
Thursday, March 1
HEAT 14 AND UNDER DEFEATS P.Y.O. TO EARN REGULAR SEASON HANK GATHERS DIVISION TITLE
The Philly Heat 14 and Under have battled injuries and great competition for the last month. Despite this, they earned a hard fought 41-39 victory versus P.Y.O. on Tyheim Perrin's layup at the buzzer. It gave them the Hank Gathers League division title.
There were many big plays which kept the Heat alive to win at the end. There was Wafeeq Jamal's tough inside shot to get the Heat even at 32 with four minutess remaining. Nakief Williams hit a drive to re-tie the game with under three minutes left. Marque Griffin's steal and score over two defenders tied the game again at 36 with 58 seconds on the clock.
With Philly trailing 38-36, D. J. Newbill scored a on a power move, was fouled and hit the free throw to put his team up 39-38. P.Y.O. Got a free throw to tie the game at 39 apiecewith six seconds remaining. P.Y.O. had everyone well covered, until Perrin broke open near mid-court. Newbill spotted him for the game winner.
Saturday, February 24
14 AND UNDER BEAT NETBURNERS, POSITIVE IMAGE & HUNTING PARK IN O.T. , FINISH FIRST, 7-1 AT FINLEY LEAGUE: DEFEAT HOOD ENRICHED AT HANK GATHERS
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The Heat's 14 and Under team defeated the Netburners 49-38, in the Finley League. They finished the regular season in first place, with a 7-1 record and a first round play-off bye. Marque' Griffin, D. J. Newbill, Wefeeq Jamal ans Ty Perrin did most of the scoring and rebounding.
They also defeated Positive Image 39-36 in overtime in the Finley League. Philly seemed to have a safe lead in the last minutes, but P.I hit three big shots to tie the game at 30 apiece at the end of regulation. In the extra period, Marque Griffin, (10 points and three steals), Tyheim "Reds" Perrin (seven points and 10 rebounds), Wafeeq "Waf" Jamal (six points and four assists) and D. J. Newbill (10 points and five assists) secured a hard fought victory.
Philly defeated the Hunting Park Warriors 42-39 in over-time at Finley. They trailed the powerful Warriors throught most of the contest. Down three with 14 seconds remaining in regulation, Marque' Griffin (14 points and four steals) hit both his free throws to pull the Heat to within 34-33. They fouled the Warriors with five seconds remaining and they hit one free throw. D. J. Newbill 15 points and 10 rebounds) knew what to do, as he drew a foul with one second remaining. He calmly tied the game at 35 apiece to set up overtime.
At the Hank Gathers League, the Heat defeated Hood Enriched 48-39. After a close first half (the Heat led 21-20), Philly played tight man to man defense in the first eight minutes of the second half, outscoring Hood 15-4, to take control of the contest.
D.J. Newbill led the Heat with 13 points and five assists, followed by Marque Griffin, who scored 12 points and had four steals. Wefeeq "Waf" Jamal added 10 points and three steals. Cardell "Mister" Hellems and Tyheim Perrin each grabbed 10 rebounds.
Wednesday, February 14
HEAT 14 AND UNDER BOUNCE BACK TO CAPTURE THE CONSOLATION TITLE AT THE PANTHER CLASSIC IN PETAWAWA CANADA
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The Philly Heat completed a fine come-back weekend as they defeated St Hammond High School 48-34 to take home the Consolation Championship of the Panther Classic in Petawawa Canada. For the Heat players, this was a big step up, since they were playing High School Varsity teams and they are only in 7th through 9th grade. They lost their opener to Brookwood 63-54, who made it all the way to the quarter-finals of the 40 team event.
In their finals win the Heat went ahead 15-5 in the first quarter and never looked back. Marque Griffn and D.J. Newbill led Philly with 15 points apiece. Javez Reynolds added eight points, as did Cardell Hellams. Hellams grabbed a team high 10 rebounds.
Philly had to work over-time to get to the finals, but they overcame a big comeback to defeat Brock High School 60-50. Griffin led the Heat with 19 points ans Newbill added 14 points and seven assists. Nakief Williams had eight points and a key steal in overtime.
The Heat ran all over Kings College (High School) of the Bahamas 73-53 in their first consolation win. Norman McNair (14 points), Griffin (13 points) and Newbill (13 points) supplied most of the fire power,
Sunday, January 28
THE 14 AND UNDER BEAT NETBURNERS, WIN THE NEW SIGMA LEAGUE,CHAMPIONSHIP, FINISH AS UNDEFEATED CHAMPS AT 11-0
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The Heat's 14 and Under team defeated the Netburners 34-27 to win the New Sigma League championship, held at Ben Franklin High School. They completed at team first, finishing the regular season with a 9-0 record and finishing the play-offs undefeated. With his team trailing 25-23 in the final minutes, Nakief Williams hit a three point bucket to give Philly a lead they never lost. They outscored the Burners, 11-2 in the last three minutes.
As is usually the case, many players contributed to the victory. Marque' Griffin led the Heat with 11 points and three steals. D.J. Newbill scored 10 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and made four assists. Wafeeq "Waf" Jamal had eight points and four assists. Cardell "Mister" Hellems also had eight points and grabbed eight rebounds. Tyhiem Perrin added six points and seven rebounds.
Last weekend, they beat 16th and Wyoming 45-36 a Semi-Final play-off of the New Sigma League at Ben Franklin High School. Philly had to work very hard to overcome Wyoming, who were the only team to challenge them during their 9-0 regular season run.
Wyoming had a week to prepare for the Heat zone defense and it showed during the first half of play, as they took a 25-15 into half time intermission. Philly made an adjustment, going to their man to man defense, which turned momentum in their favor in the second half. The Heat out-scored Wyoming 16-5 in the first 10 minutes, to take their first lead at 31-30 on Griffin's steal and Newbill's drive at the 5:55 mark. Jamal then hit two quick baskets, helping the Heat outscore Wyoming 30-11 in the second half
Newbill led the Heat with 12 points, followed by Griffin's 11 points. Perrin and Jamal added eight points apiece.
Since mid October, the Heat are 24-1, with their only loss coming at the hands of defending city cham Philly All-Stars.
Saturday, January 6
HEAT 14 & UNDER ARE UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS AT PALEY P.A.L: SET WIN STREAK RECORD AT 37 GAMES
The 14 and Under team defeated the Eagles 58-34 to win the Paley P.A.L. title. They were undefeated and their closest game all season was versus the Eagles, when they won 43-35. The 16 And Under topped off "Championship Night" at the P.A.L. with an entertaining and satisfying 66-52 victory versus the Wolves. They also were undefeated. All Heat teams are 37-0 since mid October, 2006.
Philly was sharp against the second place Eagles, gaining a 26-13 half time advantage. They never looked back. D. J. Newbill and Cardell "Mister" Hellems led the Heat with 16 points apiece. Marque Griffin added 11 points. Tyheim Perrin, Hellems and Newbill led the rebounders. Wafeek Jamal scored six points, had four assists and three steals. Nakief "T-Mac" Williams added six points and Rahquil Norton grabbed three steals.
Saturday, February 24
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The young Heat are playing up to their potential. They are undefeated champions (11-0) ai the New Sigma League and (8-0) at Paley P.A.L. In addition they were "D" Champions at Petawawa Canada's Panther Classic and capured second place at Springfield MA. in the Hall of Fame Columbus Day Challenge. They are playing in leagues in and around Philly, and continue competing in local and out of town tournaments.
Monday, October 9
PHILLY HEAT FALL IN FINAL OF COLUMBUS DAY CLASH, AT BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, SPRINGFIELD MA.
The Philly Heat "Black" fell in the championship game 67-55 to Basketbull, in the Columbus day Clash on the Court of the Hall of Fame in Springfield MA. It was their first official competition of the 2006-07 season. Basketbull are the official team of the H.O.F.
The road to the title game was not easy. In their opener, they squeezed by SHEN Basketball of New York, 54-49. After a tense contest, Marque' Griffin (17 points) made a lay-up to seal the win. Cardell Hellems added 13 points and 10 rebounds. Big contributions were made by Dawight Whitmore and Rahquil Norton.
Philly knew they had to defeat Brebeuf of Montreal Can. to advance to the finals. They edged the Canadians 61-56. Throughout most of the first half, that didn't look possible. after falling behind 19-8, they stepped up their defense and started to score easy hoops. The Heat came back to tie the game at halftime at 21 apiece, with Javez Reynolds (12 points) and Griffin leading the charge.
Brebeuf wouldn't quit, even re-taking the lead 50-49 with five minutes remaining. Here, D.J. Newbill (16 points), Hellems (14 points) and Thomas Smith (six points and four steals) took over. Nakeif Williams' lay-up with 10 seconds left sealed the trip to the Hall of Fame.
In the Final, the Heat fell to Basketbull's size and experience. The Springfield team has played together for over four years.
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