North Philly Aztecs Basketball

7/19/10

The Tec would bounce back with a victory against Panthers Select 48-43. A tired Aztecs team had their backs to the wall, down 5 points with under 2 minutes left when Khyree Hawkins knocked down a deep three.  The next time down, the Aztecs ran a slip screen to Greg Bennett, for a bucket, to tie the game 42-42. In overtime, Khyree and Greg would continue to link up, accounting for all the points and both finishing with 15pts.

The Tec would take their 1st loss of the week against the Brentwood Bandits 65-55. The Tec went ice cold from the floor and missed 12 free throws in the fourth quarter.

7/18/10

2nd round action would feature a Mid-Atlantic battle with Philly Aztecs going against Team Rebels.  The game was a back and forth affair for most of the game until Charles Presley took over by scoring 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter. The Tec punch their ticket to the Sweet 16.

The 1st round of championship bracket play was not a problem for the Aztecs. They dominated Team Impact from start to finish winning in a blow out 66-30.  In a very balanced scoring attack, the Aztecs were led by Jalil Branch 11pts and Semaj Blackey 10pts.

7/17/10

The Tec finished 1st in pool play after defeating Alabama Gold 43-40. Clutch shooting from Khyree Hawkins 11pts and floor leadership from Charles Presley 9pts & 5 assists helped secure the victory.  Aztecs 1st bracket play game is tomorrow at 1pm.

7/16/10

After a slow start, the Tec finally got it rolling, as they pulled away from the Chicago Rising Stars for their second win 59-43. The Aztecs prevailed with another balanced scoring game. Greg Bennette 18pts, Khyree Hawkins 11pts, Trevon White 10 pts and Jalil Branch 10pts.

7/15/10

The Tecs first pool play game was against the Savanna Hoyas. The Tec jumped out to a 9-0 lead and never looked back. A balanced scoring attack was the key.  3 players with 10, 3 players with 9 and an overall great team defensive effort.  Team was led by Jamar Brisbon who posted 10 steals, 10 rebs, and 9pts to help the Tec win their 1st game 64-40.

                  #23 Stevie Jordan                                    #1 Pasquale Dimascio

             #3 Jahid Barnes                                     #5 Maadi Harris

          #12 Deandre Hunter                                #24 Devin Liggeons

           #15 Marcus Floyd                                          #0  Horace Spencer

        #34 Troy Smith                           #22 Mike Zabrecky

Team is led by Head Coach Antoinette Bennett

Asst. Coaches Aaron Baker & Chad Liggeons

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PHILLY AZTECS

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Coached by an energetic staff led by Antoinette Bennett, the Philly Aztecs took one on the chin during pool play, suffering an overtime defeat to S.W.A.T. Elite. Earning the second seed from their pool, and developing a chip on their shoulder in the process, the tough and aggressive Philly group is getting better with each game. A potential star is emerging in 6’8 Horace Spencer, whose confidence is beaming entering a matchup with the Titans. While Spencer is more prospect than player at this point, the Aztecs catalyst has been point guard Marcus Floyd, who is without question one of the top floor generals in the tournament. Devin Liggeons, Troy Smith, and Jihad Barnes have been crucial to the Aztecs success as well.

WHY THEY’LL WIN: There may not be a tougher, grittier team in the tournament than Philly. It isn’t always pretty with this group, but they get it done, and their victories are getting wider and wider in margin with each game they play. As a unit, they share the ball well and play in constant attack mode. The relentless pressure their guards put on the ball in combination with Spencer’s presence in the middle have been devastating for opponents thus far. Liggeons and Smith have great size for the perimeter at this level, and have added the needed physical toughness for the Philly squad to emerge as one of the nation’s best.

WHY THEY’LL LOSE: As successful as their up-tempo game has been, the Aztecs have also had numerous turnovers of their own that will prove costly in the semi-final round. Their guards are a bit on the small side when matched up against the other three squads remaining, and particularly against the Titans, who happen to be the Aztecs next opponent. If their gambles on the perimeter aren’t successful, they’ll leave the middle and interior vulnerable, and put Spencer in danger of being in foul trouble. With the big man on the bench, this Aztecs team has a completely different look, and it’s not necessarily a better one.

Written by Basketball Spotlight staff member Sam Parker @ www.bballspotlight.com 

We are still checking, but Nette may be the first woman head coach to lead

a team to an AAU Nationals Final Four.

 07/04/10

Aztecs lose another close one to the MEMPHIS WAR EAGLES to finish rank #4 in the Nation.

07/03/10

Down 17-13 at the half, Aztecs are overpowered, in a defensive game, by the #1 team in country- Texas Titans. 

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07/02/10

Yeah Y'all, our Philly Aztecs 13U are in the 2010 AAU National Final Four. All it took was a 63-53 victory over Team STAT. Two more baby, Let's Get It!!!!

Oh Yeah, the Tecs are doing it, and doing it well. Let's put another notch on that victory belt. Aztecs knock off  DEFENDER SELECT (75-50) in the Sweet Sixteen to punch their ticket to the Elite Eight.  Three more victories to our goal, a National Championship!!!

07/01/10

The Tecs are headed to the Sweet 16 after a second round overtime win over 

In first round action of championship bracket play, the Aztecs get a victory against the Arkansas Hoyas 67-59. 

 06/29/10

Aztecs finished 2nd in Pool Play with a 2-1 record. Their only loss came in an over-time thriller against SWAT Elite (LA).

They finished off the rest of the pool beating Greg Jennings Select 67-59 and Tri-City Ballers 75-55.

06/27/10

The Aztecs 13U team is heading down to Memphis, TN with one goal in mind, to win a national championship. A focused young group, playing with a lot of confidence, led by veteran coaches, have all the pieces to make it happen.

Aztecs 13U finished second in Silver bracket at the Maryland Invitational this weekend. With the steady improvement with every tournament, they're ready to make a deep run down the nationals.

The Tec will be hooping amongst royalty at the King Street King tournament, and all 3 Aztecs11U, 13U & 14U teams are looking to be crowned

KINGS

Aztecs 13U & 14U will be representing this weekend, trying to take the crown as the region's best team.

13U Aztecs will be squaring off against last year's champs Team Final, but will be looking take that crown back to Philly. 14U Aztecs will be lacing them up against Youth Interlock, the beast of the region for the past two years. But after loading up with some new players, that mountian is looking smaller and smaller. Come out and support the Tec this weekend and lets get it done. 

15U Regional Results  Click

The Aztecs 16U, 14U & 13U are making the trip to Ohio. Coach Rafiq, Coach Reem & Coach Nette got their teams ready to make a strong run. To see full schedule & venue info Click

The Tec were in full effect at The Challenge of Champions. The 10U, 13U, 14U and 16U were all in the building ready to make noise. Day 1 was a sweep, all the Tec's team won and won big. The Aztecs 13U was the lone champions this weekend, beating Philly Stars 20+ points. Coach Nette and Aaron have this team playing at a very high level and they're making a very strong case for the best team in the region. The surprises were the 10U and 16U. New to the AAU scene. These two teams are playing with a lot of confidence. Coach Rafiq and his Aztec 16U squad took down some big names this weekend, like DC Assult & Youth Interlock. This scrappy bunch is looking forward to making a lot of noise this summer. The Tecs 14U team had a good showing this weekend. Winning 2 out of 3 games, and debuting two new players, They're starting to come together and that's bad news for the rest of the field.

AZTECS 10U HAD A GREAT WEEKEND. THEY FINISHED RUNNER UP IN THE LIBERTY LEAGUE AND AVENGED THAT LOSS BY WINNING THE PHILLY RUMBLE TOURNAMENT THIS PAST WEEKEND. THE TEC WERE IN FULL EFFECT.

   PYO 11U Champions

  Aztecs 13U Champions

Team Nelson 14U Champions

Tournament Results

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The 1^st Annual Aztecs Future Legends Tournament was a success. All the top teams and

players from the area were in the building. Team Sizzle from Maryland stopped thru to stomp with the big dogs. It’s nothing like an early season tournament with teams looking to show who’s best. PYO’s 11U team did just that. Finishing 3-0 in pool play they would meet another undefeated team, Middletown Knights. This game would show why we play championships. A back and forth affair it would be, but at the end PYO would be too much for the Knights. PYO takes the 11U championship in a tight one 29-24.

The 13U division was just dominated by the Aztecs. Their mission was to show the region they are the best and, boy did they succeed. Taking an automatic loss due to scheduling, the Tec took the loss before they stepped on the court. But winning both pool play games by 20pts landed them in the championship game where they would face the undefeated SJ Blitz. The Blitz swept thru pool play, but would have to put the brooms away for the chip game. The Aztecs ball pressure and ball movement overwhelmed the Blitz. Aztecs win big to claim the 13U Championship.

It was four teams in the 14U division looking to claim the top spot for the Mid-Atlantic region.  The beast of the region took a fall early, from a hungry scrappy PYO team. Y.I. would love a rematch after losing a late second half lead and they missed 22 out of 30 free throws. But PYO won and took the tiebreaker that would lock their trip to the championship. The other spot would be held down by Team Nelson another team from Chester, looking to show they’re the team to beat. It was a tight game in the first half, Nelson leading by 4. The second half was different story, Nelson exploded out the gate opening up the lead as large as 20pts. PYO would make a run, but too little too late. Team Nelson wins the 14U championship.

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Day 3

First up on this MLK day was Coach Nette and Aaron's 13U squad. They would face a tough and scrappy OLSH. But Tec was just too much inside. Devin Liggeons, TROY SMITH, and new to the team Emmanual "Big Manny" Taylor dominated the front court on both sides of the ball. OLSH would make a run, but too little. Aztecs take the championship.

The bar was set by their little brothers, so Aztecs 14U knew they had to win the chip. But NE Playerz wasn't bout to just hand it over. Even with Mr. Robinson snatching every rebound within his wingspan and him gliding to the rim, Playerz were not rattled. They even had a 1 point lead with 11 seconds in first half. But a late 3 pointer from Khyree Hawkins put the Tec up and they never looked back. Big man Jihad Gardner, Josh Mile, and Big Manny Taylor went to work. Opening the game up in the second half, the 14U would make it 2 for 2 in championship games.

Day 2

The Aztecs kept the ball rolling with both teams winning in the final four. The Tec came to Springfield for a business trip and they are doing just that, taking care of business.

Day 1

Both Aztecs teams are taking care of business. Tec's 13U was up first and boyy did they hold Philly down. With a 74-25 win, everybody realized the Tec was in the building. The second game was a little sloppy, for a team looking a little bit tired from the long day but had just enough to get the win.

As a basketball fan, this championship game was all you could ask for. The top two teams all year long would face of in the 13U championship game. Even though Aztecs took the regular season win to remain unbeaten for the season, Coach Black would have his troops, ready for war. And from the tip off Hood took control of this game. Lead by Shawn (14pts) looking to be aggressive forcing the issue and Sam (13pts) attacking the paint area, put Aztecs in foul trouble early. Zakee (10) return to give the Hood a boost and Nafis (10pts) did his part to help Hood to a 17 point first half lead. But this game would be the tail of two halves. Just as the Hood owned the first the Aztecs would own the second. After a fired up halftime, well we will just call it a pep talk from Coach Nette & Aaron, the troops responded. And nobody got the message louder then Troy (15pts & 10rebs). Troy refusing to let his team lose came out scoring 7 strait second half points. Also joining this comeback party was Devin (12pts & 10rebs) and Andre (11pts). Aztecs turned the defense up to suffocation and the Hood did just that. All Coach Black could do was watch his lead shrink and disappear as the Aztecs pull off the biggest comeback of the year, to remain unbeaten and most importantly Future Legends League 13U champs. Congratulations to all the player and coaches on both team for a great game and year.

 Playoff Picture

• 13U Rebels, Stars & PYO are fighting for the final playoff spot.
  
• The winner between Rebel 13 & PYO is most likely in with the Stars having a tough game against Aztecs remaining.
• Wednesday, one of the unbeaten will fall as Aztecs 13 & Hood 13 get it on.
• 14U playoff teams are set, but some key games this week will determine position.
• If Team Answer 14 wins both games, they can move up to 2nd and get a valuable first round bye.
• Team Nelson can move up to 5th with two victories this week.

Congratulations to Emmanuel Taylor Week 5 Player of

the Week!!!!

Congratulations to Jayhde Gardner (215 Flamers)

 Week 4 Player of the Week

 Aztecs 12u wins the BORO BLITZ Tournament June 27, 28!  MVP Chester Alexander Co MVP Stevie Jordan both with 18 points.  The Blitz had no answer for the Aztecs' lock down defense.

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That makes 2 Championships and counting between the two Aztecs 12U. The Aztecs coached by Coach Charles and Coach Kareem, had to hold off a beefed up Zieler team. Zieler added a couple new faces to the roster, but still was no match for the Tec. Lead by the game co MVPs Charles Presley and Quiazee Johnson. Charles dictated the game from the start, getting inside the paint, creating for himself and others. Down the strech was all Quad big shot after big shot, putting the nail in the coffin. Khyree Hawkins kept the floor spaced out by hitting 3 threes, while Jamar Brisbon and Matt Dever was working out in the paint.  

Co MVPs

 Charles Presley             Quiazee Johnson           

The Aztecs 12U coached by Coach Nette held off the Rockets to become the 12U Liberty league champions. The D dictated the game. Aztecs didn't give up a single point in the first 8 minutes of the game. Lead by game MVP Mike Z, who dominated the paint on both ends of the court with 5 block shots and lead the team in scoring with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Also with #3 Jahid and Najee penatrating,  they lived in the paint all day. #15 Chester slashing and finishing in the lane, Maadi aka H3 dropping dimes and Stevie launching from long range, you better believe this is just the first of more championships to come.

 MVP

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Khyree is not just a top scorer, but he's a top student also.

He made the honor roll this report at Mastery Charter