The Philadelphia Tribune article on Daniel Armah

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Three Hoopers players chosen for Ghana U-16 final 15 list

Three players who were formally in the JV team of Hoops and than promoted to the developmental team, Hoopers were yesterday the 23rd of July 2008 selected among the final 15 players to begin training for an upcoming youth U-16 basketball tournament to be held in Nigeria. The justification was held at the basketball court of Prison Barracks in Cantonment, Accra. There were close to forty youth players who turn out for the screening. Five coaches from various teams in the Div 1 were also present as judges. The boys were divided into a team of five members each and their skills, discipline, athleticism and over all performances judge by the coaches present. Three of the successful players are from Cape Coast and they are Andrew Tetteh (F-93), Emmanuel Aikins(G-92) and Dominic Clement(G-92). The three will join other successful players this Monday to begin training for the upcoming Event in Nigeria

18th Edition of Cabalan Thome Memorial Basketball Tournament

Followers of basketball in Ghana knows all about this tournament. It is here all rivalries are out to the test as teams from the Division I league face each other in a 7 - 14 days basketball explosion. This year will not be left out as the 18th Edition kick off Saturday, 26th of July at 3PM at the Lebanon House and the final will be play Aug 13 at 3PM same venue. The draw for the tournament took place on the 22nd of this month with two group of male teams and one group for the females. Visit main site for the Groupings. Group B seems to be the Group of Death. Two teams will qualify from each group for the semifinal stage. Keep coming back for more info on the fixture, results, photos and videos of the tournament. The league is expected to resume on August 15. All matches which were to be played between Aug. 2 - Aug 14 are set as outstanding matches.

Daniel Armah spends weekend in Philly

Dan was the guest this weekend to Jack Whitehead, Director of International Recruiting, Runhouse.com. He flew in from new York where he is spending the summer holidays with his uncle. Dan was happy to meet Jack who was instrumental in getting him to the USA to play for Casper College in Wyoming. Upon his short visit, Dan was able to meet other dignitaries in Philly and was also interview by a newspaper journalist. The Philly’s Triple Threat, an U14 team run by Mr. Whitehead were the most excited ones to have Dan run the floor with them. The kids took a sudden liken to him and ask for a lot of advices on how they can better their game to play like him. He advised that they take their training seriously and always listen to their coaches instruction. He also told them he was excited to meet them as was his wish since entering the USA in February of this year. The kids promised to be in touch with Dan by email and follow his games once the 2008-2009 collegiate season starts. We too will keep you updated as we follow the journey of this player from Casper to higher heights. Hoops on Fire!!!
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Harcum College signs Christopher Angsomwine

Hoops remaining twin tower, Christopher Angsomewine will be in the colors of Harcum College this coming season in the USA. The 6'10" power forward/ center is expected to add up to the already power house of the college. Harcum College was chosen from a list of four colleges whom all showed great interest in the player after seeing the video of his last game against Panthers in the Greater Accra Amateur League. In the last two season, Harcum College has signed four players into the Division I NLI most recent being sophomore guard Brandon Smalls who signed National Letter of Intent to play basketball for South Carolina State University next season joining Ryan Bogan (Longwood), Augustine Okosun (Seton Hall) and Jamal Jackson (Morehead St.). Small was an NJCAA Region 19 First-Team selection and helped the Bears to a 26-3 overall record. Chris is the second successful candidate of the Hoops-Runhouse Project being run by Hoops and Runhouse in scouting young and talented African students and exposing them to coaches in the USA. Daniel Armah was the first successful candidate and is presently sign with Casper College since February of this year. This bring to a total of five players who has been successful so far in getting scholarships to play in the USA through the Hoops Extramural Program. We encourage all ballers out there to make use of this opportunity and show what they have. Send email to contact@capecoasthoops.net or call +233-275986349

Other Ghana League results

The last league scores were as follows:
July 9 = CEPS vs. Yotive Yotive forfeit match due to late arrival

July 12 = Fire 30 - Yotive 39 MVP of the game: Fred Yeboah of Yotive


July 12 = Police 32 - Wizards 43

July 16 = Reformers vs. Warriors Warriors forfeit match due to late arrival

The league is now on break, the restart is scheduled for August 2, with Hoops vs Flames and CEPS vs. Fire

SALIH'S TWO DUNKS LEAD 1 DREAMERS

Ibrahim Salih had two big dunks to help lead the 1 Dreamers to a Cuesta League victory over Paso Robles. Salih finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead the team in both categories. Salih has been the most consistent performer this summer with his non-stop high energy performances each and every night. He now leads with seven dunks.

Greater Accra Amature Basketball League update: Yotive defeat Fire while Police fell to Wizards spell

In the Greater Accra Amature league which was played this last weekend saw Yotive and Fire locking horns. The game started with Fire shooting two consecutive three pointers. Fred Yeboah, the skipper of Yotive not wanting his side going down came back hard against the Fire boys with Enoch Ewusie as their driving force. Yotive, who had a bench of some foreign players were not worry as they took control of things by the end of the second quarter. In the second half, Yotive had their paddle down and the Fire boys had no answer to their defense and fast breaks. At the end Yotive won the day 39 - 30.

The second match of the day was no doubt expected to be a bomb as Police were taken on Wizards. Police came out with a new squad comprising mostly of civilian players. It was surprising as we expected to see more officers making the team. Wizards on the hand seems to have beef up their team not to suffer defeat they faced against Fire on July 5th. The Police team was no match to the much athletic Wizards as the cast their spells on the Police as they ran breaks after breaks. In the stance where some Hoops players looking closely knowing they will meet these guys soon. The game ended with Wizard victorious 43 - 32

Ghanaian born professional to play in France

Alhaji Mohammed, the Ghanaian born 6'4 shooting guard in a latest correspondence with Hoops announced his signing of a new contract to play with Limoges next season. He averaged 19.6ppg, 4.3rpg, 2.6apg, 2spg (21games), shooting 59.2% from 2pt range and 33.3% from 3pt range in the Dutch 2007-2008 Div1 League while playing for Matrixx Magixx. Mohammed was named to be the guard of the year in Holland in 2007.

Hoops gets first win in Accra league

Cape Coast HOOPS yesterday won their game two match against Premier Panthers 45-43. The game was played at the Prisons Court, Cantoment, Accra. From the jump-ball the match was clear that it was going to be a cracker as both sides went for the kill. Premier Panthers, who came from a previous game which they won against Reformers were looking to make it two victories in a row while Hoops who earlier lost to Reformers were looking for their first win since making their debut in this year League. Hoops were able to pull a convincing victory without the help of Ifeanyi Mbah and Saheed Oladipo, both who are currently not in the country. Those leading the team to victory included MVP of the game Saykan Bestman(6'4), John Cooper(6'5), Christopher Angsomwine(6'10), Michael Dadson(6'11) and Bernard Davies(5'10). Others included Marco Namara(6'1, debut), Edvenos Russell(6'0, debut), Kay Nyenuh(5'11, debut), George Cooper(5'10) and new sensation Anas Ben Anas(6'6) who made his debut for the team as well. With this win, the boys are in high anticipation for their next games. In related development, the developmental team of Hoops known as Hoopers were also in action this weekend in Cape Coast as part of the Western Basketball Association league. They lost to Bikat of Secondi 38 to 53 but won their second match of the day against Pelican of Takoradi 45 to 42. Hoopers has won two and lost two in the WBA league. This show that both Hoops and Hoopers are still in contention in both leagues. Big up to the boys, especially Hoopers who are showing that they are the next best players to take Hoops futher come next year in apex league in Accra. Photos and videos of these matches will be update soon.