Charm City Challenge canceled
Disappointing news for local high school basketball fans today.
Corrigan Sports Enterprises announced that the Charm City Challenge all-star event has been canceled.
Lee Corrigan, President of CSE, said, “In this current economic climate it’s been difficult to find a sponsor who could step up to the line and fund the event this year. It’s sad because this game served as the biggest platform for Baltimore’s elite to showcase their talent against the top U.S. All-Stars. Ultimately the kids have lost the most from this situation.”
The game, which has been held in late April at the Towson Center, pits a team of Baltimore all-stars against a U.S. squad. There was also a City vs. County game.
“Hopefully we can resurrect this game a year from now. We’ll do everything we can to revive it because we feel the Charm City Challenge has become a part of the fabric of Baltimore basketball,” Corrigan concluded.
Comments
Matt-
This is the week that will test MD and whether they are legit.
If MD can win the ACC this year, it will be HUGE in as far as getting guys like Gibbs and others.
Do we have a legit shot at GIbbs? Or is it another situation like Epps, Taylor, Ross, and others?
Posted by: Ryan | February 9, 2010 3:41 AM
Have you heard anything about the Terps pushing for Leslie? On ESPN, one of their recruiting experts is predicting that CJ ends up with the Terps.
Posted by: Jared | February 9, 2010 12:44 PM
Ryan -- I think they definitely have a legit shot at Gibbs.
Jared -- I haven't seen that ESPN link/story, but pretty much any program in the country would love to have Leslie. I wouldn't bet on him going to Maryland, but I'd bet the staff will keep plugging away if they think there's a chance.
Posted by: Matt Bracken | February 9, 2010 1:47 PM
It's an insider article but here is the link.
http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4898080&name=basketball_recruiting
Posted by: Jared | February 9, 2010 4:57 PM