On Saturday, June 7th, Niagara Falls High School will host its annual team camp. Ten varsity teams will compete in the all-day event, with the first games tipping off at 9 am. Admission is $2, with proceeds going towards the NFHS boys basketball team trip to the HOOP GROUP Elite Team Camp invitation only event on July 11th in Reading ,PA. There, yhey will compete with national powers like St. Anthony's(NJ), St. Pats(NJ),Paul VI(Va.) and Gonzaga(DC).
Below is the lineup of games slated for Saturday:
Main Gym Auxiliary Gym
9 am - Starpoint vs. St. Joes Wilson vs. Niagara Wheatfield
10:10 -NFHS vs. Canisius Depew vs. Cardinal O'Hara
11:20 -Niagara Wheatfield vs Starpoint Batavia vs. East Aurora
12:30 -Depew vs. Canisius NFHS vs. Cardinal O'Hara
1:40 - East Aurora vs. St. Joes Wilson vs. Batavia
** At 3 pm, a single-elimination tournament for all 10 teams will begin.
Results please and what players performed well would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Posted by: fullcourt1 | Sunday, June 08, 2014 at 08:31 PM
At UB's team camp today. Niagara Falls, Henniger, St. Joes and a few other headlined. A little disappointed by the lack of participation by some schools. Hurley runs a clinic as part of the camp and unfortunately for the teams and coaches not there they missed a great opportunity. UB is also the perfect place to run a camp with 7 courts.
Posted by: hoopster | Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 05:42 PM
Who won? Who looked good?
Posted by: fullcourt1 | Monday, June 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM
I was there only got a little while. Not enough to give you much useful info. Niagara Falls was down to 4 guys in their last game and putting a decent fight against Henniger. It was more of a social call for me. Caught up with a handful of coaches/refs I haven't seen in a while. Always fun
Posted by: hoopster | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 07:49 PM
St. Joes looked like one of better local teams there. Alot of top schools only had jv teams there. 2 Syracuse teams were probably best teams there. I did not see Falls. Most top players were away at AAU tournaments. Coach Hurley individual workouts worth price of admission
Posted by: Joe Dougherty | Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 02:08 PM
Saw a tweet from McShea. Canisius lands yet another transfer. And get this! This transfer comes from their arch rival SJCI! Here's the tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/KeithMcSheaBN/status/482029003331887104.
According to one knowledgeable insider the Crusaders are now the 1-10 favorite to win the NHYSCHSAA state title.
Posted by: hoopster | Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 07:24 AM
I should revise that a bit, those odds were made after landing Cheektowaga standout and the areas best freshman Dominick Welch.
Posted by: hoopster | Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 07:31 AM
Before declaring them state champs lets see if they can qualify for the states this year. I believe last year they were ordained for that title and didn't even make it out of WNY.
Posted by: PJB | Monday, June 30, 2014 at 11:52 AM
Agreed PJB; they need to win a State Title period.
Posted by: fullcourt1 | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at 12:55 AM
What's going on at St. Joes? Sounds like it's out of control. According to a Joe's alum, Herlan fired! AD axed! One of area's best people and coaches Mark Simon told he has only one year left. Don't know anything about AD, but canning Herlan and giving Mark one more year is among the most outrageous decisions made in local coaching circles in recent times. Mark and Jack have bled Marauder Maroon for a long long time.
Posted by: hoopster | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at 04:19 PM
Raw deal for Coach Simon and Coach Herlan. Joes doesn't do what a couple other larger catholics do that encourages transfers. You can't compete at a high enough level if you can't bring in kind of players ending up at Canisius.
Posted by: RAG | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at 08:21 PM
I wasn't fired and, to my knowledge, the AD hasn't been either.
Posted by: jackherlan | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at 08:28 PM
Sorry Jack. Just repeating what I heard from a reliable Marauder source. Regardless hard to see how St. Joes moves forward in a positive direction with the best 1-2 pinch on high school basketball sources.
Posted by: hoopster | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at 10:26 PM
Without its 1-2 punch
Posted by: hoopster | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at 10:26 PM
Yeah, well, I wasn't fired but I am not returning to coach basketball either. I prefer not to discus details here but it WAS my decision.
Posted by: jackherlan | Wednesday, July 02, 2014 at 04:53 AM