The Heat's High School "Black" team has won 47 tournament and league championships.  This year's team is led by Khalief Trawick (1500+ Pts) , Harold Hicks  (3000+ Pts), Brandon Wesley (1600+ Pts.) and Jon Williams. They follow in the footsteps of Steve  Hassell, who scored over 4000 points and Dionte "D-Nice" Christmas (Over 1000 career points), who led Southeast Pa. in scoring in 2004 is the star of Temple University. Ricky "Smooth" McClain (Over 1000 careeer points and 6.2 assist average) and Tom Wilkerson, are two more veteran winners.

Tuesday, June 24
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, & M.V.P. DENZEL YARD FALL TO THE LAUREL FIRE IN M.Y.B.L. FINAL

The Philly Heat High School Team scored a clutch bucket by Denzel Yard with two seconds remaining to grab a 60-59 win over determined Next Level, in the Metro Youth Basketball League in Laurel Maryland. After N.L. scored to go up 59-58 with seven seconds left, the Heat chose not to call a tiome out, instead getting the ball to Yard (19 points), who drove the length of the court for the winning points.

Dehaven Brown's (15 points) bucket with 20 seconds remaining put Philly ahead 58-57. Harold Hicks (11 points) scored his 3000th career point in this hard fought win.

Next up for Philly were the undefeated (14-0) Columbia Ravens, who had played only three "Close" games all season. The Heat came out blazing to a 21-5 lead early and never looked back, as they defeated the Ravens 67-54. They were Maryland's second ranked high school team in 2008. Khalief Trawick led the Heat with 18 points, followed by Brown (14 points), Carl Wallace and Hicks (12 points each)

Philly was matched up versus Annapolis High School in the Semi-Finals. They fought off a cold shooting night, maybe because of the Cougar's defense, to escape with a 66-61 victory and earned a match versus the host Laurel Fire. YArd led Philly with 19 points, with Trawick and Hicks adding 15 points apiece.

The game did not start like a title game, as the Fire broke out to a 49-26 halftime lead.  Even in the face of an almost impossible defecite, Philly began an almost successful come back. With about a minite remaining, the Heat had out scored the Fire  53-33 in the second half and trailed 82-79.  The Fire hit their free throws and escaped with a very entertaining Title win 86-82.

Yard, who scored 32 points was selected MVP, Hicks (18 points) and Trawick (17 points) were selected as All Stars

Wednesday, July 23
HAROLD HICKS TOPS 3000 CAREER POINTS; MARQUE' GRIFFIN, 7th AT 1878; BRANDON WESLEY 8th, 1622; JAVEZ REYNOLDS 11th; NAKIEF WILLIAMS 17TH; D. YARD NEXT

      Harold Hicks continued to build his career totals, becoming the second Heat player to score 3000 points. He 3000 points in the his team's hard fought MYBL play-off win, 60-59 versus  Next Level. He was selected a 2008 M.Y.B.L. All star, as his team fell to the Fire in the finals 86-82.  In the game Hicks topped 2000 points, he was outstanding, scoring 32 points on 14-16 shooting from the field and making six assists in a 92-73 win at Norristown. He scored 88 points and dealt 28 assists in seven games, helping the Heat 16-Under win the Silver Division of the Wildcat National.  in Rockford Ill. His career total is 3064 points in 250 games. He is the second highest scorer in Heat history and tops among active players. Hicks averages almost six assists per-game. When Philly won the M.Y.B.L. 14 Under title, Hicks was the M.V.P. In four tough play-off games, he averaged 15 points and five assists.    

        Marque' Griffin (1878 points), moved into 7th place on the team's 1000 Career Point Club. "G-Force" led his 15 and Under team to two titles (Happy Hollow and Northlight CC) and two runner-up (Keystone Blazer Classic and Hoop Magic Va.). He was outstanding in the "Best of Philly" Classic, with 54 points and lock down defense. He also was strong at the Panther Classic in Canada, scoring 91 points in five games to help the 14-Under to the Consolation Championship against High School Varsity teams. Griffin also was a leader in assists, steals and rebounds across the border. He was the MVP of the New Sigma League, where his team was undefeated champs. Griffin's 14 and Under team had a 72-15 record since November, with five titles.    

       Brandon Wesley moved became the 8th highest scorer in team history with 1622 points in 117 games. In one his of seven team titles (Happy Hollow League), Brandon scored 10 key points on strong moves (one for a thee point play) in crunch time of the Happy Hollow championship game. Wesley was relentless on the boards and could score from just about anywhere on the floor.

        Shooting guard Javez Reynolds also helped the 14 and Under team win the title in the "Best of Philly" Classic. "Vez", who is competing in his third Heat season, tallied 49 points, often on important possessions, to climb  1435 career points. He recently passed D. J. Newbill, who is averaging almost 20 points a game in the top Summer Camps in the USA.  

         Nakief Williams became the newest member of the Philly Heat 1000 point club, as he helped the 15 and Under Squad win the chip at North Light C. C. "Keif" scored his milestone poins on a three point shot, as his team wqas pulling ahed in the first half. He's not only a scorer, as he rebounds well and has good court vision. Williams career total stands a 1105 points.       

      Khalief Trawick will end a very successful career, as he will soon leave the Heat, to begin college. He became the 11th Philly Heat player to score 1500 points, when he hit the game winning shot as the Heat topped the Stars 66-65 in over-time in the New Sigma League. at Ben Franklin High.  He fired for a career high 40 against the D.C. Assault at the Capitol Events National Invitational Semi-Final (An 81-75 win) in Washington D.C. when he went over the 1000 point mark. Trawick reached the milestone in 56 games (18+ PPG). Only Dionte Christmas (42 Games, 24+ PPG) got there faster.  Khaloef now has 1534 career points.            

        Wing Forward D. J. Newbill topped 1000 points in style, where he was MVP on his undefeated team won the Metro Baltimore Basketball League. Newbill drained 54 points in three MYBL playoff games to run his career total to 1614 points in 125 Heat (Record 98-23, Seven Titles) contests. D.J. Helped the Heat win title #7, when he drained a winning shot at the buzzer in the Chip game. He is especially tough to stop, because of his size (6'2") and his ability to shoot from outside. If you choose to double him on defense, to stop his scoring, he unselfishly dominates the game with assists.