Congratulations to Doron, Marco, Juwan, Baye, Pe’Shon, Rosoce and Martins!  Best of luck in the future!

Senior Doron Lamb Commits to UK

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Doron Lamb, pictured with assistant coaches Bryan Meagher and Wilbur Allen, signs National Letter of Intent to play basketball next season at the University of Kentucky.

Throughout the season, OakHillHoops.com features personal stories from our players.

Congratulations

May 21, 2010 — Congratulations is all I’ve been hearing the last few days because I graduate tomorrow, May 22nd, and I start college May 26th. It’s a fast transition, not giving me too much time to reflect, but the past few days I’ve been thinking about my time on the Hill — 3 years.

I thought about how I’ve wanted to come to Oak Hill since the 5th grade, how my Dad talked to Mrs. Smith and she sent us information on the school but spelled my name wrong, and how I met Coach Smith at the Final Four when UConn beat Georgia Tech.

Then my sophomore year, my Dad talked to Coach Smith about me coming to Oak Hill. The first day on campus I fit right in, and the rest is history.

Now three years later I am one day from being done. It’s happened so fast!

I have so many great memories here of people at school and basketball. I look back and see how much I have grown up and matured. It took me a while, but I’m starting to get it.

So many people have helped me and I want to thank them. First my Dad, who was with me the whole time and made the transition easy. Coach Smith, for putting up with me and helping my game and helping me as a person. BC, B-Rock, Coach Allen and  Taylor – you all helped me on the road, on the court and at school. Mrs. Smith, who kept me in line and helped me mature as a person – and thanks for all the good food. My teachers – Rev, Mr. Bunn, Mr. Goodman, Mr. Dunlap, Ms. Callison, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Finklea, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Black, Coach Rodgers, and the teacher I was most scared of -Mrs. Bonham – who I came to love. Thank you all for helping me to prepare for college and life in general. And thanks Twon and Q for being good friends. Thank you to all my teammates for being like my family and making such a big impact on my life. I can’t forget Dr. and Mrs. Groves and Mr. and Mrs. Curran, OHA President and Principal, you made it feel even more like a family, and I appreciate being able to come to you if I needed anything.

Thanks to all of you. I’ll miss the Oak Hill fam!

Pe`Shon

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Congratulations to former Warrior Nolan Smith (‘07) who has won the 2010 NCAA Championship with the Duke Blue Devils!

Nolan had 13 points and 4 assists as Duke defeated Butler University 61-59 in Indianapolis Monday night.

Your Oak Hill family is proud of you, Nolan!

What: ESPN Rise National High School Invitational

When: Thursday, April 1st – Saturday, April 3rd

Where: Coppin St. University, Baltimore, MD

Oak Hill takes on Mountain State Academy 6pm EST on ESPNU Thursday, April 1st.  The winner will play Friday, April 2nd at 2pm EST on ESPN2.

The Finals of the NHSI will be televised on ESPN Saturday, April 3rd at 1:30pm.

Update:
Oak Hill finishes the season 29-4 after falling to Mountain State Academy 53-59.

For additional information and to purchase tickets, visit the National High School Invitational website.

Congratulations to Nolan and Danny as well as the other Oak Hill alum who participated in this year’s NCAA Tournament:  Julian Vaughn – Georgetown, Landon Milborne – Maryland, Dion Dacons (asst coach) – Temple, Rod Strickland (asst coach) – Kentucky.

IT’S BACK!

What:  ESPN Rise National High School Invitational

When:  Thursday, April 1st – Saturday, April 3rd

Where:  Coppin St. University, Baltimore, MD

For additional information and to purchase tickets, visit the National High School Invitational website.

Coach Smith was acknowledged prior to tip-off for his 25 years as head coach of the Warriors.

Home opener vs. Central Carolina Academy, 10/31

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Senior Juwan Staten

Throughout the 2009-2010 season, OakHillHoops.com will feature personal stories from our players.

Finishing Strong

March 5, 2010 — I’m back! I haven’t written in a while. Sorry for the absence, but now the regular season is over. We ended strong by beating Benedictine HS in Richmond, VA. Roscoe, Juwan & I were all in double figures.

We bused back after the game & got to campus really late and then had Senior night. We beat Oak Ridge Military. The whole team played really well & we are now 29-3.

This also marked Coach Smith’s 25th season as the head coach of Oak Hill, so we got to celebrate that after the game. Also, I would like to thank all the fans that came out to Meet the Team. We enjoyed it.
The team/school goes on spring break tomorrow but the season isn’t over. We have the ESPN Rise Tournament April 1-3, so we still have to stay focused. I’m glad we’ll have about a week or so to practice. After we come back from break we’ll be in our last quarter of school. I know we’ll finish strong both on and off the court. So until then…hope everyone is safe and that we get some warmer weather! Had enough snow!

Pe`Shon