For immediate release:
May 17, 2011, Philadelphia, PA

We just got word that Tyreek Riddick of state champs Math, Civics and Science (MCS) has committed to play for Mansfield University. Riddick played very well in the 2011 Showcase and chose Mansfield over a number of Div 1 junior colleges. MCS Athletic Director Lonnie Diggs informed us that in addition to an athletic scholarship he also received an academic scholarhsip. It’s always good to hear when one of our Philly student/athletes takes the academic part seriously.

Check back soon for more posts on commitments of other 2011 Showcase Players and also a few more commitments from the Urban Sports Rescue Program.

Star Power has arrived to the Runhouse-Hoops program by way of 6′ 7″ swingman Reggie Agbeko. The Ashanti Assassin continues to prove he is serious about playing basketball in the USA by leading his St Joe’s team to a 69 - 48 win over St Francis. Agbeko’s stats for the game read 16 points, 18 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 assists and 2 steals. Not bad for a kid with only about 35 games to his name.

Agbeko came back 3 days later with 11pts and 10 rebounds in a 67 - 57 win over 4th ranked Canisus. Foul trouble limited his minutes in this game but he still provided a steady influence and was tough down the stretch.

Reggie, the team back in Ghana is cheering mightily for you and say to keep those double doubles coming.

Agbeko is currently averaging 17 ppg and 11 rpg.

The Runhouse-Hoops Project is a joint venture between Runhouse.net and Cape Coast Hoops. We identify and recruit the top talent in West Africa for play in the USA.

The Runhouse-Hoops team has landed a top player in Ghana for the start of 2011. Enoch Borsah, 6′ 5″ swingman, from Tema is in camp and ready for action. Borsah is one of the top players in Ghana. Dominant on the wing and post he can give a team alot of options. We will be working with him for placement in the upcoming year.

This is a highlight clip of the gifted player.

 UPDATE!!!: We are pleased to announce that Enoch Borsah has accepted a junior college scholarship. A press release will be posted later in the week with full details.

Contact Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net

Our Runhouse-Hoops project is composed of players from our West African pipeline at Cape Coast Hoops. This weeks player of the week is none other than Daniel Armah. The rugged 6′ 6″ forward is averaging 14 ppg and 11 rpg for Lincoln University (MO). His games in the last two weeks have included a 16 pt and 16 rebound game vs Rockhurst and a 21 pt and 13 rebound game vs Neuman.

Congrats Daniel for your great play this week and keep those double doubles coming.

Former Philadelphia Electrical Technology (PET) player Kyle Baldwin will do a post graduate year at New Horizon Prep in Mississippi. Baldwin is an explosive 6′ 4″ wing player who displayed a vast array of moves in our various showcases over the past year. Coach Norris of New Horizon Prep says he is already one of the most athletic players he has ever coached and looks forward to helping him improve.

 Former Cape Coast Hoops player Samuel Ouedraogo has accepted a scholarship today to the Technical Careers Institute (TCI) in New York City. TCI plays at the D1 level of the NJCAA.

The 6′ 8″ forward moved to the states last year and was scheduled to participate in our 2010 Showcase. Due to work commitments he could only attend the showcase prior to the 1st game but he did workout for a few coaches that morning. Coach Pernell Hosier of TCI took one look at the very active big man and knew he had a player. The next day “Big Sam” was at TCI talking to Coach Hosier about playinig for TCI this upcoming season. Says a source close to the player ”Sam is a very athletic and energtic post player that brings every thing he has to every play. He can dominate games at times and once he puts it all together he will be a force for TCI.”

Sam is a bit too old to play Div 1 after his career at TCI so we will be helping him find a good fit at the NAIA or Div 2 level.

For more information about this player or our Runhouse-Hoops Project in Ghana contact: Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net

For immediate release:
April 14th, 2010, Philadelphia, PA

At 3pm on April 13th, 2010, Rakeem Brookins requested his release from his letter of intent to play for Tulane University next season. The high scoring guard has since received alot of interest from other schools but is still keeping the option open to attend Tulane University.

Brookins average 18.9 ppg as a senior at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia and was a 1st team All City selection.

UPDATE: April 16th, 2010
Brookins has received his release and is now being recruitied by Northeastern, JMU, Drexel, Delaware, LaSalle, George Washington, Siena, Niagra, Marshall, Hartford, Boston University, Oral Roberts and Tulane.

For more information contact Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net

Runhouse and the Impact Sports Academy are pleased to present this showcase for unsigned high school players that want to play at the collegiate level.

So far over 21 colleges have emailed in to tell us that they will be in attendance.

 This years players include:
- Henry Smith, 6′ 5″ F, Bonner, Honorable Mention All Catholic 09
- Quasim Jones, 6′, G, Bartram ,3rd Team All Public 15.5ppg
- Maurice Griffin, 6′ 4″, G,Philmont, 1st Team All Bicentennial League, 21.5ppg
- Jabriel McLeod, 6′2″,G, Olney High, 2nd Team All Public, 20.6ppg
- George Harper Jr, 6′5″, F, *Mid Major talent
- Jay Harris, 5′ 10″ , G , Robeson, 1st Team All Public, 21.5ppg
- Kenny Bey-Brown, 6′ 0″, G, Franklin, 2nd Team All Public, 15.5ppg
- Darryl Foye, 6′ 3″ F, Academy Park , Honorable Mention All Delco
- Rich Collins, 6′ 5″, G, Academy Park, Honorable Mention All Delco
- Kwahmere Gredic,5′ 11″,G, MCS, 1st Team All Public, 12.5ppg
- Andre Thomas,6′ 6″,F,MCS, Honorable Mention All Public, 10ppg
- Mike Wilson, King High, 6′3″ PG, 1st Team All public,19.1ppg
- Tyree Smith, 6′ 5″, Gratz High, SG, 1st Team All Public,15.5ppg
- Jarrod Johnson, 6′4″, WG, Franklin Learning Center, 1st Team All Public,15.8ppg
- Donte Williams, 6′ 4″ WG, GW, 1st team All Public, 19.5ppg
- Jamal Jones, 6′ 4″ F, 1st team All Public

 Last years event lead to signings of the following players among others:

• Brian Wannamaker - Texas Wesleyan University -NAIA Div 1
• Chris Angsomwine - Kilgore College - Juco Div 1 - Oral Roberts University NCAA Div 1
• Bilal Kelly - Redlands College, Juco Div 1
• Anthony Parker - Carl Albert State, Juco Div 1
• Atsu Atakpa - Paul Quinn College, NAIA Div 1
• Donta Wooten - Panola Junior College, Juco 1 - South Carolina State NCAA Div 1
• Malik Tinsley - Polk College - Juco 1
• Tyrell Taylor - Henry Ford College - Juco 1
• Curshawn Banks - Polk Junior College - Juco 1
• Nick Walker - Panola Junior College - Juco 1
• Daniel Armah - Lake Land College - Juco 1
• Curtis Jackson -Midland College - Juco 1

Event Info:
Date: April 10, 2010
Time: 10 am registration , 11 am 1st game , 12:30 pm 2nd game
Player Registration Fee: $20
Location: Imhotep Charter School, 6201 N 21st street,Philadelphia, PA 19138
Contact: Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net , 215.432.4443

The event has been booked to capacity for player registration. We are not accepting any more player registrations.

The games will be covered by runhouse.net, slamonline, retroaction sports, steve hobbs scouting report,I 10 elite scouting report and impact sports. Each registered player will receive a game shirt, ~ 20 minutes of playing time in front of college coaches and the whole game will be available for other college coaches to download from our website.
Coaches: Email Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net to be put on the video distribution list.

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Responses and emails:

Jack,

I’m very disappointed that I will not be able to make it to the Runhouse HS Basketball Showcase. My club is still in the playoffs and I will not be stateside in time to attend. Please forward me a video so I can keep track of your prospects at the event for future references. Take care and I will talk to you soon.

Brian W. Carroll
Head Senior Coach
Luxembourg Basketball Federation (Europe)

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Jack,
I look forward to attending your showcase on April 10th. As you know we are currently on the recruiting trail and are looking for potential recruits.

Diallo Daniels
Assistant Coach
Delaware Tech
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Coach Whitehead,
 
I was just reading about your Showcase on April 10th.   Wanted to tell you that we look forward to coming to the showcase but if we can’t make it we will view the video online for recruits.
 
We are looking to bring a Philly kid to Columbus.
 
Pat Carlisle
Head Coach
Columbus State Community College
2008 NJCAA National Runner Up
2009 NJCAA National Elite 8

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Jack,
 
Look forward to getting up there to Philly and checking out your event on the 10th! We’ve had a lot of success with Philly kids in the past and look forward to continue that tradition.

Albert

Albert Talley Jr.
Panola College
Men’s Basketball
Assistant Coach
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Hello Coach,
I am very disappointed that I will not be able to attend the event on April 10th. We will be keeping up with the videos and look forward to recruiting up in Philadelphia as soon as possible. Coach Hodge has had great success with Raymond Sims, Curtis Jackson and Kenny Moore and look to reload our team with players like them!

Chris Mudge
Assistant Coach
Midland College Men’s Basketball
www.gochaps.com

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Jack
I am looking forward to coming out and seeing the talented players you put together for the showcase games. We are currently looking to fill in some slots in our program. I am hoping to find a stud that will help us right away.

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William Logan
Grad Assistant Missouri Baptist University
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Coach Whitehead,
I look forward to attending the showcase on April 10th. We are losing alot of our sopohmores , so i am looking forward to seeing some good Philly players.

Miles Smith Jr.
Assistant Mens Basketball Coach
Mercer County Community College

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I could only wish I could get a philli kid or two every year, Brian Wanamaker is one of the best and toughest kids we have in our program…

I wish I could make it up there, but I will be tracking the results…. thanks for your hard work up there…

and keep sending em!!!!

Brennen Shingleton
Texas Wesleyan Basketball
2006 NAIA Div 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Players,
Show colleges you have what it takes to play at the next level. If your an unsigned senior or rising junior then this showcase will be the place to be. Many college coaches at all levels (Div 1, Div 2 , Div 3, NAIA, Juco) will be in attendace or will view the video of the event.
The date will be determined soon and there will be limited spots available.
Last summers showcase saw 10 players get signed within a week. All it takes is one good performance.

If you have an interest in playing then contact Jack Whitehead at jwhitehead@runhouse.net

Runhouse is pleased to announce our latest recruit. He is 6′ 4″ point guard Saykan Bestman. Bestman can do it all and sports a 41″ vertical leap to boot. Take a look at the videos of him from our team in West Africa - Cape Coast Hoops. He has been unstopable this current season. He is currently averaging 18ppg, 5apg, 8rpg.

Bestman is available for Juco and is NAIA qualified.
For more information contact Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net

 Video of 6′ 4″ point guard Saykan Bestman