No. 1 Montverde Academy headlines Metro Classic

By Staff Report Feb 8, 2018, 3:00pm

Top-ranked Eagles headed to New Jersey to take on challenging three-game slate.

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Montverde Academy continues run at the top.

The nation's top-ranked high school basketball team headlines this weekend's Metro Classic at Kean University in Union, N.J.

Senior phenom R.J. Barrett and No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) are taking on a three-game gauntlet over three nights at the event with games against Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.), Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, N.J.) and Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.).

The event tips Friday and runs through Sunday. Visit the Metro Classic official site for tickets or more information.

Complete Schedule



Feb. 9
5 p.m. – First Love Christian Academy (Washington, Pa.) vs. St. Mary-Assumption (Elizabeth, N.J.)
6:30 p.m. – Montverde Academy CBD (Montverde, Fla.) vs. St. Thomas More (Oakdale, Conn.)
8 p.m. – No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) vs. Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.)

Feb. 10
5 p.m. – Linden (N.J.) vs. North Bergen (N.J.)
6:30 p.m. – Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) vs. Rutgers Prep (Somerset, N.J.)
8 p.m. – Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, N.J.) vs. Montverde Academy

Feb. 11
Noon – First Love Christian vs. St. Thomas More
1:30 p.m. – Covenant Prep (Belmar, N.J.) vs. Montverde Academy CBD
3 p.m. – Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) vs. Montverde Academy
4:30 p.m. – {GIRLS} Mary Louis Academy (Jamaica, N.Y.) vs. Rutgers Prep (Somerset, N.J.)
6 p.m. – Hunterdon Central (Flemington, N.J.) vs. North Bergen
7:30 p.m. – Roselle Catholic vs. Union Catholic (Scotch Plains, N.J.)
Sophomore guard Ryan Meyers and Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) have won eight in a row heading into the Metro Classic.
Sophomore guard Ryan Meyers and Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) have won eight in a row heading into the Metro Classic.
Photo by: Randy Kemp