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2023-2024 North Hagerstown Hubs
2023-2024 CMC-Potomac Division Champions
Hubs battle but fall short to powerhouse Frederick in CMC title game, 80-62
Frederick, MD (February 22, 2024)----JJ Addison scored a game-high 21 points as the Cadets, the champions of the CMC Spires division, cruised past the Hubs, the winners of the Potomac division, to capture the title.
Frederick (19-4) led 36-24 at halftime and 65-43 after three quarters.
North (14-9) fell to 0-3 against the Cadets this season, although Thursday’s final score was the closest of the three matchups.
“I’m proud of my boys,” Hubs coach Kevin Naylor said. “They came down, they fought and they were undersized. We’re not quite as big as they are. We gave a little hustle. We just had moments where we got a little lackadaisical and just couldn’t climb back in. We cut it down to 10 at one point, but then it got away from us.”
Brady Walters had 17 points, eight rebounds and two blocks for North, while Landon Somerville had 16 points, five rebounds and four steals, and Will Bonds added 11 points in the loss.
For Frederick, Elwyne Wordlaw added 13 points and Ivan Quijada scored 12.
While the Cadets clearly look like title contenders in Maryland Class 4A, the Hubs are looking to make some noise in Class 3A. The region playoffs begin next week.
“To play a team of that caliber just before the playoff run starts is a big help,” Naylor said. “You find out what you really need to work on. I don’t think we’ll see that type of speed, that type of effort. There are going to be some good teams, of course, but that team is head over heels better than most of the things we’re going to see in the playoffs.
“We’re looking forward to it,” he added. “We should be able to do some good things.”
CMC Championship Game article from Frederick News-Post
Cadets boys still striving for perfection as they beat Hubs for CMC title
· By Alexander Dacy adacy@newspost.com
The Frederick High boys basketball team preaches 32 minutes of urgency every game.
So, it concerned coach Emonte Hill Sr. when he felt the Cadets went through some lulls in the first half of Thursday’s Central Maryland Conference Large School championship game. Yet, they still had a 12-point lead at the break.
It heartened Hill, then, that his squad blasted out of halftime with nine quick points in the first two minutes, capped by a JJ Addison steal and two-handed slam, an Ivan Quijada 3-pointer and an Elwyne Wordlaw layup.
That’s the urgency Hill wanted, and though Frederick is still looking for perfection, it rolled to an easy 80-62 win over North Hagerstown at Gov. Thomas Johnson High to capture its second consecutive CMC crown.
“It’s not the championship we want by any means, but at the end of the day, a championship is a championship,” Hill said. “We definitely wanted to finish it off the right way.”
The Cadets certainly did so offensively, dropping 44 second-half points, of which 29 came in the third quarter.
“Be yourself. Be your role. Know your role, and just help the team in whatever way you can. Don’t do anything extra,” Quijada said of Hill’s halftime message to the team.
What still concerned Hill, despite that offensive surge, was Frederick’s occasional defensive lapses. The Hubs (13-9) matched the Cadets bucket for bucket at times, turning the game into a track meet as they earned transition points.
It was a rare slide for a unit that’s otherwise been stingy all season and perhaps reached its zenith in holding then-unbeaten Spring Mills (West Virginia) to 40 points on Tuesday. Frederick’s goal is to keep all of its opponents to that level – no more than 10 points per quarter.
“That’s where my head’s at right now. Offensive side, we feel we’ll be able to score 50, 60, 70 a night, but for us, we hang our hats defensively, and I don’t think we did that tonight,” Hill said.
The Cadets hold themselves to such a standard because that’s what they believe will win them a state title. They have as good a chance as any team in Class 4A to cut down the nets in College Park next month, and it’s why even an easy 18-point win like Thursday’s against North Hagerstown can leave Frederick wanting more.
Still, the Cadets (19-4) not playing to their best are still quite scary.
They have Quijada lighting it up from beyond the arc, Addison and David Dorsey as dominant players in the wing and post and Wordlaw facilitating it all with Emonte Hill Jr. There’s little drop-off into the bench, and all 10 Frederick players who saw the floor found the net Thursday.
Addison led all of those with 21 points, while Quijada’s 15 points all came on second-half treys. Wordlaw added 10 points.
“Sharing the ball and just making the right play. I feel like once we started doing that, we started putting more points on the board,” Addison said.
That’s the type of urgency Hill wants to see his team play with for all 32 minutes. The Cadets didn’t do so against the Hubs, though they mostly came around in the second half.
With no more margin for error as the playoffs begin Tuesday, the coach hopes there’s a lesson in this victory.
“We had about 16 minutes of urgency, and the first 16 could have cost us. I think that’s our lesson for our defense. We’re better than that,” Hill said. “Fortunately, we came out with a win, and that’s what we came for, but we have to play to our level all the time.”
Walters, Somerville lead Hubs past Washington, 54-39
Martinsburg sinks Hubs with huge third quarter
2022-2023 Season
Hubs fall short at Linganore, 59-55, in 3A Quarterfinals
February, 24, 2023---The Hubs led 55-53 with two minutes left and had the ball. Linganore made two consecutives stops and scored the final six points of the game to defeat North, 59-55 in the 3A Region I quaurterfinals.
North dug themselves a familiar first half hole and trailed 31-24 at the half.
Seniors Damiere Branch and Theo Madison kept the Hubs in the game, while fellow senior Royce Naylor came off the bench and owned the boards with nine in the first half.
Branch finished as the game's leading scorer with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Theo Madison added 15 points and four rebounds, Nas Keyes chipped in with seven points and seven assists. Naylor came off the bench to score six points and pull down 16 boards---the most rebounds for any player coming off the bench in school history.
The Hubs finish the season with a (10-13) record.
Hubs close out Linganore to score huge road victory, 75-74
January 20, 2023---The Hubs used another big second half, a 15-0 scoring run and clutch foul shooting to pick up an ultra-heated 75-74 victory over Linganore for their third win in a row.
The Lancers, who trailed most of the second half, made two foul shots with 18.9 seconds remaining to tie the score at 74-74. The Hubs would have one possession left to win the game.
With under six second left Nas Keyes drove the down the lane, lost the ball for a moment, but found senior Theo Madison cutting to the basket. The Lancers fouled Madison with 0.7 seconds remaining to prevent a game-winning layup.
Madison calmly stepped to the charity stripe for the game-deciding foul shots. The Hubs senior forward swished the first shot to give North the all-important one-point lead, then purposely missed the second shot preventing Linganore from setting a full court pass. The Lancers grabbed the carom off the rim but couldn’t get a shot off—giving North a hard earned one-point conference road win.
Linganore, who set a record in the first meeting by making an incredible 36 of 38 foul shots actually set another opponent record on Friday. The Lancers drained an amazing 15 three-pointers in their first 27 attempts. But Linganore couldn’t make their last three attempts late in the fourth quarter to finish 15-for-30 on the night.
AJ Vollmer, Jake Vollmer and Tommy Walsh had eight points each in the first half to give the home squad a 33-27 lead.
North came out to the halftime locker room and opened on an 11-0 run to take a 38-33 lead. Keyes (12 points, 3 steals) and Will Bonds (7 points, 4 steals) in the period sparked the third quarter explosion for the Hubs.
In the fourth quarter the Hubs staved off several Linganore runs to never allow the Lancers to take lead and ultimately pull out the final-second one-point win. Madison and Damiere Branch were the fourth quarter stars to help seal the victory.
Keyes led the Hubs with 25 points, five steals and four assists, while Madison had 16 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals and Branch finished with 11 points and six boards. Bonds added nine points, five steals and five rebounds and Brady Walters chipped in with eight points, seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks in the win.
North improves to (6-7 overall, 3-4 CMC), while Linganore falls to (8-6 overall, 5-3 CMC). The Hubs return home on Tuesday to face undefeated Frederick (14-0 overall, 8-0 CMC), the sixth ranked team in Maryland.
Keyes leads North past scrappy Smithsburg, 62-57
December 6, 2022----Junior guard Nas Keyes introduced himself to Washington County public school basketball by scoring 14 points in the opening quarter en route to a 29-point performance on 12-for-17 shooting to lead the Hubs to a 62-57 game one victory over Smithsburg.
Keyes shot a sizzling 83.3% (10-12) on two-point shots and 70.6% overall from the floor---giving him the best recorded field goal percentage for an opening game in school history.
The Hubs started the game on a tear, outscoring the Leopards 21-4 in the opening eight minutes. The Leopards got back in the game in the second period by getting to the foul line 15 times and outscoring North 21-10.
Both teams played even the rest of the way as North held off all Smithsburg's challenges.
Will Bonds added 12 points, four steals and three assists, while senior Theo Madison chipped in nine points in the Hubs victory.
North (1-0) will trek to Williamsport on Friday evening as the Wildcats open their season with the Hubs.
JV Hubs hold off Smithsburg, 48-45
December 6, 2022---Parker Noble scored 12 points on 6-for-7 shooting and pulled six rebounds, while freshman Xavier Colbert had 12 points and four rebounds to lead the North Hagerstown JV Hubs to a 48-45 victory over Smithsburg.
Sawyer Radtke had nine points, Darion Weedon added six points and Joey Dorsey contributed five points and two assists in the win.
JV Hubs (1-0) will travel to Williamsport to take on the JV Wildcats in a 5:30 PM tipoff.
Freshman Hubs rout Smithsburg, 47-20
December 6, 2022---The Freshman Hubs opened the season by outscoring Smithsburg 17-5 in the first eight minutes and 9-0 in the second period to cruise to a 47-20 win over Smithsburg.
Blake Custer led the way for the Freshman Hubs by scoring 13 points on a perfect 5-for-5 night from the floor, Jeremiah Laguerre had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds and William Jewett Spray added seven points and five rebounds in the victory.
Jackson Coulter had a solid all-around game for the Freshman Hubs with five points, five assists and three rebounds, while Zander Hine had four points and four rebounds.
Hartman steps down as Hubs coach
Kevin Hartman is no Elvis Presley.
The longtime North Hagerstown boys basketball coach isn’t about to leave the building.
Instead, he’s going to occupy another seat.
After 25 years on a North Hagerstown sideline — mostly standing — Hartman has resigned. Instead of coaching, he plans to watch games, for once.
“There was a lot of factors … none of them were negative,” Hartman said of his decision. “Family played some part in it.
“My daughter (Jillian) is a freshman at North. She had a torn ACL this past season, so it kept her out of her sport. She’ll eventually get to playing. I just could not see myself missing out on what she was doing.”
Hartman is vacating the best seat — or at least the hottest one — in Hub Arena for one with a better view.
Moving higher in the stands will be much different. Hartman had been on the floor level for 15 seasons as North’s varsity coach after spending 10 years as an assistant, directing the freshman and JV teams.
Coaching has been in Hartman’s blood for a long time, but an unplanned taste of idle time — thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in 2020 — helped him make this choice.
“People are saying, 'What are you going to do all winter?'” he said. “I said I kind of got a glimpse during the season before when we were shut down until February. You got the idea what that would be like.
“I kind of thought I was going to coach forever. Then (after) going through that winter, I started saying I could (quit coaching). Then, I realized at that point that my daughter is coming through in high school.”
Different circumstances
Jillian is the youngest of Hartman’s three children. The two eldest are boys.
Jillian changed the playing field for Hartman when it came to priorities.
“When my sons played, it was pretty easy getting to their games or I coached them,” he said. “That was a pretty big factor. In girls sports, if we are playing Urbana at home, the girls are usually playing at Urbana. So I wouldn’t get to see her.”
Jillian’s injury dynamic has gone full circle. She recently met with the Baltimore Ravens’ team doctors for a final checkup and clearance to start playing again.
“We’re hoping, not that it’s going to be full speed yet, but she is able to do what she likes to do,” Hartman said.
“I’ll be honest. If she doesn’t tear her ACL, I don’t know if I would have coached this last year, but I really liked this group that we had. It was something when she tears her ACL … you know she’s not going to be able to play soccer, basketball and spring soccer. So then you go, you know, ‘I’ll just keep with the routine.’”
Fun while it lasted
Hartman’s 25 years at North were enjoyable and successful.
Hartman compiled a record of 182-153 from 2007-2022. His best season was in 2012-13 when the Hubs went 17-6. He also had a pair of 17-7 records (2015-16 and 2018-19).
“I never paid too much attention to (records). … I do know it’s a winning record,” he said. “I’ll give credit to the players and the coaches who told me what I did wrong in the first half and helped me to change in the second half.”
The relationship with all the players and coaches over the years made the job fun and memorable.
It started with his time as an assistant to former North coach Tim McNamee before moving into his seat.
“It was such a wonderful experience to be with the group of guys under Coach McNamee,” he said. “And then I got the idea to maybe run things myself and change some things. Then the people I worked with in the 15 years as the head coach.
“You leave with a sense of satisfaction and you don’t always look at the wins and losses, but you also have those memories when you see some former player or you talk with the guys on the coaching staff over the years.”
It created a roll call of associates and a catalog of memories Hartman keeps with him.
"I’m really thankful for the great people I got to work with at North,” he said. “From the administration, the assistant principals, the guidance people, the athletic directors — I worked for Marcia (Nissel) and Danny (Cunningham) — and all the other coaches from other sports, it was a great community and a great environment.
“Then you look at all the people on my staff over the years. I always felt that I had the greatest group of individuals, not just basketball-wise. They cared about the kids and they did so much for them.”
And there was one more important member of “Team Hartman.”
“My wife, Shannon,” Hartman said. “After doing this for over 25 years, she was the one who made sure our three kids got to their events, practices and games and still made it to North games. It was lots of late dinners and I never could have done it without her, to say the least.”
The new job
Hartman is readily accepting the role of an athlete’s parent.
“I totally respect everyone who has ever coached and all the parents who go through the whole process,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate to coach so many great kids and great players, and then to go through the process with my own son and watch him play three different sports and watching as he’s playing in college.
“You go through the senior night and it ends, then you wonder, 'Oh wow, what’s going to happen?'”
For Hartman, it’s Jillian’s turn. The only difference is he won’t have a say in the matter.
“She knows how to play the game and she doesn’t want any instruction from me,” he said. “That’s one of those things … I know I won’t be coaching her at all. I’ll work with her on different things. People will laugh, but I learned how to kick a soccer ball and obviously I’ll shoot with her and give a little instruction.
“She knows what she wants, so I kind of just listen, sit and watch and just don’t offer much except, ‘Good job, you played well.' And if she doesn’t think she played well, I better not say it.”
And that’s fine for now. As far as the future, anything can happen.
“I’m not going to say I’m shutting the door on coaching,” Hartman said. “I heard somebody say it’s like, ‘In case of fire, break glass.’ I won’t say I’m done forever, but I’m definitely going to enjoy watching for a little while.
“I won’t be yelling at any coaches or refs. I guess I’ll be the dad in the stands sitting there wondering, ‘Hmmm, what are we going to eat for dinner?’”
Hubs Smother South with Big Second Half
January 14, 2022---Senior Azmir Scatliffe led the Hubs with 18 points, 10 rebounds, five steals and two assists, sophomore Carter Younger posted a career high 15 points and Cody Francis added 12 points and nine rebound to give North a 58-41 come-from-behind victory.
South outplayed the Hubs in every statistical category over the first 16 minutes of the game. The Rebels used a box-in-one on North leading scorer Myles Keats and the Hubs just couldn’t find their groove and trailed by seven at the break, 27-20.
A few halftime adjustments sparked the Hubs out of the locker room as they buckled down on defense and went on a 15-5 run during the third period---holding the Rebels to just one field goal in the quarter.
In the fourth quarter it was the Younger and Scatliffe show as the pair combined to score 15 points to put South away.
North outscored South 38-14 after halftime. The Hubs second half defense was stifling---holding the Rebels to 14 points and four total field goals.
After a slow start Myles Keats hit double-digits with ten points and three steals, while sophomore Brady Walters came off the bench and posted a career high nine rebounds and three blocks.
The Hubs improve to (3-7 overall, 2-4 CMC) and South falls to (0-8 overall, 0-5 CMC). North will travel to Boonsboro on Tuesday for a battle with the Warriors.
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Hubs win Tri-State Shootout on Teague's last second tip-in
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — At 6-foot-7, Christian Teague has a big presence in the paint for the North Hagerstown boys basketball team.
Teague’s presence was especially felt in the second half of Friday night’s Tri-State Shootout championship game.
The Hubs senior scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half, including the game-winning tip-in with 0.6 seconds left, to lift North past Southern Fulton 45-44 at Berkeley Springs.
“In the second half I was actually trying to get the ball,” Teague said. “I didn’t play much the second half because of fouls and I was getting mad watching the game. I just took the aggression and it kind of helped me make my shots.”
Trailing 43-38 with 4:41 remaining, Southern Fulton’s Justin Morris pulled the Indians (4-2) into a tie on a layup with 39 seconds left, then put them in front 44-43 on a free throw with 9.4 seconds left.
North’s John Hardman took a 3-pointer in the final seconds, with the miss caroming into the hands of Teague, who tipped the ball back into the net to give the Hubs (5-3) the lead.
“I saw the ball come down and there wasn’t a lot of time left, so I had to kind of force the shot up,” Teague said. “I saw the miss and said, ‘Well I’ve got to find a way to tip this back in.’”
Southern Fulton’s attempt at a full-court pass to Morris was swatted away to give North the victory.
Jayvon Burnett had 10 points and nine rebounds to help the Hubs, while Drew Hamilton had nine points and Ryan Socks hauled in eight rebounds. Burnett was named to the all-tournament team, along with tournament MVP D'Liahl Richards.
“I thought Southern Fulton played a great game, and truly we were lucky to survive there at the end,” said North coach Kevin Hartman. “So hats off to them. We had an enjoyable tournament and are happy to win both games.”
North was plagued by its 24 turnovers for much of the night, especially in the first half as the Indians were able to take a 22-20 halftime lead.
“We just struggled,” Hartman said. “We had the right people where we thought we wanted them, but we just did some uncharacteristic things which is a credit to (Southern Fulton).”
The Hubs and Teague came out stronger in the the third quarter, with the center scoring eight of the team’s 16 points in the period to put North up 36-34 heading into the final quarter.
“I think all of our bigs played better in the second half,” said Hartman. “The same thing happened last night (against Berkeley Springs), our bigs didn’t have a great first half and they played much better in the second.”
Southern Fulton and North traded buckets early in the fourth, with the Hubs taking a 39-38 lead on a free throw by Teague.
Burnett and Larry Brown each made a layup to give North its largest lead of the evening at 43-38, before Morris scored the Indians' final six points to give Southern Fulton the late edge.
Thankfully for the Hubs, Teague was in the right place around the basket for the last second tip-in.
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Hubs clean glass to wipe away Rebels
After losing twice last year to a team it considered inferior — arch-rival South Hagerstown — North Hagerstown was anxious for payback.
On Friday night before a full house at South, the Hubs’ desire was evident as they dominated the boards and won most of the loose balls in a 64-58 CMC Spires victory.
Junior Christian Teague (12 points, 13 rebounds, five blocks) epitomized the effort as surging North (6-4, 3-3) won its fourth straight thanks largely to a 41-24 edge on the boards. Also playing big roles for North were Titus Baylor (13 points, four rebounds), Ryan Socks (nine points) and Shalon Smith (four points, seven rebounds).
The play of the 6-foot-6 Teague was particularly key. Four of the times he blocked shots, he also came down with the rebound.
“That’s not something I was trying to do,” Teague said. “It just worked out that way.”
North took a double-digit lead in the first half as Baylor and John Hardman each hit a pair of 3-pointers and D’Liah’l Richards added another.
But South (3-7, 2-3) rallied behind Anthony Pimentel. The 6-4 junior, who scored a game-high 16 points and pulled down 12 boards, scored on a putback which ignited a 9-0 run bridging halftime and cut North’s advantage to 33-32.
It remained close throughout the third quarter. But in the fourth period, the Hubs held the Rebels scoreless for the first 4:20 and surged to a 54-44 lead as Socks rose for a putback and Smith and Kaleb Ferguson added two free throws each.
When Smith drove for a layup with a minute left, North had an eight-point lead. But South had a last gasp as Ferguson picked up a poorly timed technical foul with 56 seconds left.
Pimentel responded by hitting four straight free throws. South also retained possession and Timmy Townsend drove inside for a layup, cutting the deficit to 60-58.
But Baylor hit two free throws and Ferguson (six points, six rebounds) redeemed himself with a game-clinching fast-break layup.
“We really wanted this one,” Teague said. “Especially doing it on their home court.”
Former Hub Baylor earns monthly honors
SUMMERDALE, Pa. — North Hagerstown graduate Noah Baylor was named male athlete of the month for November and December at Central Penn College. The 6-foot-5 sophomore is averaging 10 points and eight rebounds for the Knights (7-8), while hitting 61 percent of his shots from the floor.
Baylor had 15 points and 15 rebounds in a 107-102 triple-overtime loss at Berkeley (N.Y.). He also registered double-doubles in a win at Penn State Mont Alto and a loss at Campbellsville (Ky.).
“Noah Baylor is one of our team captains,” says coach David Archer. “He is a great example of a student-athlete with excellent character on and off the court.”
Central Penn is striving to reach the United States College Athletic Association Division II national tournament for the seventh straight season. The USCAA is made up of more than 80 small college teams that compete in seven sports for males and six for females.
Hubs hold off late Leopards charge
It was a far different beginning for the North Hagerstown Hubs on Thursday night against Smithsburg than it was Tuesday in their season opener against Westminster.
The Hubs fell behind Westminster early and trailed by as much as 20 points before mounting a comeback, only to fall short in a 63-62 loss.
Thursday was entirely different for most of the game as refocused North (1-1) came away with a 61-57 win over the Leopards (1-1), who made a gallant effort in the final quarter to steal away a win.
Titus Baylor was the main attraction in the first half when he scored nine points on the way to a 19-9 Hubs lead after one period. Then, as the clock wore down to conclusion in the third quarter, Baylor thrilled the home crowd with a 3-pointer from near half court as the buzzer sounded, extending the lead to 51-34.
“We were aggressive in the first three quarters,” said North coach Kevin Hartman. “In the fourth quarter, we just didn’t play aggressive and Smithsburg played to finish the game.”
North was aggressive on the inside, finding the open man consistently in the paint. The Hubs kept Smithsburg without second shots for most of the game and turned several rebounds into transition baskets.
Smithsburg was coming off a season-opening 58-55 win on the road at Allegany, but ran into a North team that showed more depth than in recent years. That said, Smithsburg still kept pushing the button and with 3:27 left in the game had whittled its deficit to nine at 54-45.
The North lead dwindled to 58-54 after a bucket by John Palmer.
Baylor hit a pair of free throws for a 60-54 lead before Smithsburg hit a free throw and bucket to get within 60-57 with 37.8 seconds left.
Smithsburg forced a turnover, then took a moment for a sideline call with 16.1 seconds to play. A play designed for Cam Kutchey worked him to the arc on the right side, and the senior had a good look but hit the front of the rim, and North closed it out at the line.
Baylor led the Hubs with 19 points, Christian Teague had 12 and D’Liahl Richards added 11.
“We had too many turnovers in the first half (21 overall),” said Smithsburg coach Eric Gerber. “We played with a sense or urgency in the fourth quarter and held onto the ball. We did a better job rebounding.
“We had perfect execution on the last shot, Cam had a great look,” said Gerber.
Palmer had 14 points and seven rebounds for Smithsburg, Kutchey had 12 points and nine rebounds and Cameron Snyder had six assists.
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Hubs double up Mountain Ridge, 70-35
Jiar White had 27 points and five rebounds as host North Hagerstown defeated Mountain Ridge in the Hubs Mixer on Wednesday.
John Teague had 10 points and five rebounds and Christian Teague had eight points and eight rebounds for the Hubs (6-2).
The Hubs, who led 16-14 after the first quarter, outscored the Miners (4-3) 26-4 in the second period and 20-2 in the third.
Also for North, Titus Baylor had six points, Ravaughn Dillard had five points, Shalom Smith had five rebounds and Brandon Castera and Kaleb Ferguson had four assists each.
White, Dillard lead Hubs past undefeated Frederick, 60-56
Frederick, MD----Jiar White and Ravaughn Dillard combined for 48 points and 18 rebounds to lead visiting North Hagerstown to a 60-56 win over Frederick on Friday evening.
The Hubs trailed 25-18 at haltime but opened the second half on an 8-0 run, then outscored the Cadets 24-14 in the third period to seize the momentum.
Frederick had no answer for the North tandem of White & Dillard in the second half. The senior duo known as The "Bounce Brothers" for their superior leaping ability, combined for 35 of their 48 points after halftime.
White finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Dillard had 24 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. John Teague added eight points and seven rebounds and Brandon Castera pulled down eight rebounds and dished out three assists in the victory.
Friday's road victory at Cadet Colosium in Frederick was the Hubs first victory there since December 2004. With the win North improves to (3-1) and will come home to face Walkersvile on Monday at Hub Arena.
High-rise Hubs race past Blazers, 63-44
North Hagerstown coach Kevin Hartman did little to disguise his strategy Tuesday against Clear Spring.
Nearly every time his team got possession early in the game, he issued the same directive.
“Go, go, go-go-go,” Hartman yelled, his volume and cadence increasing with each “go.”
North heeded the advice, running off with a 63-44 victory against the overmatched Blazers, who didn’t have the speed or the depth to handle the Hubs.
With athletic transfers Jiar White (15 points, six rebounds, four steals) and Ravaughn Dillard (10 points, three steals) leading the downfloor charge, each registering three fastbreak dunks, North (2-1) showed that life on the run is fun.
Dillard’s most eye-opening play came when he made a steal under the Clear Spring basket and dribbled to the other end, outracing all the Blazers for a two-fisted slam.
“That’s just my speed,” said Dillard, a transfer from Gettysburg. “I think as we come together and get stronger, teams should be afraid of us.”
Especially teams that let the Hubs play transition basketball.
Fueling the running game on Tuesday night was an aggressive defense that forced 26 turnovers.
Clear Spring (1-2) had fits on the perimeter with junior guard Titus Baylor (10 points, five steals). While closer to the basket, 6-foot-6, 270-pound John Teague (two points, six steals, five rebounds) showed an amazing knack for retrieving loose balls.
“He’s worked hard all summer,” Hartman said. “He deserves what he’s getting. I’m proud of the way he’s hustling up and down the floor. A lot of times he’s beating the ball up the floor.”
Were it not for the play of Clear Spring junior Connor Michael, who scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds, North would have wrapped the game up much earlier.
“Tough matchup for us,” Hartman said. “We knew he’d be who they’d be looking to. From a pure basketball fan standpoint, he didn’t disappoint. He had a variety of moves, finished well, hit some jumpers. Good ballplayer.”
Clear Spring missed another good ballplayer, junior point guard Jaret Lazich, who remains sidelined with his right foot in a walking boot. Without his ball-handling and quickness, the Blazers were often lost when trying to keep up with the Hubs in transition.
“If we limited our turnovers and made our free throws, we’d be right there with them,” the 6-foot-5 Michael said. “We got a lot of potential. We’re reaching for the stars this year.”
On Tuesday night, however, Clear Spring was often reaching for air. Such was the case when North went on a 17-1 run that bridged the first and second quarters and gave the Hubs the lead for good, 18-5.
North dominated the boards on the run, getting five second-chance points, and many others in transition after forcing turnovers.
Baylor ignited the spree with a steal and pass to White for a fastbreak layup. White then returned the favor, passing to Baylor for an open 3-pointer. Dillard finished off the run with back-to-back transition layups.
Later in the second quarter, North showed its depth as Kaleb Ferguson got a rebound and took it the length of the floor for a layup and Seth Hartman added a corner 3. By halftime, 10 Hubs had hit the books.
In the second half, Michael kept Clear Spring within 10 points late in the third quarter. But the Hubs had too much depth and too many athletes.
“We expected them to play some zone so we wanted to run,” Hartman said. “We’re still working on combinations, trying to find who plays best with each other.”
2016-2017 North Hagerstown Hubs Varsity
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2016-17 North Hagerstown Freshman Hubs
