With the boarding school basketball season finished, we’ve come across a couple of highlights that provide an interesting picture of the intensely competitive Boys Class A level.

Class A basketball hosts an unusual combination of athleticism and academic preparation.

For loud, unbridled, super athletic, basketball, take a look at this YouTube video of the Boys Class A tournament final game between Winchendon School and Brewster Academy.

Brewster won the championship 72-69. A lot people go through life without ever seeing this much talent on a single floor.

In his article at masslive.com (Northfield Mount Hermon Boys Basketball Team A Success Story), Bill Wells writes about the success of Northfield Mount Hermon School‘s boys team. While certainly talented in terms of basketball, Carroll highlights the academic preparation and achievement behind this team.

“…Coach John Carroll has three players bound for the Ivy League…

…Laurent Rivard (Harvard), Matt Brown (Harvard) and Joe Sharkey (Brown) are all headed for the Ivy League. Hector Harold has signed to play at Pepperdine…

‘The number one thing we pride ourselves on is being the best combination of basketball and academics in the country,’ said Carroll, who has 26 former Northfield players competing at the Division I level.” (Masslive)