We will be visiting ground zero, the empire state building, and the statue of liberty. Friday night we will be at Yankee Stadium watching the Yankees and White Sox.

We tip off Saturday at 12:20 and play again at 5:40. At 8:20pm we play in the Gauchos gym…which is a converted warehouse containing the old floor from Madison Square Garden. What an experience for the kids.

{Click the image above to see the schedule for the weekend and the playoff bracket}

We a looking forward to bringing our version of smash mouth Indiana basketball to the east coast.

North Central Conference student athlete of the week Dec 7, 2009

13.5 ppg, 4 rpg, 4 apg, 2spg

3.28 GPA

Footage from:

At Warsaw – 26 Points

Lawrence North – 26 points, 9 rebounds

At Monroe Central – 25 points

Fort Wayne Snider – 16 points

We had victory and heartbreak in 2009. We learned what to do and what not to do. Our victories have given us even greater momentum and our mistakes have made us stronger.

2010 is shaping up to be special.

Enjoy.

Everybody young and old loves the star spangled banner dunk.

Reesy Neely reminds us why.

Enjoy.

After losing to Whitney-Young in the 4A state final last year. Jereme Richmond is looking to make a big statement.

Their opponent is led by Harrison Barnes…the #1 high school player.

Should be a great game and it will be interesting to see the difference in styles between Chicago ball and Indy ball. I took one of my high school teams up north to see Waukegan play. We all agreed that the style was very different from the Hoosier style.

Click HERE to read the ESPN story or HERE to read the local story on the game.

Should be a great game to watch.

As we wind down to the end of a wildly successful year we’re looking at who is looking at us.

You might be surprised that 2,262 different people visited our website since May…viewing over 26,000 pages.

Here’s how it breaks down for the US. Click on the image to make it bigger.

And the rest of the world. Click on the image to make it bigger.

We’re only getting started. We’re looking forward to a monster year in 2010. There’s a lot of things cooking right now. We look forward to telling you more about these plans soon.

“The number one reason buying a chess set for your own child is a fantastic idea is because it will have a good impact on him/her and because, upon learning how to play this game, your child will learn how to think strategically. This is going to be thinking that’s beyond school. This is going to be deeper level thinking. Your child is going to learn how to strategize which helps in real life when you have to brainstorm for solutions, for example.”

“Not only will your child learn how to be strategic with a chess set, he/she will also learn a great deal about thinking ahead. In chess it’s necessary to contemplate cause and effect. If you move a piece how is that going to affect your opponent and then how will that affect your ability to move forward for the next couple of turns? Those are the questions a chess player is always thinking about when playing chess. Isn’t that a good reason to get your child a chess set?”

We’ve got the top basketball trainer working with our kids on their skills, strength, nutrition, and technique.

Our tutoring group is working right now to find the top tutor in the area.

Who is the chess master? I’d love to bring him or her into the Progeny family.

How about speed chess? Think fast.