The year 1971 saw the birth of a trailblazing basketball team that made the suburban town of Westfield, NJ proud and later earned a spot in the Westfield Athletic Hall of Fame. In A Ball With No Points, a member of the phenomenal Westfield High School hoops team shows us what it was like to achieve its memorable series of wins: having to muster enough strength to go against formidable opponents and recover from losses, fighting the urge to get cocky while winning several games, and dealing with the wildness of youth and its tendency to sabotage the team effort. About 50 years after the magical moments shared between the basketball players at WHS and their fans, Stephen D. Reddy reveals how the love for the game never left him and updates readers on his engagements with some of the team members during reunions and in between.

A Ball With No Points provides a suspense-filled, thrilling, energizing, and mightily inspirational experience for lovers of all sports, especially the most exciting game of basketball! As an on-and-off basketball player, A Ball With No Points intrigued me from the first page to the last and reminded me of why I fell in love with the sport. The book puts you right in the middle of the games, with its vivid, thorough, and skillful narration. The pages are packed with words of wisdom about life choices, like appreciating the gift of life and youth, helping others, and building strong relationships that stand the test of time. Stephen D. Reddy's book is an exuberant, dreamy escape into an important moment in Westfield's basketball history that would leave you satisfied and awestruck! I recommend!

It was not until the early 1970s that a group of young basketball players changed the norm of high school basketball in New Jersey. Before the ‘70s, the Westfield High School basketball team had never claimed the game’s most coveted titles. This was obviously because of fierce competition from other institutions in New Jersey. By the late 1960s, a change in Westfield’s High School basketball team management and team members saw the rise of a versatile, determined, and disciplined team that was set to break Westfield’s prevailing high school basketball team record competitively. Being a member of the “historic” Westfield basketball team, Stephen D. Reddy recounts every detail of the journey to the team’s success in the 1971-1972 season in his memoir, A Ball With No Points: A Football Town...A Basketball Triumph.

Enthusiasts of sports memoirs, (specifically basketball), will love Stephen D. Reddy’s book. Using a simple style of writing with appropriate vocabulary, Stephen D. Reddy took me down his high school memory lane. With exciting anecdotes and memories, he vividly depicts his days as a young Westfield High School basketball team member. His depictions have a strong nostalgic tone. This was especially augmented by the pictures of his team in the ‘70s. Whether or not you were part of the Westfield family, you will feel the bond between the players and their coach, the discipline, the determination, the energy, and perhaps see their progress. He aligns his ideas consistently, capturing important steps in his team’s journey to success. This includes details of robust training activities and gaming strategies. Get yourself Stephen D. Reddy’s A Ball With No Points to experience the thrilling journey of a coach and his team members in making history.