Black has a solid frame and is quick to get up and grab a board.
Baker is a 6'5 small forward from Detroit Denby and Valentine is a 6'4 small forward from Lansing Sexton.
Brendon is a solid lefty, who is versatile and has a couple of nice moves coming off the wing.
Balkema is a beast on the block with a selection of post moves.
6'5 Karriem Baker and 6'4 Drew
Valentine are among the tops in the '09
rankings.
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Matt Balkema '09
6'9 center
Warren (Cousino),
MI.
Mustangs 16u
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Tyrone Black '09
6'5 fwd
Benton Harbor, MI.
Mustangs 16u
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Brendon Coe '09
6'3 wing
Wyoming Park, MI.
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Centers
1.        Da’Shonte Riley 7’ Detroit Country Day
2.        Derrick Nix 6’9 Detroit Pershing
3.        Matt Balkema 6’10 Warren Cousino
4.        Max Pendergrast 6’8 Grand Rapids West Catholic
5.        Kevin McCarthy 6’9 Warren De LaSalle
6.        Michael Schaff 6’6 Saginaw Arthur Hill
7.        Tevin Conrad 6’7 Detroit Pershing
8.        Will Campbell 6’6 Detroit Cass Tech (University of
Michigan-football)
9.        Tyrone Scott 6’7 Detroit Southwestern
10.        Kevin Truitt 6’6 Waterford Kettering
11.        Steve Vanlooy 6’9 Marysville-not playing

Power Forwards
1.        Jordan Morgan 6’7 University of Detroit-Jesuit
2.        James Still 6’9 Detroit Community
3.        Donnavan Kirk 6’8 Detroit Country Day
4.        John Hoskins, jr. 6’8 Warren Conner Creek West
5.        Joe Arnold 6’5 Gaylord
6.        Demarkus Bracy fwd 6’4 Flint Southwestern Academy
7.        Tyrone Black 6’5 Benton Harbor
8.        Kyle Bryant 6’6 Detroit Southeastern
9.        Adam Skedgell 6’6 Hastings
10.        Damon Johnson 6’6 Detroit Cody
11.        John Ward 6’5 Detroit Cody
12.        Matt Howe 6’6 Gull Lake
13.        Antonio Credit 6’6 West Bloomfield
14.        Damien Black 6’6 Detroit Community
15.        Jon Stevens fwd 6’3 Hartland
16.        Brian Perry 6’5 Rochester Adams
17.        Tim Dezelski 6’6 Novi Catholic Central
18.        Antone Robertson 6’4 Detroit King
19.        Jahred Rapin 6’6 Saginaw Nouvel
20.        Matt Blunden 6’5 Grosse Pointe North
21.        Curtis Thompson 6’6 Detroit Crockett
22.        Travis Treib 6’5 Flushing
23.        Nathan Saliga 6’7 Romeo
24.        Justin Friske 6’4 Charlevoix
25.        Michael Sratman 6’5

Small Forwards/Wings
1.        Dion Sims wing 6’5 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
2.        Ben Simons wing 6’7 Cadillac
3.        Drew Valentine wing 6’4 Lansing Sexton
4.        Doug Anderson fwd 6’5 Kalamazoo Central
5.        Karriem Baker fwd 6’5 Detroit Henry Ford
6.        Gerald Bridges wing 6’5 University of Detroit-Jesuit
7.        Jake Wild wing 6’5 Hanover
8.        Holden Greiner 6’5 wing Traverse City St. Francis
9.        Tony Nelson fwd 6’6 Jenison
10.        Jordan Dumars fwd 6’5 Detroit Country Day
11.        Travis Bader fwd 6’6 ?
12.        Darrien Schafer fwd 6’5 Detroit Cass Tech
13.        Alex Lyle wing 6’5 Wayland
14.        Assad Robinson wing 6’4 Detroit Northwestern
15.        Winthrop Thomas wing 6’4 Dearborn Heights
Robichaud
16.        Eso Akunne wing 6’3 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
17.        Brendon Coe wing 6’3 Wyoming Park
18.        Matt Howe 6’4 Homer
19.        Mike Wenderski wing 6’5 University of Detroit-Jesuit
20.        Zach Collins wing 6’3 Detroit Douglas
21.        Omari Humes fwd 6’3 Saginaw Arthur Hill
22.        Alan Hardy, jr. wing 6’4 Bloomfield Hills Lahser
23.        Jordan Major fwd 6’4 Lansing Sexton
24.        Drew Scafe fwd 6’5 Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian
25.        Zurlon Tipton wing? 6’1 Sterling Heights Parkway
Christian
26.        Martell Hutcheson wing 6’3 Detroit Crockett
27.        Justin Distelrath wing 6’3 Marine City Cardinal Mooney
28.        Ian Thomas fwd 6’3 Detroit Osborn
29.        Greg Blunden fwd 6’4 Grosse Pointe North
30.        Deondre Torrence wing 6’2 Grand Blanc

Combo Guards
1.        Vonn Jones 5’10 Hartland
2.        Keenan Coleman 6’4 Flint Central
3.        Kimani Boynton 6’ Detroit Southeastern
4.        Jared Mysliwiec 6’1 Wyoming Tri-unity Christian
5.        Deandre Upchurch 6’ Flint Northwestern
6.        Nic Jobe 6’3 Ida
7.        Da’Chawn Glover 5’8 Flint Northern
8.        Demetrius Ford 5’8 Detroit Cody
9.        Nate Robertson 6’3 Ann Arbor Pioneer
10.        Brent Geers 6’ Grand Rapids Christian
11.        Austin Harper 6’2 Grand Haven
12.        Bryan Powell 5’11 Wyoming Park
13.        Michael Fugate 6’1 Lakewood
14.        Nate Clark 5’10 Detroit
15.        Valdez Green 5’10 Romulus
16.        Jimmy Davis 5’10 Saginaw
17.        Bennie Fowler 6’ Detroit Country Day
18.        Garret Neville 6’1 Roscommon

Point Guard
1.        Delano Collins 6’ Detroit Renaissance
2.        Jeff Hines 6’4 Auburn Hills Avondale
3.        Samuel Burton 6’1 Detroit Central
4.        Nate Duhon 6’2 Lansing Sexton
5.        Andrew VanDierenDonck 6’4 Wyandotte
6.        Pat Biondi 5’7 Dearbon Divine Child
7.        Demario Prince 5’7 Detroit Henry Ford
8.        Rico Stewart 5’9 Lansing Eastern
9.        Deon Dismuke 5’10 Detroit Pershing
10.        Korey VanDussen 6’ Zeeland East
11.        Adarius Beard 5’9 Lansing Everett
12.        Virgil McGuire 5’9 Jackson
13.        Jeff Jones 5’11 University of Detroit-Jesuit
14.        Ben Richbow 6’ Detroit Pershing
15.        Aaron Nichols 5’11 Lansing Catholic Central
16.        Jordan Fowler 5’8 Holly
17.        Corey Arnold 6’ Bay City Western
18.        Filmore Boldes 5’7 Romulus
19.        Suave Lavallis 5’8 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
20.        Chris Cagle, jr. 6’ Hartland
21.        Jordan Keur 5’10 Hudsonville
22.        Nehemiah Crowder 6’ West Bloomfield
23.        Mark Schroeder 5’9
24.        Tyler Kirk 5’9
25.        Mike Alden 6’ Roscommon

Shooting Guard
1.        K’allante Miller wing 6’4 Oak Park
2.        Jamie Stewart 6’3 Livonia Clarenceville
3.        Duke Mondy 6’4 wing Grand Rapids Catholic Central
4.        DeAngelo Hailey 6’2 Detroit Central
5.        Mike Green 6’1 Saginaw
6.        Alex Marcotullio 6’3 Warren De La Salle
7.        Garrett Paul 6’3 Allen Academy
8.        Jimmy Davis 6’ Saginaw
9.        Shane Moreland 6’1 Flint Powers
10.        Daniel Sutherlin 6’4 Detroit Renaissance
11.        Willie Cruz 6’2 Harrison Township L’anse Creuse
12.        Rashad Porter 5’10 Romulus
13.        Anthony Manno wing 6’3 Dearborn Divine Child
14.        Michael Rosenberg 6’4 Traverse City West
15.        Travis Bader 6’1
16.        Darnell Plummer 6’3 Grand Ledge
17.        Ryan Walton 6’2 Ypsilanti Lincoln
18.        C.J. Paquin 6’1 Cedarville
19.        Daniel Hall 6’1 Jackson
20.        Nick Giard wing 6’2 Ann Arbor Pioneer
21.        Rasheed Wright 6’2 Detroit Northwestern
22.        David Metzendorf 6’ Ann Arbor Pioneer
23.        Zach Kramer 6’1 Holt
24.        Darryl Jackson 6’2 Warren De La Salle
Collins is a heady guard that makes many of the right decisions. Ford is a quick lefty with a tendancy to score.
Delano Collins '09(Detroit Renaissance)
and Demetrius Ford '09(Detroit Cody)
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Sims didn't have his way in a pool play game vs. the eventual 16u S.M.D.W. Champs, Indiana MG.
Dion Sims '09
6'5 gd
West Bloomfield
(Orchard Lake St.
Mary')s, MI.
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Rasheed Wright '09
6'2 guard
Detroit
(Northwestern), MI.
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Vonn Jones '09
5'10 point guard
Hartland, MI.
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Robinson will find his way into the Colt lineup through determination and a maturing floor game.
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Assad Robinson '09
6'3 wing
Detroit
(Northwestern),
MI.
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Coleman is a do all player that brings the ball up the court for Central. He does a great job of splitting defenses and his pull up jumper is very efficient. He was one of the outstanding players in Thursday's (12/21), 26 points, 82-66 loss vs. Clarkston. If he keeps up performances like this he will fit his new ranking behind 6'5 Dion Sims as the #2 combo guard in the state.
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Keenan
Coleman '09
6'4 guard
Flint (Central),
MI.
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Kevin McCarthy '09
6'8 Center/Pwr Fwd
Warren (De
LaSalle), MI.
Donnavan Kirk '09
6'9 Forward
Detroit (Country Day),
MI.
Skill set galore that can always get better. Nice shooter, can go left or right, athletic enough, long wing span, you see him...
John Hoskins, jr. '09
6'8 forward
Warren Conner
Creek West, MI.
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Brent Geers '09
6'2 guard
Grand Rapids
(South Christian),
MI.
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Pershing's 6'9 Center Derrick Nix '09  and Detroit
Southeastern 's 6'6 power forward Kyle Bryant '09
Dumars and Riley are two of the state's best sophomores and they play Stevensville-Lakeshore in Class B semi-final action on Friday.
Da'Shonte
Riley '09
#33 and
Jordan
Dumars '09
#32
Detroit Country
Day(Beverly
Hills), MI.
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Morgan is a beast on the blocks and uses his powerful body to control the paint. His outside jumper is improving.
Jordan
Morgan '09
6'7 Power
Forward
Redford
(University
of Detroit-Jesuit),
MI.
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Max Pendegrast '09
6'8 center
Grand Rapids (West
Catholic), MI.
Grand Rapids Storm
16u
Ben Simons '09
6'7 wing
Cadillac, MI.
Grand Rapids Storm
17u
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Antone Robertson
'09
6'4 forward
Detroit (King), MI.
Detroit Fire 16u
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Detroit Central carries these three rising juniors on their roster and they should will be a handful in the PSL next season just as they are thus far in AAU. From left to right 6'2 DeAngelo Hailey (sg), 6' Sam Burton (pg), and 6'3 K'allante Miller (wing).
The Detroit Central 3
6'2 Austin Harper '09 and 6'1 Jared Mysliwiec '09
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Deandre Upchurch
'09
6' guard
Flint (Northwestern),
MI.
Michigan Select 16u
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Rashad Porter '09
5'10 guard
Romulus, MI.
Mustangs 16u
Alex Marcotullio
'09
6'3 guard
Warren (De
LaSalle), MI.
The Family 16u
Shane Moreland '09
6'2 guard
Flint (Powers), MI.
Mustangs 16u
Stewart is solid ball handler with explosiveness and the ability to finsih with authority.
Jamie Stewart '09
6'3 guard
Livonia
(Clarenceville), MI.
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Demarkus Bracy
'09
6'4 power
forward
Flint
(Southwestern),
MI.
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Mondy had a big showing in Las Vegas over the summer. He can score in a variety of ways and has nice size as well.
Duke Mondy '09
6'4 guard
Grand Rapids
(Catholic Central),
MI.
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