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SMAA Senior Boys All Stars Put on Scoring Show

Basketball - High School Boys

March 3, 2010

Windham's Garrett Clemmer (10 points) and Adam Szklany (4 points) get a breather with Westbrook's Jose Nouchanthavong (4 points) during the SMAA boys senior all star game.

Portland ME: What happens when you bring the top senior players and scorers from the SMAA together on one court? A high scoring game with lots of dunks and three pointers that can run the scores into triple digits and keep the fans on the edge of their seats.

Windham's Adam Szklany plays the point in the SMAA boys senior all star game.

That is exactly what happened at Deering High School on Wednesday night when the SMAA held their annual SMAA senior boys all star game.

The "visitor" team during a break in action.

The visitor team led by Cheverus' Indiana Faithful with 25 points and Scarborough's Conor Sullivan with 23 points defeated the Home team 116 - 97. The home team was led by Westbrook's Nich Jobin with 24 points and Portland's Koang Thok (Basketball Academy Rising Star) with 16 points. Windham High School standouts Adam Szklany (4 points) and Garrett Clemmer (10 points) also contributed for the home team.

The "Home" team during a break in action.

The game was fun and explosive. Fans of low scoring defensive battles were the only ones who could have walked away disappointed. That's not to say the players didn't play hard on defense. There was everything you would expect on both sides of the ball from the conference's top seniors. There were blocked shots, steals and hard nosed play under the boards.

South Portland's Keegan Hyland did not play due to injury, sitting beside Gorham's John Day (10 points) Cheverus' Indiana Faithful (25 points) and Biddeford's Abdi Mohamed (13 points).

There was a three point shooting contest at halftime that allowed the sharp shooters to show their stuff. Each shooter had one minute to make as many treys as they could. Bonny Eagle senior Lincoln Sanborn won by hitting 11 three pointers.

Bonny Eagle's Lincoln Sanborn (14 points) won the three point contest at halftime by making 11 shots in one minute.

The highlight of the night for many was at the 10 minute mark of the second half when the game was stopped for the Dunk Contest. Each contestant was given two 30 second periods to complete two dunks. Once a dunk was completed in a 30 second period they would start the next 30 second period. Judges scored the completed dunks on a score of 1-10 with 10 being the best score.

Westbrook's Nich Jobin won the slam dunk contest with two commanding dunks.

SMAA Slam Dunk Contest

Deering's Eddie Tirabassi
Deering's Eddie Tirabassi's (13 points) dunk attempts were so ferocious he lost a piece of clothing with each attempt.

Windham High School Boys Coach Kevin Millington awards the SMAA Good Sportsmanship Award to #00 Nick Caswell (6 points) and other representatives from Noble High School.

The excitement from the slam dunk contest changed the tone of the last ten minutes of the game. Players looked for any opportunity to throw down a dunk or toss an ally-oop pass for someone else to complete the exciting play with a slam dunk.

Cheverus' Indiana Faithful runs down the court to defend Westbrook's Jose Nouchanthavong and Dominic Borelli.

When asked what their favorite memory of the SMAA boys senior all star game was, Adam Szklany and Garrett Clemmer answered in Unison, "The dunk contest."

Cheverus' Kyle Randall and Westbrook's Nich Jobin share a laugh on the way down the court.

While this was Szklany's last opportunity to officially represent Windham High School on the hard court, Clemmer will get his last chance at 1:30PM on Saturday March 13 when he takes the court in The McDonald's Senior A/B High School basketball game at Husson College in Bangor.

South Portland's Keegan Hyland heads back to the bench after taking a shot near the end of the game.