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Rockets 'win the day' again. Back to Back Rocket Holiday Classic Champions

12/30/2014

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Picture2014 Rocket Holiday Classic Champions
By Chuck Klonke
@MIPrepZoneMD on Twitter



New Haven's basketball team has a simple goal.

"We want to win the day," Rockets coach Tedaro France II said Tuesday after New Haven defeated Michigan Collegiate 76-46 in a battle of unbeaten teams in the championship game of the second Rocket Holiday Classic.

"Every time we step on the court we want to get better. We learned from our mistakes last night. You have to make mistakes to learn. The kids came out today and didn't make the same mistakes. They're learning. We still have a long way to go, but the effort is there.

"If we continue to grow and learn we'll be a pretty good team."

If you ask Michigan Collegiate coach Paul Knight, New Haven is already pretty good.

"They're a well-coached, disciplined team with talent," he said. "It's going to be very difficult for any team to beat them. It's difficult to game plan for them. It's like game-planning for a college team. I told my guys to attack them, try to get them off their game and get them in foul trouble. We got No. 32 (Dmonta Harris) in foul trouble but other guys stepped up. You can't teach 6-11."

That's another problem the Rockets pose. With 6-foot-11 Innocent Nwoko and 6-9 Jerry Ben guarding the paint area, New Haven's opponents attack the basket at their own risk.

"They're a big asset," said Harris, who finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds despite sitting out most of the first half. "I always tell Jerry and Innocent, 'if you're open and put your arms up, I'll hit you.'

"Then we've got Marquis (Perkins) with his assists and Austin (Sherrell) stepping up. We got a great job from everybody. I think we're going to have a lot of success."

Harris is happy to spread the wealth.

"As long as my team wins, everything's good," he said. "As long as everybody eats, it's all good."

Harris picked up his third foul with 3:24 left in the first half with New Haven leading 29-17. The Rockets didn't skip a beat without Harris on the floor. They got a put back from Sherrell, a layup from John Galloway and a 3-point basket from Alante Stevens and when the half ended New Haven still led 38-27.

In their two previous games, the Rockets had to overcome double-digit deficits. France was wary of that happening against Michigan Collegiate.

"We had to come out strong today," he said. "They got down yesterday and fought back (against Mount Clemens). They're tough kids. We know they'll fight the whole game. They have a Grade-A football program. We had to come out and play tough and smart, take care of the ball and attack the rim -- and play great defense.

"In order for us to be a great team we have to play great defense."

The Cougars had an 8-0 run early in the third quarter to cut New Haven's lead to 43-35 but the Rockets' defense tightened even more and held Collegiate to 11 points over the last 12:45.

There are some similarities between the Rockets and Cougars. Both teams have a deep rotation that enables them to play tenacious defense.

"We do a lot of sprinting and full-court pressure," Knight said. "We full-court press 95 percent of the time and we train for that. I need 10 guys who can consistently be rotated in and understand what's going on. I don't want to say all 10 are there right now, but I have a lot of guys who are developing every day."

New Haven has won its tournament both years.

"It's our goal to win it, but we always try to get good teams in here," France said. "I want to test our kids and prepare for the league and the postseason."

Sherrell finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds and three steals. Josh Harris had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Perkins had seven assists.

Justin Parker led Collegiate with 13 points and Jamell Green had 10. Malcolm Cohen finished with nine points and nine rebounds.

"I think we have a bright future," Knight said. "I hope we can learn from this game and take it into Chandler Park (on Jan. 9) and get off to a good start in the league."

Last Updated: 12/30/2014 10:12:19 PM EST


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New Haven 40 better than Richmond

12/29/2014

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Picture#3 Austin Sherrell
By Chuck Klonke
@MIPrepZoneMD on Twitter



Rockets will face Michigan Collegiate in Tuesday's final

It's been taking New Haven's defense a while to kick into gear.

Once it does, however, there's no stopping the Rockets.

"They know that if they get down they won't panic," coach Tedaro France II said Monday after unbeaten New Haven earned a spot in the championship game of the second Rocket Holiday Classic with an 81-41 victory against Richmond.

"Defense will win us games. We're not playing great basketball right now but the effort is there. We're playing hard. The more we play, we'll get those small things fixed. I tell them, 'if you make a mistake, make it at full speed.' We've been making a ton of mistakes but at the same time we force the other team to make mistakes. I see a lot of good that we're doing."

New Haven will meet Michigan Collegiate, which overcame a 16-point second half deficit to beat Mount Clemens 67-64 in overtime, in the championship game Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Richmond scored the first 10 points of the game and led 14-2 after a putback by Brad Pedri with 1:45 left in the first quarter. That''s when France called a timeout and reminded the Rockets that defense has been the team's trademark for several years.

"If we can fight back from 12 or 14 or 18 points and win it shows our character," France said. "The kids know that if we play great team defense we can get back into every game no matter how much we're down.

"Richmond came out and made some shots and we struggled making shots. Josh (new coach Josh Presnell) is doing a great job with them. They want to get out and run and they have some guys who can do it, but we go nine deep and if teams want to play that style they have to be in great shape to do it."

It didn't take long for New Haven to make the Blue Devils' lead disappear. After Richmond went ahead 19-10 on a basket by Pedri with 6:33 left in the first half, the Blue Devils didn't get another field goal until 34 seconds remained in the third quarter. By that time, the Rockets' lead had grown to 63-27.

"They have a good team," Presnell said. "No. 32 (Dmonta Harris) is a heck of a player. They'll make some noise in their league (MAC Gold) and in the tournament as well.

"We left a lot of layups out there. In the first half we missed 15. That's 30 points. (New Haven) turned it up defensively in the second half as well. It's a learning experience for us. We came here because we think we can make a run in our league (Blue Water Area Conference) and we knew we'd get some good competition."

Dmonta Harris, who made a three-point play to trigger the Rockets' 22-5 run to end the first half, finished with 29 points and 15 rebounds. He had 10 of the 22 points in that surge.

"He's strong and tough," France said. "He's a great scorer but he loves to play defense. He's a two guard and he rebounds like a post player. He doesn't know how good he can be. He's just a great kid."

Josh Harris had 10 points and 10 rebounds for New Haven and Austin Sherrell scored 11 points. Marquis Perkins had nine points and nine assists.

Dillon McInerney led Richmond with 13 points. Jake Schmidt pulled down 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils, who fell to 2-1.
Last Updated: 12/29/2014 11:12:13 PM EST


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New Haven Rocket Holiday Classic Schedule

12/28/2014

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Cougers
Blue Devils
Battling Bathers
Rockets
Rocket Holiday Classic Schedule

December 29th

Monday

12:00 noon (JV)       Mt Clemens vs Michigan Collegiate


2:00 pm  (JV)            Richmond vs New Haven

4:00 pm (Varsity)   Mt Clemens (1-1) vs Michigan Collegiate (5-0)

6:00 pm (Varsity)   Richmond (2-0) vs New Haven (2-0)


DECEMBER 30, 2014

CHAMPIONSHIP TUESDAY

12:00 noon (JV)     Consolation          Mt Clemens vs Richmond

2:00 pm (JV)           Championship     Michigan Collegiate vs New Haven

4:00 pm (Varsity)  Consolation         Mt Clemens vs Richmond

6:00 pm (Varsity)  Championship    Michigan Collegiate vs New Haven 
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Ben clutch as New Haven defeats Chandler Park

12/16/2014

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PictureJerry Ben
By George Pohly
George.pohly@macombdaily.com; @GPohly on Twitter

Jerry Ben figures he practices too hard in the New Haven gymnasium to put up with losing a basketball game there.

“I bleed on this court,” the junior forward said. “This is where I sweat. This is our house.”

So Ben was anything but happy when the Rockets trailed Chandler Park by 18 points midway through the third quarter Tuesday night.

“I took it personally,” Ben said. “I thought to myself, this can’t be happening.”

And he did something about it.

Ben scored the Rockets’ final seven points of the game to finish with 14 points, and senior Dmonta Harris tied for game high honors with 23 points as New Haven edged Chandler Park 60-57 in a non-league boys game.

The Eagles’ Jalen Martin also scored 23 points, including five in the fourth quarter.

But Chandler Park, which led 40-22 in the third quarter, failed to score in the first 3:54 of the fourth quarter.

And the Eagles missed the front end of a two-shot free-throw opportunity when they trailed 59-57 with four seconds to play, compelling the team from Harper Woods to intentionally miss the second free throw, which led to a held ball and possession for New Haven.

The 6-foot-9 Ben then made one of two free throws with .4 of a second left for the final margin as the Rockets improved to 2-0.

Six players scored for Chandler Park, which had a shorter than usual bench, first-year coach Gregory Martin said.

“We had a couple of guys that didn’t make the trip for disciplinary reasons, so we were really hampered with our depth today,” Martin said.

“But I can’t take anything away from New Haven. They played hard. At the end of the day, they wanted it more than us.

“They fought hard to get all the 50-50 balls. We came up a little short.”

New Haven fought foul trouble and cold shooting as Chandler Park built its lead.

Harris started the comeback in the third quarter with a three-point play, and then consecutive dunks by Austin Sherrell and Harris cut Chandler Park’s lead to 40-32 with 2:51 left in the third.

John Galloway made a field goal and Harris sank a 3-pointer as the Rockets went into the fourth quarter trailing 43-35.

The final quarter opened with Harris still hot; he scored the Rockets’ first six points.

And the comeback continued as Galloway’s jumper in the lane tied the score at 51-all, and Josh Harris’ layup off a Rockets steal in the backcourt put New Haven ahead 53-51.

Dolan Bonkowski, a ball-handling guard and a standout on New Haven’s MAC Silver Division-winning soccer team in the fall, was one of the Rockets who fought through foul trouble, and he contributed in the fourth quarter.

“Now we know,” the senior said, “maybe seven games into the season, maybe in a big league game, that we can come back.”

Ben made two free throws to give the Rockets a 55-53 lead with 2:07 to play, and his two free throws with 29.6 seconds to play broke a 57-all tie.

“I made sure I made them,” he said.

Dmonta Harris had 11 rebounds and Ben 10. Ben also had three blocked shots.


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Rockets Victorious over Harrison in season opener at the North Farmington Invitational

12/13/2014

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December 13th 2014

The New Haven Rockets Held Farmington Hills Harrison's 6'11 senior center John Rexroth in check in route to a 68-51 win in the 1st Annual North Farmington Invitational. 


The Rockets was lead by Game MVP Dmonta Harris. The 6'4 Senior guard scored 19 points and pulled down 17 rebounds. Junior Forward/Center Jerry Ben also had a solid performance scoring 16 points grabbing 13 rebounds and registering 6 blocks. Josh Harris scored 7 points and had 6 rebounds. Austin Sherrell pumped in 11 points and 3 assist. 



The Rockets also got solid performances from Seniors Marquis Perkins who had a solid game at the point guard, John Galloway, Marcus Jamison, Dolan Bonkowski and Juniors Innocent Nwoko and Damion Farrior.

The Rockets play at Home Tuesday December 16th vs Chandler Park Academy

New Haven 68, Farmington Hills Harrison 51

New Haven 17 23 17 11 -- 68

Harrison 10 13 12 16 -- 51

NEW HAVEN (1-0): Dolan Bonkowski , Austin Sherrell 11, Marquis Perkins 4, Josh Harris 7, Jerry Ben 16, Marcus Jamison 4, Damion Farrior 2 , Dmonta Harris 19, John Galloway 5, Innocent Nwoko . Totals: 26 (1) 15-26 -- 68.

FARMINGTON HILLS HARRISON: Daniel Williams 5, Malik Salaam 4, Anthony Giovanni 5, Samron Dixon 6, Justin Wittig 5, David Vinski 6, Adrian Atta 6, Tommy Williams, John Rexroth 10. Totals: 17 (5) 12-23 – 51.


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The Rockets have high hopes, expectations this season VIDEO

12/5/2014

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Marquis Perkins
John Galloway
Josh Harris
Austin Sherrell
Innocent Nwoko
By Duff Tyler
@MIPrepZoneMD on Twitter



Coach: Tedaro France


Outlook: It’s 111 miles from New Haven High School to the Breslin Center in East Lansing.

As far as Rockets’ senior guard Marquis Perkins is concerned, the two buildings could be as far apart as the Earth and the moon, but he and his teammates expect to be on Michigan State’s home court, playing for a state title come March.

“If we don’t make to the Breslin Center, it’s a losing season,” Perkins said. “If we don’t get a championship, then we lost. It’s the last year for some of us, so we have to win.”

But as coach Tedaro France is quick to point out in practice, there are a lot of days on the calendar between now and then.

The Rockets are just six months removed from the conclusion of last season, which saw the program take somewhat of a step backward.

After winning 59 games, two district titles and a regional championship from 2011 to 2013, New Haven ended this previous year at 12-8 and 4-8 in the MAC Gold.

“I think the guys learned a lot from last season,” France said. “Now we know we just have take things day-by-day. I tell the kids now that we have to win the day. Win each drill. Win each rep. Let’s grow and learn.”

France considers this year’s squad to be the deepest and tallest teams he has had compared to his previous six years at New Haven. While there are nine seniors on the roster, France noted that many haven’t had much experience at the varsity level.

Seven players – including 4 starters – have graduated from last year’s team. Senior forward John Galloway is among four experienced players that are back this winter. Galloway made Honorable Mention for the All-MAC Gold Team for the 2013-14 season.

“Coach always says you get better or you get worse,” Galloway said. “We all just took (notes) from last season and just got better from it.”

Senior guards Josh Mills and Perkins will lead the way for the Rockets in the backcourt as they begin their second year on the squad. France likes their speed and ability to knock down 3-pointers.

Senior forward Josh Harris (6-foot-6) is expected to be a force in the paint. The state’s reigning champ in the 110 hurdles had a couple of monster games on the court last season and should garner a lot of points, rebounds and blocks this year.

Junior center Innocent Nwoko (6-11) has already made a verbal commitment to play basketball for Central Michigan University, despite this year being his first-full season of playing organized basketball. France said he shown tremendous improvements in rebounding, blocking shots and finishing strong underneath the basket.

Junior Jerry Ben (6-9) is another post player that is new to basketball, but France likes what he brings to the perimeter game, saying that he has “a nice soft touch around the rim and can finish with either hand.”

New Haven’s newcomers also includes a pair of transfers, senior guard Austin Sherrell (6-6) and wing Dmonta Harris (6-4).

Moving up from last year’s JV squad are guards Dolan Bonkowski, Damion Farrior, and wing Marcus Jamison.

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Rockets Boast Ample Height 2014-2015 Season Preview

12/1/2014

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By Brian Marshall
@VoiceMIPrepZone



Tedaro France may have the tallest team ever to take the court in Macomb County. Back to that later.


France, in his seventh season, suffered through a 4-8 season in the MAC Gold last year. With four players back, and some rather large additions, the 

Rockets could be poised for a big improvement.

“We return four players from last year’s team with one starter, 6-2 senior forward John Galloway,” France said. “Three others who have started multiple games and played key roles are 6-1 senior guard Josh Mills, 5-8 senior guard Marquis Perkins and 6-6 wing/forward Josh Harris.

“We have a good mixture of size, speed and athleticism that if it comes together could be a very special season for this group. We are very raw in terms of basketball Intelligence and overall experience and even with having eight seniors, very few have little varsity experience. We have been taking it one repetition and one day at a time, instilling the basic fundamentals and necessities of the game of basketball.”

France, who has gone 90-43 in seven seasons as New Haven’s coach, has been pleased with preseason practices.

“This will be one the deepest and tallest basketball teams I’ve had here at New Haven High School,” he said. “We will have the ability to go 10-11 guys deep. The competition has been intense at each position for starting spots and rotation minutes.”

Galloway was an honorable mention All-League performer last season. 

“John brings great toughness and intensity to our program which makes up for him being an undersized post player in our system,” France said. “He is a natural leader that does it the right way on and off the basketball court. 

“Marquis Perkins has been our best on-ball defender the last two years and with improvements in both his shot and ball skills over the summer, I am looking forward to him stepping into a bigger role for us this season,” France said.

Josh Harris had several big games for the Rockets, including games or 21 points and 15 rebounds and 18 points and 14 rebounds.

“He brings great athleticism. He had over 12 dunks last season,” France said. “At 6-6 he is long, athletic and can handle the ball and step out into the perimeter.

“Josh Mills started over 10 games for us last year. A left-handed natural guard at 6-1 brings a good mix of size and speed to that position. He scored 17 points and made two big 3-point shots and one was a game winner in a double overtime victory over St Clair last season.”

Other players that are going to be key contributors this season are 5-9 junior guard Damion Farrior, 6-9 junior forward/center Jerry Ben, and 6-11 junior center Innocent Nwoko, who made a verbal commitment to Central Michigan.

“He is very athletic and fast for his size although very raw as this will be his first full season of playing organized basketball,” France said of Nwoko. “He has become a great rebounder, shot blocker and strong finisher around the rim.”

France is very high on Ben

“Jerry has the ability to pick and pop and knock down perimeter shots. He has a nice soft touch around the rim and can finish with either hand.”

Senior point guard Austin Sherrell (6-6), 6-4 senior guard/wing Dmonta Harris, and 5-10 senior guard Dolan Bonkowski also will contribute. 

“Sherrell at 6-6 is our most skilled guard and will handle the majority of our point guard responsibilities,” France said. “Dmonta Harris is a strong athletic wing that is a great finisher around the rim and in transition. He’s very explosive and exciting player to watch.”

The Rockets open the season Dec. 13 at the Oakland County Invitation.



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