Will Harris spent his spring and summer months trying to provide his best player advice regarding her future. For Harris, the Troy High girls' basketball coach, that meant having long conversations with his daughter, Amaya Harris, regarding whether she'd remain with the Flying Horses or leave to play at a prep school.
Father and daughter spent the majority of that time prior to the start of the new school year believing they'd both stay with Troy. But the opportunity that presented itself for Amaya Harris to head to Darrow School - a member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council that claimed a 2025 Class AA ***** le - was one that was too good to pass up.
Amaya Harris, 15, is a 6-foot guard who led Troy to the Colonial Council ***** le during the winter and was named the league's Most Valuable Player as a freshman. She has reclassified and is now a member of the Class of 2030, and is already in attendance at Darrow.
"It is definitely different, but in my past few days I have really been enjoying it, for sure," Amaya Harris said. "It was definitely a hard decision. I was going back and forth on it. From about May, it was, 'Should I stay at Troy or should I leave?' When it got to July, I played in New York vs. New York (and Darrow coach Jelani) Williams was my coach, and I realized after that (Darrow) was a great place for me to go to be with the coaching, the team and the environment. This is the best place for me."
The New York vs. New York event starts in July and features elite players battling in New York City in such places as Dyckman Park and Rucker Park. Amaya Harris, competing for the NY Gauchos, excelled.
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Father and daughter spent the majority of that time prior to the start of the new school year believing they'd both stay with Troy. But the opportunity that presented itself for Amaya Harris to head to Darrow School - a member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council that claimed a 2025 Class AA ***** le - was one that was too good to pass up.
Amaya Harris, 15, is a 6-foot guard who led Troy to the Colonial Council ***** le during the winter and was named the league's Most Valuable Player as a freshman. She has reclassified and is now a member of the Class of 2030, and is already in attendance at Darrow.
"It is definitely different, but in my past few days I have really been enjoying it, for sure," Amaya Harris said. "It was definitely a hard decision. I was going back and forth on it. From about May, it was, 'Should I stay at Troy or should I leave?' When it got to July, I played in New York vs. New York (and Darrow coach Jelani) Williams was my coach, and I realized after that (Darrow) was a great place for me to go to be with the coaching, the team and the environment. This is the best place for me."
The New York vs. New York event starts in July and features elite players battling in New York City in such places as Dyckman Park and Rucker Park. Amaya Harris, competing for the NY Gauchos, excelled.
#council
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