{"id":1013,"date":"2009-12-18T05:03:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T12:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2009-12-18T05:03:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T12:03:25","slug":"columbus-dispatch-penn-state-recruit-trey-burkes-northland-topples-countrys-no-1-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/columbus-dispatch-penn-state-recruit-trey-burkes-northland-topples-countrys-no-1-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Dispatch: Penn State recruit Trey Burke&#8217;s Northland topples country&#8217;s No.1 team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Steve Blackledge<br \/>\nTHE COLUMBUS DISPATCH<\/p>\n<p>The best high school boys basketball team in Columbus taught a lesson last night to the nation&#8217;s No. 1-ranked team. It went like this:<\/p>\n<p>One can amass an awesome collection of major college-bound talent from around the world, but there&#8217;s still something to be said for good defense, execution, hustle, poise and motivation.<\/p>\n<p>With its second-best player, Ohio State-bound senior J.D. Weatherspoon, on the bench because of a sprained ankle, Northland shut down and stunned Findlay Prep of Henderson, Nev., 53-52 before a packed house in Otterbein College&#8217;s Rike Center and a nationwide television audience.<\/p>\n<p>It snapped a 44-game win streak by the Pilots, the reigning national champions, and enhanced the status of a talented Vikings team shooting for its second straight Division I state title&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;More so than any time in his career, Jared Sullinger carried the Vikings (2-0) on his shoulders, flashing his considerable one-on-one skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in a comfort zone, and Trey Burke made some great decisions to feed me the ball in the right spots,&#8221; Sullinger said.<\/p>\n<p>Satch Sullinger conceded that he entrusted the offense to Burke, a junior headed to Penn State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t take any credit for calling those plays,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Trey&#8217;s a baller and he decided to spread the floor and keep leaning on Jared. In a game of this magnitude, you go with the horse that brought you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read it all: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/live\/content\/sports\/stories\/2009\/12\/18\/hsboys_northland_12-18.ART_ART_12-18-09_C1_4NG1K4G.html?sid=101\">Northland topples country&#8217;s No.1 team | The Columbus Dispatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Steve Blackledge THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The best high school boys basketball team in Columbus taught a lesson last night to the nation&#8217;s No. 1-ranked team. It went like this: One can amass an awesome collection of major college-bound talent from around the world, but there&#8217;s still something to be said for good defense, execution, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/columbus-dispatch-penn-state-recruit-trey-burkes-northland-topples-countrys-no-1-team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Columbus Dispatch: Penn State recruit Trey Burke&#8217;s Northland topples country&#8217;s No.1 team&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Columbus Dispatch: Penn State recruit Trey Burke&#039;s Northland topples country&#039;s No.1 team - PennStateHoops.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/columbus-dispatch-penn-state-recruit-trey-burkes-northland-topples-countrys-no-1-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Columbus Dispatch: Penn State recruit Trey Burke&#039;s Northland topples country&#039;s No.1 team - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Steve Blackledge THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The best high school boys basketball team in Columbus taught a lesson last night to the nation&#8217;s No. 1-ranked team. 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