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A big congrats to Rhylin Fehrenbach on her commitment to Cornell University! Rhylin is the 5th and final senior to commit to play at the next level from our 2026 class. She joins Savvy Swords (Kentucky), Sanai Green (Duke), Olivia Jones (Vanderbilt) & Emily McDonald (Kentucky), a special class!

Empire Youth Athletics 15u HGAL team with a bounce back win this morning vs District basketball club HGSL 55-32. Mahki Reeves 15pts 6reb Kosta Walsh 11 points 4 steals Sylvanus Abby Green 7 points 5 assist Next up: Team Thrill 15u HGSL 4:50 pm @HoopGroupAL @EYA_Basketball

Highlights from a great weekend at Pittsburgh JamFest, 17u Platinum 2. @HoopGroupEamonn @HoopGroupAL Finished 3-1 with Empire @EYA_Basketball under Coach Klein @CoachDerekKlein #1 @RecruitTheBronx @UndiscoverHoops @_BrianReichert @RealScoutBBall

🔥@EmpireYouthAthl HGAL Spotlight. 15u Empire HGAL with a big first round win against NJ Panthers HGSL. Makhi Reaves led the charge, delivering an impressive performance with 28 points and 8 rebounds.

Early battle 💨 @EmpireYouthAthl 59 @Nextplaybasket1 50 Impressed by: Toby Hartman, Raymond Kinnard, Alex Ormond, Kuno Santos 👀 Carnegie Mellon, Arcadia, Nichols, Wilkes, Albright, Ithaca, Molloy, Case Western, and Wesleyan in attendance 🚀 📍 @TheHoopGroup Pitt Jam Fest

Emmanuel “Manny” Ayeye 6’4 mr everything class of 2027 playing 17s we play up here never down.. I will tell every d2 in the tri state now buy stock now it’s a reason he playing 17s holy trinity stand out is going to make noise this spring/summer qualifier 🤩🤩🤩

NEWS: Notre Dame Kate Koval (@kate_koval13) enters the transfer portal, sources tell @BTNScouting . The 6-5 Forward is a Freshman from Kyiv,Ukraine. She's ready to help a team with her inside presence & length! 5.3 PTS | 4.7 RBS | 45.1% FG #TransferPortal | #BTNScouting | Contact for more info

Happy to announce the addition of ‘26 Emily McDonald (@Emily_McD18) to the LuHi family! Emily is a 5’11 guard & one of the biggest stock risers of the summer earning a bunch of offers, including Maryland, Indiana, Miami, Clemson, TCU & more! Can’t wait to get to work!

Summer Clips

It’s an amazing accomplishment to be able to play college basketball at any level. To take it a step further, we strive to make sure players that come through our program are prepared & ready to contribute the day they step on their college campus.

So happy for our guy Malachi Moore(@malachimoore23). Kept his circle tight, trusted the process, trusted the decision making on picking the right school. Now is named rookie of the year in one of the toughest conferences in the country. College is about “FIT”! Shout out @EmpireYouthAthl

A little break here before 3 top 10 national matchups in a row at home. Some stats thru 18 games.. Kayleigh Heckel: 17.0ppg, 8.4apg, 3.4s Kate Koval: 16.2ppg, 10.4rpg Syla Swords: 15.8ppg, 6.8rpg, 5.1apg Savvy Swords: 12.1ppg, 7.6rpg Lauryn Swann: 11.8ppg, 2.6apg With Syla Swords in Hungary representing the Canadian Women’s National Team at Olympic Qualifiers, we’ve had people step up! Over the last 3 games… ‘26 Olivia Jones averaged 15pts, 7rebs & 6.7apg & ‘24 Diora Ressaissi averaged 10.3ppg & 6.3rpg. Quick shoutout again to Kate Koval & Syla Swords for eclipsing the 1000 point mark recently. And again congrats to Lauryn Swann for her commitment to Arizona. 4th member of the 2024 class to commit, joining Syla (Michigan), Kate (Notre Dame) & Kayleigh (USC). Love this team’s unselfishness!

FINAL: LuHi, 78. Catholic (VA), 46. Syla Swords: 18p, 6r, 6a, 3s, 3b Kayleigh Heckel: 17p, 7r, 6a, 4s Kate Koval: 14p, 9r Savvy Swords: 14p, 8r, 4a LuHi starts off their season 1-0 at the @ArtTurnerTipoff! Next Game: Tomorrow, 12/2 vs Paul VI (VA), 7:20.

Know it’s a live period & lots of basketball to be watched. What Syla Swords just did to help Canada secure the bronze medal at the #FIBAU19 World Cup was extremely impressive. 26pts, 6rebs & 6asts against France, one of the top teams in the world. Can’t be many ‘24s better!

Congrats to ‘24 Syla Swords on helping Canada bring home a bronze medal at the 2023 AmeriCup! Carries herself like a professional at such a young age, so happy to have her for another year!

Shoutout to ‘26 Savvy Swords on the continuance of her monster summer! With her sister Syla competing at the FIBA AmeriCup this week, Savvy moved up to play 17s at Nike Nationals, averaging 12.3ppg & 9.3rpg thru 4. Once again showing why she’s one of the top 2026s in the country!

Check out our girls this weekend! Syla Swords: 2023 AmeriCup (Canada National Team) Shy Hawkins, Kayleigh Heckel, Kate Koval, Lauryn Swann, Diora Ressaissi: Exodus 17U EYBL (Nike TOC) Olivia Jones: Team Northeast 17U (Run4TheRoses) Savvy Swords: Kia Nurse 17U EYBL (Nike TOC)

Let’s Work💯

This is why we do it!

17u Klein exemplifying what our program is all about! 7 guys touch the ball, multiple “one mores”, leading to an open 3, and the bench going nuts for their teammates! Selfless group who’s starting to figure it out! This is Empire Basketball! #EmpireYouthAthletics #EYAhoops #ZGXL