Random Smatterings - Semifinal Edition

 

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.

 

-centercourt

 

 

Comments

[Charlie Sheen]

will there by a random smatterings recapping the manhattan cup?

[centercourt]

No, just the recap I already gave. Sorry Charlie.

[Charlie Sheen]

section vi bias

[centercourt]

Clearly.

[ZB]

The Will South boys sure were there last night

[Patrick Moran]

Kudos to the overpriced ($3), sloppy and fairly small slices of Buffalo State Pizza. Hey, at least the pizza was fresh.

[Tripp]

Ran Smat Semi-edition was an excellent take on wny basketball. I enjoy the Section 6 atmosphere at buff state, canisius and jamestown if wasn't so far. It beats Section 5 set up at blue-cross arena, they just dont fill that place. Maybe during the cross over games!

[BEAUTIFUL]

you people are crazy lakawana only won by like nine points. if their schudle was so tough they would have beaten them by more. and again if bomasuto didnt get ripped off in erie county it would have been a different ball game. but thats how life rolls.

[guest]

CC,
interesting question I am just wondering, besides the postgame interviews you conduct, have you had any interaction with any players this year? Like when you see other players at random games?

[Andrew Webster]

CC,

Great take on the pizza. Here's hoping that the pizza is ready for the marathon of games tomorrow. It was good to see you in Southern Tier country again tonight!

[Overrated]

Dunkirk was an overrated team and Bomasuto is an overrated player who shouldn't even sniff the top 4 All WNY teams.

[ZB]

That is exactly correct, they were boosted by an extremely weak schedule and small schools. Put him in AA, he would struggle to be a 3rd option on solid teams.

[Jr.]

I just read the smatterings and that was my fault for naming Cleve Hill - CHILL... I didnt realize until halfway through the game. Thought no one else noticed. Oops!!!!

[Lucky13]

CC, Did your random smatterings idea evolve from Keith's 'Regionals Tasty Menu' article last March?

[centercourt]

No, but I obviously got the "Poll Ballots" from Keith's "How the News Voted".

Random Smatterings just kind of came to be. The first time I wrote it was because I had a bunch of random stuff that had built up in the notebook. Once I typed it out into a post, I tried to think of a name for it. When I bounced the name off my wife for her opinion, she said the name was perfect and that I should do one every week because that's the kind of thing people like to read. Whether or not she was right, it has been my favorite part of this blog.

[Lucky13]

Well, many have expressed that they like to read it, as do I, so I'd say she was right.

[centercourt]

Thanks, Lucky13, I appreciate that.

[BPS]

Anyone know when the all star games are this year and when the teams are announced?

[Lucky13]

I heard they will be Sat. 3/26.