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Girls’ Basketball 
2011 PREP A and MAPL CHAMPIONS
Blair’s girls’ varsity basketball team won the Prep A State title on February 23. Final score: Blair vs. Peddie W 58-32. Congratulations to the team, coaches and managers. Way to go, Bucs!
The girls’ victory is their first Prep A State Championship. According to the coaches, after winning the MAPL championship two weekends ago, the Blair girls determined that a state title was theirs to win. Read more about the game...
Varsity
Sue Altman, Head Coach, altmas@blair.edu
Penn Graves Lunger, Assistant
JV
Ryan Spring
- Christelle Akon Akech '10 signs
with Fairfield.
- Blair Basketball alum Arielle
Aikens begins her soccer career at Hartford.
- Temi Fagbenle '11, Femi Hamilton
'12 Excel for Great Britain U18 at the
European Championships; Fagbenle named to All-Tournament
Team, leads tournament in Rebounding and Field Goal Percentage. Click
to read more.
- Temi Fagbenle highlighted
by ESPN
Hoopgurlz.
- Fagbenle makes
mark on two continents. Click
to read more.
- Kelsey Stevens and Nicole
Lem garner All-State softball honors. Click
to read more.
- Temi Fagbenle wins
THREE gold medals at NJ State track meet, places 2nd in Shot
Put. Click
to read more.
- Shore Conference Standout Annette Snow will join Blair Academy. Click to read more.
 Snow signs with Lafayette College
11/9/11 - Annette Snow, along with Athletic Director Jim Stone and interim girls basketball coach Quint Clarke, signs her letter of intent to attend Lafayette College. Click here to read the article about Annette and her basketball journey. The girls’ 2011-2012 basketball schedule can be found here.
Lady Bucs Take MAPL Title!
Conclude Undefeated MAPL Season
 2/14/11 - Blair’s varsity girls’ basketball team made history this weekend with a 66-42 win over Hill in the MAPL championship. Blair’s tournament win breaks Peddie's 12-season championship streak as the Bucs conclude an undefeated MAPL season. Senior captains Temi Fagbenle and Nicole Lem led Blair's scoring with 19 and 17 points respectively. McDonald’s All-American Fagbenle also added 14 boards and 6 blocked shots. Annette Snow added 9 points, and Shaina Earle hit two threes and a layup for eight. Sophomore Ana Greik hit 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Femi Hamilton scored seven. The Bucs (17-2) travel to nationally-ranked Neptune High School (#14 in the country according to USA Today) this Tuesday for a New Jersey showdown.
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To Prospective Blair Basketball Players,
What a great time to be a Buccaneer! A
brand-new athletic facility, shiny basketball courts and spacious
weight room, combined with an administration committed to the
continued progress of female athletics, make NOW the time to
join in at the ground floor of a special program. Blair Basketball
believes that a culture of hard work, individual improvement
and a straight-up, “no nonsense” team communication
policy are at the core of who we are as a team.
In practice, we work on our game every
day. We spend a good amount of time in the beginning of practice
working on individual skills: individual moves, shooting form,
ball handling, 2v2 play, pick and rolls, shooting reps, moves
in the post (good for everybody, not just post players!). We
believe that great players make great teams, and each athlete
should take care to see that her own game is functioning at
the highest possible level. This is a responsibility to herself,
as well as to her teammates. Having played at Columbia University
and professionally in Ireland and Germany, I believe strongly
that a strong foundation of skills and conditioning are what
best prepare athletes for success at each level of play.
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“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– John Wooden
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Individual improvement is empowering for
young women, and we believe that it is worth the effort, for
these athletes excel at basketball. It is not selfish to work
on individual skills – it’s what makes the game
fun and progressive. And, it helps win games.
Then, we work together as a team. We get
great at defense, we press, we run, we trap, we set enthusiastic
screens, we grab rebounds, we pass the ball with energy, and
we love what we do. We take pride in never getting tired, in
diving for loose balls, in constant talk on the floor. We don’t
let any issues in the gym go unnoticed; we make sure any and
all conflicts are resolved out in the open. We focus on work
ethic and straightforward communication together, as these
are the pillars of our identity as a team.
If this sounds like a refreshing place
to play and learn the game of basketball, please contact us.
Our girls never give in. We do not take the easy way out in
practice. We are role models in our community, we work hard
in school, and we act with personality and pride wherever we
go. We will not budge from these expectations, so only contact
us if you are ready to rise to these challenges.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Go Bucs!
Coach Sue Altman
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Introduction
1/14/11 - Blair Girls’ Hoops continued in their quest towards MAPL and NJ Prep domination with a win over the Peddie School on January 12. The coaches report as follow: Since the MAPL league’s inception in 1999, the Peddie girls’ squad had never lost a MAPL contest. The Lady Bucs are proud to have broken the streak with a decisive victory. Junior Annette Snow commented, “This is my first year here at Blair Academy, and this season was all I had been looking forward to from the day I knew I would be coming here. I knew we had the opportunity to break Peddie’s undefeated streak in the MAPL.” 