AAU Recap: River City Reign Team Hill 17U
Despite being the program’s “B” team, Reign Hill competed with top tier programs up and down the east coast, and beat teams that didn’t looked much more talented on paper. An undersized but scrappy group, they fought and clawed their…
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Continue ReadingBiggest Surprises: Anthony Taylor and Jamaal Newton. “Ant Taylor came off the bench in July and gave us great athleticism and scoring ability, and Jamaal Newton from Henrico knows how to play pesky defense and hit big shots when we needed it. His experience starting on the top team last summer brought us a winning attitude.”
Coach’s Take
“We played DC Thunder, Loaded VA, Loaded NC, Boo Williams, Spectrum and Brand X and all of the games came down to the last few minutes. We lost those games but they gave us sort of a buzz. Jhalen Thomas, Marcus Burwell, Aaron Fowlkes and Raquan Waller were consistent all summer and all of the kids really got on board with what we wanted to do. We made the final four in every tournament this summer, and when you watched us play we didn’t look like a B team all year.”