Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Jake Barnett Commits to Toledo

ND Prep player Jake Barnett committed to play for the University of Toledo this morning. Jake will be writing a diary about his official visit and why he chose Toledo very soon.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Notre Dame Prep Goes Down

The Prep fell to Brewster Academy 97-89 last night at the National Prep Championships at Endicott College in Beverly Massachusetts.
Brewster started the game strong with a couple quick baskets, however Jake Barnett was able to knock down consecutive three pointers from the corner to bring The Prep back. The game was back and forth for most of the first half, with each team trading scoring runs, leading to a 48-47 halftime lead for Notre Dame.
The second half started off slowly with both teams struggling to put the ball in the basket and each trying to grab momentum. Jamil Goodwin and Terry Carter were able to provide a great spark off the bench, however it wasn't enough as Brewster prevailed.

Box Score: Points:
Sean Kilpatrick 25
Jake Barnett 20
James Southerland 13
Johnny Lacy 12
Jamil Goodwin 9
Ron Giplaye 8
Terry Carter 2


New England Recruiting Report Write Up
http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/news/article/727/National-Prep-Championships-Day-1-Recap.php

Sunday, March 8, 2009

The countdown is on...

Tommorow at Endicott College Notre Dame will play Brewster Academy in it's first game of the National Prep Championship. Here's a link if your interested in watching the game live online http://packnetwork.com/nationalprep . I will be posting some pictures from the game later on tommorow night.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Big win against Lee Academy

Notre Dame beat Lee Academy last night at the St. Bernards activity center to push their record to 28-4 heading into the Prep National Championship. Here is the Fitchburg Sentinel's recap.
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/sports/ci_11841997

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Game Tonight; National Championship

The Prep takes on Lee Academy from Maine tonight at St. Bernard's activity center at 7pm. Also, the seedings for the the Prep National Championships were released yesterday and Notre Dame is the #3 seed. The team will take on the #6 seed Brewster Academy Monday night at 8pm in the 8 team tournament at Endicott College.

Here is the entire tournament field for the championship.
http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/events/event/6/National-Prep-Championship.php

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Another News Article

The Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise recently wrote an article on the Prep. It discusses Jake Barnett's recruitment, which has recently skyrocketed, along with which schools are after standout player Jamil Goodwin. http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/sports/ci_11813229

Monday, March 2, 2009

Army Weekend Game Recap

The Prep picked up 2 wins this weekend at West Point, that moves their record to 27-4 on the season.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Player Commentary: Jake Barnett

A unique quality that Notre Dame Prep offers is a atmosphere for many different ethnicities to merge in a close setting. I can honestly say I have met people from countries such as Argentina, Africa, Korea, China. I'll never forget the first day that I met Naofall Folahan also known as Ming. Ming and I walked to the corner store as he explained to me that he had only been in the States for about 3 months. I couldn't believe some of the stories he had told me about his life back home. He explained to me, that he had traveled all across the world to pursue his dream of playing in the NBA following in the foot steps of his favorite player Kevin Garnett. After getting back to the house, I was quickly introduced the the Korean community that lived on the other side of the house. I quickly started learning things from the Koreans such as their types of food, and that they were really concerned about the way their hair looked. The funny thing that always made me laugh was the fact that no matter what we ate, the Koreans' would cover their food with hot sauce. Lastly, I met Pablo from Argentina. Pablo quickly earned the nickname "MANU" because the style of his game. It was cool to see the different style of his game, and learn new moves that I had never seen before. I'm sure that no matter where you go to school that you are going to see different ethnicities, but when your thrown together and forced to live with each other... you quickly learn how people live act. I feel like Notre Dame is one of the few school that can offer this and has made my expierence here interesting.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Kim English Article

An interesting article on Kim English and his growing interest in poetry at the University of Missouri. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/02/23/english-makes-poetry-debut/

Friday, February 27, 2009

Weekend Games

The Prep will be traveling to Westpoint, NY this weekend to play 2 games against the Army JV team. The team has 3 games left in their schedule before the Prep National Championships, being held March 9-10 at Endicott College in Beverly Mass.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Player Commentary: Jake Barnett



At a first glance, people might think that Notre Dame Prep's facilities are a little more than top notch. This is my first year and Notre Dame and after traveling to a few other prep school, I could not help but notice the difference in the facilities. It's funny though because after seeing all these other great schools, I still could not see myself going to any other prep school in the nation. Notre Dame Prepatory school has done exactly what it says in the name. It has PREPARED me for so many things. It has prepared me to always be independent, and get things done on my own. It has prepared me to count on my teammates both on and off the court. Lastly, it has taught me the meaning of putting in work to be successful. My roommates and I sometimes joke about some of the difficulties that we have faced here. We joke because no matter how hard we try to explain our life at Notre Dame to our friends back home, they will never fully be able to understand the things that we have faced individually and together as a team. Using each other to overcome obstacles has brought us closer together, and makes appreciate the simple things that other students might take for granted. At the end of the day, you can take what you given, throw it away and give up. Or you can take what your given and turn it into an oppurtunity that may earn you a full scholarship to attend college. When I leave Notre Dame, I know that I will not face anything that I haven't gone threw already, and I will be able to handle anything life throws at me: On and off the court.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Game Recap: Notre Dame vs. MCI

MCI began the game with a flurry of shotmaking and quickly opened up a lead over Notre Dame. However, The Prep made a small run of their own with the help of junior Calvin Godfrey (6 points) off the bench and Jake Barnett (11 points), who made a clutch 3 pointer to end the half. Ron Giplaye (20 points & 13 rebs) decided to take over down low in the second half, making a number of difficult shots in the lane and grabbing everything that came of the rim. Notre Dame eventually held off a hard charging MCI team to take home the win and improve their record to 25-4.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Game Recap: Notre Dame vs CCRI

Both teams kept it close throughout, however The Prep used their pressures to secure a win. James Southerland led the team with 23 points.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

MCI Rescheduled

The Maine Central Institute game has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 20 at 7PM at St. Bernard's activity center.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Game Cancelled; Blog Update

The Notre Dame Prep game against MCI was cancelled due to the inclimate weather. The game has yet to be rescheduled.

Notre Dame plays the Community College of Rhode Island Thursday night, 8pm at St. Bernard's activity center.

The first entries of the coaches and players diaries should be appearing very soon. Also, pictures from the CCRI game and possibly a player profile or two.

Game vs MCI Tonight

Notre Dame Prep is looking to better their record to 23-4 tonight against Maine Central Institute.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Latest Prep Poll

New England Recruiting Report just released the latest National Prep Poll and Notre Dame Prep is #3, only behind The Patterson School and Hargrave Military Academy. Here's the poll. http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/news/article/701/National-Prep-Poll-Announced.php

Monday, February 16, 2009

Game Recap: Notre Dame Prep vs The Winchendon School (W 101-98)

Notre Dame Prep entered the game looking to for their 8th straight win against a tough Winchendon squad. The game began with a flurry of baskets from both teams, with Ron Giplaye (10 points) dominating down low. Ali baba Odd provided a spark off the bench for Notre Dame (18 points) with his 3 point shooting. Winchendon continued to shoot very well, connecting on a number of midrange jumpers and subsequently built a 10 point halftime lead. Notre Dame came out in the 2nd half looking to run, and did, with Johnny Lacy (17 points) and Sean Kilpatrick (21 points) leading the way. Notre Dame eventually recaptured the lead with 5 minutes remaining and managed to pull it out 101-98. James Southerland chipped in with 13 points, Jake Barnett had 11, Darius Nesmith 5, Jamil Goodwin and Pablo Bertone ended up with 2 apiece.