CUMMING, GA – From Woodstock to Alpharetta to Sugar Hill, let’s look back on the 3 regular season contests I dropped in on this past week, as we’ll cover Saturday’s OTR Tipoff Classic from Norcross HS in 2 separate pieces in the coming days. By: Keith Agran River Ridge at Etowah (11/16/21) WHAT HAPPENED: Etowah W 67-42 – Playing without senior guard Grant Portera (food poisoning) and unable to get 6-11 senior center Braden Pierce enough quality touches, River Ridge just didn’t have enough overall firepower to stay with an Etowah team quickly establishing......
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CUMMING, GA – “Sage Speaks” returns to light as the opening full week of play is set to dawn with most tips getting going Tuesday, and we’ll use this space weekly to put a spotlight on things from the prior week of action as well as preview what’s ahead. Let’s take a look at a couple of scrimmages I dropped in on last week, now back from the Faces of the future Middle School Showcase in Florida (exclusive content to come), and look ahead to this week and what I have planned:......
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CUMMING, GA – We return with Week 2 of “Sage Speaks”, and despite it being a somewhat slower week for overall activity on my ledger, we can do some shameless promotion in addition to a nugget or two. By: Keith Agran “RADAR CONTACT” DEBUTS THIS COMING WEEK Our new feature series here at On The Radar will go deeper than just recruiting, we’ll be looking at prospect’s journeys through their own adversity as well as how their world has been affected by the changing world brought to all of us by Covid-19.......
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CUMMING, GA – From my chair in the town named for decorated War of 1812 Colonel William Cumming, we start a new series titled “Sage Speaks”. In this column, we’ll discuss things I’ve seen, heard and might want to pontificate about in the GA high school basketball scene. By: Keith Agran SHOT CLOCK? YES PLEASE Several June and Fall league spots I’ve been already have incorporated the shot clock to ingratiate teams to what they’ll be seeing this coming regular season, and not only have I been a huge proponent of this......
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