Head coach: Carl Arrigale
2011-12 record: 29-3, Class AAA state champions
Star junior point guard Ja'Quan Newton hopes to lead Neumann-Goretti to its fourth state title in five seasons.
Photo by Paul Burdick
(6-1, Jr., G),
John Davis (6-4, Sr., G/F, Towson verbal commit),
Lamarr Kimble (5-10, So., G),
Hanif Sutton (5-9, Sr., G),
Troy Harper (6-1, Jr., G),
Jamal Custis (6-5, Jr., F),
Tony Toplyn (6-5, Jr., F)
Strengths: The Saints return their top two scorers from a year ago in Newton and Davis. Newton is one of the nation's top junior point guards and will get plenty of help in the backcourt from Sutton, Harper and Kimble – a star on the rise. Few programs in the country have a tighter stranglehold on in-state competition. According to Philadelphia prep guru Ted Silary, Neumann-Goretti is 91-1 in league play, city title games and state playoff action over the past four years.
Question marks: The schedule is brutal. The Philadelphia power opens with Class AAAA runner-up
Lower Merion (Ardmore) and will travel to events in Oregon, West Virginia and Massachusetts during a pivotal 25-day stretch in late December and January. N-G's regular season finale comes against defending Class AAAA state champ
Chester.
