GAINESVILLE, FL – After a wide-ranging and varied OTR schedule took the crew from Atlanta to Birmingham to Northern Kentucky then down the coast to Spartanburg SC and as always further south into the Sunshine State, back we were to north central Florida for the last tournament of the season, The Final Run. From the new and expansive Alachua County Sports & Event Center, Jon Hemingway and I had the courts covered deep, his recaps can be found on our News page, and I’m going to delve deeper here into some guys......
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ATLANTA, GA – OTR is headed to Gainesville (FL) for our Final Run tournament, but the bulk of the travel season is behind us, and as August and fall leagues approach, let’s look at some stock-risers from the Atlanta metro area. First, five guards from 7A: By: Keith Agran Trey Shephard III | 6-6 | Hillgrove First with GA Canes and most recently in a Team Scoot uniform Shephard has been really impressive regardless of uniform colors, the size and the scoring chops are a meaty combination encompassing a multi-range scoring package......
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DULUTH, GA – Over to Notre Dame Academy I ventured as new boy’s head coach at the school, Marshawn Hampton, held an evaluation showcase for scouts from town. There were quite a few guys on hand who have had outstanding travel seasons, and who will look to be potential breakouts for their high school teams this fall. Here were 6 who were hard to miss: By: Keith Agran Alex Young | 6-5 | 2025 | Brookwood Has been on a steady climb for a couple of years now playing some steady and......
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MARIETTA, GA – Two more action-packed days made of OTR’s Power 24 as the last of four live periods once again rolled through the Atlanta-area. After Recruit Look brought in a bevy of teams from the Midwest and further for Elite 32, another big turnout this past weekend featured a large amount of the Southeast’s top organizations. From Sunday over at McEachern some Impression-Makers: By: Keith Agran Avery Thomas II | 2024 | Team Carroll Premier Long and wiry and handled the ball as a big PG at times at 6-7 which......
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MARIETTA, GA – Two more action-packed days made of OTR’s Power 24 as the last of four live periods once again rolled through the Atlanta-area. After Recruit Look brought in a bevy of teams from the Midwest and further for Elite 32, another big turnout this past weekend featured a large amount of the Southeast’s top organizations. From Saturday some Impression-Makers from my day at Hillgrove HS: By: Keith Agran Christian McAllister | 2025 | Team Huncho Another loaded Huncho team features star power across the roster but it was McAllister who......
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MARIETTA, GA – After a busy June for high-schoolers back on their homefronts, OTR was back at it with its 4-day long basketball extravaganza and once again teaming with Recruit Look Hoops for another incredibly diverse field of teams from all regions. For the first of two July live periods for prospects, our crack team had main venue Next Play 360 covered with multiple evaluators canvassing the 4 courts, I took to outer venues Kell HS and Sequoyah HS to see if we could uncover some gems. Some willing and skilled interior......
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MARIETTA, GA – After a busy June for high-schoolers back on their homefronts, OTR was back at it with its 4-day long basketball extravaganza and once again teaming with Recruit Look Hoops for another incredibly diverse field of teams from all regions. For the first of two July live periods for prospects, our crack team had main venue Next Play 360 covered with multiple evaluators canvassing the 4 courts, I took to outer venues Kell HS and Sequoyah HS to see if we could uncover some gems. Some willing and skilled interior......
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EMERSON, GA – Following up an entertaining Regional turnout the prior weekend, the GBCA put on its second weekend Live period extravaganza at LakePoint June 23-25. The all Georgia team list was large and stacked with guys who emerged as our staff walked the grounds. Here were some of my observations, lastly from Friday action: By: Keith Agran WINDER-BARROW already features one of the state’s best 2026 guards in Jerrin Samuel, so when they added 6-5 Athens Christian transfer Jaden Baskin to work alongside Samuel and emerging PG Tyrin Sims (pictured) things got......
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EMERSON, GA – Following up an entertaining Regional turnout the prior weekend, the GBCA put on its second weekend Live period extravaganza at LakePoint June 23-25. The all Georgia team list was large and stacked with guys who emerged as our staff walked the grounds. Here were some of my observations, first from Saturday action: By: Keith Agran WESLEYAN lost 6-7 2025 Derwin Hodge to transfer but they still have the tools to be dangerous in Region 7-3A. A pair of seniors will drive them, forward James McGriff (pictured) has looked really......
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EMERSON, GA – The first of two live period weekends again went down at the LakePoint Champions Center, and the GBCa continues to do an amazing job setting this up for teams and most importantly college coaches. Took in some Sunday Regional action June 18, here were some eye-catching 1-2 punches from the day. By: Keith Agran Caleb Jones-Dicks (2024) & Miles Clanton (2025) | North Gwinnett Add in 2024 guard Charlie Gallagher to make a very solid trio that will tough to guard, Jones-Dicks has been a stalwart for Sunshine Elite......
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