Without solid guard play, success on the basketball court is hard to come by. It becomes much more difficult to advance the ball, score, or contain the other team on the perimeter without it. With t...
The game becomes much easier if a team has size. Offensively it can get you easy baskets close to the rim. On the defensive end, it makes it harder for the other team to score in half-court sets. W...
Central Pointe Academy
A relatively new program, Central Pointe should be a solid program in the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association this coming season. Many of the players arrived in the st...
The 2018 Hoop Exchange Fall Festival produced a number of outstanding performances by players taking part in the Individual Showcase events that ran both Saturday and Sunday. Below are just a few of ...
Oldsmar Christian
If this weekend is any indication, Oldsmar Christian will be a young but talented team that make noise in the SIAA this coming season. Jadrian Tracey, a 6’5 junior wing, had some...
Jacksonville Potter’s House
This crew out of the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association brought a bunch of dynamic athletes to the event. While 6’2 senior Marsei Caston is the most well-known, ...
We continue our look at teams we caught in action at the Hoop Exchange Fall Festival.
Leesburg
While this year’s group of Yellow Jackets may not be as lethal as the one last season that rolled t...
One of the more interesting aspects of the Hoop Exchange Fall Festival Individual Showcase is that we can get a sense of a team’s prospects for the upcoming season if they have a couple or more player...
There is a lot of ground to cover from the Fall Festival’s Team Showcase. Unlike recent years, there was no tournament format. Instead, there were showcase games for each team. Let’s get into it.
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The Hoop Exchange Fall Festival took place this past weekend at the Cooper Palms Sportsplex in Apopka. An event that combines a high school team “camp” type setting as well as an individual exposure ...