North Farmington's head coach Tom Negoshian is an old school coach who calls himself one of the "Last Mohicans." He's happy to prepare basketball players for the next level in life and the hardwood. Twelve players that have never played varsity basketball joined the Raiders for the 2008-09 season and the team crept to one game shy of .500 after a win on the road against Southfield Tuesday night.
A returing player from last year's varsity is 6' junior guard Kyle Vinales, who was amongst the Oakland Activities Association's leading scorers last year. In last Tuesday night's win, Vinales took scoring to another level as he scored a career high 47 points on 14-21 shooting and hit four from deep. More impressive is the 17 points he scored in the fourth to help seal the deal, 64-58.
Negoshian named a majority of mid-major programs in the Great Lake's region that have inquired about his prize guard. Duquesne has also expressed interest. Vinales still has plenty of room to improve but he's headed in the direction of making a four-year school very happy. He's overcome many of the pressures that he had as a junior while assuming the leadership roll.
Despite Vinales' scoring abilities he stays true to his coach's offense often passing up scoring opportunities to make the planned pass.
Planning is all in the process and Negoshian's "old-school" ways are gearing Vinales up for bigger things down the road.
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