Prep Basketball
Tigers Cap Historic 2025-26 Season
April 7, 2026
APRIL 7, 2026 — The 2025-26 Hargrave Prep Basketball season was one for the record books as this year’s campaign will go down in school history as one of the best overall seasons in program history. The year’s group finished 40-7 overall, marking the fourth 40+ win season in program history! The Tigers won numerous ... Read more
Tigers Defeat Colonels to Win EPL Championship!
April 7, 2026
MARCH 6, 2026 — In thrilling fashion, the Hargrave Tigers are your 2026 Elite Prep League Tournament champions with an 87-86 overtime victory over #1 seed, and fierce rival, Massanutten Military Academy! The 2026 EPL Tournament title marks the second championship for Hargrave since the Elite Prep League was founded in 2022. After squandering an ... Read more
Hargrave Wins 2026 First Piedmont Corp. Invitational!
April 7, 2026
FEBRUARY 28, 2026 — For the 7th straight year, and the 34th time in the event’s history, the Hargrave Tigers have emerged victorious with the 2026 First Piedmont Corp. Invitational title by defeating the Greensboro Cavaliers, 119-77! Hargrave’s final regular season win in Saturday’s title tilt marked the program’s 148th straight win inside historic Walter ... Read more
Tigers Win FUMA Christmas Tournament Title!
April 7, 2026
DECEMBER 6, 2025 — For the first time since December 2022, the Hargrave Tigers left Thomas Gymnasium at Fork Union victorious in the Fork Union Military Academy Christmas Tournament following a 98-80 win over fierce rival and host school, Fork Union! In a hostile environment, the Tigers bonded further together as brothers to overcome adversity, ... Read more
Kevin Keatts Featured on CBS Sports Home Court!
December 4, 2024
Recently, Kevin Keatts, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at North Carolina State University and former Head PG Basketball Coach at Hargrave, sat down with Jay Wright for the latest edition of CBS Sports Home Court series! The full video can be found at the link below where Coach Keatts has the opportunity to discuss NC State’s ... Read more
Tigers Prepare for Top Ten Tilt to Open EPL Play
December 4, 2024
The Hargrave Tigers Prep Basketball team, currently ranked #10 in the country, opens up Elite Prep League (EPL) play this weekend at EPL Session I at Mt. Zion Prep (Lanham, MD). The Tigers will play a pair of games including their conference opener against Perkiomen School, who is currently ranked #8 in the country per ... Read more
Player Spotlight: Shane Pendergrass ’26
December 4, 2024
During the recent Hargrave Hoop Summit, Shane Pendergrass ’26 of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, had a chance to talk with up-and-coming sportscaster Tyler Rowland, who was there covering the event! Shane is currently ranked #81 in the country for the Class of 2026 per 247 Sports! Check out the interview here: Player Spotlight: Shane Pendergrass
Player Spotlight: Jhett Carter ’26
December 4, 2024
During the recent Hargrave Hoop Summit, Jhett Carter ’26 from Titusville, Florida had the opportunity to speak with Tyler Rowland, an up-and-coming sportscaster who was covering the event! Check out the interview here: Player Spotlight: Jhett Carter
Interview Series Ep. 3: Prep Basketball
December 4, 2024
In the latest edition of the Hargrave Interview Series, a pair of Tigers, Donnie Morris ’25 (Wesley Chapel, FL) and Cedric Horton ’25 (Richmond, IN) sat down to talk about their time at Hargrave and our prestigious Prep Basketball program! Check out the interview here: Interview Series Ep 3: Prep Basketball
Tigers Advance to EPL Semifinals; Earn Bid to National Prep Championship!
March 1, 2024
Fresh off the heels of their 2024 First Piedmont Corp. Invitational championship, the Hargrave Tigers turned their sights to postseason play and the opportunity to defend their title at the Elite Prep League (EPL) Tournament in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday February 27th. The Tigers earned the #5 seed after going 2-4 in conference play during ... Read more
Hargrave Knocks Off FUMA to Win First Piedmont Corp. Invitational!
March 1, 2024
Over the weekend, the Hargrave Tigers PG Basketball team hosted the annual First Piedmont Corp. Invitational which featured four thrilling games over two days which has traditionally signified the culmination of the regular season for decades. The 2024 chapter of this storied event was one for the ages as the Tigers welcomed in the Redbirds ... Read more
Tigers Earn 100th Straight Home Win!
December 29, 2023
During the recent Shooting for Success Classic, which featured a 10:00 AM tip-off in front of hundreds of screaming Chatham Elementary School students, the Hargrave Tigers rolled to a 101-57 victory over Experience Academy! This victory wasn’t just a normal, run of the mill, regular season victory because Tuesday’s win marked the 100th straight victory ... Read more
National Recognition Rolling in for the Tigers!
March 22, 2023
As the Hargrave Post Graduate Basketball program wrapped up their 2022-23 campaign which included a 44-2 overall record, the national media took another opportunity to laud the Tigers for the accomplishments on the court and on the sideline during this past season! Next Up Recruits, who provided outstanding coverage for the 2022-23 postgraduate basketball landscape, ... Read more
Hargrave Wins 2023 First Piedmont Corp. Invitational Championship!
February 27, 2023
Over the weekend, historic Walter Davis Gymnasium played host to the 2023 First Piedmont Corp. Invitational, an annual tournament featuring the Hargrave Tigers PG Basketball team and a host of talented teams that serves as a culminating event for the Tigers’ season each year! This year’s event saw the Tigers get tested in both the ... Read more
Tigers Take Inaugural EPL Regular Season and Tournament Championships!
February 27, 2023
Hargrave’s PG Basketball program has been an extremely lauded and successful programs for several decades and their trophy case has recently earned a few new additions, including the Elite Prep League (EPL) regular season and tournament championship trophies! The Tigers finished the regular season in the EPL with a 5-1 record, earning them the #1 ... Read more
Messinger Picks Up Win #100!
January 30, 2023
In the Hargrave Postgraduate Basketball victory on Saturday afternoon, 83-66 over London Basketball Academy as part of the 2023 Relentless Hoops Military Circuit, Head Coach Thomas Messinger scored his 100th career victory at the helm of Hargrave’s illustrious PG Basketball program! Including yesterday’s win, Messinger’s record as Head Postgraduate Basketball Coach sits at 100-6 through ... Read more
Ticketing & Livestream Information for This Weekend’s Relentless Hoops Military Circuit
January 27, 2023
The Relentless Hoops Military Circuit has made it’s way back inside historic Walter Davis Gymnasium for three days of action-packed basketball with high level teams and players. Below is the event schedule, which can also be found at the following link, where ticket and livestream purchases can be made: 2023 Relentless Hoops Military Circuit Ticket/Livestream ... Read more
Tigers Soar to #1 in National Polls!
January 26, 2023
The Hargrave Tigers Postgraduate Basketball team has officially earned the #1 national ranking in the latest Next Up Recruits National Post-grad Rankings that were published earlier this week! The Tigers found themselves ranked in the top 5 nationally since the preseason polls were announced and they’ve continued their ascension to the #1 national ranking by ... Read more
Tigers Return Triumphant after Long Road Trip!
January 18, 2023
Despite an extensive trip that required the PG Basketball team to travel through 10 states and play 4 games in 5 days against stout competition, the Tigers were able to push their record to 24-0 before returning to the friendly confines of historic Walter Davis Gymnasium! Hargrave found themselves coming off a three week holiday ... Read more
PG Basketball Preparing for Busy Start to 2023
January 4, 2023
With the calendar flipping to 2023 the New Year is starting off with a bang for the Hargrave Tigers as they find themselves gearing up for a stretch that includes 7 games between January 10th and January 20th which features four premier matchups away from historic Walter Davis Gymnasium as the Tigers look to build ... Read more