Davon Jefferson and Paul Harris are regarded as the two top players in the prep ranks this year and the duo will go head-to-head on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the National Prep Tip-Off Showcase in Barrington, Rhode Island.
The event will feature nearly all of the elite prep school teams in the country and has moved from Voorhees, N.J., where it was held last year, to St. Andrew’s School in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Once again, two of the most successful coaches in prep history, St. Thomas More’s Jere Quinn and Fork Union Military Academy’s Fletcher Arritt, will start things off with the opening game on Friday, Nov. 18 and 1 p.m.
The following is the schedule for the event. For more information, please call 508-397-8936 or preptipoff@aol.com
NATIONAL PREP SCHOOL TIP-OFF SHOWCASE
Date: Nov. 18-20, 2005 at St. Andrew’s School (Barrington, R.I.)
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOV. 18
1 p.m. – St. Thomas More (Conn.) vs. Fork Union Military Academy (Va.)
2:30 p.m. – Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) vs. Hargrave Military Academy (Va.)
4:20 p.m. – Bridgton Academy (Maine) vs. Patterson School (N.C.)
6 p.m. – Winchendon School (Mass.) vs. Our Savior New American (N.Y.)
7:40 p.m. – St. Andrew’s (R.I.) vs. Maine Central Institute (Maine)
SATURDAY, NOV. 19
9:30 a.m. – Our Savior New American (N.Y.) vs. Boys to Men (Ill.)
11:10 a.m. – Worcester Academy (Mass.) vs. Hargrave Military Academy (Va.)
12:50 p.m. – Bridgton Academy (Maine) vs. Massanutten (Woodstock, Va.)
2:30 p.m. – South Kent School (Conn.) vs. Fork Union Military Academy (Va.)
4:10 p.m. – St. Thomas More (Conn.) vs. Laurinburg Institute (N.C.)
5:50 p.m. – Brewster Academy (N.H.) vs. Philly Lutheran (Pa.)
7:30 p.m. – Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) vs. Patterson School (N.C.)
9:10 p.m. – New Hampton School (N.H.) vs. Champlain St. Lambert (Canada)
SUNDAY, NOV. 20
9:30 a.m. – Brewster Academy (N.H.) vs. Massanutten Military Institute (Va.)
11:10 – New Hampton (N.H.) vs. Patterson School (N.C.)
12:50 – South Kent (Conn.) vs. Boys to Men (Ill.)
2:30 – Worcester Academy (Mass.) vs. Champlain St. Lambert (Montreal, Canada)
4:10 – St. Andrew’s (R.I.) vs. Laurinburg Institute (N.C.)
5:50 – Winchendon School (Mass.) vs. Philadelphia Lutheran Christian (Pa.)