- After going undefeated in the Yale Cup, McKinley went on to win the NYSPHAA Class A state championship.
- Canisius, who defeated McKinley by 18 in January, went unbeaten in the MMA, won a third straight Manhattan Cup, lost in the CHSAA state championship game to Nazereth, and finished at the top of the Buffalo News large school poll. The Crusaders saw two of its players, Adam Weir (POY) & Matt MacDonald (Third Team All-Centercourt), move on to the D1 ranks.
- Silver Creek won 23 straight games, before falling in the Class C state semifinal after letting a late lead slip away.
- Olean lost the Far West Regional to Batavia in stunning fashion at the buzzer, suspending its state title hopes.
- Amherst won 19 straight games, including of of its ECIC III contests, before falling to eventual state champion McKinley in an instant classic at Buffalo State
- Oracle Charter won 19 straight games, including the most epic victory by any Section VI team in the regular season over eventual Class A state champion McKinley, before bowing out in the Class C1 title game to Middle College.
- St. Mary's defeated Nichols to end the regular season, and again in the Manhattan Cup playoffs to earn a trip to the CHSAA Class B state title game, where they would fall short.
- Jamestown won its third Section VI Class AA crown in four years.
- Portville ended Maple Grove's 17-game winning streak in the Class C2 semifinals in a 28-point rout.
- CSAT became the first team to finish unbeaten in the N-O in over a decade.
- Cleveland Hill ran the table in ECIC IV, before running into Class B2 champ, East.
-Lew-Port made it to Buffalo State. You can check the programs.
- Sherman held top seeded Brocton to just 27 points in the Class D final, as they advanced to the Far West Regionals.
- Bishop Kearney of Section V, who Niagara Falls and Canisius beat during the regular season, put it all together in the end and won the NYSPHAA Class AA state title.
- First Team All-Centercourt in 2013: Adam Weir (Canisius), Jermaine Crumpton (Niagara Falls), Lovell Smith (McKinley), Marcus Morris (McKinley), Sterling Taplin (Williamsville North)
- Sixth Man of the Year: Max Portlow (Olean)
- Coach of the Year: Zaire Dorsey (McKinley)
- Centercourt All-Defensive Team: JJ Wilkes (Niagara Falls), Aaron White (Canisius), Reyzjon Jordan (McKinley), Tyree Tyson (East), Zed Williams (Silver Creek)
- See you all soon!
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Matt MacDonald hit a go ahead three last week for Fairleigh Dickinson late in their victory over Rutgers. He had a career high 14 pts in the game
Posted by: PJB | Monday, December 02, 2013 at 03:33 PM