THE 43RD ANNUAL
At Riverbank State Park In Manhattan
High School All-Star Teams from Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, and Queens battle it out to raise funds to buy wheelchairs for the disabled at a great New York Post Season All-Star Charity Event, the... 
LONG ISLAND ALL-STARS

Mike Almonacy, Brentwood
Richard Altenord, Hills West
Justin Caldwell, Baldwin
Osbel Caraballo, Upper Room
Kian Dalyrimple, Hills West
Hall Elisias, Valley Stream South
Shane Gatling, Baldwin
Devonte Green, LuHi
Lukas Jarrett, Northport
Darien Jenkins, Deer Park
Travis Robinson-Morgan, Elmont
Josh Nicholas, St. Anthony’s
Jose Pabon, Upper Room
Alex Sorenson, South Side
Steve Torre, Kellenberg
ALTERNATES
D'Nathan Knox, Hills East
Damani Myers, St. Mary's
QUEENS ALL-STARS

​Kyle Beeson, St. Francis Prep
Tyrone Cohen, Christ The King
Daniel Delsol, QHST
Mamadou Diarra, Putnam Science
Isaac Grant, Archbishop Molly
Christian Hinckson, John Bowne
CJ Kelly, QHST
Daniel Kissom, Spr. Gardens
Wesley Nelson, Construction
Alonzo Ortiz-Traylor, McClancy
Masia Phillips, QHST
Chaz Platt, Holy Cross
Marcus Saint-Furcy, Construction
Rashond Salnave, Cardozo
Aaron Walker, Cardozo
BROOKLYN ALL-STARS

Arnold Agard, Banneker
Rasheem Dunn, Jefferson
Israel Farrington, Robeson
Terrell Fullerton, BDA
Anthony Gibbs, Bedford Academy
Ke'Rome Grant, Jefferson
Isaac Kante, Robeson
George Keener, Fort Hamilton
Zaire Maeen, South Shore
Damarri Moore, Westinghouse
Anthony Munson, Bedford Academy
Najee Scott, Boys and Girls
Malick Sylla, Transit Tech
Akeem Tate, Westinghouse
Jahlil Tripp, Lincoln​
Gerald Williams, Westinghouse
MANHATTAN ALL-STARS

Bryan Assie, Thurgood Marshall
Bryce Council, LaSalle Academy
Chuba Ohams, Putnam Science 
D'Andre McLamb, Seward Park
Dimencio Vaughn, Masters Sch
Idris Joyner, St. Anthony's
Jaleel Lord, St. Anthony's
Juvaris Hayes, St. Anthony's
KaShaun Hicks, MacDuffie School
Lenny Kadisha, Coastal Academy
Reggie Quezada,Thurg. Marshall
Terrell Wigfall, Reynolds W. Side
Xavier Jennigns, Seward Park
ALTERNATES
Chandler Davenport, Teaneck
​D'andre Gibbs, Lab-Museum
Reggie Outlaw, LaSalle Academy 
​FIRST ROUND GAME
Long Island’s best players have played in the annual Wheelchair Charities All-Star Basketball Classic, New York City’s great Post Season High School All-Star event, for many years, but this year was the first time that a separate Long Island All-Star Team has participated. The Long Island Team did well, but not as well as they had hoped, giving up a big lead and dropping a heart-breaker to the eventual champion Brooklyn All-Stars, and then handily defeating the Queens All-Stars to take 3rd place. In game one, Lincoln’s Jahlil Tripp got the city team going with a steal and fast break basket, and after Valley Stream South’s Hall Elisias answered with a baseline jumper, Rasheem Dunn from Jefferson knocked down a three from behind the left elbow to make it 5-2 Brooklyn. Elisias answered again, this time with a put back, and the teams continued to go back and forth until four straight baskets by Josh Nicholas from St. Anthony’s, the last a three pointer, gave Long Island a 19-12 lead at the first quarter buzzer. Baldwin’s Shane Gatling kept it going with a left wing three to open up the second quarter, and then Nicholas scored back to back again, first hauling in a tough pass and scoring on the break and then barreling through traffic from the top and scoring to give Long Island a 14 point lead. Baldwin’s Justin Caldwell scored from underneath on a nice assist by Kellenberg’s Steve Torre to make it 28-13 Long Island, and then Torre spotted up on the break and knocked down a left wing three to put Long Island up by 18, but Transit Tech’s Malick Sylla answered with back to back threes, one from the left wing and one from the right, and the margin was quickly down to 12 with 5:25 to play in the half. Gatling responded with a left elbow jumper, but back to back baskets by Dunn made it a 10 point game and the teams traded baskets and free throws the rest of the way, with Long Island up 36-26 at the half. Nicholas opened the second half with a right baseline three pointer, but Akeem Tate from Westinghouse answered with a putback and then he knocked down two free throws and the lead was down to single digits. Mike Almonacy’s three point play made it 43-32 Long Island, but back to back threes by Sylla cut it to 46-42 with just 50 seconds to play in the quarter. Upper Room’s Osbel Caraballo closed out the scoring with two free throws to give Long Island a 6 point lead with three quarters complete. Elisias rebounded and scored to open the fourth quater, but Anthony Munson from Bedford Academy rebounded a missed second free throw and scored and Tripp hit a running hook shot and drew a foul, converting the three point play to bring Brooklyn within 2 with 7:34 to play. Almonacy answered with a tough drive from the top through traffic, but neither team could find the basket until 4:35 remained, when two free throws by Gerald Williams from Westinghouse brought Brooklyn back within 2 at 52-50. Elisias made it a 4 point game again on a nice tip-in with 3:30 left, but Long Island couldn’t build on it and it was back and forth until Tripp scored on a drive and Dunn followed him with a put back and free throw to give Brooklyn a one point lead with 1:35 showing. Everything was set up for a dramatic ending, but the final minutes turned out to be anticlimactic. Long Island went scoreless, forcing shots and turning the ball over, while Williams added two more free throws and Dunn two more after that to make it a 63-58 final. Dunn finished with 17 points, Sylla with 13, and Williams with 11 for Brooklyn, while Nicholas had 19 and Gatling 11 for Long Island. Brooklyn moves on to face Manhattan in the Championship Game, while Long Island will battle Queens for third place. 

THIRD PLACE GAME
The Long Island and Queens All- Stars were still reeling from their opening round losses, both giving up leads in games they thought they should have won, but it looked like Long Island was even more determined to show they belonged in the Wheelchair Classic in the consolation game. They got off to a good start once again, with Upper Room’s Osbel Caraballo rebounding and scoring and Brentwood’s Michael Almonacy getting a fast break basket to put them up 7-2. Daniel Kissoon from Springfield Gardens nailed a three pointer from the left baseline to cut it to 7-5, but Caraballo answered with a right baseline three, and then Northport’s Lukas Jarrett drove from the left wing, spun off his defender and banked one off the glass to put Long Island up 15-7. Almonacy gathered in a loose ball and found Jarrett cutting to the basket for a 10 point Long Island lead with 3:01 to play in the opening quarter, but Mascia Phillips from QHST kept Queens within striking distance, knocking down a deep left wing three, and then his two free throws brought his team back within 6. Baldwin’s Justin Caldwell closed out the quarter with a beautiful spin move out of the low post, giving Long Island a 20-12 lead at the first quarter buzzer. QHST’s Daniel Delsol opened the second quarter with a drive down the left side of the lane, but South Side’s Alex Sorenson started out on the left wing, drove right, spun to the basket and scored in response. Queens was back within 5 after Chaz Platt from Holy Cross knocked down a right wing three pointer, but Elmont’s Travis Robinson-Morgan held them off with a three from behind the left elbow, Sorenson knocked down a three from the left wing, and Valley Stream South’s Hall Elysias rebounded and scored to make it 30-18 Long Island. Sorenson bumped the lead to 15 with another left wing three, but Platt answered with a three from the top. Long Island continued to attack, with Baldwin’s Shane Gatling driving from the left wing and scoring on a reverse layup, and then Almonacy found Caldwell, the trailer on the break, and he scored on an athletic drive to put Long Island up by 16. Molloy’s Issac Grant hit a turnaround jumper from the baseline to stop the run, and a fast break basket by Phillips cut the margin to 12, but Upper Room’s Jose Pabon drove baseline and underhanded one in, and then Almonacy’s deep left wing three gave Long Island a 42-25 lead with 1:25 to play in the half. It was 44-27 at intermission. Almonacy opened the second half with a baseline drive and nice scoop shot, but Kissoon answered with a baseline three, Delsol put back his own miss, and Kyle Beeson from St. Francis Prep looped one in from the lane to make it a 13 point game. Almonacy’s deep three from behind the right elbow kept the lead in double digits, and then Elisias scored from underneath and Josh Nicholas from St. Anthony’s drilled a left wing three to make it 55-35 Long Island with 4:35 to play in the quarter. Sorenson’s left wing jumper put Long Island up by 22, but Grant stemmed the tide with two free throws, and after Jarrett drove from the right wing, spun off a defender and scored, Grant’s tough low post move became a three point play and cut the deficit to 19. Sorensen snuffed out the brief rally with a right baseline three, and then Nicholas hit a baseline jumper and Jarrett a three pointer from the top just before the buzzer and Long Island had a commanding 68-40 lead with three quarters complete. Grant opened the fourth quarter with two free throws for Queens, but Nicholas retaliated, spotting up on the break and nailing a three from the deep right wing, and Jarrett followed him with a three from the left wing and Long Island was up by 22. Queens would not roll over, with Kissoon’s right wing three, Grant’s two free throws, and a fast break basket by Platt capping off a run that cut the deficit to 15 with 5:40 to play, but they could not keep it going, and Caraballo’s fade away jumper made it a 17 point game with 2:42 remaining. Marcus Saint-Furcy from Construction (and Long Island!) tried to get them started again with a three from the right wing, but it was too little too late. Caraballo scored again, this time cutting to the basket and getting the pass from Robinson-Morgan to make it 80-54, and it was an 80-60 final. Sorenson finished with 18 points, Jarrett with 14, and Almonacy with 10 for Long Island, while Grant led Queens with 16 points, and Kissoon finished with 10.  

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