League Tournament Champions: North Metro Technical College East Division Champions: Summer Hill Blue Devils West Division Champions: North Metro Technical College City Conference B-League League Overall Player of the Year: Nagee Smith, Cedartown City Conference B-League Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Brown, Summer Hill City Conference B-League Tournament MVP: Richard Davis, North Metro East Division: First Team Roman Gilliam (5'10''-G), Owen FH Chris Brown, Summer Hill Mike Howren, BC Howren Chris Jones (6'6''-F-82, college: Reinhardt), Summer Hill Mario Jordan (6'6''-G/F-84, college: Buffalo) (6'6''-G/F-84, college: Buffalo), Sixers Second Team Mike Linley, Summer Hill Tie Fezzai, Polk Co. Michael Woodard, Owen FH Demetrius Metcalf, Sixers Kevin Hammett, BC Howren Third Team Junior Gonzales, BC Howren Darrell Wilkins, Sixers Michael Reynolds (6'3''-G-84), Summer Hill Timmy Dudley, Sixers DeRon Davis, Owen FH West Division: First Team Darryl Williams, North Metro Blake King, Knicks-2 Richard Davis (6'2''-G), North Metro Nagee Smith, Cedartown Darius White, Rockmart Second Team TJ McDaniel, Dalton WSC James Williams, Rockmart Corey Warn, Knicks-2 Chris Taylor (6'5''-F), North Metro Scott Windom (6'6''-F), North Metro Third Team Deon Smith, Cedartown Tim Fortenberry, Dalton WSC Chaz Leonard, Knicks-2 Brandon Harris (6'5''-F), North Metro James Miller (6'5''-F), North Metro 2SEBL Metro Conference A-League All-League Selections 2008
SEBL Metro Conference A-League Overall Tournament Champions: Atlanta Speedboys North Division Regular Season Champions: Cartersville-Baseline Warriors South Division Reguar Season Champions: Atlanta Speedboys SEBL Metro Conference A-League Overall Player of the Year: David Graham (6'4''-G-85) of Georgetown College, DOTS SEBL Metro Conference A-League Tournament MVP: Michael Sloan (6'4''-G) of Clayton College & State, Atlanta Speedboys SEBL Metro Conference A-League Defensive Player of the Year: Ronald Lewis (6'0''-G), Atlanta Speedboys North Division All-League Selections: First Team Jermaine Spivey (6'3''-G-72) of Rome ServPro-1 (6'3''-G-72, college: New Orleans), ServPro-1 Carlos Hampton (6'4''-F), Supreme Ronell Wooten (6'4''-G-85) of Cartersville Baseline Warriors (6'4''-G-85) of Cartersville Baseline Warriors (6'4''-G-85, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Kennesaw St.), Baseline-1 Jonathan Johnson (6'6''-F-85, college: S.Georgia Tech CC), Knicks-1 Larry Cox (6'10''-C-84) of Rome ServPro-1 (6'10''-C-84) of Rome ServPro-1 (6'10''-C-84, college: Miss.Valley St.), ServPro-1 Second Team Terrence Hundley (6'3''-G-85, agency: 540 Sports, college: W.Georgia), Baseline-1 J.D. Pollock (6'5''-G), Skyline Shannon Billings, Marietta Joe Hamilton (6'6''-F-79, agency: Tank Sports, college: Virginia Tech), Baseline-1 Antonio Cook (6'6''-G/F-80, college: Tennessee St.), Force Third Team Kelvin McConnell (6'0''-G-89), Force Shan Finley, ServPro-1 Jeff Croft (6'3''-G), Celtics Chris Jones (6'6''-F-82, college: Reinhardt), Baseline-1 Antone Anderson (6'4''-F-81), Skyline Fourth Team Courtney George, Marietta Spencer Dixon, ServPro-1 Darrell Wilkins (6'1''-G-84), Force Dexter Shaw (6'3''-G-89), Celtics Alex Cornett (6'11''-C, college: Kennesaw St.), Skyline South Division All-League Selections: First Team Brandon Kelley (5'11''-G-84) of Atlanta Speedboys (5'11''-G-84, college: Clayton St.), Speedboys David Graham, DOTS Michael Sloan, Speedboys Ernest Scott (6'7''-F-82) of Wellington Saints (NZL) (6'7''-F-82) of Wellington Saints (NZL) (6'7''-F-82, agency: Elfus-Siegel Management (ESM), college: Valdosta St.), Tri-County B.J. Puckett (6'8''-F-83) of Boston College Santiago (CHI) (6'8''-F-83, agency: Tank Sports, college: Clayton St.), Young Gunz Second Team Calvin Goss (5'10''-G), Lakers Mike Crain (6'2''-G-84, college: Valdosta St.), Tri-County Jamal Johnson (6'7''-C-81, college: Clayton St.), Speedboys Miguel Morton (6'10''-F, agency: European Basketball Agency, college: Alabama St.), DOTS Mike Jones (6'8''-F/C-83, college: Gardner-Webb), SuperStar Cafe Third Team Eric Wilson (6'1''-G), Lakers Richard Lusane (6'5''-G, college: Valdosta St.), SuperStar Cafe Jesse Wheeler (6'5''-F, college: Gardner-Webb), Young Gunz Brian Kelly (6'8''-F, college: Duquesne), Lakers Donovan McMullen (6'10''-C-85, college: Reinhardt), Speedboys Fourth Team Ronald Lewis, Speedboys Adrian Penland (6'1''-G-80, agency: SportsTalent, college: Lander), Young Gunz Anton Pippen (6'2''-G, college: S.Georgia Tech CC), Young Gunz Justin Thomas, Tri-County Freddie Williams (6'2''-G), Lakers North Metro nips Summer Hill 90-87 to take City B-League Championship - Aug 12, 2008 Davis drills 35 to pace North Metro to their first Title... Cartersville, GA - North Metro battled from several deficits and built their own double-digit lead, before hanging on to win 90-87 to capture the SEBL City Conference B-League Title over the heavily favored Summer Hill squad in front a packed house on Sunday evening at JH Morgan Gym. Despite coming into the title game with an undefeated record for the summer, the younger North Metro squad came in as the underdogs against veteran Summer Hill team, who was also undefeated. Both teams came in with identical 11-0 records for the summer slate. Summer Hill had the hot hand early on as Mike Reynolds and Chris Brown hit threes, while Michael Linley and Chris Jones both got short jumpers on the baseline. The North Metro recruits found themselves down by as many as 10 in the first five minutes, but they began to slowly work back behind the perimeter shooting of Richard Davis, along with power drives by Josh White. North Metro finally took the lead after an lob pass from Darryl Williams and slam by Chris Taylor. Down two with only second remaining in the first half, Chris Morgan drove for a bucket, then turned around and stole a pass. He took a quick power-dribble and shot a clean 14-foot jumper at the buzzer to give Summer Hill a 45-43 lead at the break. In the second half, the recruits of North Metro came out strong, as Chris Taylor made several acrobatic moves to the basket and connected on two more lob slams one coming from Williams, another from Davis both on transition after Summer Hill turnovers. Reynolds had gone cold for Summer Hill and their offense began to stagnate, while Taylor and Davis were still getting buckets for Metro to slowly creep out to a 12-point spread. The lead continued to grow. Two Josh White freethrows with 8:40 left put Metro up 78-59. Summer Hill seemed out of it. However, after a timeout, Summer Hill began to apply pressure which created turnovers and quick buckets by Linley and Chris Morgan, igniting a spectacular 23-2 run. Browns lay-in with 2:35 showing, finally put Summer Hill back up 81-80. Taylors freethrows put Metro back up, but Summer Hill answered again with a bucket from Morgan, making it 83-82. Metros Davis got free for a bucket with 1:20 left and again Summer Hill fired back with a basket in the lane by Jones. Davis took a pass from Taylor and scooped it up with :35 ticks left, then after Jones missed two freethrows he scored again to give Metro an 88-85 lead. Tony Cook buried a short jumper for Summer Hill with only :11 seconds left, trimming it to 88-87. On the inbounds, Metros Brandon Harris was fouled with :07 showing. He calmly sank both. Summer Hill called timeout. They inbounded the ball and a skip-pass found Reynolds open on the wing. His shot looked good, but rimmed in and out at the buzzer, allowing North Metro to escape with the win. Brown led Summer Hill with 22 points, while Jones had 17, Linley 13, Morgan 12, Reynolds 11, Cook nine and Marcus Henderson three. Davis, who was named the City Conference Tournament MV,P led all scorers with 35 points, as White had 22, Taylor 17, Williams five, Rod Williams and Harris four each and Mark Christmas three. Breion Brazier didnt score but came in to apply tough defensive coverage at several critical junctures. Speedboys come from way down to steal Title from ServPro, in double-OT!!
Cartersville, GA - The Atlanta Speedboys fought back from despair three times to win a wild 133-127 double-overtime game, snatching the Golden Ball from a stunned ServPro of Rome team Sunday night at JH Morgan Gym. The Speedboys came in as the favorite, but quickly found themselves in holes at the beginning of both halfs of the game. The Speedboys came in as the SEBL Metro A-Leagues South Division #1 seed. ServPro, the Norths #3 seed, was not enamored with the Speedboys 9-1 overall mark on the summer, nor by the fact that the Speedboys totally dismantled the Skyline team the night before 79-49. ServPro got out early and often and led 12-1 on treys by Jermaine Spivey (6'3''-G-72) and easy interior buckets by Larry Cox (6'10''-C-84). The Speedboys finally began to get some offensive production but they could not stop ServPros fast-paced scoring. Michael Sloan (6'4''-G) did all he could for Atlanta, as he scored 12 first half points. After falling down by as many as 15 in the first half, Atlanta had worked it back to knot it up at 52 on an Xavier Morton (6'9''-F/C-80, college: Clark Atlanta) lay-in with 1.9 on the clock. Spivey threw a baseball pass to Cox, who turned and drilled a three as the buzzer sounded. In the second half, ServPro began crank things up when the Speedboys went cold. Brandon Byers and Cox were clearing the defensive boards of Atlantas missed shots, meanwhile Spencer Dixon was having the half of his life, at one point, scoring nine points in a row. ServPro went on a huge run and piled up a 20 point lead at 81-61. The Speedboys looked bewildered but kept playing. Still down by 16 (93-77) with 5:42 remaining, Atlanta went to a full-court zone press. It paid quick dividends when ServPro coughed the ball up twice allowing Sloan to get a bucket. Donovan McMullen (6'10''-C-85) got free for a dunk, trimming ServPros lead to 11. Dixon answered with a bucket for ServPro but then missed freethrows on the next trip. ServPro, without a deep bench, was beginning to buckle from fatigue and staunch defensive pressure. After missed jumpers and freethrows, the Speedboys went to big man Morton on four straight trips. He cashed in all four times. ServPro still led 100-94, but with 1:59 left it was now anybodys game. Jamal Johnson (6'7''-C-81) three pointer 25 seconds later gave Atlanta its first lead at 101-100. ServPros last 10 points in regulation were all freethrows, but they combined to go 5 of 10 and missed chances to ice the win. Sloan gave Atlanta an emphatic 108-107 lead with a driving slam. Brandon Kelley (5'11''-G-84) then gave them a 109-107 lead that Spivey had to even up with two freethrows just to send the game to overtime. ServPro jumped out in the first OT, with Finley getting threethrows and two buckets, but Johnson answered with a three pointer. Byers had given ServPro a 120-116 lead, with little time on the clock. It looked like they would hold for the win, but Kelley jumped into defenders while shooting a three as time ticked out. The shrill of the referees whistle sounded as his desperation jumper fell through the net. He then stepped to the line and hit the freethrow to complete an amazing four-point play, sending the game to a second OT. Sloan and Johnson took over in the second extra period combining for three treys. Spivey valiantly tried to counter with seven points of his own but ServPro had run out of gas. Johnsons slam at the buzzer was icing on the cake for the Speedboys, who dedicated the game to their ailing coach, L.T. Jefferson. Atlanta was led by Johnson's 31 points, while Sloan had 26, Morton 25, Kelley 24 Brewster 10, Ronald Lewis (6'0''-G) nine, and McMullen and Romel Wright four each. For Servpro, Dixon finished with 29, Finley 27 and Cox and Spivey 26 apiece. Byers also had 14 and Jay Nelson five. After the game, Michael Sloan was named the 2008 SEBL Metro A-League Tournament MVP, while DOTS's David Graham (6'4''-G-85) of Georgetown College was named the 2008 SEBL Metro A-League's overall League Most Valuable Player (MVP). |
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