Is Niagara Falls big man Jordan Street a contestant on American Idol this season?
On Tuesday night, blogger McShea is God suggested we order a pizza, so I pointed out the Mister Pizza advertisement on the front of the scorer's table. Forty-five minutes later, Keith McShea, his devotee MIG, and myself were enjoying a freshly delivered pizza in the front row.
Cleveland Hill's name was abbreviated on the Buffalo State scoreboard as CHILL.
The winner of Saturday's Class B2 title game between Wilson and Cassadaga Valley will earn its first ever sectional title.
The Class B1 semifinal between Newfane and Tonawanda was the only semifinal game between two schools who were league champs.
During the Class A2 semifinal between Riverside and Cheektowaga, blogger Hollywood was on press row.
McKinley head coach Zaire Dorsey requested this one. His Macks arrived at Buffalo State at 4:30 pm on Thursday, but were not allowed into the locker room until 5:15 pm, something which he was none to pleased about. My take – If that's a Section VI policy, so be it. But teams should be informed ahead of time not to arrive before 5:15 pm, or they will have to stand waiting out in the hall.
Major props to the defensive efforts from both Newfane and Lackawanna this week. The Panthers held Tonawanda scoring machine Jesse Lalka under ten points, while the Steelers did the same to Dunkirk's Vincent Bomasuto.
During the final minute of Lackawanna's win over previously unbeaten Dunkirk, one of the Steelers said to his teammate "undefeated what?…garbage schedule".
Clymer and Pine Valley will play for the Section VI Class D title tonight. Prior to Maple Grove winning two staight in Class D, Pine Valley had won four of five, with Clymer winning the other year.
Tapestry Charter outscored Maple Grove, 26-10, in the fourth quarter of its 61-53 victory at JCC, to squash the Red Dragons hopes of winning a fifth consecutive Section VI title, or of making a fourth consecutive trip to Glens Falls.
Cassadaga Valley senior guard Simeon Schauman is the uncle of the Cougars' leading scorer, junior forward Dustin Schauman.
This week at Buffalo State, I was greeted by someone who said "Hey, I didn't see you at any games this year".
Remember that great game between Lockport and Grand Island this year? There's a picture from it on the cover of the Section VI Boy's Basketball Championships program.
Nichols head coach Greg Plumb announced he will not return to the Vikings next season. Should he decide to further his education, Plumb is already equipped with a backpack.
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