What makes you say Shabach Christian would be in the middle to lower end of the conference. I follow HS hoops and while I agree the WCAC is a very deep and talented conference, even the bottom tier teams can run with top teams from the MAC and the IAC, you are making a bold statement. DeMatha played Georgetown Pre in late January and lost by 18 - 20 points. |
Shabach Christian is borderline not a school.
I highly doubt it will even be around in 4 years, just another hybrid basketball factory that has sprung up. |
I thought I remember hearing they were like a homeschool or something kind of alternative too. |
Do the MAC and IAC coaches start recruiting elementary school players for middle school teams?
How does that work... do parents contact the coaches, do AAU coaches refer their players, and/or do the school coaches attend certain AAU tournaments, or all of the above? Do any of these schools hold recruiting events or summer camps? --parent of a 5th grade Virgina baller (AAU, travel) |
I know of a 4th grader getting something like that, but this is very rare. |
Lots of word of mouth, coach to coach, some things are more on the up and up than others. Parents are always welcome to approach school (admissions) and/or coach. Camps/clinics definitely happen at some schools. My son was invited to a clinic as a rising 5th grader. Current 9th grader (who gravitated to a different first choice winter sport), so I can't remember where the invitation came from, other than it was directly to us (not his team or an open invite). It was a school already on our radar for MS so we made sure to attend for any admission boost. |
So far, it hasn't worked out for either team. Can we have a do-over? |
SAES lost to Shabach by 17 in semis. Now it's #2 Shaback vs. #9 Mt. Zion Prep in the MD final. Congrats to Sidwell on beating Jackson-Reed in DC final 62-47! MAC teams went deeper in both post-season tournaments than their counterparts from IAC and WCAC. |
This info is out of date. He’s still cute, but he’s now assistant coach at Virginia Tech. Sad loss for the DMV. |
Lol. Different guy with the same name. |
Correct. New coach has same name, no relation. |
He was actually at Tech, before the Dematha coach even arrived. |
Sidwell won the DSCAA again, defeating Gonzaga and Jackson-Reed (Wilson) - who beat St Johns on the way to the finals.
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What are you talking about? I’m talking about the CURRENT DeMatha coach. Not the one that left to go to Tech. |
Congrats to Sidwell. Feel bad for JR, they couldn’t land a 3-pointer to save their lives. They made only 1 all night. |