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@coach_loughran
| WESTCHESTER/PUTNAM/ DUTCHESS/ CT
As this year winds down, we like to take a second and thank our 2023 graduates. Those who played w/ us this past spring/ have been w/ us as a staff for some years now. We thank you for the time you put in and the way you represented us.
10 kids going to play at the next level.
Congratulations to our guy Billy Feeks (‘24, Yorktown HS) for committing to RPI for the next 4! Incredibly proud of this young man who has continued to define his own journey. This kid has proven many things, some being:
🔒His ability to be a leader
🔒 His impact on and off the
This AAU world brings out evil things. People tweet things that don’t hold true to their own self. It amazes me. Yet, continuing to remind myself, everyone has their own lane.
If they bash you, that’s part of their lane.
If they support you, it’s part of their lane.
Stay in
Not easy to go against one of the best in the section… also not easy going against most of your Academy fam, from players on the court, to families in the stands. A 67-61 final. A great HS game. Yet… these people continue to remind me where I’m supposed to be and doing what I’m
A great night of celebrating a great year at our end of the summer BBQ. Thank you to the Dwyer family for allowing us to host this at their incredible place. Year 1 officially complete! Year 2 up next🙌🏼
#FamilyOn3
My Friday Thought:
What the AAU world lacks is transformational connections, rather than transactional connections. Connections, relationships, that mean something. That hold value. You have a roster of 8-10 kids? You should have 8-10 meaningful relationships.
This game should
Big shout out to our coaches,
@CoachFlow_
&
@CoachGeary_
for their success in their first year at Mahopac HS. Very proud of both of you and look forward to watching what you guys do in sectionals!!!
- Coach Flow part of a
#8
seeded Section 1 Class A playoff squad
- Coach Geary
Not sure many people will ever really understand the meaning of this. To be in a place of darkness, w/ a lot of things not falling your way, is incredibly hard to dig yourself out of. Yet, this kid continuously woke up each day, and created his own light. Thank you for allowing
Have to give a s/o to this kid. Being on a visit w/ her&watching the maturity of this girl has been special. Reminds me how old I am.. Since the 6th grade, she’s trusted the process, she’s taken tough coaching&never left. Thank you for bringing me along for the ride all these
Today for some reason, is an emotional day. Emotional for a good reason. I truly invest in all of these kids we meet along the way. Invest in a way that every move made has this effect on me. When you watch a kid grow up into someone you always believed they can be, it teaches
🚨🚨SPRING 2024 TRYOUTS🚨🚨
Competitive Schedule ✅
Competitive Practices ✅
Skill Development ✅
College Exposure ✅
Dedicated Coaching ✅
Come join the family, where it means more than just the game!!
#FAMILYON3
Got to shout out this young lady, Madison Carlo (2024, Kennedy Catholic Prep). Here is 14 of her points the other night vs a very talented St Francis Prep squad at the CHSAA Team Camp. Talk about ‘adversity’… Battling sicknesses for some of this spring, yet still continues to
So far for the 2024 class. So proud of these individuals. Looking forward to watching them continue their journeys at the next level!
So many more to go!! 📈📈📈
#FamilyOn3
Justin Price (PG, 2024),
@YorktownH
on his overnight to
@OswegoMBball
! Thank you to
@leone_coach
& staff for having our guy on campus! A program coming off a 28-3 record&continued success!
Proud of this young man and the journey he has been on!
#FamilyOn3
Huge shout out to 6 of our Academy guys for making All Section/ All Conference lists! Tremendously proud of the work these guys have put in themselves&grateful they are family!!
- Chris Whyte Luciano (Lakeland, Unsigned/2023)
- Brandon Montero (Yorktown, 2024)
- Conner Griffin
The end of an AAU season is always hard for me. Every week was a new page of a variety of things:
- Learning about these kids everyday lives,
- Finding new ways to develop relationships and trust,
- Defining adversity and finding ways to get out of it together,
- Seeing new
A huge congratulations to 2024 Point Guard, Justin Price, on committing to Hobart College (
@HobartHoops
). Thank you for your loyalty, for your trust, and for representing us in the best way possible. Lot of big wins led by this young man these past few years. Thank you
Our 17U ZGXL team is loaded with college level players. These boys will be playing on the
@ZeroGravityXL
Circuit and participating in some of the top events in the north east! College coaches make sure you come watch this group you will not leave disappointed!
#Familyon3
🅰️
Our 2024 Guard, Madison Carlo (
@madisoncarlo44
) on an unofficial visit w/ some of the best around,
@MattDucharme
!!! Thank you coaches for your time!
S/o to some of our young men who got on the Super 7 Watch List
Bully Feeks, Yorktown HS
Brandon Montero, Yorktown HS
Andrew Violante, Somers HS
Nate Cohen, Somers HS / CWB
Kevin New, Fox Lane HS
Nicky Tasso, Horace Greeley HS
Built a name for themselves… don’t be satisfied.
Big s/o to our guy, Andrew Violante (
@SomersTuskersBB
, ‘24), for receiving his first D3 roster spot at St John Fischer (
@SJFMBB
). For a first season of AAU, a special accomplishment with many more to come!! Forever proud of this young man. Ceiling is growing!!!
#FamilyOn3
COACHES
Our unsigned senior group!!!
In a very tough opening warm up tournament This group pulled out some impressive wins vs Playmaker U ZGXL and GoTorey All Stars 12th. Loaded with talent of uncommitted seniors!!! Catch these guys at Fitchburg Massachusetts event April 21- 23
Dylan Howard, Beacon HS (‘23), dropping 17 points tonight to help his team secure a big win over Liberty! Kid has been working tremendously hard!! Only the beginning. Great work kid!! 🅰️🅰️🅰️
@dylanhoward22
Incredible first showing by this new group!! 56-34 over Team PA HGPL. Charlotte March (Tappan Zee, 2025) leading the way and our POTG w/ 26P, 7A, 6R. Showed incredible VOCAL leadership, and great composure to keep her team focused. Game 2 up next!
@hgsl_girls
Our ‘24 group approaching their final weekend together. New and old faces to this team, but a team I will never forget. Can’t express the amount of appreciation and love I have for each one of these ladies. The sacrifice, the hard work, loyalty, and the commitment to getting
Our guy, Jayson Lemieux (
@JaysonLemieux
) with a huge performance today during our game vs High Rise. Throwing one down in transition here!! Kid is a hidden gem. Gaining interest from a handful of D3 schools. More to come!!
Reilly Landisi (Beacon HS, 2025), finishing w/ 16pts, 4A, 5 steals, and 4 rebounds in a great bounce back win over WPA Bruins. 2-1 heading into day 3 at AC Showcase tomorrow at 2:50, court 14!
🅰️📈
Long post ahead:
Often times I hesitate sharing these type of messages. Some see it as something different, but then again there’s always an opinion for everything. I share this message today for many reasons:
1) You go through this coaching world, unsure at times, whether
Want to just give a quick s/o to a young man who earned himself a roster spot pending admissions at Washington College. Hard work, patience, determination, mindset, being a high character kid, and someone who has continued to pave his own path. Kevin New Jr has continued to
Been with this kid for quite some time now… Appreciative of your LOYALTY, your TRUST, and your LOVE. Proud is a HUGE understatement. You deserve it all, love you kid and thank you for allowing us to assist in your journey. Part of the family for life!!
@connergriffin58
Unreal game Vs a super talented RI Elite team. Undersized but BATTLED. Shout out to
@FeeksBilly
for leading us the way, but what an incredible team effort!!!
Congrats to both our squads this weekend taking home a championship title. Our older gets avenging a 14 point loss to the same team they faced the day before. Battled tested but a great finish to their first weekend🙌🏻🙌🏻
F🅰️MILY
Unreal effort. Defensive intensity, focus, gritty effort. WOW. HUGE GAME 2 WIN OVER A VERY TOUGH INDIANA PRIDE GROUP!!
Reese Carlo LEADING US THE WAY W/ 20 PTS, PERFECT FROM THE FT LINE!!
Natalie Eldrodt W/ 9 PTS 3 3’S
Eve Girardi W/ 11PTS
Charlotte March W/ 8 HUGE PTS
Great finish to the weekend for our groups. Our HS girls finishing out the Team Miller Lightning
@coachschoiceusa
4-0 w/ some big wins vs a talented Bulls Basketball Club and Team Miller Lightning. Thank you
@EliteTeamMiller
for having us!
#FamilyOn3
I say it every year… Grateful for the real, genuine people that have stood true. Our coaches, our families, our players. In a world where trust, loyalty, and love sometimes is questionable, the people we have here at the Academy, are some of the best and I couldn’t be any more
WOW.
I can’t say ‘no other words’ because there’s needs to be words for this crew.
2-0 pool champs ✅
Platinum bracket appearance ✅
Undersized every game ✅
Bought into team play on both ends ✅
Accepted hard coaching ✅
Picked one another up ✅
Never stopped competing ✅
So proud of this young man!!! Brandon Montero (2024) getting himself on the Player Rankings!!!!
Such a hidden gem and a HUGE steal for the program getting him. STILL AVAILABLE w/ coaches coming to see him this weekend at the Summit!!!
Let’s go!!!!
🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️
A great end to our first live period w/ a great team win over NSSA. Proud of this group. Showcased in each game in front of college coaches who they are. Couldn’t ask for a better weekend! 3-1 finish at Live at the Nook! Back to work this week!!
POTG- Caily Salon finishing
I will never forget speaking to a college coach about Nick Gjergji… “I simply watched him and his involvement when he was sitting. He was always the first one up, the first guy racing to his teammates when they were on a run and a timeout was taken. Special.” Congrats to this
Just a big thank you to this young man. Thank you for the belief, for the loyalty, for the support, but most importantly, thank you for allowing me to be a witness of one of the most inspiring journeys to be seen. You defined all the tough moments in your life thus far, and I
In their final game at Atlantic City Showcase, these girls put together a dominating performance over Riverside Hawks, finishing the weekend 3-1!
Thank you to all the coaches for coming out and watching us!!
Charlotte March (TZ, 2025) POTG w/ 17pts, 9R, 4A, 3Steals. A great
Has been one incredible Spring between all of our groups. In just one season, I am completely grateful for the support, the love, the good moments and even the bad moments. Looking forward to this July to watch our kids compete. Year 1 coming to a close, but not before we make
Live Period
#1
… Thank you to all of the college coaches on our baselines this weekend. From Spooky Nook to Fitchburgh, we apprexiate the opportunity for our student athletes!!
20-7
15U Girls 3-1
17U Girls 4-0
15U ZGXL 1-3
16U ZGXL 3-1
16U SELECT 2-2
17U ZGXL 4-0
18U (2023) 3-0
S/o to
@Coachvlahakis
for a great home visit last night. We appreciate your time, your passion, and simply just being around your presence. Thank you for spending a Friday night w/ us!
Awesome first weekend for the 🅰️. Lot to do, but an incredible start.
17U ZGXL- Finsihing 2-1 on the weekend w: their loss coming to a tough CM3 squad by 8. Finished their weekend today w/ some of their best team defense/ offense we have seen. Proud of these guys and real
Seeing this program grow has been incredibly special. This is the start of Year 2 and the amount of love and support that we’ve received has been so special.
Put the kids in the forefront of what you do. Don’t worry about titles. Don’t worry about t-shirts. Count the smiles,
So proud of my 15U girls!!!! Avenging some tough loses and getting better from some wins last season as a group! While also playing a group a year older! Incredibly tough competition for this crew. They have taken their games to the next level!! Finishing a 5-0 weekend at
Tremendous night
#1
with some tough battles till the end!!!
9th ZGXL w/ a win over Boys2Men ZGXL by 3
10th ZGXL w/ a win over One Dream ZGXL
11th ZGXL w/ a win over NY Select Academy ZGXL
Back at it tomorrow w/ all of our squads!!
#FamilyOn3
We are excited to announce our Spring/Summer schedule! We have a huge Spring/Summer planned for both our High School Boys & Girls! We are excited to compete at a high level every weekend! Time to work! 🅰️
#Familyon3
Doing some late night film and had to stop and share how impressive these 2 were throughout the weekend Vs super tough competition. Huge upsides to both of their games, and 2 guys who continue to put work in, Ryan Duffy (2025, Yorktown), David Gjergji (2025, Yorktown). Their
🚨17U Run4TheRoses🚨
Thursday July 6th
Game 1:
5:48PM Vs NWI Select, Court 7
Friday July 7th
Game 2:
11:24AM Vs TNBA BattleCon, Court 55
Next Games… TBD
Cait Robertson | ’24 |
@RCKGirlsBB
Bri Franklin | ‘24 |
@BCSD_Athletics
Madison Carlo | ‘24 |
@KennedyGaels
Madison
🎯COACHES🎯
2024’s are up next!! We have a great crew w/ us… come by and check them out! Bunch of our guys gaining interest&have been on incredible visits.
Logan Tolbert (6’7, F/C CWB/ Walter Panas)
Nicky Tasso (6’7, F Horace Greeley)
Kevin New (6’3, G Fox Lane)
Justin Price
🔋COLLEGE COACHES🔋
Some are signed up for our boys practice tomorrow, we have open gyms this week to come check out our talent between our young women and men in the building. 2024’s/2025’s/2026’s… lot of great talent in the gym!
✉️ Shoot us a message!
This young lady really shined this week at
@TFNsRun4Roses
Classic. Averaging double digits each game, while also accelerating at making great decisions to set her teammates up. A week where coaches who came onto our floor were impressed w/ her confidence! Proud of this kid!
Solid weekend from our program. From AC w/ our girls, we thank all the coaches who made it out to watch our kids. Big s/o to both teams w/ the strides they took w/ our 15s going 4-0&our 17s going 2-2.
As well as our boys down at The Summit playing in competitive brackets all
Good luck to some of our current guys attending this great event tonight at the Hackley School!
Justin Price, Yorktown HS
Billy Feeks, Yorktown HS
Brandon Montero, Yorktown HS
Kevin New Jr, Fox Lane HS
Nicky Tasso, Horace Greeley HS
Nate Cohen, Somers HS
Huge s/o to our girls program for going to Live! At the Nook this weekend and finishing up 7-1!!! These 2 group have been improving week by week and are playing sone of their best team basketball!! Proud of these girls and our coaches,
@CoachGeary_
/
@erin_lofaro
. Thank you to
Heading into our final day in Atlantic City. So proud of all of our teams so far!!!
2023’s - 2-0
17U ZGXL 3-0
16U ZGXL 3-0
16U Select 1-1
15U ZGXL 2-1
13U 1-1
Let’s finish our weekend strong!!!
New season. New motto.
✏️ Celebrate your teammates when they do well, even when you didn’t play your best individually.
✏️ This sport requires you to know that on any given day, it can be your day, it can be your teammates day, both are GREAT.
✏️ No matter what though… the
It’s a shame to have to say this in a world where we are all trying to do a similiar thing and help kids but…. If places spend time bad mouthing OTHER programs, then that should tell you all you need to know about the confidence they lack in their own program.
🚨 Andrew Violante, 2024 🚨
The epitome of a culture guy. He embodies selflessness, doing whatever it takes to contribute to the team's success. His dedication is unwavering, displaying a willingness to run through a brick wall for his teammates.
His game has developed
Worker of the weekend goes to this young lady, Cara Drapala (‘25, Fox Lane). High motor, high energy, a kid you want on your team!!! Showed her ability to get downhill, to get to the basket, but also to be a great teammate. Big spring ahead for her!
Have to take a moment and give a big s/o to our 15U girls after a tough break yesterday. Came up firing Vs a loaded NJ Gemz 15U EYBL squad. Tough breaks offensively but our defensive effort and energy was at an all time high. Battled on a court filled w/ D1 coaches. Could not ask
Tonight as I sit and enter one of our last weekends to start Year 2. I have to say… the AAU world can be a cruel place to be. Yet, when you find the right people to surround yourself with, when you experience the type of love and support that you pour into each player and
Big s/o to these 2 for earning All Tournament for the Section 1 Sectional playoffs! Writing their own story and it’s one great story to read. Congratulations
Charlotte March, 2025 (TZ)
Justin Price, 2024 (Yorktown)
Both will be honored this weekend at the Class A (girls) and AA
Excited to announce of 17U & 15U Girls rosters! Lots of talent in these groups! These girls will be traveling up and down the East Coast ready to compete at the highest level 🅰️
#FamilyOn3
So proud of our girls. Congrats to Madi Lopez (Springfield Commit), Madison Carlo (Manhattanville Commit) and Reese Carlo (c/o 2026) for taking the City Championships tonight over Fontbonne!!!
Congratulations to some of our guys!!
All Section- Conference II
Brandon Montero- Yorktown
Kaden Gonzalez - Yorktown
Billy Feeks- Yorktown
All Conference- Conference II
Andrew Violante- Somers
Nate Cohen- Somers
Justin Price- Yorktown
#FamilyOn3
What a great fall AAU this was. We lost, we won, who cares. These kids got better from start to finish. I am incredibly excited to see these kids play their winter seasons and represent their High Schools, Travel programs, and communities.
Grateful for the trust, grateful for
Great weekend by this crew. Got themselves to the quarterfinals at The Launch, dropping a tough one by 8 in a great back and fourth game to a Pro Level Titans Pro16 squad which fielded
Multiple 6’5, 6’7 and 6’11 kids.
Undersized… but battled. That’s what we are about. Never
Huge team win over NY HAVOC 39-34. Incredible poise to stay together in times of their runs, and impressive job defensively all game. Proud of these girls!!!
Charlotte March (TZ, 2025) POTG w/ 18P, 4A
Caily Salon (Mahopac, 2025) w/ our toughness award for her job against the
This one is a bit emotional. You talk about loyalty, you talk about commitment, you talk about those people who showed up for you day in and day out. This girl is all of that. When it felt like things were crumbling, this kid was that light after the dust settled. She showed her
Incredible weekend by our ZGXL squads in AC. Playing some impressive team basketball on BOTH ends of the floor. Lot of stuff to clean up, but a great showing.
15U ZGXL 3-1 (4-4 through 2 live periods)
16U ZGXL 4-0 (7-1 through 2 live periods)
17U ZGXL 4-0 (8-0 through 2 live
Incredible team performance in our 2nd game vs NEPA moving to 2-0 on the weekend. Our POTG goes to Reilly Landisi w/ 12P, 7A in a great effort on both ends. While Natalie Elrodt gets our Toughness award doing all the little things!! Proud of this crew! Great start.
#FamilyOn3
🚨Madison Fileen🚨
A talented 2025 guard, has been making waves this season as she plays ahead of her time. Her exceptional skillset&high character make her a great addition to our program this year&we couldn’t be more grateful she is here.
Madison's true point guard
2023-2024 Watch List!!!
Proud of these young ladies…
Cait Robertson (2024, RCK)
Sofia Taverez (2025, Panas)
Meg Raefski (2025, Pleasantville)
Madison Lopez (2024, Kennedy Catholic)
Madison Carlo (2024, Kennedy Catholic)
Charlotte March (2025, TZ)
Big TY to
@CWB20
@ny_select
&
@6thBoroHoops
for coming together today for a great tune up before live period begins. Great programs, great coaches, and even better kids all over. Programs that college coaches would find CULTURE guys who play the right way! Best of luck this July
17U ZGXL taking home the
@ZeroGravityXL
Black Bracket championship w/ a 65-50 win over Top Tier Red. Unreal 2 days from
This crew and Coach Redendo!!!
Jonah Kass finishing w/ 23 in the chip game to help guide a complete team play.
Next up: Hoop Group Summer Jam, tomorrow!
🅰️📈
Final 2 plays of an incredible come back victory for our 17U squad today.
@KevinNewJr11
w/ a corner 3 to tie the game up at 44
@NickyTasso
w/ the shot to put us ahead and win the game!!!
BOTH huge plays assisted by
@Justin_Price3_
To my 2023’s who played these last 2 weekends, and over time the past couple of years..
Dylan Howard
Leo Gecaj
Alex Taverez
Chris Whyte - Luciano
Adrian Beato
Conner Griffin
Antoine Coles
Jayson Lemieux
Lawerence Mitchell
Simply put, Thank you. Thank you for believing in all
Dropped a tough one in the quarterfinals to a solid Pro16 Puma squad out of the DMV. Proud of our fight to never stop competing. 2-1 w/ 1 game left tomorrow. Great showing from these girls!!
Rising 9th grader Emily Raefski playing in the 17U Platinum Bracket knocking down a 3!!!
Some of our 17U girls in action this past weekend at the NJ Warm Up. Great competition for these girls.. back to work this week!!
📸 Caitlin Robertson (Roy C Ketcham)
📸 Madison Lopez ( Kennedy Catholic )
📸 Callie Dilonardo (Arlington)
📸 Madison Carlo (Kennedy Catholic)
Our final roster release is our Boys 16U Select, 15U ZGXL and our first middle school team 13U! 16U Select and 15U ZGXL is filled with guys who are primed for huge Spring/Summer. Lot of guys looking to make an impact on their Varsity teams next season. Our 13U team has some