Thursday, November 5, 2009

Las Vegas, NV--Findlay Prep is ranked No. 1 in the preseason PrepNation National Poll and preseason #1 in the SportingNews Top 25 rankings for the 2009-10 high school basketball season.  On the schedule includes matchups with #2 St. Patricks, #4 Columbus Northland, and #16 Winter Park of the PrepNation poll as well as Sportingnews' #10 ranked Duncanville. 

Here is the link to PrepNation's poll:  http://prepnation.com/poll/poll.cfm?poll=2&year=2009&week=1.  The SportingNews poll by Dallas Jackson is on newsstands currently.

The National Prep Poll is compiled by high school sports experts Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman with input from sportswriters, analysts, and coaches. Here are the top 5 from their poll with their notes:

1. Henderson, Nev., Findlay 33-0 defending Prep Poll champion

2. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick 30-3 led by Duke-bound G Kyrie Irving (Findlay vs. St. Patrick 1/18/2010)

3. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill 40-1 six-time Prep Poll titlist 

4. Columbus, Ohio, Northland 27-1 reigning Division I champion (Findlay vs. Northland 12/17/2009)

5. Los Angeles, Calif., Westchester 35-2 won fifth state title last year

Findlay is defending their undefeated consensus national championship from last season.  This year's Findlay squad features seniors Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph, Godwin Okonji and Marko Petrovic;  Juniors Nick Johnson and Jabari Brown; Sophomores Winston Shepard and Dekeeba Battee Aston; and freshman Nigel Williams Goss.

Program Highlights

The 2008-09 season Findlay finished 33-0 and unanimously ranked #1 overall by the National Polls after winning the National High School Invitational in Washington DC.

In the 2007-08 season, the Pilots finished 30-0 in the regular season and lost by 2 in the prep school championships to finish 32-1

Coach Michael Peck is 65-1 in his career as Head Coach at Findlay

The Pilots have had 19 international players in 4 seasons including players from 15 different countries

18 Findlay players from the first 3 seasons are either currently on division 1 basketball rosters including alums at Kentucky, Cal, Florida State, UNLV, New Mexico, Fresno State, Texas, Illinois, Arizona St, Washington, Cal State Fullerton, Texas Southern, New Hampshire, VCU, St. Bonaventure and Miami (OH). 

Every Findlay program graduate has been a NCAA qualifier

Findlay Online

Check out Donnie Seals' blog with the episode of his running documentary "The Season" along with running commentary and photography that gives a behind the scenes look at the Findlay program.

http://theseason.wordpress.com/

Shortcut to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8rXSU6wbyY

Check out the team’s website:

www.FindlayPrep.com

-Findlay Prep-