Chicago Demons Basketball Program

Session #1 was well represented by the Chicago Demons 12U program. Johnny Roland, Langdon Neal, Glen Hefferman, Jalen Delaney & Erick Locke all having an impressive day of drills, skills & scrimmages. The event culminated with Erick Locke receiving one of the two CAMP MVP AWARDS. Jabari Parker of Chicago Select received the only other award. Langdon Neal(Chicago Demons) reveived special mention for his play as well.

Michael "Juice" Thompson (Chicago Lincoln Park) and Mike Stovall (Chicago Marshall) were named co-MVP as the Rising Stars defeated the Chicago Demons 65-50 to win the 2nd Annual Rising Stars and ChicagoHoops.com Columbus Day Challenge on Sunday in Deerfield, Illinois. The Rising Stars jumped out to an early lead, and held firm throughout en route to winning the crown. The Rising Stars went to overtime in the semifinals to stop Evan Turner (St. Joseph), Xavier Humphrey (Fenwick) and the Illinois Stars II to advance to the title game. Turner, who is verballed to Ohio State, was dominant throughout the weekend. The Rising Stars team also featured Northwestern-bound Mike Capocci, Western Illinois-bound Ceola Clark, Jeffrey Jordan (Loyola Academy), Blake Saunders (Hinsdale Central) and Kevin Jermyn (Dundee-Crown). The runner-up Chicago Demons topped Illinois-bound Demetri McCamey (St. Joseph), DeAndre McCamey (St. Joseph), Josh Crittle (Chicago Hales Franciscan) and Kevin Dillard (Homewood-Flossmoor) to advance to the title game. The Demons also featured Michael Horton (Chicago Von Steuben), Darius Fields (Chicago Von Steuben), Isiah Martin (Chicago Morgan Park), Parish West (Chicago Morgan Park), Wilfredo Escobar (Chicago Prosser), Warren Poetzing (Chicago Von Steuben) and Devin Zajac (Chicago Von Steuben). The Milwaukee Spartans rallied from a 9-point deficit with less than 3 minutes to play to defeat the Rising Stars 15-U squad to win the Consolation Championship. Dennis Thomas of Milwaukee Bradley Tech was MVP of the Consolation Bracket. He received major support from 6-2 Dwight Buycks (Milwaukee Bay View) who scored 25 points in the Consolation title game. Marcus Jordan (Loyola Academy) scored 16 points, Nik Garcia (Niles West) had 14 points including 4 three-point baskets and 6-7 Jordan Prosser (Eureka) added 10 points for the Rising Stars.

Next Up 17U and 16U Demons to participate in Columbus Day Tourney at Joy of the Game Center Thanks to all who participated in the PEP FALL CLASSIC Presented by CHICAGOHOOPS.COM RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD HS SEPTEMBER 2-3, 2006 Results NCAA Bracket (1st Place Teams from Pool Play) Rising Stars II over Mixers CAPS All Stars over Hawks White Rising Stars II over Demons Gold IL Stars over Chicago Fast Break Old Gold DT over Demons Blue Hawks Navy over CAPS All Stars IL Stars over Rising Stars II Hawks Navy over Old Gold DT IL Stars--Champions NIT Bracket (2nd Place Teams from Pool Play) Warriors B over IL Heat Top Flight over Team IL/DDS Red Devils over Warriors B Warriors A over IL Fire Rising Stars I over Game Time Top Flight over Ferrari Warriors A over Red Devils Rising Stars I over Top Flight Warriors A--Champions

ROCKSTARS INVITE 17 PLAYERS TO TRAINING CAMP August 28th 2006 Posted to Press Chicago, Il - The Rockstars have invited 17 players to their inaugural training camp in late October. Players went through a grueling 3 day tryout as players from across the country battled for roster spots on the ABA’s newest team in Chicago. “There were some guys that really shocked us” says Head Coach Kenny Williams. Here are the players: Darren Randell Phillip Watson 99 DEMON ALUM Ayinde Avery Larry Smith Louis Smith Sherrick Simpson Phillip Taylor 94 DEMON ALUM Brian Zurkle Jamar Davis Tony Jones Ryan Edwards Brandon Weiss Corey Gumpton Derrick Molis Jason Thurman John Womack Brandon Moore

Dateline Rockford, Illinois The Demons used a 12-0 run to start the 2nd half which broke open 13-9 halftime score. Led by Erick Locke, Joshua Irving, and Johnny Roland, the Demons won the 12u Silver Division Championship.