photo: The School, 2008 Hoopfest Champs.
The fourth annual Hoopfest went down last weekend at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School in the Vancouver suburb of Cloverdale. While there was a lot of talent all across the board, it was The School who came to Hoopfest loaded with offensive weapons. Start with tournament MVP and Douglass College standout Graeme McCallum, who was a scoring machine all weekend. McCallum can thank School quarterback Randy Nohr for his MVP award. Nohr, who was the ‘08 Dolphin MVP is an incredible passer and probably averaged 15 dimes a game in the tourney. Douglass College star Bol Kong and the explosive 5-9 guard for Trinity Western University, Louis Hurd, also contributed nicely for The School.
Also in the tournament was University of Calgary alum Aman Heran, Neb Alesic and Justin VanLoo of the University of Alberta and Joey Haywood aka King Handles of And1 fame. In the end of the two day tourney, The School won their fourth straight Hoopfest title by defeating Team Sweet 121-109 in the championship.
For more info and results on Hoopfest visit www.centrecourt.ca.
photo: The School’s Randy Nohr, Bol Kong and Louis Hurd after their semi-final win over the Falcons.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Kenny Patt says:
Bol Kong makes the Cab Driver look like Vanilla Ice
August 29th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Donnie says:
wow mark that last comment as the ignorant comment of the day! Bet you wouldnt say that to his face LOL. BK got some crazy skills!
August 29th, 2008 at 8:50 am
kenny Patt says:
Lighten up Donnie (No pun intended).
August 29th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
yo gerald! how did king handles do? you always hear about his entertainment exploits (he should’ve been signed by and 1 this year i thought), but a lot of heads don’t know he plays a lot of organized ball now too. stats? and did that kid randy nohr play for the canadian national team or something like that?
August 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
oh, and donnie . . .
kenny patt is refering to a nyc player jeremy hazell, who most park announcers have nicknamed “cab driver” because of his resemblance to african immigrants in harlem who own and operate many of the car services here. it’s all in jest, and any player who steps on the court knows that the MCs are just trying to hype the crowd to make the game more entertaining. so kenny comparing bol’s skin tone to jeremy’s is not ignorant, especially since kenny is a person of color himself. hope that helps.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:34 am
kenny Patt says:
K.B.L.,
I think you may know my brother Stelfindex of Stronghold fame (Poison Pen, C.rayz walls etc). We have a new project that I would like you to see (Not music). It’s a news anchor name Rahiem Drinkwater that does a comedy news show each week. We are up to episode #41 and #40, (Jockin Jay-z with Puppets has over 200,000 views). Our site is http://www.pdashmedia.com , and I think this something that you may enjoy.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:35 am
rich says:
Bol Kong is nice. He’s going to Gonzaga when he gets his visa problems straight.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Gerald Narciso says:
@ Bobbito
Aw man, I missed King Handles play! Hopefully Steve or somebody will be able to fill us in on how he did and his stats. Randy Nohr was a member of the 2000 Canadian National Team but was cut right before they went off to Sydney.
http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesBasketball/aug9_nohr.html
Bobbito, I think you would really like watching him play. I swear he can pass through a keyhole. He has some of the best court vision Id seen outside of the NBA.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
momo says:
mann knew these guys would win it
August 30th, 2008 at 4:07 am
CENTRECOURT says:
Hey All
Well, the 4th Annual HOOPFEST Tournament is officially in the bag. As noted, it was another great tournament, with “The School” capturing their forth straight title. With many of the who’s who in the Vancouver basketball community taking part, the HOOPFEST tournament reached another level in just it’s forth year. Over the course of the next week, I will have the official tournament game by game recap available on the CENTRECOURT website http://www.centrecourt.ca and will forward more key highlights to Bobbito and Gerald to let the BOUNCE fans know more about the tournament.
Thanks to Bobbito and Gerald for giving the tournament some national love, and for those who are interested in taking in the tournament as a team or fan, please feel free to check it out next year!
September 1st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Nelson says:
hey bob, king is going to college this year to play at st mary’s university in halifax nova scotia, so he is getting his organized game together. he will be on scholarship and hopefully will be starting at the PG spot after the first sememster.