Day 1 Takeaways & Tidbits

December 30, 2010

By Marques Burnett of Naples Holiday Shootout


Based on what we saw in Day 1, the Day 2 Matchup of Archbishop Wood vs. Oakton will be a very good one. Both teams are coached very well. Zora Stephenson of Oakton and Jenna Swope of Archbishop Wood both lit it up from outside in their first games - let's see what Day 2 will hold...

St. Joseph's Academy plays duPont Manual in Day 2. Both teams had impressive showings in their first games despite the fact that they won in different ways. duPont Manual jumped out on a good Westlake team and coasted to win while St. Joseph's weathered the storm provided by South Broward and calmly stole a close game they were trailing in for the most part. Both teams moved on to play in what is my favorite matchup for the day.


Here were some of the standout players in Day 1 of the Naples Daily News Holiday Shootout:
Jenna Swope, G, Sr. - Archbishop Wood
Jen Carney, G, Sr.- Archbishop Carroll
Emily Fazzini, F, Sr. - Archbishop Carroll
Christine Mansour, G, Sr. - Barron Collier
Michelle Woods, G, Sr. - Community School of Naples
Kara Wright, G, Jr. - duPont Manual
Mechaela Guess, F, Sr. - duPont Manual
April Wilson, G, Jr. - duPont Manual
Ashley Johnson, F, Sr. - Westlake
Aisha Turner, G, Jr. - Westlake
Christina Potts, F, Fr. - Edgewater
Trimaine McCullough, G, So. - Edgewater
Kiernan McCloskey, G, So. - Germantown
Brianna Banks, G, Sr. - Fayette County
Keyondra Jenking, G, so. - Fayette County
Juliann Miller, G, Sr. - Mercy Academy
Lauren Faris, G, Sr. - Mercy Academy
Zora Stephenson, G, Sr. - Oakton
Danielle Davis, G, Sr. - Oakton
Faith Randolph, G, Jr. Good Counsel
Niya Johnson, G, Jr - P.K. Yonge
Kiara Shoats, G, Sr. - South Broward
Danielle Robinson, G, Sr. - South Broward
Sam Strimlinger, G, - St. Joseph's Academy
Ashley Johnson, F, Sr. - Westlake
Aisha Turner, G, Jr. - Westlake