The View From Centercourt

The Schedule: 2018-2019 Season

(Photo: Harry Scull, BuffNews)

 

Monday, November 26th

Brocton @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, November 27th

Williamsville South vs. Health Sciences *at Villa Maria College - 6 pm

Lafayatte @ Burgard - 6 pm

Tonawanda @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Barker @ Alexander - 7 pm

Gowanda @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

Frewsburg @ Clymer - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, November 28th

Lancaster Tip-Off Tournament

Cleveland Hill vs. Depew - 6 pm

Lancaster vs. Dunkirk - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, November 29th

North Collins @ Brocton - 6 pm

Maritime @ Franklinville - 7 pm

Albion @ Tonawanda - 7 pm

Maple Grove @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Salamanca Tip-Off Tournament

Salamanca vs. Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

Hamburg Lions Club Tournament at Frontier HS

Lackawanna vs. Lake Shore - 6 pm

Frontier vs. Hamburg - 7:30 pm

Greg Martin Tournament at Iroquois HS

Ken East vs. Springville - 5 pm

Iroquois vs. Alden - 6:30 pm

Pioneer Tournament

Pioneer vs. Cheektowaga - 7 pm

Jim Walker Tournament at Lew-Port

Health Sciences vs. Nichols - 5:30 pm

Lew-Port vs. Simcoe (Ont) - 7 pm

 

Friday, November 30th

City Honors @ Burgard - 6 pm

Roy-Hart @ MST Seneca - 6:30 pm

Hutch Tech @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

Buffalo Arts @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

BASCS @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Timon @ Global Concepts - 6:30 pm

Barker @ Holley - 6:30 pm

Akron @ Holland - TBD

Niagara Falls vs. Liverpool *at Onondaga CC - TBD

Olean Tip-Off Tournament

Jamestown vs. Southwestern - 6 pm

Olean vs. Tapestry - 7:30 pm

Lockport Rotary Tournament

Starpoint vs Williamsville East - 6 pm

Lockport vs. Newfane - 7:30 pm

Jolly Boys Showcase at Amherst HS

Ken West vs. Sweet Home - 4:15 pm

North Tonawanda vs. Maryvale - 5:45 pm

Williamsville North vs. McKinley - 7:15 pm

Amherst vs. Middle College - 8:45 pm

Westfield Tournament 

Westfield vs. Forestville - 8 pm

Wilson Tip-Off Tournament

CSAT vs. St. Paul - 5 pm

Wilson vs. Emerson - 6:30 pm

Stop DWI Winter Classic at Seton Catholic

Cardinal O'Hara vs. Susquehanna Valley - 7:45 pm

ACE Tournament at Portville HS

Falconer vs. Walsh - 6 pm

Portville vs. Bolivar Richburg - 7:30 pm

Lancaster Tip-Off Tournament

Consolation Game - 6 pm

Championship Game - 7:30 pm

Pioneer Tournament

Lafayette vs. I-Prep - 5:30 pm

Pioneer vs. Cheektowaga - 7 pm

Salamanca Tip-Off Tournament

Clymer vs. Ellicottville - 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, December 1st

Niagara Falls vs. Henninger *at Onondaga CC - TBD

Olean Tip-Off Tournament

Consolation Game - 2:30 pm

Championship Game - 4:15 pm

Lockport Rotary Tournament

Consolation Game - 6 pm

Championship Game - 7:30 pm

Salamanca Tip-Off Tournament

Consolation Game - 4 pm

Championship Game - 5:30 pm

Westfield Tournament

Consolation Game - TBD

Championship Game - TBD

Greg Martin Tournament at Iroquois HS

Consolation Game - TBD

Championship Game - TBD

Wilson Tip-Off Tournament

Consolation Game - 4 pm

Championship Game - 5:30 pm

Stop DWI Winter Classic at Seton Catholic

Cardinal O'Hara vs. TBD - TBD

ACE Tournament at Portville HS

Consolation Game - 12:30 pm

Championship Game - 4 pm

Pioneer Tournament

Consolation Game - 2 pm

Championship Game - 3:30 pm

Jim Walker Tournament

Consolation Game - 3:30 pm

Championship Game - 5:30 pm

 

Monday, December 3rd

Medina @ Ken East - 6:30 pm

Cuba-Rushford @ Franklinville - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, December 4th

Olmsted @ DaVinci - 4:30 pm

McKinley @ Middle College - 6 pm 

Bennett @ City Honors - 6 pm

South Park @ I-Prep - 6 pm

East @ Emerson - 6 pm

Hutch Tech @ Burgard - 6 pm

Starpoint @ Kenmore West - 6:30 pm

Roy-Hart @ CCA - 6:30 pm

Iroquois @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

Alden @ Holland - 6:30 pm

Akron @ Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

JFK @ Buffalo Arts - 6:30 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Wilson - 7 pm

North Collins @ Eden - 7 pm

Riverside @ Lafayatte - 7 pm

Barker @ Elba - 7 pm

Global Concepts @ Northstar Christian - 7 pm

Lancaster @ Amherst - 7:30 pm

Maryvale @ Depew - 7:30 pm

Timon @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

Wellsville @ Olean - 7:30 pm

Cassadaga Valley @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

Dunkirk @ Westfield - 7:30 pm

Clymer @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Chautauqua Lake - 7:30 pm

Hamburg Lions Club Tournament at Frontier HS

Consolation Game - 6 pm

Championship Game - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, December 5th

Cheektowaga @ South Park - 6 pm

Lew-Port @ Wilson - 6 pm

Lyndonville @ Albion - 7 pm

Forestville @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

Jamestown @ Sweet Home - 7:30 pm

Franklinville @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

North Collins @ Maritime - 7:30 pm

Pastor Cooper Showcase at Daemen College

Grand Island vs. JFK - 6:45 pm

North Tonawanda vs. Clarence - 8:30 pm

 

Thursday, December 6th

Alden @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

Emerson @ Newfane - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ McQuaid - 7 pm

Ellicottville @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

Pastor Cooper Showcase at Daemen College

Tapestry vs. East - 6:45 pm

Global Concepts vs. Hutch Tech - 8:30 pm

Leslie Lawrence Tournament at CCA

BASCS vs. TBD - 5:30 pm

CCA vs. Riverside - 7 pm

 

Friday, December 7th

Brocton @ North Collins - 6 pm

Middle College @ Hutch Tech - 6 pm

Iroquois @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

Springville @ Lackawanna - 6:30 pm

Lockport @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

Barker @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Eden @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

Williamsville South @ Starpoint - 7 pm

Ken West @ North Tonawanda - 7 pm

Alden @ JFK - 7 pm

MST Seneca @ Lafayatte - 7 pm

Portville @ Walsh - 7 pm

Frontier @ Jamestown - 7:30 pm

Clarence @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

Roy-Hart @ South Western - 7:30 pm

Pioneer @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Williamsville East - 7:30 pm

Randolph @ Panama - 7:30 pm

Falconer @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Cataract City Classic at Niagara Falls HS

Williamsville North vs. Wilson - 5 pm

Grand Island vs. Medina - 6:30 pm

Niagara Falls vs. Park - 8 pm

Pastor Cooper Showcase at Daemen College

St. Francis vs. McKinley - 6:45 pm

I-Prep vs. West Seneca East - 8:30 pm

Tom Keenan Memorial Tournament at Canisius HS

South Park vs. Aquinas - 5:30 pm

Canisius vs. West Seneca West - 7 pm

Shootout in the Swamp at Allegany-Limestone HS

Fredonia vs. BASCS - 6 pm

Allegany-Limestone vs. Smethport - 7:30 pm

Southtowns Classic at Orchard Park HS

East Aurora vs. Hamburg - 6 pm

Orchard Park vs. Holland - 7:30 pm

Maple Grove Invitational

Silver Creek vs. Tapestry - 6 pm

Maple Grove vs. Cassadaga Valley - 7:30 pm

Leslie Lawrence Tournament at CCA

Consolation Game - 7 pm

Championship Game - 8:30 pm

 

Saturday, December 8th

Leadership Academy @ Global Concepts - 11:30 pm

Cataract City Classic at Niagara Falls HS

Lew-Port vs. Sweet Home - 12 pm

Depew vs. Akron - 1:30 pm

East vs. Nichols - 3 pm

Newfane vs. Franklinville - 4:30 pm

Williamsville South vs. Bishop Kearney - 6 pm

Niagara Falls vs. Timon - 7:30 pm

Tom Keenan Memorial Tournament at Canisius HS

Consolation Game - 12:30 pm

Championship Game - 2 pm

Shootout in the Swamp at Allegany-Limestone HS

Consolation Game - 12 pm

Championship Game - 3 pm

Southtowns Classic at Orchard Park HS

Consolation Game - 2 pm

Championship Game - 3:30 pm

Maple Grove Invitational

Consolation Game - 12 pm

Championship Game - 1:30 pm

 

Monday, December 10th 

North Collins @ Gowanda - 6 pm

Medina @ Tapestry - 6:30 pm

Hutch Tech @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

Starpoint @ Springville - 6:30 pm

Corry @ Jamestown - 7:30 pm

St. Mary's @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Walsh - 7:30 pm

Salamanca @ Cassadaga Valley - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, December 11th

MST Seneca @ DaVinci - 4:30  pm

Burgard @ South Park - 6 pm

City Honors @ Buffalo Arts - 6 pm

Middle College @ I-Prep - 6 pm

Hutch Tech @ East - 6 pm

McKinley @ Emerson - 6 pm

Lafayatte @ Bennett - 6 pm

Riverside @ Olmsted - 6 pm

Ken East @ CSAT - 6:30 pm

Holland @ BASCS - 6:30 pm

Ken West @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

Amherst @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Tonawanda @ CCA - 6:30 pm

Notre Dame (Ont) @ Timon - 6:30 pm

Kendall @ Barker - 6:30 pm

West Seneca West @ Williamsville North - 7 pm

East Aurora @ Roy-Hart - 7 pm

Grand Island @ Lew-Port - 7 pm 

Spencerport @ Albion - 7 pm

JFK @ Frontier - 7 pm

Maritime @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

Lancaster @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

Forestville @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

Williamsville East @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

Randolph @ Ellicottville - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Pioneer - 7:30 pm

Clymer @ Panama - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Westfield - 7:30 pm

Maple Grove @ Dunkirk - 7:30 pm

Sherman @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, December 12th

Canisius @ McQuaid - 6:30 pm

Hamburg @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

Riverside @ Global Concepts - 7 pm

Health Sciences @ St. Joe's - 7 pm

Frewsburg @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, December 13th 

I-Prep @ McKinley - 6 pm

Akron @ Wilson - 6 pm

Gowanda @ North Collins - 6 pm

Springville @ Holland - 6:30 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

Williamsville North @ Frontier - 7 pm

Roy-Hart @ Albion - 7 pm

Eden @ Alden - 7 pm

West Seneca East @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Jamestown @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

Cassadaga Valley @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

Falconer @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

Tournament at Franklinville HS

Iroquois vs. Pioneer - 6 pm

Franklinville vs. Randolph - 7:30 pm

ADPRO Public/Private Challenge at St. Mary's

Newfane vs. Nichols - 5 pm

West Seneca West vs. St. Francis - 8 pm

 

Friday, December 14th

Orchard Park vs. Northstar Christian * at Quicken Loans Arena - 2 pm

DaVinci @ Lafayatte - 5:30 pm

South Park @ East - 6 pm

McKinley @ Burgard - 6 pm

I-Prep @ Hutch Tech - 6 pm

MST Seneca @ City Honors - 6 pm

Maritime @ Canisius - 6 pm

Middle College @ Emerson - 6 pm

Olmsted @ Bennett - 6 pm

Riverside @ Buffalo Arts - 6 pm

Hamburg @ Half Hallow Hills East - 6 pm

Frontier @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

CSAT @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

Niagara Falls @ Ken West - 6:30 pm

Lew-Port @ Ken East - 6:30 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ North Tonawanda - 7 pm

Lackawanna @ JFK - 7 pm

Medina @ Barker - 7 pm

Sweet Home @ Amherst - 7:30 pm

Chautauqua Lake @ Olean - 7:30 pm

Fredonia @ Dunkirk - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

Sherman @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

Cheektowaga @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Otto-Eldred Tournament at Portville HS

Portville vs. Bradford - 5:45 pm

ADPRO Public/Private Challenge at St. Mary's

Global Concepts vs. Destiny Christian - 5 pm

Depew vs. Walsh - 6:30 pm

Lancaster vs. St. Mary's - 8 pm

 

Saturday, December 15th

Tennessee Prep Academy @ Park - 12:15 pm

Lockport @ West Seneca West - 1:30 pm

East Aurora @ Greece Olympia - 2 pm

St. Francis vs. St. John the Baptist *at Holy Trinity - 6 pm

St. Joe's @ Holy Trinity - 7:30 pm

Niagara Falls @ McQuaid - TBD

ADPRO Public/Private Challenge at St. Mary's

Maple Grove vs. St. Mary's - 12 pm

Clarence vs. Timon - 1:30 pm

Health Sciences vs. Cardinal O'Hara - 3 pm

Orchard Park vs. Park - 6 pm

Tournament at Franklinville HS

Consolation Game - TBD

Championship Game - TBD

Global Concepts @ Bishop Kearney - 5:45 pm

 

Sunday, December 16th

St. Joe's vs. St. John the Baptist *at Holy Trinity - 12 pm

St. Francis @ Holy Trinity - 1:45 pm

Global Concepts vs. Northwest CP *at Bishop Kearney - 4 pm

 

Monday, December 17th

Randolph @ Tapestry - 6:30 pm

Elba @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Frontier @ Cardinal O'Hara - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

Ellicottville @ North Collins - 7:30 pm

Pine Valley @ Panama - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, December 18th

DaVinci @ City Honors - 4:30 pm

Hutch Tech @ South Park - 6 pm

East @ McKinley - 6 pm

Middle College @ Burgard - 6 pm

Lafayatte @ Olmsted - 6 pm

MST Seneca @ Riverside - 6 pm

Aquinas @ St. Joe's - 6:30 pm

Ken West @ Lockport - 6:30 pm

Ken East @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

Lew-Port @ CSAT - 6:30 pm

Cheektowaga @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

North Tonawanda @ Niagara Falls - 6:30 pm

CCA @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Clarence @ Williamsville North - 7 pm

Springville @ JFK - 7 pm

Tonawanda @ Alden - 7 pm

Lancaster @ Jamestown - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Maple Grove - 7:30 pm

Hamburg @ Amherst - 7:30 pm

Dunkirk @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Pioneer @ Depew - 7:30 pm

Clymer @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, December 19th 

Albion @ Burgard - 6 pm

Orchard Park @ West Seneca West - 6:30 pm

Holland @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

Notre Dame @ Barker - 7 pm

St. Francis @ UPrep - 7 pm

I-Prep @ Global Concepts - 7 pm

Canisius @ Cardinal O'Hara - 7:30 pm

Southwestern @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Sherman - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, December 20th

South Park @ Emerson - 6 pm

Burgard @ East - 6 pm

CSAT @ Wilson - 6 pm

Albion @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Holland @ Olmsted - 6:30 pm

Salamanca @ Franklinville - 7:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

Walsh @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Genesee Valley - 7:30 pm

Portville @ Fillmore - 7:30 pm

Pine Valley @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Randolph - 7:30 pm

Jack Silvernail Tournament at Akron HS

Alden vs. CCA - 6 pm

Akron vs. Pembroke - 7:30 pm

Depew Holiday Tournament

St. Mary's vs. City Honors - 6 pm

Depew vs. Cheektowaga - 7:30 pm

Attica Tournament

Pioneer vs. Perry - 6 pm

 

Friday, December 21st

Maple Grove vs. Westfield *at JCC - TBD

Cardinal O'Hara @ Middle College - 6:30 pm

Lew-Port @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Springville - 6:30 pm

Tonawanda @ Lackawanna - 6:30 pm

Amherst @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

Wilson @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

Niagara Falls @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

East Aurora @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

Lancaster @ Williamsville North - 7 pm

Newfane @ Roy-Hart - 7 pm

Lockport @ North Tonawanda - 7 pm

West Seneca East @ Starpoint - 7 pm

West Seneca West @ Frontier - 7 pm

Eden @ JFK - 7 pm

Tapestry @ Ellicottville - 7 pm

Williamsville South @ Hamburg - 7:30 pm

Jamestown @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

East Aurora @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

St. Francis Christmas Tournament

Health Sciences vs. Dunkirk - 6:30 pm

St. Francis vs. Global Concepts - 8 pm

Jack Silvernail Tournament at Akron HS

Consolation Game - 6 pm

Championship Game - 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, December 22nd

Niagara Falls @ Lockport - 12:30 pm

Canisius @ Irondequoit - 3:30 pm

St. Francis Christmas Tournament

Consolation Game - 4 pm

Championship Game - 6 pm

Jamestown United Way Showcase

Sherman vs. Silver Creek - 2:30 pm

Frewsburg vs. Chautauqua Lake - 4:15 pm

Maple Grove vs. Southwestern - 6 pm

Fredonia vs. Jamestown - 7:45 pm

Depew Holiday Tournament

Consolation Game - 1 pm

Championship Game 2:30 pm

 

Wednesday, December 26th

Springville Tournament

East vs. Lake Shore - 4:30 pm

Springville vs. Emerson - 6 pm

 

Thursday, December 27th

Orchard Park @ St. Francis - 7 pm

Rochester East @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Ken-Ton Holiday Tournament

Cardinal O'Hara vs. Sweet Home - 5 pm

Kenmore West vs. Kenmore East - 6:30 pm

Clarence Holiday Tournament

Lockport vs. Fredonia - 4:30 pm

Clarence vs. Lafayette - 6 pm

Five Guys Tournament at Williamsville North

St. Mary's vs. Williamsville East - 5:30 pm

Williamsville North vs. Olmsted - 7 pm

West Seneca Holiday Tournament at WSE

Lackawanna vs. Maritime - 4:30 pm

West Seneca West vs. West Seneca East - 6 pm

Maryvale Christmas Tournament

Hamburg vs. Burgard - 5:15 pm

Maryvale vs. Cleveland Hill - 6:45 pm

Randolph Holiday Tournament

Southwestern vs. Sherman - 6 pm

Randolph vs. Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

McKinley Tournament

MST Seneca vs. Riverside - 3 pm

McKinley vs. BASCS - 4:30 pm

Bishop Ludden Tournament

Timon vs. LaSalle Academy - 6 pm

Bishop Ludden vs. Oswego - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, December 28th

Panama vs. Pine Valley  *at JCC - TBD

Tonawanda @ Newfane - 1 pm

Starpoint @ Niagara Wheatfield - 2:30 pm

East Aurora @ Jamestown - 6:30 pm

Pembroke @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Pine Ridge (Ont) - 6:30 pm

Ken-Ton Holiday Tournament

Consolation Game - TBD

Championship Game - TBD

Clarence Holiday Tournament

Consolation Game - 4:30 pm

Championship Game - 6 pm

Five Guys Tournament at Williamsville North

Consolation Game - TBD

Championship Game - TBD

West Seneca Holiday Tournament at WSE

Consolation Game - 4:30 pm

Championship Game - 6 pm

Springville Tournament

Consolation Game - 1:30 pm

Championship Game - 6 pm

Maryvale Christmas Tournament

Consolation Game - 5:15 pm

Championship Game - 6:45 pm

Randolph Holiday Tournament

Consolation Game - 6 pm

Championship Game - 7:30 pm

Mary Walker Holiday Showcase at Global Concepts

South Park vs. Silver Creek - 6:30 pm

Global Concepts vs. Eden - 8 pm

Bishop Ludden Tournament

Consolation Game - 6 pm

Championship Game - 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, December 29th

Starpoint @ Iroquois - 1:30 pm

Maple Grove vs. Westfield *at Erie Insurance Arena - TBD

Joe DeCerbo Memorial Tournament at St. Bonaventure

Small School Division

Portville vs. Ellicottville - 2:30 pm

Salamanca vs. Franklinville - 4:15 pm

Large School Division

Allegany-Limestone vs. Belfast - 6 pm

Olean vs. Bradford - 7:45 pm

Mary Walker Holiday Showcase at Global Concepts

Consolation Game - 4:30 pm

Championship Game - 6 pm

McKinley Tournament

Consolation Game - 3 pm

Championship Game - 4:30 pm

 

Sunday, December 30th

IAABO Tournament at St. Bonaventure

Small School Division

Consolation Game - TBD

Championship Game - TBD

Large School Division

Consolation Game - TBD

Championship Game - TBD

 

Wednesday, January 2nd 

Hutch Tech @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

Sweet Home @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, January 3rd

MST Seneca @ Bennett - 6 pm

Canisius @ Timon - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Park - 6:30 pm

Nichols @ Cardinal O'Hara - 6:30 pm

Williamsville East @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

Depew @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Medina @ Newfane - 6:30 pm

Holland @ Lackawanna - 6:30 pm

Maritime @ Tapestry - 6:30 pm

Orchard Park @ Frontier - 7 pm

Springville @ Eden - 7 pm

St. Mary's @ North Tonawanda - 7 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Alden - 7 pm

Wilson @ Barker - 7 pm

Akron @ Albion - 7 pm

Lake Shore @ Pioneer - 7 pm

Walsh @ CCA - 7 pm

West Seneca West @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

Jamestown @ Williamsville North - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

Westfield @ Dunkirk - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, January 4th

Riverside @ DaVinci - 4:30 pm

McKinley @ South Park - 6 pm

Middle College @ East - 6 pm

Emerson @ Hutch Tech - 6 pm

City Honors @ Lafayette - 6 pm

Buffalo Arts @ Olmsted - 6 pm

Forestville @ North Collins - 6 pm

Starpoint @ Sweet Home - 6:30 pm

Lockport @ Ken East - 6:30 pm

Ken West @ CSAT - 6:30 pm

Roy-Hart @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

Niagara Falls @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

East Aurora @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

JFK @ Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Lew-Port - 7 pm

Amherst @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Fredonia @ Olean - 7:30 pm

Salamanca @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

Pioneer @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

Franklinville @ Ellicottville - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Portville - 7:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Randolph - 7:30 pm

Frewsburg @ Southwestern - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Westfield @ Panama - 7:30 pm

Maple Grove @ Chautauqua Lake - 7:30 pm

Falconer @ Cassadaga Valley - 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, January 5th

Albion @ LeRoy - 12:30 pm

Walsh @ St. Francis - 2 pm

Timon @ Park - 2:30 pm

Cardinal O'Hara @ St. Mary's - 3 pm

Canisius @ Aquinas - 3:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse) - 5:15 pm

Health Sciences @ Tapestry - 6:30 pm

 

 

Sunday, January 6th

At Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse)

St. Mary's vs. Science Magnet - 12 pm

St. Francis vs. Bishop Ludden - 1:45 pm

Timon vs. Bishop Grimes - 3:30 pm

 

Monday, January 7th

Global Concepts @ Tapestry - 6:30 pm

Health Sciences @ BASCS - 7 pm

Maritime @ Lafayatte - 7 pm

Batavia @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, January 8th

South Park @ Middle College - 6 pm

Riverside @ City Honors - 6 pm

I-Prep @ East - 6 pm

Hutch Tech @ McKinley - 6 pm

Olmsted @ MST Seneca - 6 pm

Lafayatte @ Buffalo Arts - 6 pm

Albion @ Wilson 6 pm

Timon @ Cardinal O'Hara - 6:30 pm

St. Mary's @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Lancaster @ West Seneca West - 6:30 pm

Sweet Home @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

CSAT @ Lockport - 6:30 pm

Roy-Hart @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Newfane @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Ken East @ Niagara Falls - 6:30 pm

Grand Island @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

Alden @ Springville - 6:30 pm

Lackawanna @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

Global Concepts @ St. Joe's - 7 pm

St. Francis @ Park - 7 pm

Hamburg @ Starpoint - 7 pm

Lew-Port @ North Tonawanda - 7 pm

Clarence @ Frontier - 7 pm

Holland @ JFK - 7 pm

Health Sciences @ Amherst - 7:30 pm

Williamsville East @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Iroquois @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Chautauqua Lake @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

Southwestern @ Dunkirk - 7:30 pm

Salamanca @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Allegany-Limestone - 7:30 pm

Randolph @ Portville - 7:30 pm

Williamsville North @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

Franklinville @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

North Collins @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

Clymer @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, January 9th

Bergen @ Barker - 6:30 pm

Ellicottville @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

CSAT @ Maritime - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, January 10th

McQuaid @ Park - 6 pm

Nichols @ St. Joe's - 6:30 pm

St. Mary's @ CCA - 6:30 pm

East Aurora @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Canisius @ Walsh - 6:30 pm

BASCS @ Southwestern - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, January 11th

DaVinci @Olmsted - 4:30 pm

I-Prep @ South Park - 6 pm

Middle College @ McKinley - 6 pm

City Honors @ Bennett - 6 pm

Emerson @ East - 6 pm

Burgard @ Hutch Tech - 6 pm

Lafayatte @ Riverside - 6 pm

Buffalo Arts @ MST Seneca - 6 pm

Wilson @ Newfane - 6:30 pm

North Tonawanda @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

Niagara Falls @ CSAT - 6:30 pm

Pioneer @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Williamsville East @ Sweet Home - 6:30 pm

Springville @ Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

Maryvale @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

Alden @ Lackawanna - 6:30 pm

Eden @ Holland - 6:30 pm

JFK @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

BASCS @ Health Sciences - 6:30 pm

Timon @ St. Francis - 7 pm

Amherst @ Starpoint -  7 pm

Ken West @ Lew-Port - 7 pm

Barker @ Albion - 7 pm

Frontier @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

Orchard Park @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

Forestville @ Franklinville - 7:30 pm

Akron @ Roy-Hart - 7:30 pm

Jamestown @ West Seneca West - 7:30 pm

West Seneca East @ Hamburg - 7:30 pm

Portville @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

Fredonia @ Maple Grove - 7:30 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Ken East - 7:30 pm

Dunkirk @ Olean - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Randolph - 7:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ North Collins - 7:30 pm

East Aurora @ Depew - 7:30 pm

Pine Valley @ Ellicottville - 7:30 pm

Sherman @ Panama - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Cassadaga Valley - 7:30 pm

Falconer @ Westfield - 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, January 12th

Lockport @ Niagara Falls - 12:30 pm

Park @ Canisius - 2:30 pm

 

Sunday, January 13th

Health Sciences Showcase *at Villa Maria College

Middle College vs. TBD - TBD

 

Monday, January 14th

Cardinal O'Hara @ CCA - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ St. Francis - 7 pm

Timon @ St. Mary's - 7 pm

Elba @ Albion - 7 pm

Maritime @ BASCS - 7 pm

West Seneca West @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, January 15th

Emerson @ South Park - 6 pm

Hutch Tech @ Middle College - 6 pm

City Honors @ Olmsted - 6 pm

East @ Burgard - 6 pm

McKinley @ I-Prep - 6 pm

Lafayatte @ MST Seneca - 6 pm

Roy-Hart @ Wilson - 6 pm

Maryvale @ Amherst - 6 pm

Park @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Lew-Port @ Lockport - 6:30 pm

Lake Shore @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

CSAT @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

Ken East @ North Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

Springville @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

Medina @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Newfane @ Barker - 6:30 pm

Sweet Home @ Williamsville North - 7 pm

West Seneca East @ Frontier - 7 pm

Alden @ Eden - 7 pm

Lackawanna @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Southwestern - 7:30 pm

Forestville @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Grand Island @ Ken West - 7:30 pm

Jamestown @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

Pioneer @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

Salamanca @ Allegany-Limestone - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Randolph - 7:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Portville - 7:30 pm

Ellicottville @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

Franklinville @ North Collins - 7:30 pm

Maple Grove @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, January 16th

Riverside @ Bennett - 6 pm

Cardinal O'Hara @ St. Francis - 6:30 pm

Tapestry @ Maritime - 6:30 pm

CSAT @ I-Prep - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ St. Mary's - 7 pm

Lancaster @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, January 17th

Hutch Tech @ City Honors - 6 pm

Williamsville North @ West Seneca West - 6:30 pm

Lake Shore @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Lackawanna @ Springville - 6:30 pm

Hamburg @ Sweet Home - 6:30 pm

Holland @ Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

Depew @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

East @ Northstar Christian - 7 pm

JFK @ Alden - 7 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Eden - 7 pm

Nichols @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

Starpoint @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Fredonia @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Dunkirk @ Maple Grove - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Clymer - 7:30 pm

Westfield @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

Falconer @ Sherman - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, January 18th

MST Seneca @ Buffalo Arts - 6 pm

Wilson @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Albion@ Newfane - 6:30 pm

North Tonawanda @ CSAT - 6:30 pm

Williamsville East @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

Lockport @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

Walsh @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Niagara Falls @ Lew-Port - 7 pm

St. Mary's @ St. Francis - 7 pm

Jamestown @ Frontier - 7 pm

Barker @ Roy-Hart - 7 pm

Ken East @ Ken West - 7 pm

Randolph @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

Maryvale @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

Portville @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

West Seneca East @ Amherst - 7:30 pm

Pine Valley @ Franklinville - 7:30 pm

MLK Classic at City Honors

City Honors vs. JFK - 4:30 pm

I-Prep vs. Maritime - 6 pm

 

Saturday, January 19th

Canisius @ St. Joe's - 2:30 pm

Cal-Mum @ Riverside - 2:30 pm

MLK Classic at City Honors

Olmsted vs. TBD - 10 am

Hutch Tech vs. Dunkirk - 11:30 am

McKinley vs. Amherst - 2 pm

East vs. Health Sciences - 3:30 pm

 

Sunday, January 20th

MLK Classic at Bishop Grimes

St. Francis vs. Mekeel Christian - TBD

 

Monday, January 21st

Middle College @ Timon - 1:30 pm

MLK Classic at Bishop Grimes

St. Francis vs. TBD - TBD

 

Tuesday, January 22nd

CCA @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Amherst @ Sweet Home - 6:30 pm

Clarence @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

Williamsville South @ Kenmore East - 6:30 pm

Newfane @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

Emerson @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

CSAT @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Tonawanda @ Holland - 6:30 pm

Cardinal O'Hara @ Lew-Port - 7 pm

St. Mary's @ Canisius - 7 pm

Akron @ Lyndonville - 7 pm

Jamestown @ McKinley - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Wellsville - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

Pine Valley @ Cassadaga Valley  - 7:30 pm

Ellicottville @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Portville @ Panama - 7:30 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Depew - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, January 23rd

West Seneca East @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Tapestry @ Cardinal O'Hara - 6:30 pm

Amherst @ Lockport - 6:30 pm

West Seneca West @ Health Sciences - 7 pm

Williamsville North @ Ken West - 7 pm

Barker @ Oakfield - 7 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

BASCS @ Maritime - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, January 24th

North Collins @ Forestville - 6:30 pm

Walsh @ Park - 6:30 pm

St. Francis @ Canisius - 7 pm

Dunkirk @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

North Tonawanda @ Ken West - 7:30 pm

Portville @ Allegany-Limestone - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Chautauqua Lake - 7:30 pm

Ellicottville @ Franklinville - 7:30 pm

Randolph @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

Southwestern @ Maple Grove - 7:30 pm

Pine Valley @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

Cassadaga Valley @ Panama - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, January 25th

Lew-Port @ Park - 6 pm

Olmsted @ City Honors - 6 pm

BASCS @ MST Seneca - 6 pm

Timon @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Health Sciences @ Middle College - 6:30 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Lockport - 6:30 pm

Williamsville South @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

Maryvale @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

Wilson @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Barker @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Holland @ Springville - 6:30 pm

JFK @ Lackawanna - 6:30 pm

Pioneer @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

Tonawanda @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

CCA @ Global Concepts - 6:30 pm

Albion @ Roy-Hart - 7 pm

Cardinal O'Hara @ St. Joe's - 7:30 pm

Clarence @ Jamestown - 7:30 pm

Williamsville East @ Hamburg - 7:30 pm

Orchard Park @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

CSAT @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

Frewsburg @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, January 26th

Depew @ Salamanca - 1:30 pm

Canisius @ Cathedral Prep - 3:30 pm

East Aurora @ Northstar Christian - 5:30 pm

St. Mary's @ Walsh - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Aquinas - 7:30 pm

 

Monday, January 28th

Pine Valley @ North Collins - 6 pm

St. Francis @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Walsh @ Cardinal O'Hara - 6:30 pm

St. Mary's @ Park - 6:30 pm

JFK @ Springville - 6:30 pm

BASCS @ Tapestry - 6:30 pm

Maryvale @ Frontier - 7pm

Maple Grove @ Olean - 7:30 pm

Fredonia @ Southwestern - 7:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

Forestville @ Ellicottville - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

Frewsburg @ Dunkirk - 7:30 pm

Portville @ Randolph - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Franklinville - 7:30 pm

Sherman @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

Falconer @ Clymer - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, January 29th

DaVinci @ MST Seneca - 4:30 pm

South Park @ Burgard - 6 pm

Buffalo Arts @ City Honors - 6 pm

I-Prep @ Middle College - 6 pm

East @ Hutch Tech - 6 pm

Emerson @ McKinley - 6 pm

Olmsted @ Riverside - 6 pm

Williamsville South @ Sweet Home - 6:30 pm

Lew-Port @ Grand Island - 6:30 pm

Roy-Hart @ Newfane - 6:30 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Holland - 6:30 pm

Starpoint @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Ken West - 6:30 pm

Cheektowaga @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Alden @ Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

CCA @ Gow - 6:30 pm

Medina @ Albion - 7 pm

Akron @ Barker - 7 pm

Depew @ Pioneer - 7 pm

Bennett @ Lafayatte - 7 pm

Jamestown @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

Williamsville North @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

West Seneca West @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

Amherst @ Hamburg - 7:30 pm

CSAT @ Ken East - 7:30 pm

Lake Shore @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

Chautauqua Lake @ Panama - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, January 30th

Nichols @ Canisius - 6:30 pm

Park @ Timon - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Walsh - 6:30 pm

Wilson @ Riverside - 6:30 pm

Tapestry @ Health Sciences - 6:30 pm

JFK @ Eden - 7 pm

St. Mary's @ Cardinal O'Hara - 7:30 pm

Franklinville @ Cuba-Rushford - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, January 31st

Global Concepts @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

North Tonawanda @ Niagara Wheatfield - 6:30 pm

Starpoint @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

Frontier @ West Seneca West - 6:30 pm

Lake Shore @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

Springville @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

Lackawanna @ Tonawanda - 6:30 pm

Holland @ Alden - 7 pm

Randolph @ Allegany-Limestone - 7:30 pm

Hamburg @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Williamsville North @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

Orchard Park @ Jamestown - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

Franklinville @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

Depew @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

Salamanca @ Portville - 7:30 pm

Southwestern @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

Ellicottville @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Westfield - 7:30 pm

Cassadaga Valley @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

Chautauqua Lake @ Maple Grove - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, February 1st

Lafayatte @ DaVinci - 4:30 pm

City Honors @ MST Seneca - 6 pm

Emerson @ Middle College - 6 pm

East @ South Park - 6 pm

Burgard @ McKinley - 6 pm

Hutch Tech @ I-Prep - 6 pm

Bennett @ Olmsted - 6 pm

Riverside @ Buffalo Arts - 6 pm

Barker @ Wilson - 6 pm

North Collins @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 6 pm

Canisius @ Park - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Timon - 6:30 pm

Ken West @ Niagara Falls - 6:30 pm

Williamsville East @ Amherst - 6:30 pm

Newfane @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Albion @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Grand Island @ CSAT - 7 pm

West Seneca East @ JFK - 7 pm

Ken East @ Lew-Port - 7 pm

East Aurora @ Pioneer - 7 pm

CCA @ St. Mary's - 7 pm

Tapestry @ Nichols - 7:30 pm

Cheektowaga @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

Sweet Home @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

Notre Dame @ Lockport - 8 pm

 

Saturday, February 2nd

Nichols @ Walsh - 6:30 pm

Starpoint vs. Roy-Hart *at NCCC - 6:30 pm

Depew @ Lake Shore - 6:30 pm

Maritime @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

Battle at the Border at Niagara Falls HS

Global Concepts vs. Pembroke - 1 pm

North Tonawanda vs. Batavia - 2:30 pm

Cardinal O'Hara vs. UPrep - 4 pm

St. Joe's vs. Lyons - 5:30 pm

Niagara Falls vs. Aquinas - 7 pm

 

Monday, February 4th

Maple Grove @ Tapestry - 6:30 pm

MST Seneca @ BASCS - 7 pm

Fredonia @ Chautauqua Lake - 7:30 pm

Frewsburg @ Olean - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

Pine Valley @ Forestville - 7:30 pm

Randolph @ Gowanda - 7:30 pm

Dunkirk @ Southwestern - 7:30 pm

Portville @ Silver Creek - 7:30 pm

North Collins @ Franklinville - 7:30 pm

Falconer @ Panama - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Clymer - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, February 5th

Health Sciences @ Park - 5:30 pm

South Park @ Hutch Tech - 6 pm

City Honors @ DaVinci - 6 pm

Burgard @ Middle College - 6 pm

McKinley @ East - 6 pm

MST Seneca @ Riverside - 6 pm

Timon @ Canisius - 6:30 pm

CCA @ Cardinal O'Hara - 6:30 pm

Clarence @ West Seneca West - 6:30 pm

Grand Island @ Ken East - 6:30 pm

West Seneca East @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

Lockport @ Ken West - 6:30 pm

Eden @ Springville - 6:30 pm

Lackawanna @ Holland - 6:30 pm

Alden @ Cleveland Hill - 6:30 pm

Akron @ Newfane - 6:30 pm

St. Francis @ St. Joe's - 7 pm

Nichols @ St. Mary's - 7 pm

CSAT @ Lew-Port - 7 pm

Niagara Falls @ North Tonawanda - 7 pm

Maryvale @ Pioneer - 7 pm

Olmsted @ Lafayatte - 7 pm

Wilson @ Albion - 7 pm

Sweet Home @ Starpoint - 7 pm

Medina @ Roy-Hart - 7 pm

Tonawanda @ JFK - 7 pm

Frontier @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

Iroquois @ Depew - 7:30 pm

Williamsville North @ Jamestown - 7:30 pm

Cheektowaga @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, February 6th

Cheektowaga @ Lake Shore  - 6:30 pm

Williamsville South @ Amherst - 7:30 pm

St. Mary's @ Lancaster - 7:30 pm

Ken West @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, February 7th 

Cardinal O'Hara @ Walsh - 6:30 pm

Nichols @ CCA - 6:30 pm

Roy-Hart @ Akron - 6:30 pm

Global Concepts @ Ken East - 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Canisius - 7 pm

Park @ St. Francis - 7 pm

Medina @ BASCS - 7 pm

Maple Grove @ Fredonia - 7:30 pm

Chautauqua Lake @ Frewsburg - 7:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Allegany-Limestone - 7:30 pm

Salamanca @ Randolph - 7:30 pm

Gowanda @ Portville - 7:30 pm

Olean @ Dunkirk - 7:30 pm

Forestville @ Cattaraugus-Little Valley - 7:30 pm

Franklinville @ Pine Valley - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Sherman - 7:30 pm

Cassadaga Valley @ Brocton - 7:30 pm

Westfield @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, February 8th

DaVinci @ Riverside - 4:30 pm

South Park @ McKinley - 6 pm

Lafayette @ City Honors - 6 pm

East @ Middle College - 6 pm

Hutch Tech @ Emerson - 6 pm

Bennett @ MST Seneca - 6 pm

Newfane @ Wilson - 6 pm

Olmsted @ Buffalo Arts - 6 pm

Niagara Wheatfield @ Niagara Falls - 6:30 pm

Williamsville South @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

North Tonawanda @ Lockport - 6:30 pm

West Seneca East @ Sweet Home - 6:30 pm

JFK @ Holland - 6:30 pm

Maryvale @ Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Pioneer @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Lackawanna - 6:30 pm

Albion @ Barker - 7 pm

Tapestry @ CSAT - 7 pm

Springville @ Alden - 7 pm

Orchard Park @ Williamsville North - 7 pm

Frontier @ Clarence - 7:30 pm

Starpoint @ Hamburg - 7:30 pm

North Collins @ Ellicottville - 7:30 pm

Centercourt Classic at Villa Maria College

Health Sciences vs. Randolph - 6 pm

Timon vs. West Seneca West - 7:45 pm

 

Saturday, February 9th

Hilton @ Sweet Home - 12 pm

Ken East @ CCA - 1:30 pm

Walsh @ Timon - 2 pm

Harbor Creek @ Fredonia - 3 pm

Centercourt Classic at Villa Maria College

St. Joe's vs. Lew-Port - 1:30 pm

St. Francis vs. Olean - 3:30 pm

Park vs. Irondequoit - 5:30 pm

Canisius vs. Niagara Falls - 7:30 pm

 

Sunday, February 10th

Global Concepts @ Bishop Ludden - TBD

 

 

Monday, February 11th

Cardinal O'Hara @ South Park - 6 pm

Grand Island @ City Honors - 6 pm

Eden @ North Collins - 6 pm

Cardinal O'Hara @ South Park - 6:30 pm

Tapestry @ Timon - 6:30 pm

Pioneer @ Holland - 6:30 pm

Nichols @ Lackawanna - 6:30 pm

Williamsville South @ Cheektowaga - 6:30 pm

Albion @ MST Seneca - 7 pm

North Tonawanda @ Starpoint - 7 pm

Frontier @ Williamsville North - 7 pm

Sweet Home @ Hamburg - 7:30 pm

Iroquois @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

Southwestern @ Olean - 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Cuba-Rushford - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Falconer - 7:30 pm

Frewsburg @ Maple Grove - 7:30 pm

Brocton @ Panama - 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, February 12th

Middle College @ South Park - 6 pm

East @ I-Prep - 6 pm

McKinley @ Hutch Tech - 6 pm

City Honors @ Riverside - 6 pm

Akron @ Medina - 6:30 pm

Barker @ Newfane - 6:30 pm

Canisius @ St. Francis - 7 pm

Wilson @ Roy-Hart - 7 pm

Buffalo Arts @ Lafayatte - 7 pm

Ellicottville @ Randolph - 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, February 13th

MST Seneca @ Olmsted - 6 pm

Sweet Home @ Williamsville East - 6:30 pm

Hamburg @ West Seneca East - 6:30 pm

Tonawanda @ Springville - 6:30 pm

Tapestry @ BASCS - 6:30 pm

Timon @ St. Joe's - 7 pm

Lancaster @ Frontier - 7 pm

Holland @ Eden - 7 pm

Lackawanna @ Alden - 7 pm

Cleveland Hill @ JFK - 7 pm

Global Concepts @ Pioneer - 7 pm

CCA @ Walsh - 7 pm

Park @ Cardinal O'Hara - 7:30 pm

Clarence @ Orchard Park - 7:30 pm

Lake Shore @ Maryvale - 7:30 pm

Starpoint @ Amherst - 7:30 pm

West Seneca West @ Jamestown - 7:30 pm

Dunkirk @ Allegany-Limestone - 7:30 pm

Cattaraugus-Little Valley @ Cassadaga Valley - 7:30 pm

Depew @ East Aurora - 7:30 pm

Nichols @ Aquinas - 7:30 pm

Panama @ Portville - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, February 14th

Medina @ Wilson - 6 pm

Canisius vs. Bishop Kearney at Canisius College - TBD

Roy-Hart @ Barker - 7 pm

Newfane @ Albion - 7 pm

Cassadaga Valley @ Salamanca - 7:30 pm

 

Friday, February 15th

St. Francis @ Timon - 6:30 pm

Park @ St. Joe's - 6:30 pm

Cardinal O'Hara @ Nichols - 6:30 pm

Walsh @ St. Mary's - 7 pm

Williamsville North @ Starpoint - 7 pm

Tonawanda @ North Tonawanda - 7 pm

Maryvale @ JFK - 7 pm

Frontier @ Hamburg - 7:30 pm

Clarence @ Williamsville South - 7:30 pm

Alden @ Depew - 7:30 pm

BASCS @ Southwestern - 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, February 16th

BASCS @ Albion - 12:30 pm

Oratory Prep @ Allegany-Limestone - TBD

 

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All-State Teams 2018: Classes B, C, & D

(Willard Anderson of East High is the NYS Class D Player of the Year /Photo: Harry Scull,Buffalo News)

 

Class B

First Team:  Davonte Gaines (Health Sciences)

Second Team:  Mike Schmidt (Olean)

Third Team:  Justin Hemphill (Cardinal O'Hara)

Fourth Team:   Kam Briggs (Health Sciences)

Fifth Team:  Jalen Bradberry (Niagara Catholic)

Eighth Team:  Nate Brawdy (Gowanda)

Ninth Team:  Mason Goodridge (Springville)

Tenth Team:  Jalin Cooper (Medina)

Eleventh Team:  Hakeem Dobbins (Middle College)

Twelfth Team:  Christian Szablewski (St. Mary's)

Fourteenth Team:  Devaun Farnham (Dunkirk)

Honorable Mention:  Nasir Benton (Cardinal O'Hara), Chad Biersbach (Depew), Aziyon Clemons (Middle College), Kyle DeVoogel (Newfane), Max Weber (Newfane)

 

Class C

First Team:  Devin Pope (Chautauqua Lake)

Second Team:  Tyler Hind (Randolph)

Third Team:  Dorian Plummer (Tapestry)

Sixth Team:  Tariq Eubanks (Tapestry)

Seventh Team:  Sam Flanders (Allegany-Limestone)

Eighth Team:  Carlos Rosa (Lafayette)

Ninth Team:  Hercules Rasha (Salamanca)

Ninth Team:  Michael Wolfgang (Allegany-Limestone)

Honorable Mention:  Jarmani Benton (Silver Creek), Brady Woleben (Silver Creek)

 

Class D

Player of the Year:  Willard Anderson (East)

First Team:  Justin Allen (East)

First Team:  Elliot Bowen (Ellicottville)

First Team:  Sam Erickson (Franklinville)

Fifth Team:  Isaac Kopp (Franklinville)

Seventh Team:  Griffin Chudy (Ellicottville)

Honorable Mention:  Darren Clark (Franklinville), Jared Gleason (Sherman), Austin Grinols (Ellicottville), Waunya Shaw (East), Jahahd Maryon (East)

 

To view the complete All-State Teams for Classes B, C, & D  -  Click HERE

 

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The 2018 All-Centercourt Team: The Best in WNY

 

The 2018 CC MVP

Greg Dolan - Williamsville South, Senior

28.6 PPG / 8.8 RPG / 7.1 SPG / 6.9 APG

- The first ever four-time All-Centercourt player

- Voted All-ECIC Player of the Year  

- Voted ECIC II Player of the Year

- Selected to the Section VI Class A1 All-Tournament Team

- Game MVP at the Centercourt Classic

- Selected to Chaminade All-Tournament Team

- Selected to Canisius' Tom Keenan All-Tournament Team

- Scored a career-high 47 points in a win at O'Hara

- Scored over 30 points in eight games & over 20 points in 20 games

- Sat the entire 4th quarter of nine games this season

- Holds school records for career points, rebounds, steals, & wins

- Two-time All-Centercourt Defender

- Career 2,000 point scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

First Team All-Centercourt

Noah Hutchins - Park, Junior

13.1 PPG / 6.6 APG / 5.0 RPG / 2.6 SPG / 1.3 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection

- NYS Federation Class A Champion

- MVP of the NYS Class A Federation Tournament

- Scored 19 of 24 points in 2nd half of the Federation Final

- Scored 8 points in the last minute of the Federation Final

- Hit the game-winner at the buzzer of the Federation Final

- Game MVP at The Park School Showcase

- Dished 18 assists in a win over St. Mary's

- Scored a season-high 27 points in a win over Middle College

- Shot over 57% from the field on the season

- Two-time member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- Two-time All-Centercourt Defender

(Photo: Larry Scheur)

 

Dan Scott - Park, Junior

16.9 PPG / 2.8 APG / 2.7 RPG / 1.9 SPG / 1.0 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection

- NYS Federation Class A Champion

- NYS Class A Federation All-Tournament Team

- Scored over 20 points in nine games

- Scored a season-high 26 points in a win over Niagara Catholic

- Scored 25 points in a win over Canisius

- Efficient scorer that shot over 50% from the field

- Connected on 3-pointers 64 times this season

- Two-time member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- Two-time All-Centercourt Defender

- Career 1,000 point scorer

(Photo: Larry Scheur)

 

Willard Anderson - East, Senior

25.7 PPG / 6.3 APG / 6.1 RPG / 3.2 SPG / 0.5 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- MVP of the NYSPHAA Class D State Championship

- MVP of the Section VI Class D Tournament

- Game MVP at the Centercourt Classic

- Game MVP at the Bishop Kearney Showcase

- Game MVP at the Cataract City Classic

- Scored a season-high 41 points in a win over I-Prep

- Scored over 30 points in seven games & 19 games over 20 points 

- Career 1,000 Point scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Davonte Gaines - Health Sciences, Senior

18.0 PPG / 8.8 RPG / 5.2 APG / 4.2 SPG / 2.5 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Player of the Year in Charter Cup

- MVP of the Section VI Class B2 Tournament

- MVP of Lancaster Tip-Off Tournament

- MVP of St. Francis Christmas Tournament

- Game MVP at the Centercourt Classic

- Scored a career-high 52 points in a win over BASCS

- Scored over 30 points twice & 10 games over 20 points

- Had 22 double-doubles, 4 triple-doubles & 3 quad-doubles

- Two-time member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- Career 1,000 point Scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Juston Johnson - West Seneca West, Junior

24.8 PPG / 8.0 APG / 7.3 RPG / 3.4 SPG 

- Voted First Team All-ECIC

- Voted ECIC I Player of the Year

- MVP of the Section VI Class A1 Tournament

- MVP of the Pioneer Motorsports Tournament

- Scored a career-high 43 points in a win over South Park (school record)

- Scored over 40 points twice, five games over 30 points, & 13 games over 20 points

- Registered four triple-doubles & 17 double-doubles

- Set the school record for points in a season (619)

- Career 1,000 point scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Second Team All-Centercourt

Devin Pope - Chautauqua Lake, Senior

30.2 PPG / 9.3 RPG / 4.3 SPG / 2.8 APG / 1.0 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Voted Player of the Year in CCAA I West

- Section VI Class C All-Tournament Team

- Game MVP Honors at the United Way Showcase

- Led all Section VI players in points per game

- Scored a career-high 52 points in a win over Panama

- Scored over 40 points four times, 13 games over 30 points, & 17 games over 20 points

- Had a triple-double (40 pts, 18 boards, & 12 steals) against Franklinville

- Career 2,000 point scorer

(Photo: Dunkirk Observer)

 

Ryan Bradley - Canisius, Senior

12.4 PPG / 8.0 RPG / 2.4 APG / 1.2 BPG / 1.0 SPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Voted Monsignor Martin Player of the Year 

- Tom Keenan All-Tournament Team

- Scored a career-high 32 points in a win over St. Joe's

- Recorded a double-double in a win over Irondequoit

- Scored over 20 points in six games

- Member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- WNY's top big man

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

 

Jayce Johnson - Canisius, Senior

12.6 PPG / 6.1 RPG / 3.4 APG / 1.3 SPG / 0.9 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Voted First Team All-Catholic

- MVP of the Tom Keenan Tournament

- Scored a season-high 24 points in a win at Aquinas

- Two-time member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- Three-time All-Centercourt Defender

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

 

 

 

Julian Cunningham - Timon, Junior

18.5 PPG / 4.1 APG / 4.0 RPG / 1.9 SPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Voted First Team All-Catholic

- Bishop Kearney Tournament All-Tournament Team

- Scored a career-high 28 points against Park

- Finished with 27 & 26 points in wins over St. Francis & St. Mary's

- Scored over 20 points in six games

- Shot 50% from 3-point range

- Team leader in points, assists, & steals

- Two-time All-Centercourt Defender

- Career 1,000 point scorer

 

Trevor Book - North Tonawanda, Senior

25.5 PPG / 9.1 RPG / 3.0 APG / 2.2 SPG / 1.4 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Voted First Team Niagara Frontier League

- Section VI All-Tournament Team

- MVP of the Jolly Boys' Bob Hettler Tournament

- Scored a career-high 40 pts w/ 8 treys in a win at Ken West

- Scored over 25 points in 11 games & 16 games over 20 points

- Holds school records for pts in a season (536) & career 3-pointers (144)

- Career 1,000 point scorer

 

 

 

Third Team All-Centercourt

Austin James - Canisius, Senior

13.8 PPG / 3.6 RPG / 3.0 APG / 1.2 SPG 

- Voted First Team All-Catholic

- Tom Keenan All-Tournament Team

- Scored a season-high 28 points in a win - over Park

- Recorded a double-double in a win at St. Francis

- Scored over 20 points in five games

- Member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master Radford - Timon, Senior

13.8 PPG / 9.8 RPG / 4.5 BPG / 1.2 APG / 0.8 SPG

- Voted First Team All-Catholic

- MVP of the Bishop Kearney Tournament 

• - Scored a career-high 34 pts & with 20 boards in a win over Notre Dame (Ontario) 

- Recorded one triple-double  & eight double-doubles on the season 

- Had 19 points, 11 boards, & 9 blocks in a win over St. Francis

- Led all WNY players in blocked shots

- Member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- 2018 All-Centercourt Defender

- WNY's top post defender

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Mike Schmidt - Olean, Junior

16.6 PPG / 6.4 APG / 5.2 RPG / 3.5 SPG

- Voted Player of the Year in CCAA I West

- MVP of the Section VI Class B1 Tournament

- MVP of the Olean HS Tip-Off Tournament

- MVP of the IAABO Tournament

- Scored a season-high 29 points in a win over Gowanda & had seven games over 20 points

- Recorded 15 assists in a win over Chautauqua Lake

- Registered two triple-doubles on the season and six double-doubles

- 2018 All-Centercourt Defender

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Justin Hemphill - Cardinal O'Hara, Junior

20.5 PPG / 13.5 RPG / 3.5 APG / 2.6 SPG / 2.6 BPG

- Player of the Year in Monsignor Martin Class B

- Scored over 30 points in three games & 14 games over 20 points

- Scored a season-high 34 with 17 boards against Canisius

- Recorded 23 double-doubles on the year

- Had 27 points & 20 rebounds in a win over Niagara Catholic

- Holds school record for career rebounds (847)

- Member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- Career 1,000 point scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Jalen Bradberry - Niagara Catholic, Freshman

20.3 PPG / 4.6 RPG / 2.4 APG / 2.1 SPG / 0.7 BPG

- Selected MVP of the Manhattan Cup in Class B

- Voted First Team All-Catholic

- MVP of the Wilson Tip-Off Tournament

- Earned Game MVP at the Cataract City Classic

- Scored a season-high 31 points in a win over O'Hara

- Scored over 20 points in 11 games, including 29 & 27 twice

- Knocked down 65 treys on the season

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

 

Fourth Team All-Centercourt

Justin Allen - East, Senior

15.0 PPG / 12.7 RPG / 2.8 SPG / 2.5 BPG / 2.5 APG

- NYSPHAA State Championship All-Tournament Team

- Section VI Class D All-Tournament Team

- Scored over 20 points in seven games

- Hauled in over 20 rebounds in 3 games

- Recorded 20 double-doubles on the season

- Erupted for 27 pts & 20 rebounds in Regional win over Clyde-Savannah

- Had 64 points & 49 boards over last 3 games (Regional & State Tournament)

- Member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Sam Erickson - Franklinville, Senior

 21.0 PPG / 11.2 RPG / 3.1 APG / 2.5 SPG / 2.1 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Voted Player of the Year in CCAA II East

- Section VI Class D All-Tournament Team

- MVP of Rick Hughes Memorial Tournament

- IAABO All-Tournament Team

- Game MVP at the Centercourt Classic

- Game MVP at the Cataract City Classic

- Scored a season-high 36 points & 13 boards in a sectional win over Panama

- Scored over 30 points twice & 12 games over 20 points

- Recorded 14 double-doubles

- Career 1,000 point scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Elliot Bowen - Ellicottville, Senior

19.7 PPG / 12.6 RPG / 2.7 BPG / 2.0 SPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- First Team All-State as a sophomore & as a junior

- Voted Player of the Year in CCAA II East

- Section VI Class D All-Tournament Team

- MVP of the Joe Decerbo Tournament

- MVP of the Holiday Valley Tournament

- Salamanca Tip-Off All-Tournament Team

- Game MVP Honors at the Centercourt Classic

- Had two games over 30 points & 20 rebounds

- Scored over 20 points in 13 games & eight games over 15 rebounds

- Registered 18 double-doubles

- Ellicottville's All-Time leader in points (1,586) & Rebounds (1,079)

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Jack Capen - St. Joe's, Senior

24.4 PPG / 7.1 RPG / 1.3 SPG / 1.2 APG

- Voted First Team All-Catholic

- Game MVP at the Can/Am Showcase

- Selected to the Lockport All-Tournament Team

- Selected to the Ken-Ton All-Tournament Team

- Attempted 253 free throws on the season

- The Monsignor Martin's leading scorer

- Scored a career-high 37 points in three different games

- Scored over 30 points in eight games & over 20 points in 18 games

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

 

Brandon Smith - Park, Senior

14.0 PPG / 2.4 RPG / 1.9 APG / 1.4 SPG / 1.0 BPG

- NYS Federation Class A Champion

- MVP of the Manhattan Cup 

- Scored a combined 46 points in Manhattan Cup playoffs

- Finished with a season-high 27 points in a win over South Park

- Scored over 20 points in six games

- Connected on 3-pointers 62 times this season

(Photo: Larry Scheur)

 

 

 

 

Fifth Team All-Centercourt

Kam Briggs - Health Sciences, Junior

12.9 PPG / 3.1 SPG / 1.8 APG / 1.5 RPG 

- Voted First Team Charter Cup

- NYSPHAA Class B All-Tournament Team

- St. Francis Christmas All-Tournament Team

- Lancaster Tip-Off All-Tournament Team

- Scored a team-high 23 points in the NYSPHAA Class B state semifinal

- Earned a pair of game-clinching steals in the final minute of the Regional qualifier

- 2018 All-Centercourt Defender

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

 

 

Jalin Cooper - Medina, Senior

21.3 PPG / 9.5 RPG / 3.3 SPG / 2.2 APG / 2.2 BPG

- Returning All-Centercourt selection 

- Voted Player of the Year in the Niagara Orleans League

- Game MVP Honors at the Centercourt Classic

- Game MVP Honors at the Cataract City Classic

- Scored a season-high 39 points in a win over Barker

- Scored over 30 points twice & had over 20 points in 13 games

- Registered 11 double-doubles

- Set school record for points in a season (468)

- Two-time member of the Centercourt #BOOM Squad

- Career 1,000 point scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

Nate Brawdy - Gowanda, Senior

23.6 PPG / 15.0 RPG / 4.8 APG / 2.7 SPG

- Voted First Team CCAA I East

- Olean Tip-Off All-Tournament Team

- Turned in the stat line of the decade in a win at Roy-Hart, scoring a career-high 43 points and grabbing a career-high 31 rebounds

- Scored over 30 points four times & had 14 games over 20 points

- Recorded 19 double-doubles

- Led all of WNY in total rebounds (331) & rebounds per game (15)

- Finished his career with 1715 points, 888 rebounds & 361 assists

 

 

Tyler Hind - Randolph, Sophomore

 23.3 PPG / 6.6 APG / 4.2 RPG / 3.1 SPG / 0.5 BPG

- Voted Player of the Year in CCAA I East

- Section VI Class C All-Tournament Team

- Rick Hughes Memorial All-Tournament Team

- Scored a season-high 40 points with 8 assists in a win over Gowanda

- Scored over 30 points in seven games & had 15 games over 20 points

- Canned at least seven 3-pointers in five games

- Led WNY in 3-pointers made on the season (88)

- Had 11 games with at least seven assists

- Career 1,000 point scorer

(Photo: Post Journal)

 

Ray Mushat - South Park, Senior

17.4 PPG / 4.2 RPG / 1.8 APG / 1.7 SPG / 0.4 BPG

- Voted First Team Yale Cup I

- Section VI Class A2 All-Tournament Team

- Park Tournament All-Tournament Team

- Maryvale Christmas All-Tournament Team

- Scored a career-high 39 points in a win over Emerson

- Scored over 30 points twice & nine games over 20 points

- Recorded 12 double-doubles on the season

- Career 1,000 point scorer

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

 

Honorable Mention

Kyle Burley - Pioneer, Senior

22.2 PPG / 10.8 RPG / 3.1 APG / 2.3 SPG / 0.8 BPG  -  First Team ECIC III

 

Chad Biersbach - Depew, Senior

22.0 PPG /  8.3 RPG / 2.1 APG / 2.1 SPG / 1.0 BPG  -  First Team All-ECIC

 

Hakeem Dobbins - Middle College, Senior

20.5 PPG / 4.9 APG / 4.4 RPG / 3.2 SPG / 0.5 BPG  -  First Team Yale Cup I

 

Kyle DeVoogel - Newfane, Senior

19.7 PPG / 3.7 RPG / 3.5 SPG / 1.5 APG / 0.5 BPG  -  First Team Niagara-Orleans League

 

Kyle Ebert - Frontier, Senior

19.2 PPG / 5.0 RPG / 1.2 APG / 0.9 SPG / 0.5 BPG  -  First Team ECIC I

 

Devaun Farnham-DeJesus - Dunkirk, Senior

17.8 PPG / 7.4 RPG / 4.8 APG / 3.0 SPG / 1.0 BPG  -  First Team CCAA I West

 

Ray Blackwell - Maryvale, Senior

17.6 PPG / 4.0 RPG / 3.0 APG / 3.0 SPG  -  First Team ECIC III

 

Isaac Kopp - Franklinville, Senior

17.5 PPG / 5.1 RPG / 2.5 APG / 1.2 SPG / 0.5 BPG  -  First Team CCAA II East

 

Johnathan Park - Lake Shore, Senior

16.7 PPG / 13.5 RPG / 3.3 BPG / 1.7 APG / 1.7 SPG  -  First Team ECIC III

 

Griffin Chudy - Ellicottville, Senior

16.6 PPG / 5.8 RPG / 4.3 APG / 3.6 SPG  -  First Team CCAA II East

 

Alex Wayland - West Seneca West, Senior

15.4 PPG / 4.0 RPG / 3.0 SPG / 2.9 APG  -  First Team ECIC I

 

Nasir Benton - Cardinal O'Hara, Senior

15.3 PPG / 4.7 RPG / 4.0 APG / 3.7 SPG  -  First Team All-Catholic

 

Christian Szablewski - St. Mary's, Senior

15.0 PPG / 8.2 RPG / 1.8 APG / 1.4 BPG / 1.1 SPG  -  First Team All-Catholic

 

Max Weber - Newfane, Senior

14.2 PPG / 7.3 RPG / 6.6 APG / 2.7 SPG / 0.8 BPG  -  First Team Niagara-Orleans League

 

Waunya Shaw - East, Senior

14.0 PPG / 7.0 RPG / 2.5 APG / 1.8 SPG / 0.7 BPG  -  NYSPHAA State Champion

 

Bo Sireika - St. Francis, Senior

13.8 PPG / 4.5 RPG / 2.6 SPG / 2.3 APG / 1.0 BPG  -  First Team All-Catholic 

 

Quran DuBois - Niagara Falls, Senior

12.9 PPG / 3.9 RPG / 2.1 APG / 1.6 SPG  -  Section VI Class AA All-Tournament Team

 

Nick MacDonald - Canisius, Senior

12.3 PPG / 2.7 RPG / 1.3 APG / 1.1 SPG  -  Led the MMA in 3-pointers made w/ school record 73

 

Mason Goodridge - Springville, Junior

24.6 PPG / 3.1 RPG / 2.4 SPG / 2.0 APG / 0.5 BPG  -  Player of the Year in ECIC III

 

Zamari Mitchell - West Seneca East, Junior

22.5 PPG / 4.7 RPG / 4.2 SPG / 2.4 APG / 0.6 BPG  -  First Team All-ECIC

 

Trent Scott - Lew-Port, Junior

18.6 PPG / 6.1 RPG / 4.9 APG / 3.2 SPG / 1.1 BPG  -  First Team Niagara Frontier League

 

Adrian Baugh - West Seneca West, Junior

17.6 PPG / 7.4 RPG / 2.3 SPG / 2.0 APG / 1.2 BPG  -  First Team ECIC I

 

Earl Howard - MST Seneca, Junior

17.5 PPG / 6.2 RPG / 3.4 APG / 1.1 SPG  -  Player of the Year in Yale Cup II

 

Dorian Plummer - Tapestry, Junior

17.3 PPG / 4.7 RPG / 2.6 SPG / 1.4 APG  -  First Team All-Charter

 

Cam Sionko - Grand Island, Junior

16.3 PPG / 7.0 RPG / 5.2 APG / 1.5 SPG / 0.5 BPG  -  First Team Niagara Frontier League

 

River Reinhardt - Clarence, Junior

15.3 PPG / 4.6 APG / 3.3 RPG / 2.7 SPG  -  First Team ECIC I

 

Haakim Siner - Niagara Catholic, Junior

13.7 PPG / 10.6 RPG /  1.8 SPG / 1.3 APG / 0.8 BPG  -  Recorded 12 double-doubles on the season

 

Chris Stineman - Nichols, Junior

12.5 PPG / 10.4 RPG / 2.8 APG / 1.5 BPG / 0.9 SPG  -  First Team All-Catholic

 

Devin Degree - Williamsville South, Junior

11.8 PPG / 4.6 APG / 4.1 RPG / 2.7 SPG - First Team ECIC II

 

Quentin Nnagbo - Park, Junior

6.6 PPG / 6.2 RPG / 1.6 APG / 1.6 SPG / 1.5 BPG  -  NYS Class A Federation Champion

 

Julian Eziukwu - Park, Junior

5.9 PPG / 6.5 RPG / 1.9 BPG / 1.6 SPG / 1.2 APG  -  NYS Class A Federation Champion

 

Daesean Ashley - Amherst, Sophomore

17.6 PPG / 6.4 RPG / 3.4 APG / 3.3 SPG  - First Team ECIC II

 

John Orogun - Park, Sophomore

5.4 PPG / 6.6 RPG / 1.9 BPG / 1.6 SPG / 1.0 APG  -  NYS Class A Federation Champion

 

Tariq Eubanks - Tapestry, Freshman

12.0 PPG / 4.2 APG / 3.5 RPG / 2.9 SPG  -  MVP of Section VI Class C Tournament

 

Roddy Gayle - Niagara Falls, 8th Grade

12.8 PPG / 4.3 RPG / 3.2 APG / 1.0 SPG / 0.9 BPG  -  First Team Niagara Frontier League

 

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Sixth Man of the Year

Julian Eziukwu - Park, Junior

5.9 PPG / 6.5 RPG / 1.9 BPG / 1.6 SPG / 1.2 APG

Without question, a starter on any other team in WNY.  An aggressive rebounder with a knack for staying with the play and finishing in the paint, Eziukwu's most impressive attribute was his work ethic.  Not only did he willingly accept his role as Park's sixth man, he embraced it.  Upon entering the game, you would immediately hear him talking on defense and notice a boost in the team's energy at that end due to his presence. 

- NYS Federation Class A Champion

- Earned All-Centercourt Honorable Mention in 2018

(Photo: Buffalo News)

 

 

All-Centercourt Defenders

First Team

Greg Dolan - Williamsville South, Senior

Jayce Johnson - Canisius, Senior

Master Radford - Timon, Senior

Noah Hutchins - Park, Junior

Dan Scott - Park, Junior

 

Second Team

Tazaun Rose - Niagara Falls, Senior

Griffin Chudy - Ellicottville, Senior

Dylan Burton - Franklinville, Senior

Kam Briggs - Health Sciences, Junior

Lucas Theisen - St. Francis, Junior

 

Third Team

Avion Harris - Niagara Catholic, Sophomore

Mike Schmidt - Olean, Junior

Kavon Rogers - McKinley, Senior

Tariq Eubanks - Tapestry, Freshman

Anthony Mack - South Park, Sophomore

 

Centercourt #BOOM Squad

Davonte Gaines - Health Sciences, Senior

Austin James - Canisius, Senior

Noah Hutchins - Park, Junior

Master Radford - Timon, Senior

Jalin Cooper - Medina, Senior

Liam Carey - Grand Island

Justin Hemphill - Cardinal O'Hara, Junior

Roddy Gayle - Niagara Falls, 8th Grader

Jayce Johnson - Canisius, Senior

Johnathan Park - Lake Shore, Senior

Justin Allen - East, Senior

Dan Scott - Park, Junior

Ryan Bradley - Canisius, Senior

 

Coach of the Year

Rich Jacob - The Park School

 

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Class B1 & B2 Brackets - 2018 Sectionals

Class B1

First Round - Tuesday, February 20th

(9) CSAT 57, (16) Tonawanda 31

(13) Fredonia 67, (12) Alden 45

 

(10) Albion 67, (15) I-Prep 58

(11) Burgard 80, (14) Springville 54

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 21st

(9) CSAT 42, (8) Depew 38

(13) Fredonia 57, (5) MST Seneca 54

 

(7) City Honors 66, (10) Albion 50

(6) Dunkirk 59, (11) Burgard 45

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 23rd

(1) Lackawanna 69, (9) CSAT 52

(4) Newfane 66, (13) Fredonia 41

 

(2) Olean 62, (7) City Honors 54

(3) Medina 67, (6) Dunkirk 60

 

Semifinals - Tuesday, February 27th & Wednesday, February 28th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 8:15 pm

(4) Newfane 54, (1) Lackawanna 53  

(2) Olean 59, (3) Medina 45 

 

Final - Saturday, March 3rd

AT BUFFALO STATE - 1:45 pm

(1) Olean 48, (4) Newfane 35

 

2018 Section VI Class B1 Champions - Olean Huskies 

 

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Class B2

First Round - Tuesday, February 20th

(9) Roy-Hart 59, (16) DaVinci 36

(12) Riverside 71, (13) Eden 38

 

(10) Southwestern 54, (15) Akron 30

(14) Oracle 49, (11) Buffalo Arts 46

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 21st

(8) Gowanda 62, (9) Roy-Hart 43

(5) Wilson 60, (12) Riverside 54

 

(10) Southwestern 53, (7) Cleveland Hill 45

(6) Maritime 62, (14) Oracle 58

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 23rd

(1) Middle College 72, (8) Gowanda 67

(4) Health Sciences 64, (5) Wlson 36

 

(10) Southwestern 54, (2) Olmsted 51

(3) JFK 74, (6) Maritime 65

 

Semifinals - Monday, February 26th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 6 pm & 7:45 pm 

(4) Health Sciences 62, (1) Middle College 42

(3) JFK 66,  (10) Southwestern 60

 

Final - Saturday, March 3rd

AT BUFFALO STATE - 12 pm

 (4) Health Sciences 67, (3) JFK 35

 

2018 Section VI Class B2 Champions - Health Sciences Falcons 

 

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The Schedule: 2017-2018 Season

(Buffalo State Sports Arena during Championship Week /Photo: Harry Scull,Buffalo News) 

 

Tuesday, March 6th

Section VI Class B Crossover at Buff State - 6 pm

Section VI Class B Crossover at Buff State - 7:45 pm

 

Saturday, March 10th

Class D Far West Regioinal at Buff State - 12 pm

Class C Far West Regioinal at Buff State - 1:45 pm

Class B Far West Regioinal at Buff State - 3:30 pm

Class A Far West Regioinal at Buff State - 7 pm

Class AA Far West Regioinal at Buff State - 8:30 pm

CHSAA Class B State Championship

Niagara Catholic vs. TBD - Site & Time TBD

 

Sunday, March 11th

CHSAA State Championships at Villa Maria College

Niagara Catholic vs Regis - 1 pm

Park vs Nazareth - 2:45 pm

 

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Season Preview: 2017-2018

(The 2017 Manhattan Cup Final/Photo: Harry Scull,Buffalo News)

 

The 2017-2018 Pre-View From Centercourt contains:

- Commentary on returning talent  &  offseason news

- What's New

- Returning 2017 All-Centercourt Players

- Player Watch List for 2018

- A League-by-League look at the teams

(MMA, Yale Cup, ECIC,  NFL, N-O, CCAA, & Charters)

- Coaching Changes

- Classification Changes

- Preseason Top 10 Large & Small Schools

- Predictions

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 Last year on a Sunday night late in March I was driving home from Glens Falls.  I'd just finished watching the Federation Tournament, which signals the official end to the high school basketball season, and I was going through the 2017 All-Centercourt Team in my mind.  I quickly began to realize something that got me thinking ahead to the 2018 season and just how cool the season would be. 

What was it?  Talent.  All sorts of returning talent.  An unprecedented amount of underclassmen had turned in seasons worthy of recognition in not just the Top 60, but the coveted Top 25.  In early April when the All-Centercourt Team was published, underclassmen accounted for over half of the Top 60.  But it was in the Top 25 that the numbers really popped.  Just nine seniors took up those slots, meaning an astonishing 16 underclassmen had represented the best 25 seasons in WNY.

While there are talented players back at every level and every league, there's a few teams that are downright filthy on paper coming into this season.  Canisius, Park, Health Sciences, and East each return nearly all of its production for highly successful seasons in 2017, while Franklinville and Ellicottville literally return their entire rotations.

 

Perhaps the biggest name back this season is Williamsville South's Greg Dolan, the lone returning First Team selection.  It's hard to believe it was already four seasons ago that I first watched Dolan take the court as a freshman point guard and lead his team to a road victory in his first ever game played at Class AA district rival Williamsville North, but over 1,000 points and two Section VI titles later, he's finally a senior.

 

Unfortunately for local fans, the biggest player won't be back in WNY this season following a standout junior year.  Joe Jones, a 6-8 force in the paint, made the decision to leave The Park School to play at Orangeville Prep.

 

While Dolan might be the biggest name locally, the biggest news was made by Davonte Gaines, who verbally committed to Tennessee prior to his senior season at Health Sciences.  The Ticket, as he's known in WNY basketball circles, visited the Vols during the offseason and liked what he saw.

 

The biggest incoming name to this season might be Tapestry freshman guard Tariq Eubanks.  After an offseason of training, AAU, and competing against top competition at Future150 camps, Eubanks is nationally ranked in the Class of 2021.

 

Tyron Lott is the player with the biggest question mark attached to his name as this season gets underway.  He's a 1,000 point scorer and a Top 25 All-Centercourt player that is currently not attached to a team.  After starring at Health Sciences and helping the team reach the state final four in Class B, it's very possible he does not play for the Falcons as a senior.  Stay tuned as we await word on where he will be.

 

So what about the biggest offseason transfer?  Since two of the players in the Top 60 changed teams, we can start there.  The highest ranking talent to move was Third Team All-Centercourt guard Julian Cunningham, who left St. Francis for the team's long standing rival at Timon.  Jalen Bradberry left Niagara Wheatfield following an 8th grade campaign at the varsity level that earned All-Centercourt Honorable Mention honors to play in the Monsignor Martin Association at Niagara Catholic, and it looks like he brought a few of his friends with him.

 

Another player that transferred was Juston Johnson, who ran the point for Timon in 2017.  But that transfer came as part of a major shakeup in South Buffalo that saw Timon Athletic Director Charlie Comerford resign from his positions in both administration and coaching.  That led to the resignation of Timon's basketball coach Des Randall, and ultimately the transfer of Johnson (Randall's brother).  Both Randall and Johnson are now at West Seneca West.

 

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What's New ??

 

- After a decade of immersing myself in the local high school hoops scene, I finally organized an event.  The first ever Centercourt Classic will take place on Saturday, February 3rd at Williamsville South High School, featuring four games between top 10 teams from the 2017 season that brought back plenty of talent!

 

-  The Niagara Frontier League (NFL) will be split into two divisions this season. (Niagara Falls, Ken West, Lockport, Niagara Wheatfield, & North Tonawanda) AND (Grand Island, Lew-Port, CSAT, & Ken East).  Teams will play everyone in the league once and teams within their newly structured divisions twice.  The regular season will conclude with 'crossover' games between the two divisions (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, etc.) with the team finishing 5th in the larger division playing at West Seneca East for its 20th game.

 

-  Lafayette will no longer host home games in its one-of-a-kind gymnasium that was far from a regulation court, but was an experience in-and-of itself.  The Violets will instead play their home games at Grabiarz School of Excellence on Lawn Ave.

 

- This season there are only 16 teams in Class C, meaning there will be no breakdown into Class C1  &  Class C2.  Just one Section VI Final for Class C.

 

-  Yale Cup varsity games will now have a 6:30 pm tip time.

 

- The Pastor-Cooper Showcase at Daemen College will only be two days this season - Thursday, December 7th  &  Saturday, December 9th.

 

- The ADPRO Public/Private Challenge returns to St. Mary's with another three-day, 11-game lineup.  This season's headliner is Canisius vs. Health Sciences.

 

-  The Manhattan Cup semifinals for Class B will be played on the same night as the 32 Section VI quarterfinals, in addition to the Manhattan Cup Finals for Class A & B conflicting with the Wednesday night of Buff State Week.

 

- Six teams have changed leagues from last season:

Starpoint returns to ECIC II, Iroquois & Springville move to ECIC III, Depew to ECIC IV, I-Prep to Yale Cup I, and Riverside to Yale Cup II.

 

 -  It's Section VI's turn to host the Far West Regionals.  A full slate of five games are scheduled for Saturday, March 10th at Buffalo State.

 

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The Players

*** 15 of the top 25 players from the 2017 All-Centercourt Team return to the WNY high school hoops scene, along with another 16 players that received Honorable Mentions following last season.  That's over half of the Top 60!

Returning First Teamer

 Greg Dolan - Williamsville South, Senior

 Junior Season stats:

 23.0 PPG

8.9 RPG

4.3 APG

3.8 SPG

 Dolan is WNY's only current three-time All-Centercourt selection heading into his senior season.  The Billies' all-time steals leader and 1,000 point scorer will carry the load for his team more than ever this season in a quest for a fourth straight Class A1 Final appearance.

*All-Centercourt Defender*

  Returning Second Teamers

Devin Pope - Chautauqua Lake, Senior

Junior Season stats:

28.2 PPG

7.8 RPG

4.7 SPG 

3.8 APG

Pope is coming off a season that saw him attempt a staggering 221 free throw attempts and score over 700 points.  He led his Thunderbirds to their first ever Section VI title and helped advance the team to regionals.

• *All-Centercourt Defender *

 

Davonte Gaines - Health Sciences, Senior

Junior Season stats:

17.7 PPG

12.1 RPG

3.8 BPG

2.9 SPG

The team's MVP scored a career-high 50 points in a victory last season and committed to play for Tennessee following his prep days.  Gaines led his school to its first ever Section VI title and beyond.

*Centercourt #BOOM Squad*

 

Willard Anderson - East, Senior

Junior Season stats:

25.7 PPG

5.9 APG

3.9 RPG

3.4 SPG 

Anderson has an all-around game that led East in points, assists, steals, & blocks, but his specialty is filling up the rim.  During his junior campaign, he scored a career-high 42 points, while scoring at least 29 points in 11 of the Panthers' 23 games.

 

 

Returning Third Teamers

Bo Sireika - St. Francis, Senior

Junior Season stats:

14.0 PPG

3.9 RPG

1.9 APG

1.3 SPG

Already the school's all-time leader in 3-pointers made, Sireika took the Red Raiders to the Manhattan Cup Final in 2017.

*All-Centercourt Defender*

 

 

Julian Cunningham - Timon, Junior

Sophomore Season stats:

12.2 PPG

4.7 RPG

2.8 APG

1.6 SPG

Following a Manhattan Cup Final appearance with the Red Raiders, one of WNY's most crafty and competitive floor generals will suit up in Timon green this season.

* All-Centercourt Defender *

 

 

Trevor Book - North Tonawanda, Senior

 

Junior Season stats:

18.3 PPG

4.4 RPG

3.2 SPG

1.9 APG

 

After leading the Jacks to an overall Class A crown as a junior on a senior laden squad, Book is set to put the team on his back and erupt after a break-out junior year.

 

Jayce Johnson - Canisius, Senior

Junior Season stats:

11.3 PPG

8.3 RPG

5.3 APG

1.5 SPG

The 2016 Centercourt 6th Man of the Year became the Crusaders' go-to player in crunch time as a junior and delivered, leading Canisius to another Manhattan Cup after arriving to the postseason as the #4 seed.

*All-Centercourt Defender*

*Centercourt #BOOM Squad*

 

Returning Fourth Teamers

Noah Hutchins - Junior, Park

Sophomore Season stats:

11.5 PPG

5.0 APG

4.0 RPG

3.6 SPG 

Perhaps the most talented player in all of WNY, Hutchins has never lost to a public school in his two seasons as the maestro for the Pioneers.

*All-Centercourt Defender*

*Centercourt #BOOM Squad*

 

Dan Scott - Park, Junior

Sophomore Season stats:

16.0 PPG

4.7 RPG

3.0 APG

2.6 SPG

The intense two-way star is a returning First Team All-Catholic selection looking to help Park take the next step in the large school ranks.

*All-Centercourt Defender*

*Centercourt #BOOM Squad*

 

Elliot Bowen - Ellicottville, Senior

Junior Season stats:

21.0 PPG

14.7 RPG

3.3 BPG

1.6 SPG

 

WNY's top returning big man enters his senior season as a two-time First Team All-State selection in Class D after earning the honor in both his sophomore & junior campaigns.

 

Sam Erickson - Franklinville, Senior

 

Junior Season stats:

20.4 PPG

10.2 RPG

2.7 APG

2.3 SPG

 

After leading the Panthers to the state final four in Class D last season, the do-it-all standout returns on a mission to take his team to the top of the state.

 

Returning Fifth Teamers

Tyron Lott - Senior

 

Junior Season stats:

18.4 PPG

6.0 APG

4.1 RPG

3.8 SPG

 

The 1,000 point scorer helped Health Sciences win the Class B Regional and advance to the state final four.  He will be a major addition to whichever team he ends up with for his senior season.

 

Jalin Cooper - Medina, Senior

Junior Season stats:

20.8 PPG

9.4 RPG

3.0 SPG

2.6 APG

The high-flyer will play football for Toledo in the fall after a run at a third straight N-O title for the Mustangs, who ran the table in league play last season.

*Centercourt #BOOM Squad*

 

 

Ryan Bradley - Canisius, Senior

 

Junior Season stats:

13.3 PPG

7.7 RPG

2.6 APG

1.2 SPG 

 

Became a vital piece in the Crusaders starting lineup thanks to his size & all-around talent and was instrumental in leading them to a third straight Manhattan Cup title.

 

Returning 2017 Honorable Mentions

Nate Brawdy - Gowanda, Sr:  20.2 PPG / 14.0 RPG / 4.8 APG  as a junior

Kyle DeVoogel - Newfane, Sr:  18.6 PPG / 5.9 SPG / 4.1 RPG / 2.8 APG / 0.9 BPG  as a junior

Chad Biersbach - Depew, Sr:  17.5 PPG / 8.3 RPG / 2.8 SPG / 2.1 APG / 0.9 BPG  as a junior

Ray Blackwell - Maryvale, Sr:  17.0 PPG / 6.2 RPG / 3.8 APG / 3.1 SPG  as a junior

Hakeem Dobbins - Middle College, Sr:  16.5 PPG / 2.8 RPG / 2.0 APG / 1.8 SPG  as a junior

Latrell Butler-Kemp - Walsh, Sr:  16.4 PPG / 7.5 RPG / 3.9 APG / 2.2 SPG  as a junior

Ray Mushat - South Park, Sr:  15.3 PPG / 5.5 RPG / 2.6 SPG / 1.2 APG / 0.6 BPG  as a junior

Max Weber - Newfane, Sr:  14.8 PPG / 8.3 RPG / 7.0 APG / 3.0 SPG / 1.7 BPG  as a junior

Christian Szablewski - St. Mary's, Sr:  13.4 PPG / 8.5 RPG / 2.3 APG / 2.0 SPG  as a junior

Darnell Butts - Dunkirk, Sr:  13.1 PPG / 4.5 RPG / 2.1 APG / 1.6 STL / 0.4 BPG  as a junior

Tazaun Rose - Niagara Falls, Sr:  11.0 PPG / 5.0 APG / 4.0 SPG / 3.0 RPG  as a junior

Mason Goodridge - Springville, Jr:  18.9 PPG / 2.5 APG / 2.1 RPG / 1.2 SPG  as a sophomore

Cam Sionko - Grand Island, Jr:  17.2 PPG / 4.0 RPG / 3.0 APG / 1.8 SPG  as a sophomore

Justin Hemphill - O'Hara, Jr:  16.4 PPG / 11.0 RPG / 5.1 APG / 2.4 SPG / 2.2 BPG  as a sophomore

Tyler Hind - Randolph, So:  17.6 PPG / 4.3 APG / 3.1 SPG / 2.8 RPG  as a freshman

Jalen Bradberry - Niagara Catholic, Fr:  14.7 PPG / 3.3 APG / 3.0 RPG / 1.5 APG  as an 8th grader

  

Player Watch List

Nick MacDonald - 12 (Canisius), Austin James - 12 (Canisius), Master Radford - 12 (Timon), Jack Capen - 12 (St. Joe's), Syquan Ralands - 12 (Niagara Falls), Jacob Genzel - 12 (Hamburg), Justin Allen - 12 (East), Liam Carey - 12 (Grand Island), Nick Baker - 12 (JFK), Ture Hassler - 12 (Gowanda), Griffin Chudy - 12 (Ellicottville), Austin Grinols - 12 (Ellicottville), Isaac Kopp - 12 (Franklinville), Jon Parks - 12 (Lake Shore), Noble Smith - 12 (Lackawanna), Anthony Whitfield - 12 (Hutch-Tech), Deon Spencer - 12 (McKinley), Kyle Ebert - 12 (Frontier), Alex Wayland - 12 (West Seneca West), Jared Gleason - 12 (Sherman), Jarmani Benton - 12 (Silver Creek), Jermaine Haynes - 11 (Cardinal O'Hara), Chris Stineman - 11 (Nichols), Noah Grabar - 11 (Lackawanna), Josiah Harris - 11 (Niagara Falls), Brady Woelben - 11 (Silver Creek), Lucas Theisen - 11 (St. Francis), River Reinhart - 11 (Clarence), Malik Brooks - 11 (Lockport), Mike Schmidt - 11 (Olean), Quentin Nnagbo - 11 (Park), Julian Eziukwu - 11 (Park), Earl Howard - 11 (MST Seneca),  Zamari Mitchell - 11 (West Seneca West), Devin Degree - 11 (Williamsville South), Kameron Briggs - 11 (Health Sciences),  Trent Scott - 11 (Lew-Port), Juston Johnson - 11 (West Seneca West), Adrian Baugh - 11 (West Seneca West), Mason Goodridge - 11 (Springville), Nate Shuart - 11 (Fredonia), Carson Christ - 11 (Maple Grove), Amir Radford - 11 (City Honors), Dwayne Vass - 10 (Canisius), Ishmael Fairclough - 10 (Canisius), Jaylen Stewart - 10 (Park), Eric Kegler - 10 (St. Mary's), Anthony Mack - 10 (South Park), Jahmal Lewis - 10 (McKinley), Terrell Mullen - 10 (Maryvale), Justin Hemphill - 10 (Cardinal O'Hara), Daesean Ashley - 10 (Amherst), Cameron Barmore - 10 (Panama), Cal Shifflet - 10 (Williamsville East), Aidan Horan - 10 (Nichols), Dom Jamison - 10 (Silver Creek), Jon Orugun - 10 (Park), Tariq Eubanks - 9 (Tapestry), Kyjuan Inabinett - 9 (Health Sciences, Javaughn Jones - 9 (Health Sciences), Tyler Putney - 9 (Fredonia)

 

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League-By-League

Monsignor Martin Association

Large Schools - CLASS A

Canisius has won seven of the last nine Manhattan Cup championships, including the last three.  After pulling it off last season as the #4 seed in the playoffs, the Crusaders are back once again in full force, returning a deep and talented lineup.  Canisius started five underclassmen for most of the season, so they will be a seasoned, veteran squad.  With vital pieces in all the right places, this team could be a complete buzz.  Jayce Johnson & Ryan Bradley both earned postseason honors last year, but the list of standouts at Canisius is lengthy.  Park has a new coach in Rich Jacob and all that underclassmen talent coming back, with the exception of Joe Jones who left for prep school.  The Pioneers played last season without any seniors - this season they'll have just two.  Expect them to be as formidable as ever with Noah Hutchins and Dan Scott leading the way and three players that are at least 6-8.  They'll look to finish strong and earn their first Class A Manhattan Cup.  St. Francis is coming off an outstanding season with some eye-popping wins and a finals appearance in the Manhattan Cup. The team returns one starter in senior Bo Sireika, who was Third Team All-Centercourt.  Despite replacing four starters Coach Ferris' squad might surprise - they are loaded with underclassmen that saw meaningful minutes last year and will be expected to step up as they look to repeat as regular season champions and get back to the Manhattan Cup Final.  St. Joe's returns eight players, led by senior Jack Capen.  Kevin Durkin will run the point for the Marauders, while 6-7 Alex D'Anniballe gives the team a presence in the middle.  Pat McCann will see plenty of court time as a junior, along with Will Ostrowski.  Tre Boling will miss some time at the start of the season following a football injury.

***

Canisius:  Jayce Johnson 12, Ryan Bradley 12, Austin James 12, Nick MacDolnald 12, Conner McCaffrey 12, Brendan Trapper 12, John Evans 12, Joe Jamison 11

Park:  Brandon Smith 12, Marques Lowe 12, Noah Hutchins 11, Daniel Scott 11, Quentin Nnagbo 11, Julian Eziukwu 11, Jordan Gompah 11, Jack Gompah 11, Q Johnson 11, Jai'den Dunn 11, Eman Wajed 11, John Orugun 10, Jaylen Stewart 10, Caleb Hutchins 9, Keyounjay Carter 9

St. Francis:  Bo Sireika 12, Owen Woyshner 12, Josh Palmer 12, Dan Busha 11, Dorion Ivey 11, Elijah Williams 11, Traevone Scott 10, Justin Poumpey 11, Lucas Theisen 11, Nicholas Reeb 11, Noah Unger 11, Reily Miller 11, Ryan Lacki 11, David Bartholomew 10, Jack Bickerstaff 10, Amiel Collins 9

St. Joe's:  Jack Capen 12, Jeremy Johnson 12, Trey Boling 12, Kevin Durkin 12, Keith Norward 12, John Galvin 12, Alexander D'Anniballe 12, Noah Hausbeck 12, Pat McCann 11, Will Ostrowski 11, Tino Martone 11, Kemychal Clark 11, Jack Wojtazsek 11, Hamzah Abdur-Rahman 11, Amari Gordon 10

Timon:  no information provided by coach

 

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Small Schools - CLASS B 

St. Mary's is the defending champion in Class B and returns plenty of talent, led by seniors Christian Szablewski, Eric Brown, & Matt Ciezski.  Despite a veteran bunch, the Lancers will need to play hungry, as the other teams in the league made some key additions to already talented rosters.  There has yet to be a repeat champion in Class B.  Cardinal O'Hara is coming off its most successful season since 2002 and returns eight players, including the team’s top 3 scorers in Justin Hemphill (16.4 ppg), Jermaine Haynes (14.9 ppg), and Nasir Benton (10.3 ppg).  Hemphill enters his junior season with over 500 rebounds and 734 points.  Pat Clarke takes over as head coach at Nichols, where the Vikings finished second last season after narrowly losing a battle in the final to St. Mary's.  The team will benefit greatly from junior transfer Chris Stineman, a forward who averaged 13.6 ppg & 9.4 rpg as a sophomore.  He teams with returning starting point guard Trent Banaszak and Aidan Horan, who enjoyed a solid freshman season.  Niagara Catholic is looking to improve on their five-win season last year. With five  returning players and several new players added to the roster including notable transfer Jalen Bradberry, who earned All-Centercourt Honorable Mention honors as an 8th grader, the Patriots will look to find the cohesiveness to make them very competitive in a tough league.   Latrell Butler-Kemp, who was an All-Centercourt Honorable Mention and First Team All-Catholic last season, returns to Walsh as the team's lone senior.  The very young Eagles also have just two juniors - one that saw limited action a season ago and the other being a foreign exchange student from Germany who has never played.  In a league that is always challenging for this exceptionally small school that travels at least an hour for every road game, head coach Andy Moore may be tasked with his biggest challenge yet.

 ***

 St. Mary's:  Christian Szablewski 12, Eric Brown 12, Matt Ciezski 12, Ahmad Powell 12, Frank Propis 12, Jaelin Russell 12, Ben Mazurowski 12, Kofi Osei 12, Ja'Shawn Collins 12, Jake Lukasik 12, Brady O'Brien 11, Sean Melson 11, Alif  Dunbar 11, Eric Kegler 10

Cardinal O'Hara:  Nasir Benton 12, Michon Dudley 12, Justin Hemphill 11, Jermaine Haynes 11, Stephen Boyd 11, Brandon Broadnax 11, Matthew Buckley 11, Ibrahim Lewis 11, CJ Masters 11, Joe Turri 11, Remir Velazquez 11, Jaedin Cottman 10, Yehshua Lee 10, Quantrail Moss 10

Nichols:  TJ Banaszak 12, Antonio Jones 12, Ryan Peterson 12, Matthew Glinski 12, Michael Fredericks 12, Chris Stineman 11, Jonathan Goodloe 11, Clark Thrasher 11, Matt Raiff 11, Julian Freeman 11, Jake Bair 11, Aidan Horan 10, Hugh Purks 9

Niagara Catholic:  Nick Krupp 12, Mike Sanders 12, Harrison Abramaitys 11, Quinelle Burch 11, Raysean Smith 11, Haakim Siner 11, Jaden Turner 11, Roman Wright 11, Avion Harris 10, Jaemon Turner 10, Jalen Bradberry 9, Mehki Starks 9

Walsh:  Latrell Butler Kemp 12, George Lowry 11, Justus Lingott 11, Colin Yorke 10, Marcus Esposito 10, Kameron Ramadhan 10, Zayne Blacksnake 10, Max Garvin 9, Xavier Laverty 9, Ajhani Parks 9

CCA:   no information provided by coach

 

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Section VI

YALE CUP I

South Park enters the season as the defending Yale Cup champions for the first time in 31 years.  With all that's back, along with a couple key transfers, it looks like they could have the horses to do it again.  Ray Mushat, Anthony Mack, David Stroud, and Elijah Lewis are all back to make the Sparks formidable.  East led South Park in the final minute of the game that decided where the Yale Cup would reside, and returns three key pieces of its squad from last year.  The team has the city league's best player in Willard Anderson, back after earning Second Team All-Centercourt honors as a junior, along with Justin Allen who gives the team a strong presence in the paint, and three-year player Waunya Shaw.  The Panthers have also moved to Class D in Section VI after reaching the Class C2 Final last year.  McKinley is coming off a year in league play that ended a 28-game Yale Cup winning streak and saw the Cup leave Elmwood Avenue.  However, the Macks still reached Buffalo State in Class A1.  With plenty back and Zaire Dorsey behind the bench, they would be a tough team to bet against returning the city's trophy to the home its had for years.  Deon Spencer is back to play the point, Kavon Rogers will man the middle once again, and Emir Evans is a tough & physical defender.  Middle College has a new head coach in James Kane, who has been with the program at the JV level.  His Kats will once again be a contender in both league & sectional play, led by Nate Jackson, Aziyon Clemons, and Hakeem Dobbins.  Hutch-Tech has a group that has played together for the past couple seasons.  After playing together all offseason, the group has grown together to raise their basketball IQ's and are ready for the challenge presented in the rigorous Yale Cup.  Burgard head coach Willie Jones was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame during the offseason, so the Bulldogs are officially coached by a legend!  The team brings back six players and will carry ten underclassmen this season, led by junior Dejuan Williams.  Emerson will have to play smart and get its youth up to speed quickly as the team has just four seniors on this season's 15-man roster.  

***

South Park :  Raymond Mushat 12, Donte Ridgeway 12, Daquan Anderson 12, Justice Allen 12, Elijah Lewis 11, David Stroud 11, Devon White 11, Jalil Marris 11, Donald Stewart 11, Dabeyon Humphrey 11, Jayon Renfro 11, Anthony Mack 10, Jayson Armstead 10, Michael Crockett 10

East:  Willard Anderson 12, Justin Allen 12, Waunya Shaw 12, Xavier Turner 12, Emmanuel Wilson 12, Ibrahim Mberwa 12, Danny Carter 10, Juron Hill 10, Dontaye Miller 10, Eugene Robinson 9, Tynell Ruffins 9, Anthony Oberlander 9, Jaiden Green 9, Antonio Rivera 9

McKinley: Deon Spencer 12, Jaylin Windsor 12,  Kavon Rogers 12, Emir Evans 12, Marquese Thomas 12, Frank Bostic 12, Troy Coble 12, Ngendabanyikwa Elias 11, Jahmal  Lewis 10

Middle College:  Nate Jackson 12,  Azyion Clemons 12, Jules Stover 12, Zach Jones 12, Hakeem Dobbins 12, Donovan Queeno 12, Tereamell Stevens 11, Ja'Kari Nettles 11, James Barnes 11, Devonte Prince 10, Keyunte Jones 10, Malik Meadows 10, Jamond Jones 10, Keith Brown 10, Anthony Smith 9

Hutch-Tech:  Jayden Mitchell 12, Caleb Kash 12, Mohamad Nor 12, Frenchy Cook 12, Anthony Whitfield 11, Ke'Shawn Bennett 11, EJ Shahied 11, Khyree Jeader 11, David Bradshaw 11, Cyer Cyer 11, Emanuel Geegba 11, Elijah Smith 11, Kenneth Jacobs 10

Burgard:  Myles Morrison 12, Jeremiah Earley 12,, Brandon Myers 12, Jorge Villa 12, Kenyon Pringle 12, Isaiah Lee 12, Leander Hyshaw 12, Phillip Cooperwood 12, Dejuan Williams 11, Zak Griffin 11, Amarni Ray 11, Sonny Hollingsworth 11, Carlos Lewis 11, Arsie Carmichael 11, Greg Ruffin 11, Roshanali Hamza 11, Tyshawn Rosenthal 10, Tre'velle Mitchell 10 

Emerson:  John Tarver 12, Zakai Young 12, Jaquan Davis 12, Kam'ron Mootry 12, Lumumba Hough 11, Daquan Seltzer 11, Darshaun Sullivan 11, Quinton McClain 11, Mark Gist 11, Antonio McGee 11, Otis Houston 11, Nazir Moore 11, Calvin Smith 11, Luis Rodriguez 11, Christian McDowell 11

I-Prep: no information provided by coach

 

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YALE CUP II

MST Seneca returns two starters from last year in Earl Howard and Jason Chapman.  Howard is a strong and physical point guard that can handle, shoot, and defend for the Wolves.  The team will look to play solid defense and keep games close until they are able to have some new players step up and fill the roles of the departed seniors and try to use team speed and athleticism make up for a scoring lost to graduation.  Olmsted  returns Gabe Carr-Johnson and Joel Richards after reaching Buff State in Class B2 one season removed from a sectional crown in Class C1 in 2016.  The Owls assembled some challenging nonleague opponents to prepare for the postseason.   City Honors has a young team with three sophomores and a freshman, and its top player also an underclassmen in junior Amir Radford.  Riverside moves into Yale Cup II this season.  The Frontiers have three seniors back from last season, led by the talented Dialo Rivera Stevens, who is the team's captain.  At DaVinci, Nick Todaro is the new head coach and has hard-working group that will defend teams aggressively. They carry some freshmen with potential and could surprise a few teams along the way.  Lafayette is looking to build on last season following its come-from-behind sectional win over Roy-Hart, which marked the Violets' first playoff victory since 2010.  Returning starters Austin Grimes and Dayshawn Elliott will factor big in the Violets' backcourt, transition speed, and offensive output.  Senior LaMorris Elliott will give the team experience and strong perimeter shooting. 

***

MST Seneca:   Daylin Anderson 12, Daryl Costner 12, Diallo Gray 12, Marquel Hampshire 12, Saeviyon Livingston 12, James Myree 12, Warren Carter 11, Jason Chapman 11, JohnnyLee Cunningham 11, Earl Howard 11, Derrick Patterson 11, Nick Price 11, Xavier Werts 11, DeMario James 9

Olmsted:  Gabriel Carr-Johnson 12, Aaron Brown 12, Joel Richards 12, Chris Pettiway 12, Caleb Matthews 12, Marcus Roberson 11, Delmar Green 11, Deshaun Nikonowics 11, Chris Mosley 11, Trevor Young 11, Renard Siders 10, Marciano Lamar 10  

Riverside:  Dialo Rivera Stevens 12, Robert Kyle 12, Carlos Adorno Nunez 12, Dontae Hill 12, Michael Villegas 11, Asante Silva 11,   Julius Laureano 11, Jazed Maldonado Rivera 11, D'Yontai Williams 9, Ezequiel Rodriguez 9

City Honors:  Brendan Bulluck 12, Sebastian Flewellyn 12, Neftali Vazquez 12, Michael Ruggeiero 12, Amir Radford 11, Eliot Solomon 11, Xavion Baines 11, Jerimiah Chapman 10,  Nate Kahn 10, Kevion Taylor 10, Jayden Slaughter 9

Lafayette:  Austin Grimes 12, LaMorris Elliott 12, Dayshawn Elliott 11, Jiheed Robinson 11,  Kevin Maysonet 10, Kenneth Merced Ayala 10, Yabnel Calderon 10, Luis Betancourt 10, Zion Pannell 9, Yan Carlos Rodriguez 9

DaVinci:  Trevor Knight  12, Gregory Kulian 12, Cori Henning  12, Antres Garcia 12, Jordan Fonn 11, Eric Barton 11, Elijah Graham 10, Miyear White 10, Agatino Maccarrone 10, Kitara Joseph 9, Ademola Montrose 9, Hiram Abril 9, Angel Burgos 9

Buffalo Arts: no information provided by coach

 

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ECIC I

West Seneca West will benefit greatly from the return of Juston Johnson, who played with the team as an eighth grader and the transfer of Adrian Baugh, both coming over from Timon.  The Indians also hired former Timon coach Des Randall, who starred for the school over a decade ago.  With Alex Wayland back, who led the team in scoring last year, this could be the surprise team of the season in both league play and Class A1. Williamsville North returns its starting backcourt from last season in Ryan Johnston, Jacob Belote, & Joe Nusall.  The Spartans also have a pair of bigs with talent and size with 6-5 Jonathon Abaya and 6-6 Greg Poland, and should contend for a league title and return to Buff State in Class AA.  Frontier has six players back from last season, including Kyle Ebert, who led the team with 14.5 ppg and Brandon Dunz who averaged nine ppg last year.  Jamestown has been a league champion in ECIC I for the last seven seasons.  With a young team that lacks experience, it will be a challenge to continue that streak.  The Red Raiders do have two starters back in Matt Hill and Marcus Rojas who combined for over 20 ppg last year, along with some young talent eager to continue the tradition.   Lancaster reached the Class AA Final last season, and returns a pair of talents from that team in senior Alec Tamburri and junior Jakob Jerebko.  Tamburri was a First Team selection in ECIC I, while Jerebko will help carry the load this season after battling through injuries last year.  Point guard duties will be handled by Ryan Mansell, a tough defender for the Legends.  Clarence returns its top three scorers (Joe Olivieri, River Reinhardt, & Jack Putney) from a team that won five of their last six games, with the loss occurring in overtime of the quarterfinals at Jamestown.  Orchard Park has three starters back (David Morris, Eric Liberatore, and Tino Mancabelli) however Mancabelli will begin the season on the shelf with injuries.  The Quakers will use that time to develop depth and find out who can step up into a greater role.  

***

West Seneca West:  Alex Wayland 12, Jesse Broad 12, Mike Borton 12, Jack Koller 12, Willie Morrison 12, Juston Johnson 11, Adrian Baugh 11, Bryan Ball 11, Kevin Link 11, Jack Breen 11, Anthony Espe 11, Nate Ryniec 10, Mike Glinski 10

Williamsville North:  Ryan Johnston  12, Justin Konotopskyj  12, Lucas Terry 12, Alex Steinwachs 12, Jonathon Abaya 11, Joe Nusall 11, Jacob Belote 11, Dylan Mann 11, Scott Becht 11, Jake Federio 11, Dylan Mann 11, Nick Maniscalco 11, Jacob Orlando 11, Greg Poland 10, Scott Hopkins 10

Clarence:  Joe Olivieri 12, Steve Kabayiza 12, Mike O'Brien 12, Matt Zuffranieri 12, Mike Scherrer 12, Jake Reger 12, Phil Simkin 12, Jack Putney 11, River Reinhardt 11, Jackson Wurtz 11, Brandon Ferris 11, Jon Stevens 11, Akilesh Ramakrishna 11, Peyton Metzger 10

Frontier:   Jacob Weiss 12, Tom Notto 12, Kyle Ebert 12, Alex Hiam 11, Brandon Dunz 11, Ben Taylor 11, Elliott Robinson 11, Tyler Bailey 11, Chris Jones 11, Tyler Jenkins 11

Jamestown:  Matt Hill 12, Noah Larson 12, Marcus Rojas 12, Henry Malarkey 12, Grant Moore 11, Kylen Faulkner 11, Grayson Holt 11, Daunte Garland 11, Kameron Grant 11, Nolan Butts 11, Shaheem Freeney 11, Jordan Crofoot 10, Elijah Rojas 9

Lancaster:  Alec Tamburri 12, Ryan Mansell 12, Jakob Jerebko 11, Matt Garry 11, John Kisker 11, GianLuca Fulciniti 10

Orchard Park:  Eric Liberatore 12, Alex Freilicher 12, Ben Shoop 12, Dave Morris 12, Nate Wereski 11, Matt Burney 11, Cayden Collins 11, Archie Bartolotti 11, Josh McTigue 11, Jordan Prince 11, Brad Fowler 10, Tino Mancabelli 10, Ethan Swiatek 10

 

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ECIC II

 Williamsville South will be the group that every other team in ECIC II gets up for.  The Billies saw their name added to the league championship banner for a third straight season and enter as the favorites to do so once again.  Greg Dolan enters his senior season with just two league losses since starting as a freshman and hopes to keep it that way.  Cody Sanford and Devin Degree also return to the starting lineup at South this year.  Amherst is a defending league and Class A2 champion that will look to be a hardworking & unselfish team.  The Tigers will be young and return no starters, but will be led by the 2017 Centercourt Sixth Man of the Year in Daesean Ashley, along with Jake Mullen, Ja’Kye Womack, and Jackson Tan who are ready to keep the Amherst tradition going.  Williamsville East will be a contender in league play thanks to a veteran squad that boasts 11 seniors, led by Patrick Ranallo, Sean Keenan, & Nicholas Kieffer, along with talented sophomore Cal Shifflet, who averaged 8.4 ppg as a freshman.  After a year away from coaching to enjoy the birth of his son, John Reinholz takes over as the head man at Hamburg.  The Bulldogs have a very young team with nine underclassmen that includes five sophomores, but do return a pair of seniors that started last season in Jacob Genzel and Mark Henry.   At Starpoint , Justin Mott is the lone starter that returns.  The Spartans welcome back four other players who saw time in last season's rotation and their experience will be needed, as the Spartans bounce back up to ECIC II after competing last season in ECIC III.  West Seneca East  will be young this season with just two returning players that played important minutes last season. Zamari Mitchell was Second Team All-ECIC II last season and led the Trojans in scoring, assists, steals, & 3-pointers, while Christian Rodriguez was one of the team's better rebounders & defensive players from last season who always guarded the other team's best player.   Sweet Home expects to take steps forward this season with their fast paced style and team defense.  They finally have older players in the program that offer experience at the varsity level, led by point guard and captain Evan John, along with Stephon Trueheart, Maurice Robertson, Matthew Nix, and returning sophomore Jamel Lucas.   

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Williamsville South:  Greg Dolan 12, Cody Sanford 12, Josh Foster 12, Robert Richards 12, John Goetzmann 12, Paul Goetzmann 12, Dan Proch 12, Nick Geska 12, Ethan Fuhr 12, Anthony Lombardo 12, Devin Degree 11, Ryan Schouten 11, Caran Peterson 11, Ethan Heil 11, Mike DiGiulio 10

Amherst:  Chris Patterson 12, Charles Kilgo 12, Xavier Lewis 11, Jake Mullen 11, Ja’Kye Womack 11, James Moore 11, Deadrea Tyson, 11, Jackson Tan 11, Tyler Ross 11, Daesean Ashley 10, Noah Woldu 10, Aden Clemente 10, Marcus Hall 10

Williamsville East:  Sean Keenan 12, Cameron Williams 12, Connor Williams 12, Nicholas Kieffer 12, Daniel Doyle 12, Seth Blum 12, Brian Comerford 12, Justin O'Neal 12, Patrick Ranallo 12, Brian Suk 11, Joe Shifflet 12, Colin Fors 12, Dylan Moorhouse 11, Zach Rudewicz 11, Cal Shifflet 10

Hamburg:  Jacob Genzel 12, Mark Henry 12, Jack Rettig 12, Kevin McDermott 11, Connor McDonnell 11, Matthew Reagan 11, Nathan Severson 10, David Benningfield 10, Andrew Genzel 10, David Lambert 10

Starpoint:  Kyle Schreader 12, Jake Walters 12, Brandon Wunderlich 12, Aaron Chase 11, Azston Ford 11, Brendan Gawel 11, Nate Lang 11, Justin Mott 11, Adam Rankie 11, Rob Roetzer 11, Braden Zdrojewski 11, Dustin Wick 10, Dexter Brooks 9

West Seneca East:  Christian Rodriguez 12, Andrew Weiner 12, Greg Radka 12, Dylan Deneka 12, Zamari Mitchell 11, Marcus Barney 11, Matt Ibrahim 11, Alex Sarick 11, Trent Winfree 10, Michael Marcezin 10, Tommie Ferrell 10

Sweet Home:  Stephon Trueheart 12, Jewlian White 12, Dylan McDuffie 12, Ryan Harris 12, Brian Lovering 12, Tavionn Martin 11, KiAiir Brunner 11, Marjohn Manuel 11, Evan John 11, Maurice Robertson 11, Matthew Nix 11, Adrian Rice 11, Jamel Lucas 10, DaeQuan Hill 10

 

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ECIC III

Lake Shore will have a strong presence in the middle from Johnathan Park, who led the team in scoring & rebounding last season. Jay Brueckl and Josh Buchanan will lead a deep,experienced and talented back court.  Maryvale will put the ball in the hands of electric senior guard Ray Blackwell, who was called up as a freshman, and should eclipse the career 1,000 point total this season as a senior.  Terrell Mullen should be a strong and talented player for the Flyers, who also have third year varsity player Mark Bailey.  Chris Juergens takes over as head coach at Pioneer, after working as an assistant under Joe Pawlak at Roy-Hart.  Returning is the veteran backcourt trio of Kaleb Hurlburt, Nick Rinker and Kyle Burley, who all started last season, with Burley averaging 15 ppg last season.  Iroquois moves into the division from ECIC II with new head coach Todd Kleitz and only three players lost from last season.  Tyler Tait will be the team's top returning scorer, along with Josh Kowalski & Andrew Hetzendorfer and the talent that moved up from a JV team that went 16-4 last year.  A mix of experience and athleticism should make Cheektowaga a tough opponent. Alex Bryant, Rudy Bragg, Davon Brown & Terrance Bass are four seniors who will be looked at to lead the team, while junior Jason Salomon will also play a large role.  East Aurora has no returning starters and just four players back from last season's team that won a Section VI crown in Class B1.  Still expectations remain high for this squad with just two seniors from coach Chris Koselny, whose Blue Devils will be led by junior Kam Kmicinski.  Springville moves back into ECIC III this season and has a talented junior in Mason Goodridge, an All-Centercourt Honorable Mention selection as a sophomore.

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Lake Shore:  Johnathan Park 12, Jacob John 12, Dakota Luke 12, Jay Brueckl 12, Bryce Toth 12, Ryan Utley 12, Ajay Cybulski 11, Josh Buchanon 11, Marcus Evans 11, Parker Jimerson 11, Nate Lockwood 11, Dezmond Wilson 11, Efrain Barreto 10

Maryvale:  Ray Blackwell 12, Dylan Casey 12, Zach Amato 12, Mark Bailey 12, Shamaar Braggs 12, Nathan Crombie 11, Ryan Smith 11, Sayvon Lash 11, Luke Mansa 11, Terrell Mullen 10, Xaier Mitchell 10, Devin Taylor 10, Christian Gueth 10, Andrew Dockery 9

Iroquois:  Tyler Tait 12, Andrew Hetzendorfer 12, S. Zachary Popovski 12, Josh Zon 12, Josh Kowalski 12, Charlie Ottomano 11, Max Derrick 11, Calvin Gawlick 11, Martin Fredia 11, Cole Augustine 11, Sean Holleig 11, Bailey Ertie 11, Matt Matia 10

Pioneer:  Kyle Burley 12, Joe Carlson 12, Kaleb Hurlburt 12, Jared Pemberton 12, Nick Rinker 12, Dylan Giboo 11, Gabe Higgins 11, Sam Hyman 11, Cole Pleace 11

Cheektowaga:  Alex Bryant 12, Davon Brown 12, Rudy Bragg 12, Keon White 12, Jaquan Pugh 12, Terrance Bass 12, Jason Salomon 11, Armondez Cleague 11

East Aurora:  Will Beavers 12, Kellan Wittman 12, Kam Kmicinski 11, Noah Denz 11, Connor Boss 10

Springville:  no information provided by coach 

 

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ECIC IV

Lackawanna enters the season as the defending league champion and sectional finalist in Class B1.  The Steelers hope to repeat those successes from last season and take the next step in March.  Noah Grabar is a slick passing and lights-out shooting junior, while Noble Smith is the team's leader who provides a strong presence at both ends of the floor.  The team is hopeful that London Smith is able to fully recover from a football injury before season's end - he was fantastic for them all of last year.  Depew slides back here after competing in ECIC III for the past several seasons.  The Wildcats will once again challenge opponents with perimeter shooting with an undersized lineup of shooters enjoying the green light from head coach Larry Jones.  Chad Biersbach is back to lead the way in his fifth varsity season and should become only the second player from Depew to break the 1,000 point barrier early in the year.  JFK has four starters back in Jake Braniecki, Nick Baker, Jordan Snyder, and Zack Manzella, who will be asked to shoulder the load for the Bears.   Cleveland Hill graduated several seniors from the team that lost in the Class C1 Final at JCC in March.  If the Golden Eagles, who return Fredrick Johnson, Aaron Wahler, and Kellvonta Harris, can start the year with the same energy they finished with last season, they will have an opportunity to return to the same place.  Alden will be led by a trio of seniors in Christian Snell, Joshua Jeziorski and Alexander Leigh. Snell and Jeziorski are two athletic wing players that have the ability to guard multiple positions, while Leigh is a knock down shooter who will be asked to provide a solid handle as well as timely scoring.   Tonawanda will be a very young squad with many fresh faces and is described by head coach Hank Hughes as a very hard working group with high energy that is eager to learn.  Holland will have a small roster this year in both numbers and size, and will need to rely on guard-oriented play at a fast pace.  The team will be led by Jordan Kolbmann, but the entire roster is ready to contribute and play multiple minutes.  At Eden, Paul O'Connor is the new head coach for both the varsity and JV teams.  Eight of the players on his varsity roster will be underclassmen.

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Lackawana:  London Smith 12, Noble Smith 12, Robert Rice 12, Abdul Hamid Albaneh 12, Luis Aviles 12, Terrell Brower 12, Carlton Threeths 12, Juan Rodriguez 11, Noah Grabar 11, Jeremiah Caviness 11, Keyna Smith 11, Emmanual Land 11, Trenaje Giddens 11, Alfonso Rivera 11

Depew:  Chad Biersbach 12, Jeremy Clark 12, Jordan Cieselski 12, Dylan Cwiklinski 12, Augustine Arricale 12, Sean Miller 11, Matt Martin 11, Vunal Blair 11, Joe Pagano 11, Alex Neu 11, Cullen Johnson 11, Jacob Wentland 11, Max Cotton 11, Collin Bruencz 11, PJ Burns 10

JFK:  Jake Braniecki 12, Nick Baker 12, Jordan Snyder 12, Robert Burgstahler 12, Michael Nawojski 12, James Bailey 12, Leonard Fears 12, Zack Manzella 11, Nazier Childs 11, Kage Dauman 11, Mitchell Fischer 11, Mark Konczal 11, Alan Suarez 10

Cleveland Hill:  Kellvonta Harris 12, Fredrick Johnson 11, Aaron Wahler 11, Peyton Barker 11, D'Mario Grant 11, Khalil Jackson 11,  Carl Jackson 11, Alfred Walker 11

Alden:  Christian Snell 12, Riley Pastuszynski 12, Joshua Jeziorski 12, Bradley Kibler 12, Alexander Leigh 12, Matthew Schuh 12, Jacob Fairbanks 12, Maxwell Gilbert 11, Peter Jalovick 11, Lucas Jurek 11, Quinn Keller 11, Trey Samsel 10, Lucas Bush 10

Holland:  Josh Ratajczak 12, Paul Nellis 12, Jordan Kolbmann 12, Zach Pawlak 12, Brennan Lewandowski 11, Josey Rivera 11, Nolan Perry 10

Tonawanda:   Henry Palermo 12, Joshua Mouton 12,  Pat Carney 11, Noah Gross 11, Khristian Velazquez 11, Billy Zeughardt 11, Owen Baker 11, Austin Kislowski 11, Messiah Illas 10,  JJ Velazquez 9, Trevin Boling 8

Eden:  John Emel 12, Griffin Gill 12, Collin Rigley 12, Hayden Bromley 12, Jackson Carney 12, Charlie Bennett 12, Jared Sobsyk 11, Colton Stetz 11, Connor Blake 11, Zach Decarlis 11, Louis Decarlis 11, Tom Mcauly 11, Bryce Narbe 11, Tyreese Jackson 11

 

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Niagara Frontier League

Niagara Falls is the two-time defending champion of Class AA, and the talent back at NFHS should make it a three-peat.  Tazaun Rose & Syquan Ralands are the inside/outside combination that will lead a Wolverines team that is small with some very young players, but should be a lot of fun to watch.   Lockport graduated four starters, but still has some talent in the mix.  The Lions benefit from the return of guards Torree Cheatham and Devon Darrell, who each played in the Monsignor Martin Association last season.  They will combine with Malik Brooks, Luke Lawrence, and Devin Letherman for plenty of team speed.  North Tonawanda returns Third Team All-Centercourt standout Trevor Book, who had all his talents on full display at Buffalo State last March as the Jacks rolled through the competition en route to the team's first regional appearance.  Ryan Mountain is the reigning Coach of the Year, & along with returning seniors Sean Ferry, Kyle McNeill, and Cody Cronk, will groom newcomers from a successful JV team to continue the winning ways with defense as the backbone.  Grand Island has three straight seasons with sectional wins and reached Buffalo State in Class A1 last year.  Junior Cam Sionko is back after an All-Centercourt Honorable Mention season, along with a healthy Liam Carrey, a big and athletic player who dealt with injury last season.   Lew-Port played together a lot over the summer and gains some key talent from a JV squad that finished 18-2 last season.  They will combine with key returning players, led by Trent Scott, and look to get the Lancers back to Buff State in Class A2.   Kenmore West has some very good seniors to replace and will rely on playing  defense and getting out in transition.  The Blue Devils have Andrew Fron, Dylan James, and Erick Rainey back who all saw time last year.   Kenmore East has the talent back to compete in the NFL and take a run at reaching Buff State in Class A1.  The Bulldogs are led by the backcourt of D'Anzo Young and Kahlil O'Neil, along with Nate Murdie and Nic Calhoun inside.  CSAT  played its first season in the NFL in a year when they had a young team and the league was the strongest in Section VI.  For their second round of competition in the NFL, the Eagles have nine players back, eight of which are seniors, and plan to be a defensive-minded veteran group.   Niagara Wheatfield will be led by third year player Anthony Ruffino, who along with Davon Ware, Ben Davanteir and Zach Stanley, had very productive offseasons.

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Niagara Falls:   Tazaun Rose 12, Syquan Ralands 12, Jamel Burton 12, Marques Miller 12, Quaran Dubois 12, Roderick Arrington 12,   Naim Bradley 12, Josiah Harris 11, Moran Montgomery 11, Joe Palka 10, Taylor Sanders 10, Roddy Gayle 8, Willie Lightfoot 8

Lockport:  Isiah Johnson 12, Rashaun Johnson 12, Luke Lawrence 12, Devin Leatherman 12,  Tivon White 12, Emmanual Hunt 12, Devon Darrell 12,  Malik Brooks 11, Torree Cheatham 11, Duane Barrow 11,  Jayln Jones 11, Marcus Shavers 11, Josh Cooper 10

Grand Island:  Liam Carey 12, Derek Callen 12, Cam Sionko 11, JJ Wilkes 11, Logan Sionko 9

North Tonawanda:  Trevor Book 12, Codie Cronk 12, Sean Ferry 12, Kyle McNeill 12,Colin Beach 11, Nick Casterline 11, James Holler 11, Donny LaVerdi 11, Dante Moultrie 10, Noah Fox 10, Sebastian Reid 10, Walter Wisniewski 9

Lew-Port:  Dylan Morrissette 12, William Duff 12, Brendan Perreault 12, Owen Licht 12, Tyler Maggard 12, Zach Raber 12, Joe Powers 11, Trent Scott 11, Jake Kasbaum 11, Zach Claybourne 11, Jason Boslet 11, Noah Coppins 11, Andrew Perrault 11, Aidan Salick 11

Kenmore West:  Erick Rainey 12, Jake Poummit 12, Ronnie Martinez 12, Andrew Fron 12, Jaylan Young 12, Jack Stoerr 12, Jake Robb 12, Noah Fisk 12, Dylan James 11, Christian Montes 11, Zach LaPlante 11, Anthony Dolce 11, Dom Schmidt 11, Kyle Schmidt 11, Zac Boyes 10  

Kenmore East:  Tyler Everett 12, Zach Price 12, Brandon Baker 12, Kahlil O'Neil 12, Jamichael Henderson 12, Billy Sautter 12, Nic Calhoun 12, D'Anzo Young 11, Bill Carvalho 11, Nate Murdie 11, Franc Schmoyer 11, Justin Harper 11, Brandon Beltran 11, Joey Brooks 11

CSAT:  James Stephens 12, Jayden Gulledge 12, Deshawn Williams 12, Mark Greamen 12, Devin Ashley 12, James Tyes 12, Jalen Walker 12, Nazir Austin 12, Makhi Love 12, Daighlyon Willoughby 11, Lenard Harris 11, Kavon Wright 11, Frank Williams 11, Mel'vhon Thomas 11, Jeffrey Bellamy 11

Niagara Wheatfield:  Anthony Ruffino 12, William Scullion 12, Ben Devantier 12, Nick Cloudin 12, Jared Domaradzki 12, Tom sommers 12, Davon Ware 11, Zach stanley 11, James McVay 11Jordan Parks 11, Cam Miller 11, Evan Rohring 11, Jordy Smith 11, 

 

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Niagara-Orleans

 Newfane has gone from a young team to a seasoned bunch with six seniors who have played three varsity seasons.  Max Weber & Kyle DeVoogel were each All-Centercourt Honorable Mention selections and First Team All-League following the 2017 season, and each enters the year near the 1,000 point mark.  Weber is also closing in on 500 assists, while DeVoogel broke the school's steals record in a season last year.  Medina is the league's two-time defending champ and ran the table against the competition last season.  The Mustangs lost a pair of returning starters to out-of-town transfers, but still have some experience and talent back in the fold, led by Toledo football commit Jalin Cooper, who was a Top 25 All-Centercourt standout as a junior.  Izaiah Rhim is also back after earning Second Team All-League as a sophomore, along with experienced guards Mason Lewis, Alex Allis, and Brendan Luthart.   Wilson graduated four starters and will rely heavily on returning point guard Steve Frerichs' experience in his third varsity season.  Mac Musall and Nate Fox are two players expected to make big contributions for the Lakemen.  Roy-Hart's leading scorer, Jake Bruning (15.2 ppg) is back, along with backcourt mate Noah Kindron - a top defender and the team's floor general.   Akron is coming off of a down year, but has several returning varsity players, along with the addition of underclassmen that were part of a successful JV team last year.  The goal will be to continue to improve, play solid team basketball, and get some talented athletes to make basketball their priority.  Albion is carrying three sophomores and will rely on its athletes stepping into bigger roles from last season to compete. 

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Newfane:   Max Weber 12, Kyle DeVoogel 12, Chad Dunbar 12, Connor Hill 12, Brandon Gross 12, Drew Boudeman 12, Samuel Auernhamer 12, Thorne Geise 12, Cam Stanton 12, Trevor Moreland 12, Matt DiTullio 11, James Leibring 11, Jarrett Gilson 11, Jonah Wisniewski 11, Umaru Ibrihim 10 

Medina:   Jalin Cooper 12, Mason Lewis 12, Alex Allis 12, Brendan Luthart 12, Trenton Jones 12, Jorge Phillips 12, Izaiah Rhim 11, Daemon Shatara 11, Tavian Rhim 11, Tim Roy 11, Tanner Waldriff 11, Nate Sherman 10, Brian Fry 9, Tyler Chinn 9

Wilson:  Jared Carney 12, Mac Musall 12, Matt Daul 12, Nate Fox 12, Steve Frerichs 11, Jake Miller 11, Ian Evans 11, Jon Littere 11, Brayden Thompson 10, Julian Andreola 10, Mitch Mahar 10, Alex Martinez 10

Roy-Hart:  Jake Bruning 12, Jon Huntington 12, Noah Kindron 12, Brandon LaForme 12, Charlie Brigham 11, Charlie Bruning 11, Lance Krieger 11, Quinten Koch 11, Hunter Pratt 11, Ben White 11, Blake Halstead 11

Akron: Weylon Abrams 12, Owen Hill 12, Derek Holtz 12, Nelson Logan 12, Mason Schultz 12, Wyatt Martin 11, Stephen Wagner 11, Matt Delre 11, Nick Genovese 11, Carter Jensen 11, Tim Longwell 11, Donovan Nephew 11, Brandon Orr 11, Jake Siska 11, Adam Mietz 9 

Albion:  Hunter Webster 12, Bradley Sanford 12, Shyheim Jakes 12, Demetrius Gardner 12, Austin Dugan 12, Bryce Pritchard 11, Dylan Fox 11, Vincent Zona 11, Deyonci Farley 10, Kevin Hillman 10

Barker:  no information provided by coach

 

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CCAA I West 

Olean returns to Class B with a young team that features 10 juniors and returns a pair of starters in Mike Schmidt and Matt Droney.  Look for the Huskies to resemble a veteran group sooner than later behind a HOF coach in Jeff Anastasia who now sits at the top of WNY's all-time win list, and continue to value defense as their constant.  Andrew Krenzer is now the head coach of Dunkirk, who played a thriller with East Aurora in the Class B1 semifinal last season and brings most of its key contributors back.  The Marauders have speed, size, shooters, and depth, and will be led by Darnell Butts and Devaun Farnham DeJesus.  Chautauqua Lake is coming off a break through season that saw the program earn a pair of firsts: a victory over league champion Olean and an overall Class C title to advance to regionals in Class C.  The Thunderbirds return First Team All-State player Devin Pope, who enters the season with nearly 1,400 career points, along with Kyler Majka and Alex Gleason who also saw extended playing time last year. Fredonia will be led by Nate Shuart, who averaged 14 ppg & eight rebounds as a sophomore, along with dime-dropping point guard Reid Tarnowski.  The Hillbillies gain 10 players from last season's successful JV team that will provide depth to play an uptempo style.  Look for freshman guard Tyler Putney to contribute immediately.  Southwestern will look for points in transition, led by junior scoring leader Alex Card, who already has two years of varsity experience under his belt entering this season.   Maple Grove returns Carson Christ, along with the usual hard working athletes that are a staple of this team.  Other coaches in CCAA I West have all mentioned the Red Dragons as a team to beware of this season.

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Olean: Zach Parr 12, Luke Chapman 12, Jaeden Harris 12, Thomas Klein 12, Mike Schmidt 11, Josh Bihler 11, Matt Droney 11, Brian Ramarge 11, Jack Dwaileebe 11, Alex Weakfall 11, Jarrett Prizel 11, Cameron Kitchen-Perez 11, Rheyquon Davis 11, DeySeann Garey 11

Dunkirk:  Darnell Butts 12, Devaun Farnham DeJesus 12, Issiah Velez 12, Andre Lockett 12, Noah Sobilo 12, Tyreese Kristan-Johnson 12, Felix Garcia 12, Jaziah Rivera 12, Sabien Smith 12, Kayin Odebralski 11, Jonathan Pedrogo 11, Ethan Yannie 11

Chautauqua Lake: Devin Pope 12, Collin Wood 12, JC McCroskey 12,  Kyler Majka 11, Alex Gleason 11, Jack Adams 11, Bryan Anderson 11, Dean McKane 11, Trey Sauerland 11, Blane Thomas 11, Sebastian Wescott 11, Nate Adams 10, Michael Anderson 9

Fredonia:   Matt Tintsman 12, Jared Kowalski 12, Reid Tarnowski 12, Brendan Plaister 12, Andrew Field 12, Nate Shuart 11, Nico Pucci 11, Trey Swartz 11, Parker Rivera 11, Keith Piper 11, Raziel Pearl 11, Owen Nicosia 11, Brayden Myers 11, Tyler Putney 9

 Southwestern:  Luke Heil 12, Derek Miller 12,  Anthony Vezina 12, Max Kane 12, Saad Meer 12, Alex Card 11, Faizan Munir 11, Mayson Mathews 11, Jake Hnatyszyn 11, Cooper Pannes 10, Mitchell Pascarella 10

Maple Grove: no information provided by coach

Falconer: no information provided by coach

 

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CCAA I East

Silver Creek failed to reach a championship game at JCC for the first time in seven seasons last year, and the team has made its goal to return there in March.  Playing the up-tempo style the Black Knights are known for, along with the return of four starters and the addition of Gowanda transfer Jarmani Benton, should have them right back in the mix for both league and the section.  Gowanda lost its second leading scorer to transfer, but returns its top gun in two-time All-Centercourt Honorable Mention selection Nate Brawdy, a long & smooth scorer with an all around skill set. They also gained a big man in Ture Hassler who is sure to give teams fits with his size & style of play.  Randolph is the defending league and Class C2 champion after an inspired defensive performance in the sectional final against East last season.  While the Cardinals only return one starter, they are fed by a JV squad that finished 18-2 last season.  Tyler Hind, the team's playoff MVP, is back after averaging 17.6 ppg as a freshman, along with Isaac Wakefield and Andrew Bernard.    Allegany-Limestone returns most of its team that played plenty of minutes last year.  The Gators will be led by Sam Flanders and Sean McAfee, along with rising sophomores Casey Curran and Michael Wolfgang.  For Salamanca, despite the graduation of nine seniors, the Warriors roster is hardly void of talent.  With defense and rebounding remaining a constant, they will look to play a faster tempo and remain competitive in an always difficult league.  Portville has just one starter back and only four seniors on the roster this season.  Still, this Panthers squad brings length and athleticism to the table and looks to gain some quick seasoning.

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Silver Creek: Chad Yochum 12, Tom Galfo 12, Jarmani Benton 12, Tucker Gates 11, Braeden Woleben 11, Ammon Jones 11, Jack Brennan 11, Dylan Snow 11, Dom Jamison 10

Gowanda:  Nate Brawdy 12, Ryan John 12, Uriah John 12, Ture Hassler 12, Nolan Rosier 11, Max Lindgren 12, Matias Rikka 12, Nolan Rosier 12, Tristan Jensen 11, Matt Smuda 11, Damen MacLeod 11, Aaron Colantino 11, Jonas Lindgren 9

Randolph:  Isaac Wakefield 12, Dakota Donaldson 12, Tres Sherman 12, Devin Foster 12, Calvin George 12, Andrew Bernard 11, Tyler Hind 10, Branson Morrison 10, Kaleb Steward 10, Gabe McCoy 8 

Allegany-Limestone:  Sean McAfee 12, Grant Davis 12, Roman Napoleon 12, Michael Nye 12, Tommy Moran 12, Sam Flanders 11, Conner Golley 11, Gabe Kellogg 11, Casey Curran 10, Michael Wolfgang 10, Gus Napoleon 10

Salamanca: Hercules Rasha 12, Braden Siebert 12, Mitchell Richardson 12, Nick Johnson 12, Tyler Hedlund 11, Ira John 11, Zariah Armstrong 11, Ryan Chiemara 11, Zach Helms 11, Hunter McAuley 11, Jarrett McKenna 10, Isaac Brown 9

Portville:  Jonah Watson 12, Brendan Tobola 12, Kyle Murray 12, Noah Swartwout 12, Nathan Kloc 11, Dalton Nuffer 11, Noah Pullins 11, Dawson Havers 11, Caden Keim 11, Brandon Murray 11, Cameron Lott 11, Jarrett Mathes 11, Dalton Tobola 10

 

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CCAA II West 

Sherman returns Jared Gleason, who was a First Team selection in CCAA II West last season, along with Honorable Mention selection Tanner Ramsey.  The Wildcats have been a force in the Class D ranks for years, reaching JCC for at least the past seven seasons.   Westfield has two of the league's top performers in Shawn Horr & Julio Torres, along with three more players who saw significant minutes last season, and a player that will pose problems with his size - 6-5, 260 lb sophomore Andrew Baribeau.  Brocton would like to play a quick tempo style and bring a little showtime to the scene, with Bubba Brown leading the cast of contributors.  Clymer has six players returning from last years squad, four of which played significant time, and will start the season with a new point guard taking the reigns. Panama has just two players back this season with varsity experience.  The team will have seven juniors who all played together on JV last season, along with sophomore Cameron Barmore, who is poised for a strong season.   Frewsburg will be a young team with just two seniors and four returning players.  The Bears are led by Tyler Marchincin at both ends of the floor, along with Quinn Conlan and Brad Nelson.  

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Sherman:  Jared Gleason 12, Caleb Burick 12, Gavin Kahle 12, Tanner Ramsey 12, Darren Kopta 12, Collin Ramsey 11, Jordan Caron 11, Kameron Ayers 11, Austin Tallman 11, Mike Beatman 11, Reece Bates 11, Chance Meeder 11, Hunter Cooper 11, John Swabik 9

Westfield:  Shawn Horr 12, Julio Torres 12, Brady Nusom 12, Cody Patterson 12, Christian Hammond 12, Brock Shuster 11, Coby Bills 11, Ryan Jafarjian 11, Evan Hauser 11, David Kircher 11, Matt See 11, Anthony Spann 11, Nathan Culbreth 10, Andrew Baribeau 10, Michael Johnosn 10

Brocton:   Hunter Rizzo 12, Charles Rexford 12, Gabe Rosas 12, Daniel Siragusa 12, Bubba Brown 11, Riley Rivera 11, Jordan Kyrstofiak 11, Derrick Burns 11, Darien Booker 11, Gabe Morello 10, Caleb Chelton 10

Clymer:  Corey Neckers 12, Dustin Neckers 12, Sam Wiggers 12, Jordan Wade 12, Spencer TeWinkle 12, Robert Overton 11

Panama:  Tom Delahoy 12, Carter Morse 12, Isaac Lawson 11, Dominic Spontaneo 11, Jack Sperry 11, Jake Harper 11, AJ Troyer 11, Mitch Hovey 11, Ryan Joslyn 11, Cameron Barmore 10

Frewsburg:  Tyler Marchincin 12, Bill Piazza 12, Jvyn Matve 11, Quinn Conlan 11, Dan Reinagel 11, Nolan Brink 11, Dylan Pearson 11, Conour Rodgers 11, Brad Nelson 10, Aaron Hair 10

Cassadaga Valley: no information provided by coach

 

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CCAA II East 

Franklinville earned a share of the league crown with rival Ellicottville, but won the rubber match at JCC which led to a state run in Class D that saw the Panthers reach the final four in Binghamton.  The goal this season is clear - get back there, hope to finish what they started last season, and earn a state championship.  Fourth Team All-Centercourt forward Sam Erickson is the team's leader, while Isaac Kopp and Darren Clark are major contributors.  With the entire rotation back, it's possible the Panthers open the season ranked #1 in NYS Class D.  Ellicottville also comes back this season in force after splitting the league with Franklinville.  The Eagles also return all five starters and their top six players, led by 2017 Fourth Team All-Centercourt and two-time First Team All-State center Elliot Bowen.  Griffin Chudy and point guard Austin Grinols, along with Bowen, will all be four-year varsity starters and are hoping to go out with a sectional title and beyond.  Chris Buczek returns as head coach at Pine Valley, where he takes over for a team that has six seniors who all returned and will try to take advantage of the athleticism his roster offers. Forestville has just four players returning this season and plans to focus its efforts on the defensive end as the newcomers get up to speed at the varsity level.

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Franklinville:  Sam Erickson 12, Isaac Kopp 12, Darren Clark 12, Brock Blecha 12, Dylan Burton 12, Kaleb Watts 12, Conner Burrell 12, Ben Mooney 11,Malakhai Holiday 11, John Yan 11, Vinny Marchese 10, Josh Haskell 8

Ellicottville:  Elliot Bowen 12, Griffin Chudy 12, Austin Grinols 12, Noah Stuve 12, Deric Leiper 12, Mitchell Sexton 12, Evan Palmatier 12, Robert Neumann 12, Parker Rieman 12, Cody Luder 12, Matt Grigsby 12, Vaugh Bomberry 12,  Steven Rowland 11, Brenden Chudy 11, Brennan Finn 11

Pine Valley:  Trent Mihalko 12, Zachary Mansfield 12, Stephen Crisanti 12, Bobby Clutter 12, Dakota Loop 12, Ben Distasio 12, Bayley Finch 11, Brady Andrews 11, Makiah Snyder 11, Ryan Snyder 11, Anthony Yaskow 11

Forestville:  Lewis Markham 12, Hector West 12, Phillip Narraway 12, Travis Drozdziel 11, Nikolas Lelonek 11, Orlando Soto 11, Skyler Christian 11, Jordan Fores 11, Gavin Christian 10, Dalton Hastings 10, Javier West 9

North Collins:  no information provided by coach

Cattaraugus/Little Valley:  no information provided by coach

 

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Charter Schools

Health Sciences broke through in 2017 and gave the school its first Section VI champion in Class B2.  The Falcons followed it up with a run to states in Class B.   Davonte Gaines, Kameron Briggs, Tayvion Nelson, and Josiah Haygood will lead a deep lineup that looks to run teams into the ground with pace and pressure.  Antwan Anderson takes the reigns at Global Concepts after serving as an assistant at Manhattan Cup finalist St. Francis.  Junior Luis Mercado will lead the Gators, along with talented freshman Andre Goldsmith.  At Oracle, Chris Castleberry takes the reigns as head coach and has an athletic team with the ability to get in your face defensively and push the ball up the floor offensively.  The Phoenix will look to make a strong playoff push at the end of the season.  BASCS, which stands for Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School, returns seniors Mian Tasnum and Trevor Mosley, and will be led by team captain Ibrahim Osmani.   

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Health Sciences:  Davonte Gaines 12, Tayvion Nelson 12, Aquell Crosby 12, Shakir Cook 12, Tyseen Lott 11, Kameron Briggs 11, Josiah Haygood 11, Timothy Benton 11, Daciaire Riley 10, Kyjuan Inabinett 9, Javaughn Jones 9, Donovan Miller 9

Oracle:  Joe Perez 12, Gary Marshall 12, Delmareion White 12, Bonifasi Luundo 12, Khalil Kabia 12, Anthony Halton 12, Deontay Johnson 12, Shareef Murray 12, Jacquan Steele 12, Raekwon Graves 11, Shontez Asturias 11, Atem Bol 11, Kyle Tyler 11

Global Concepts:  Donovn Wallance 12, Bahadeen Aljari 12, Branden Coleman 12, Branden Gibson 12, Nick Kalimu 11, Luis Mercado 11, Mysome Johnson 11, Lee Kalimu 11, Jakiel Vamer 11, Anthony Miller 10, Andre Goldsmith 9

BASCS:  Mian Tasnum 12, Trevor Mosley 12,  Javier Melendez 12, Muhammad Maksudov 12, Ja’Quan Wingard 12, Amar Woodwiley 12, Josh Workman 12, Branton Morgan 12, Jayron Lewis 12, Ibrahim Osmani 11, Justin Hunt 11, Abdi Cali 11, Vote Wavote 11, Carlos Rodriquez 11, Adriel Powell 11, Sean Johnson 11

Maritime:  Ray Rich 12, KeSean Weston 12, Malachi Grimes 12, Amed Morales 12, Angel Canules 12, Jaerek Sopinski 12, Ian Henderson 12, Isaiah Donmore 12, Jalill Carpenter 12, Tyler Wilson 11, Tyress Hall 10, John Blevins 10

Tapestry: no information provided by coach

 

 

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Teams with New Coaches

Rich Jacob - Park

Jason Rowe - Timon

Pat Clarke - Nichols

Tom Ford - CCA

Des Randall - West Seneca West

John Reinholz - Hamburg

Todd Kleitz - Iroquois

Chris Juergens - Pioneer

Paul O'Connor - Eden

James Kane - Middle College

Nick Todaro - DaVinci

Andrew Krenzer - Dunkirk

Michael Brooks - Barker

David Kozar - Albion

Antwan Anderson - Global Concepts

Chris Castleberry - Oracle

Mike Ester - Tapestry

 

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Classification Changes

Kenmore West moves down from Class AA to Class A1

Kenmore East moves up from Class A2 to Class A1

East Aurora moves up from Class B1 to Class A2

Emerson moves up from Class B1 to Class A2

Olean moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Lackawanna moves up from Class B2 to Class B1

Medina moves up from Class B2 to Class B1

Maritime moves up from Class C1 to Class B2

Riverside moves down from Class B1 to Class B2

Cleveland Hill moves up from Class C1 to Class B2

DaVinci moves up from Class C1 to Class B2

East moves down from Class C2 to Class D

Westfield moves down from Class C2 to Class D

Frewsburg moves down from Class C2 to Class D

 

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Preseason Polls

**   I checked back on last season's preseason poll and compared it to my final poll of 2017.  I correctly placed seven of the top ten large schools in the preseason Top 10, and had six of the 10 small schools.  My favorite part about doing this is being right and wrong all at the same time!  While I nailed it by having Canisius at the top to start last year, I blew it by not having North Tonawanda in the large school top 10, and the Jacks finished as the highest ranked public school.  Among the small schools, I started Health Sciences at #2 and the Falcons finished #1, but Class B Manhattan Cup champion St. Mary's was nowhere to be found in the preseason Top 10.  The Lancers were #2 when the dust settled.

 

Large Schools

1. Canisius

2. Park 

3. Niagara Falls 

4. Williamsville South 

5. St. Francis 

6. South Park 

7. McKinley 

8. Timon

9. West Seneca West 

 10. Williamsville North

 

Small Schools

1. Health Sciences

2. Olean

3. Franklinville

3. St. Mary's

4. East

6. Cardinal O'Hara

7. Dunkirk

8. Nichols

9. Middle College

10. Niagara Catholic

 

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Predictions

 MMA Class A - Canisius

MMA Class B - Cardinal O'Hara

Yale Cup I - South Park

Yale Cup II - MST Seneca

ECIC I - West Seneca West

ECIC II - Williamsville South

ECIC III - Lake Shore

ECIC IV - Lackawanna

NFL - Niagara Falls

N-O - Newfane

CCAA I West - Olean

CCAA I East - Silver Creek

CCAA II West - Sherman

CCAA II East - Franklinville

Charters - Health Sciences

 

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Manhattan Cup (A)

 Last season, I predicted the Crusaders to win the Cup and it was the first time I got right since the 2013 season.  They basically bring the farm back and there were a couple stud sophomores that jumped off the page at me when watching their JV team last year.  If they enter Canisius' already loaded rotation, along with Austin James being back in the fold, I like my chances.  That said, I expect Park to be the Crusaders' equal this year - and it should make for three epic battles...like the ones we watched two seasons ago.

** Canisius **

 

Manhattan Cup (B)

I went with Nichols in this spot last season and was oh so close to being right - but it was St. Mary's that prevailed in a thrilling final.  With the talent the Lancers have back, they have to be the favorite to repeat in my opinion.  But the Class B race should be as fun as its been in years with four teams sitting on some real talent and hungry to knock the snot out of each other.  I'll go with the Lancers, but won't be shocked to see them bounced in the semifinals by O'Hara, Nichols, or Niagara Catholic.

** St. Mary's **

 

Class AA 

Final Four to reach Buffalo State:  

Niagara Falls, Williamsville North, Clarence, & Lockport

** Niagara Falls **

 

Class A1 

Final Four to reach Buffalo State:

 Williamsville South, McKinley, West Seneca West, & Grand Island

** Williamsville South **

 

Class A2  

Final Four to reach Buffalo State:  

South Park, Amherst, Lake Shore, & Maryvale

** South Park **

 

Class B1 

Final Four to reach Buffalo State:  

Olean, Dunkirk, Newfane, & Lackawanna

** Olean **

 

Class B2 

Final Four to reach Buffalo State:

Health Sciences, Middle College, Gowanda, & Cleveland Hill

** Health Sciences **

 

Class C 

Final Four to reach JCC:

Chautauqua Lake, Randolph, Silver Creek, & Maple Grove

** Silver Creek **

 

Class D

Final Four to reach JCC:  

Ellicottville, Franklinville, East, & Sherman

** Franklinville **

 

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All-League Teams 2017

 

 

MONSIGNOR MARTIN ASSOCIATION

Class A

Player of the Year:

Davion Warren - Timon, 12

 

All-Catholic

Joe Harrison - Timon, 12

Joe Jones - Park, 11

Bo Sireika - St. Francis, 11

Julian Cunningham - St. Francis, 10

Dan Scott - Park, 10

 

Class B

Player of the Year:

Tavien Kemp - Walsh, 12

 

All-Catholic

Will Johnson - Nichols, 12

Daquan Hunt - St. Mary's, 12

Christian Szablewski - St. Mary's, 11

Latrell Butler-Kemp - Walsh, 11

Justin Hemphill - Cardinal O'Hara, 10

 

 

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YALE CUP I

Player of the Year:

Shakur Harris - South Park, 12

 

First Team

Willard Anderson - East, 11

Ray Mushat - South Park, 11

Hakeem Dobbins - Middle College, 11

Nakye Booze - McKinley, 12

Tyreek Edwards - Emerson, 12

 

Second Team

Deamontae Riley - Burgard, 11

Justin Allen - East, 11

Davonti Wardlaw - McKinley, 12

Deon Spencer - McKinley, 11

Anthony Mack - South Park, 9

  

Third Team

Derrick Bishop - Middle College, 12

Nader Kompany - Middle College, 11

Kavon Rogers - McKinley, 11

Elijah Lewis - South Park, 10

Gerald Bratton - Riverside, 12

 

Honorable Mention

South Park:  Jeremy Jackson - 12, Jakari Woods - 12, Khalil White - 12

East:  Waunya Shaw - 11, Jahahd Maryon - 11

McKinley:  Emir Evans - 11, Joe Johnson - 12

Middle College:  Shawn Goree - 12, Allen McDuffie - 12

Burgard:  DeJuan Williams - 10

Riverside:  Hak Douth - 11

Hutch-Tech:  Anthony Whitfield - 11

Emerson:  Anthony Hunter - 12

 

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YALE CUP II

Co-Players of the Year:

Dan Reid - Olmsted, 12  / David Anderson - MST Seneca, 12

 

First Team

Earl Howard - MST Seneca, 10

Naseem Baynes - Olmsted, 12

Dom Prince - MST Seneca, 12

Carlos Rosa - Lafayette, 11

Amir Radford - City Honors, 10

 

 Second Team

Alijay Clark - I-Prep, 12

Takeylo Burts - Lafayette, 12

Javaughn Johnson - Buffalo Arts, 12

Jason Chapman - MST Seneca, 10

Austin Parham - Olmsted, 12

 

Third Team

Jeffrey Felix - Lafayette, 12

Talon Moody - City Honors, 12

Dreqwan Johnson - Buffalo Arts, 12

Greg Ngoma - I-Prep, 12

EB Lewis - DaVinci, 9

 

Honorable Mention  

City Honors:  Kevion Taylor - 9, Jaden Slaughter - 8

Lafayatte:  Austin Grimes - 11

Buffalo Arts:  Charles Slobert - 9

DaVinci: Mykel Hardgrove - 12

 

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ALL-ECIC

Player of the Year:

Dominick Welch, Cheektowaga, 12

 

First Team

Dominick Welch, Cheektowaga, 12

Greg Dolan, Williamsville South, 11

James Rojas - Jamestown, 12

Marcellus Cooper - Amherst, 12

Nick Montgomery - East Aurora, 12

 

Second Team

Vito Fulciniti - Lancaster, 12

Mason Goodridge - Springville, 10

Ray Blackwell - Maryvale, 11

Da'Shawn Hines - Amherst, 12

Josh Denz - East Aurora, 12

 

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ECIC I

Player of the Year:

James Rojas - Jamestown, 12

 

First Team

Vito Fulciniti - Lancaster, 12

LG Castillo - Lancaster, 12

Alec Tamburri - Lancaster, 11

Dylan Anderson - Orchard Park, 11

Jairus Huggins - Williamsville North, 12

 

Second Team

Jesse Wayland - West Seneca West, 11

Dan Anderson - Orchard Park, 12

Noah Speyer - Lancaster, 12

Marcus Rojas - Jamestown, 10

River Reinhardt - Clarence, 10

Jacob Belote - Williamsville North, 10

 

Honorable Mention

Frontier:  Kyle Ebert - 11, Brian Norsen - 10, Zack Gerken - 12

Williamsville North:  Corey Swiech - 11, Anthony Maniscalco - 12

Clarence:  Jack Putney - 10

Jamestown:  Matt Hill - 11

 

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ECIC II

Player of the Year:

Greg Dolan - Williamsville South, 11

 

First Team

Marcellus Cooper - Amherst, 12

Dakota Wiley - Williamsville South, 12

Da'Shawn Hines - Amherst, 12

Jake Genzel - Hamburg, 11

Drew Butler - Williamsville East, 12

 

Second Team

Chris Stineman - West Seneca East, 10

Zamari Mitchell - West Seneca East, 10

Evan John - Sweet Home, 10

Dominic Farszmil - West Seneca East, 12

Stephon Trueheart - Sweet Home, 10

 

Honorable Mention

Williamsville South:  Adam Braniecki - 12, Mark Worthy - 12

Williamsville East:  Matthew Gelder, 12

Iroquois:  Matthew Whalen, 12

Amherst:  Daesean Ashley, 9

Hamburg:  Patrick Hart, 12

 

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ECIC III

Player of the Year:

Dominick Welch - Cheektowaga, 12

 

First Team

Nick Montgomery- East Aurora, 12

Josh Denz - East Aurora, 12

Ray Blackwell - Maryvale, 11

John Park - Lake Shore, 11

Chad Biersbach - Depew, 11

 

Second Team

Derek Clemons - Starpoint, 12

Cal McTigue - East Aurora, 12

Kyle Burley - Pioneer, 11

Vaughn Burdette - Cheektowaga, 12

Justin Mott - Starpoint, 10

Rudy Bragg - Cheektowaga, 11

Honorable Mention

Maryvale:  Brian Sullivan - 12

Lake Shore:  Jay Brueckl - 11

Starpoint:  Adam Lasal - 12

Cheektowaga:  Alex Bryant - 11

Depew:  Tyler Biersbach, 12

East Aurora:  Joe Montgomery - 12

 

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ECIC IV

Player of the Year:

Mason Goodridge - Springville, 10

 

First Team

Paul Woodward - Cleveland Hill, 12

Coan Relyea - Holland, 12

Noah Grabar - Lackawanna, 10

Marcus James - Springville, 12

Christian Snell - Alden, 11

 

Second Team

Andy Bialy - Eden, 12

London Smith - Lackawanna, 11

Jacob Braniecki - JFK, 11

Tyler Phillips - Cleveland Hill, 12

Jordan Pacillo - Lackawanna, 12

Trey Lilly - Tonawanda, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Lackawanna:  Harris Bekric - 10, Noble Smith - 11

Tonawanda:  Charlie Moore - 12, Nick Bitter - 12

Holland:  Jordan Kolbmann, Pierce Gardon

JFK:  Thomas Isbrandt - 12

Alden:  Conrad Boucher - 12

Cleveland Hill:  J'Son James - 12

Eden:  Jason Porter

 

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NIAGARA FRONTIER LEAGUE

 

First  Team

Tyler Aquilina - Kenmore West, 12

Trevor Book - North Tonawanda, 11 

Tavon Chambers - Lockport, 12

Tal James - Kenmore West, 12

Cam Sionko - Grand Island, 10

 

Second Team

Syquan Ralands - Niagara Falls, 11

Kyle LaPlante - Kenmore West, 12

Kyle Brown - Lockport, 12

Mario Wright - Grand Island, 12

Malik Brooks - Lockport, 10

 

Third Team

Jalen Bradberry - Niagara Wheatfield, 8

Tazaun Rose - Niagara Falls, 11

Alex Quinn - North Tonawanda, 12

JB Wilkes - Grand Island, 12

Charles Lamar - Niagara Falls, 12

 

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NIAGARA-ORLEANS

 

First Team

Jalin Cooper - Medina, 11

Nathan Luckman - Barker, 12

Max Weber - Newfane, 11

Johnny Salone - Medina, 10

Kyle DeVoogel - Newfane, 11

 

Second Team

Justin Daul - Wilson, 12

Izaiah Rhim - Medina, 10

Jacob Bruning - Roy-Hart, 11

Kory Reynolds - Albion, 12

Connor Seeley - Wilson, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Akron:  Mason Schultz - 11, Derek Holtz - 11

Albion:  Lamar Chambers - 12, Tommy Matison - 12, Chase Hall - 12, Tanner Ferris - 12

Barker:  Eddie Wasnock - 12, Jake Arnold - 12, Austin Sullivan - 11

Roy-Hart:  Daniel Davis - 12, Brendan Hess - 12

Newfane:  Caleb Russell - 12, Connor Hill - 11, Chad Dunbar - 11, Brandon Gross - 11

Medina:  Vincent Montague - 10, Brendan Luthart - 11, Mason Lewis - 12, Alex Allis - 12, Tyrellis Atkins - 12

Wilson:  Jonah Miller - 12, Steve Frerichs - 10

 

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CCAA I West

Player of the Year:

Devin Pope - Chautauqua Lake, 11

 

First Team

Monty Shoemaker - Olean, 12

Aaron Swan -  Chautauqua Lake, 12

Darnell Butts - Dunkirk, 11

Lucas Voss - Fredonia, 12

Carson Crist - Maple Grove, 10

 

Second Team

Shamon Stewart - Dunkirk, 12

Mike Schmidt - Olean, 10

Nate Shuart - Fredonia, 10

Tristen Snyder - Olean, 12

Michael Padilla - Maple Grove, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Dunkirk:  Evon Hernandez - 12, Tyreek Ruiz - 12, Devaun Farnham - 11, Noah Sobilo - 11

Maple Grove:  Dalton Dubois - 12, Peter Auer - 9

Falconer:  Brandon Luke - 12, Brandon Crick - 11

Olean:  Matt Droney - 10, Luke Rogers - 12

Southwestern:  Niko Pannes - 12, Alex Card - 10

Chautauqua Lake:  Tyler Meredith - 12

 

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CCAA II WEST

Co-Players of the Year:

Chris Robson - Sherman, 12  &  Cordell O'Brien - Frewsburg, 12

 

First Team

Justin Svetz - Clymer, 12

Josh Van Earden - Clymer, 12

Dustin Neckers - Clymer, 11

Jared Gleason - Sherman, 11

 

Second Team

David Grayson - Westfield, 12

Tristen Frye - Panama, 12

Brandon Chamberlin - Cassadaga Valley, 12

Johnethen Spicer - Brocton, 12

Shawn Horr - Westfield, 11

 

Honorable Mention

Sherman: Mike Delcamp - 12, Brandon Nickerson - 12, Kyle Carpenter - 12, Tanner Ramsey - 11

Frewsburg:  Nyle Bird - 12, Caleb Caldwell - 12, Tyler Marchincin - 11, Brad Nelson - 9

Clymer:  Dylan Davis - 12

Brocton:  Garrett McFadden - 12

Cassadaga Valley:  Conner Crabtree - 10, Adam Goot - 10

Westfield:  Julio Torres - 11

Panama:  Noah Eggleston - 12, Lucas Golden - 12

 

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CCAA I EAST

Co-Players of the Year:

Tyler Hind - Raandolph, 9  &  Nate Brawdy - Gowanda, 11

 

First Team

Zeus Enriquez - Salamanca, 12

Jarrett Lecceadone - Randolph, 12

Zach Hemphill - Allegany-Limestone, 12

Jake Beaver - Randolph, 12

 

Second Team

Jarmani Benton - Gowanda, 11

Joe Sherlock - Salamanca, 12

Hercules Rasha - Salamanca, 11

Nick Stein - Portville, 12

Sam Flanders - Allegany-Limestone, 10

Brady Woelben - Silver Creek, 10

 

Honorable Mention

Portville:  Colin Kloc - 12, Jaeden Harris - 11

Gowanda:  Matt Kruszka - 12

Randolph:  Kaleb Frink - 12

Salamanca:  Derek McClure - 12, Michael Collins - 12

Allegany-Limestone:  Sean McAffee - 11

Silver Creek:  Chris Williams - 12

 

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CCAA II EAST

Player of the Year:

Elliot Bowen - Ellicottville, 11

 

First Team

Sam Erickson - Franklinville, 11

Dylan Chase - Pine Valley, 12

Griffin Chudy - Ellicottville, 11

Isaac Kopp - Franklinville, 11

Darren Clark - Franklinville, 11

 

 Second Team

Austin Grinols - Ellicottville, 11

Brandon Zielinski - North Collins, 11

Kalvin Stanbro - Forestville, 12

Kellen Martin - Cattaraugus/Little-Valley, 12

Lewis Markham - Forestville, 11

Zach Mansfield, Pine Valley, 11

 

Honorable Mention

Franklinville:  Brock Belcha - 11, Dylan Burton - 11

Ellicottville:  Steven Rowland - 10, Noah Stuve - 11

Pine Valley:  Gilberto Ortiz - 12

Forestville:  Trent Hartloff - 12

Cattaraugus/Little-Valley:  Austin Baker - 11

North Collins:  Zachary Schroeder - 11

 

All-Charter

Player of the Year:

Davonte Gaines - Health Sciences, 11

 

Offensive & Defensive POY:

Davonte Gaines - Health Sciences, 11

 

First Team

Davonte Gaines - Health Sciences, 11

Tyron Lott - Health Sciences, 11

Shakur Bridges - Oracle Charter, 12

Dwight Dilbert - Global Concepts, 12

Paitwan Jenifer - Tapestry, 12

 

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Sectional Preview - 2017

(Monty Shoemaker & the Olean Huskies enter sectionals on a 14-game win streak / Photo: Olean Times Herald)
 

 The Section VI postseason begins Tuesday night with seven First Round matchups.  The winner moves on to participate in the Pre-Quarterfinal round on Wednesday night at 7 pm.  On Friday, 32 Quarterfinal games will decide which teams move on to Buffalo State and JCC for the semifinals.

 

Below I take a look at some of the best matchups we could potentially see in the pre-quarterfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and even the championship games, along with sleepers, some winning streaks, and predictions.

 

** Please note that many of the games below are based on my predictions of who will win in prior rounds 

 

Most exciting brackets, top to bottom:

8. C1

7. D

6. C2

5. A1

4. B1

3. B2

2. AA

1. A2

- The Class A2 bracket is awesome for several reasons.  Amherst has been the highest ranked from that bunch all year and are the only local public school to knock off Williamsville South since 2015.  Cheektowaga has Dom Welch leading the Warriors and chasing the all-time scoring record, which very well could happen under the bright lights at Buff State.  South Park won the Yale Cup, which gives them a 70% chance of winning a Section VI crown based on past history.  Olean is the defending Class B state champion with the area's all-time winningest Hall of Fame coach and they just beat Timon by 10. Maryvale owns a win over Olean this season.  

 

Sleepers from each bracket

AA - Niagara Falls:  They are the #5 seed, so the Wolverines would qualify under this category.  Despite finishing 4th in the NFL, Falls is more than capable of winning the whole thing.  They've defeated the likes of UPrep, Kenmore West, Lockport, & North Tonawanda this season, along with going to overtime against Park.

A1 - Sweet Home:  The Panthers are still young, but have a win over Williamsville North this season and have shown the ability to hang with a couple large school top 10 teams...this month they only lost by five to both Amherst & Kenmore West.

A2 - Maryvale:  They were my sleeper in this bracket last year also.  The fact that the Flyers are one of two teams to defeat Olean this season, who they visit in the Quarterfinal Round this Friday night, says it all.

B1 - Dunkirk:  The #5 seed has been all over the place this season, but when they're on...look out.  A quarterfinal win at Springville would have them facing East Aurora in the semifinals at Buff State.  I'm willing to bet the Marauders are the one team East Aurora had hoped to avoid until the final.

B2 - Wilson:  The Lakemen are the classic team that will make you pay for not showing up...or sleeping on them.  They knocked off Niagara Wheatfield this season and also played Medina within four points.

C1 - Allegany-Limestone:  The Gators have improved after dropping their first four games to start the season.  They competed with Nichols in a nonleague contest, knocked off Wellsville late in the year, and spent the regular season taking their licks in CCAA I East.  They can hang with the rest in this bracket.

C2 - Maple Grove:  The Red Dragons just beat Dunkirk a week ago, swept Fredonia, knocked off Clymer (top seed in Class D), and have been to Glens Falls three times in the last decade, with two state titles.

D - Pine Valley:  The Class D bracket only has six teams.  I'll go out on a limb and make the #6 seed Panthers my sleeper.  

 

Top 10 Pre-Quarterfinal Games (Wednesday, February 22nd)

10. Iroquois @ Starpoint

9. Silver Creek @ Global Concepts

8. Frontier @ Orchard Park

7. Fredonia @ I-Prep

6. CSAT/Riverside @ Depew

5. Roy-Hart @ Lafayette

4. Alden @ Burgard *at MST Seneca

3. JFK @ Gowanda

2. Lake Shore @ Pioneer

1. Niagara Wheatfield @ Clarence 

 

Top 10 Quarterfinal Games (Friday, February 24th)

10. West Seneca East @ McKinley

9. Barker @ Holland

8. Maryvale @ Olean

7. Allegany-Limestone @ Salamanca

6. Wilson @ Lackawanna

5. Burgard @ East Aurora

4. Sweet Home @ Grand Island

3. Maple Grove @ Frewsburg

2. Middle College vs. Health Sciences *at Daemen

1. Niagara Falls @ Loclport

 

Most Exciting Potential Semifinals

8. Olmsted vs. Lackawanna (B2)

7. East Aurora vs. Dunkirk (B1)

6. Health Sciences vs. Medina (B2)

5. Ellicottville vs. Franklinville (D)

4. Kenmore West vs. Lancaster (AA)

3. Jamestown vs. Niagara Falls/Lockport

2. Olean vs. Amherst (A2)

1. Cheektowaga vs. South Park (A2)

 

Most Exciting Championship Games

5. Class B2

4. Class A1

3. Class AA

2. Class C2

1. Class A2

 

Winning streaks heading into sectionals

Olean - 14  (and 16 of last 17)

Medina - 13  (and 15 of last 16)

MST Seneca - 10  (and 12 of last 13)

South Park - 10

Randolph - 9  (and 12 of last 13)

Kenmore West 8  (and 11 of last 12)

East Aurora - 7  (and 11 of last 12)

Clymer - 7  (and 11 of last 12)

Franklinville - 6  (and 12 of last 13)

Lockport - 6  (and 7 of last 8)

Springville - 6

 * Olmsted has won 15 of its last 16

 * Amherst has won 14 of its last 15

 * Frewsburg has won 13 of its last 14

 * Ellicottville has won 10 of its last 11

 * Williamsville South has won 8 of its last 9

 

Predictions

AA - Niagara Falls

A1 - Williamsville South

A2 - Olean

B1 - East Aurora

B2 - Health Sciences

C1 - Chautauqua Lake

C2 - East

D - Franklinville

 

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Class B1 & B2 Brackets - 2017 Sectionals

 

Class B1

First Round - Tuesday, February 21st

(16) Emerson 71, (9) Alden 53

(12) Albion 63, (13) City Honors 52

 

(10) Fredonia 57, (15) Tonawanda 39

(14) CSAT 86, (11) Riverside 72

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 22nd

(8) Burgard 69, (16) Emerson 44

(5) Dunkirk 78, (12) Albion  39

 

(10) Fredonia  61, (7) I-Prep 49

(6) Depew 61, (14) CSAT 55

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 24th

(1) East Aurora 47, (8) Burgard 34

(5) Dunkirk 69, (4) Springville 49

 

(2) MST Seneca 52, (10) Fredonia 39

(3) Newfane 78, (6) Depew 53

 

Semifinals - Monday, February 27th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 6 pm & 7:45 pm

 (1) East Aurora 59, (5) Dunkirk 55

(3) Newfane 65, (2) MST Seneca 63

 

Final - Saturday, March 4th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 1:45 pm

 (1) East Aurora 75, (3) Newfane 30

 

2017 Section VI Class B1 Champions - East Aurora Blue Devils

 

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Class B2

First Round - Tuesday, February 21st

(13) Southwestern 51 (12) Buffalo Arts 38

(10) Roy-Hart 51, (15) Eden 45 

(11) Oracle 60, (14) Akron 54

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 22nd

(8) Gowanda 61, (9) JFK 52

(5) Middle College 57, (13) Southwestern 47

 

(7) Lafayette 58, (10) Roy-Hart 55 OT

(6) Wilson 57, (11) Oracle 43

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 24th

(1) Medina 69, (8) Gowanda 48

(4) Health Sciences 70, (5) Middle College 54

 

(2) Olmsted 67, (7) Lafayette 52

(3) Lackawanna 69, (6) Wilson 45

 

Semifinals - Thursday, March 2nd

AT BUFFALO STATE - 6 pm & 7:45 pm 

(4) Health Sciences 55,  (1) Medina 37

(3) Lackawanna 62, (2) Olmsted v49

 

Final - Saturday, March 4th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 12 pm

(4) Health Sciences 60, (3) Lackawanna 48 

 

2017 Section VI Class B2 Champions - Health Sciences Falcons

 

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Classifications for the 2017 Season

                      

 

Class AA (10 Teams)                                                        

Niagara Falls - NFL                                                                     

Jamestown - ECIC I                                                              

Kenmore West - NFL                                                                 

Lancaster - ECIC I                                                                       

Frontier - ECIC I                                                                         

Willaimsville North - ECIC I                                                            

Niagara Wheatfield - NFL                                                          

Orchard Park - ECIC I                                                              

Lockport - NFL                                                                             

Clarence - ECIC I

 

Class A1 (10 Teams)                                                              

Williamsville South - ECIC II                                                   

McKinley - Yale Cup I                                                                

North Tonawanda - NFL                                                           

Hamburg - ECIC II                                                               

Grand Island - NFL                                                                   

West Seneca East - ECIC II                                                      

Sweet Home - ECIC II                                                               

Williamsville East - ECIC II                                                 

West Seneca West - ECIC I                                                      

Hutch-Tech - Yale Cup I  

 

Class A2 (11 Teams)

Amherst - ECIC II

South Park - Yale Cup

Cheektowaga - ECIC III

Olean - CCAA I West

Maryvale - ECIC III

Lew-Port – NFL

Starpoint - ECIC III

Lake Shore - ECIC III

Pioneer - ECIC III

Iroquois - ECIC II

Kenmore East - NFL

 

Class B1 (16 Teams)                                                            

East Aurora - ECIC III                                                    

Newfane - N-O                                                                     

MST Seneca - Yale Cup II                                                   

Depew - ECIC III                                                                      

Dunkirk - CCAA I West                                                          

Burgard - Yale Cup I                                                                

Riverside - Yale Cup I                                                              

CSAT - NFL                                                                             

Emerson - Yale Cup I                                                            

Alden - ECIC IV                                                                  

I-Prep - Yale Cup II                                                                 

Fredonia - CCAA I West                                                        

City Honors - Yale Cup II                                                    

Albion - N-O                                                                           

Tonawanda - ECIC IV                                                           

Springville - ECIC IV

 

Class B2 (15 Teams)

Health Sciences - Charter

Middle College - Yale Cup I

Medina - N-O

Gowanda - CCAA I East

Lackawanna - ECIC IV

Olmsted - Yale Cup II

JFK - ECIC IV

Wilson - N-O

Roy-Hart - N-O

Akron - N-O

Oracle - Charter

Southwestern - CCAA I West

Eden - ECIC IV

Buffalo Arts - Yale Cup II

Lafayette - Yale Cup II

                                                                  

Class C1 (10 Teams)                                                    

Chautauqua Lake - CCAA I West                                            

Cleveland Hill - ECIC IV                                                           

Portville - CCAA I East                                                      

Salamanca - CCAA I East                                                       

Allegany-Limestone - CCAA I East                                        

Maritime - Charter                                                                     

DaVinci - Yale Cup II                                                               

Tapestry - Charter                                                                  

Falconer - CCAA I West                                                           

Cassadaga Valley - CCAA II West

 

Class C2 (11 Teams)

East - Yale Cup I

Randolph - CCAA I East

Barker - N-O

Silver Creek - CCAA I East

Maple Grove - CCAA I West

BASCS - Charter

Cattaraugus/Little Valley - CCAA II East

Frewsburg - CCAA II West

Holland - ECIC IV

Global Concepts - Charter

Westfield - CCAA II West

 

Class D (9 Teams)

Ellicottville - CCAA II East

Sherman - CCAA II West

Franklinville - CCAA II East

Clymer - CCAA II West

Pine Valley - CCAA II East

Panama - CCAA II West

Forestville - CCAA II East 

Brocton - CCAA II West

North Collins - CCAA II East

 

Monsignor Martin Class A

Canisius

Park

Timon

St. Francis

St. Joe's

 

Monsignor Martin Class B

Nichols

Cardinal O'Hara

St. Mary's

Walsh

CCA

Niagara Catholic

 

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Class B1 & B2 Brackets - 2016 Sectionals

 

Class B1

 

First Round - Tuesday, February 16th

(12) City Honors 47, (13) Lafayette 41

(10) CSAT 54, (15) Eden 42 

(11) Tonawanda 40, (14) Springville 38 

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 17th

(8) Depew 72, (9) Buffalo Arts 38 

(5) Alden 78, (12) City Honors 46

 

(10) CSAT 71, (7) Albion 59

(6) Newfane 54, (11) Tonawanda 42

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 19th

(1) Olean 83, (8) Depew 38 

(4) Dunkirk 68, (5) Alden 46 

 

(2) Medina 54, (10) CSAT 46

(3) East Aurora 62, (6) Newfane 47

 

Semifinals - Thursday, February 25th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 6 pm & 7:45 pm

(1) Olean 59, (4) Dunkirk 41

(3) East Aurora 55, (2) Medina 46

 

  Final - Saturday, February 27th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 1:45 pm

 (1) Olean 67, (3) East Aurora 46

 

2016 Section VI Class B1 Champions - Olean Huskies

 

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 Class B2

 

First Round - Tuesday, February 16th

(12) Oracle 60, (13) Akron 32

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 17th

(8) JFK 65, (9) Wilson 48

(5) Emerson 66, (12) Oracle 61 

 

(7) MST Seneca 51, (10) Lackawanna 48 

(6) Fredonia 69, (11) Southwestern 42 

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 19th

(1) I-Prep 79, (8) JFK 47

(4) Health Sciences 61, (5) Emerson 56

 

(2) Roy-Hart 57, (7) MST Seneca 45

(6) Fredonia 68, (3) Gowanda 51

 

Semifinals - Wednesday, February 24th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 5:15 & 6:45 pm 

(4) Health Sciences 70, (1) I-Prep 57

(6) Fredonia 73, (2) Roy-Hart 30 

 

 Final - Saturday, February 27th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 12 pm

(6) Fredonia 53,  (4) Health Sciences 48

 

2016 Section VI Class B2 Champions - Fredonia Hillbillies

 

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The Schedule: 2015-2016 Season

  (Williamsville South & Olean both look to repeat as Section VI champs/ Photo by Harry Scull)

                

****** To see the new schedule for the 2017 season, click HERE ******

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Sectional Preview - 2015

(It's that time of year again - High School basketball sectionals / Photo by Dave DeLuca)

 

The Section VI postseason begins tonight with first round games, and the winners move on to participate in the pre-quarterfinal games played on Wednesday.  Friday night is when the action really kicks up, as 32 quarterfinal games will decide which teams move on to Buffalo State and JCC for the semifinals. 

 

Below I take a look at some of the best matchups we could potentially see in the pre-quarterfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and even the championship games, along with sleepers, some winning streaks, and predictions.

 

** Please note that many of the games below are based on my predictions of who will win in prior rounds 

 

Teams who opted out of sectionals:

- Falconer

- Cattaraugus Little Valley

 

Most exciting bracket

Class A2

 

Sleepers for each bracket:

Class AA - Kenmore West

Class A1 - Williamsville East

Class A2 - Lew-Port

Class B1 - East Aurora

Class B2 - Emerson

Class C1 - Chautauqua Lake

Class C2 - Global Concepts

Class D - Maple Grove

 

 

Top 10 Pre-Quarterfinal Games (Wednesday, 2/25)

10. Niagara Wheatfield @ Clarence

9. Orchard Park @ Kenmore West

8. Akron vs. CSAT

7. Buffalo Science @ Olmsted

6. Southwestern vs. East

5. Bennett @ Buffalo Arts

4. JFK @ Lackawanna

3. Maryvale @ City Honors

2. DaVinci vs. Emerson 

1. Riverside @ West Seneca East

 

Top 10 Quarterfinal Games (Friday, 2/27) 

10. Williamsville East @ Sweet Home

9. Lockport @ Lancaster

8. Frontier @ Niagara Falls

7. Maryvale @ Depew

6. East Aurora @ Albion

5. Maple Grove @ Sherman

4. Kenmore West @ Williamsville North

3. Emerson @ Wilson

2. East vs. Health Sciences *at Nichols

1. Lew-Port @ Cheektowaga

 

Most Exciting Potential Semifinals

6. Tapestry vs. Salamanca

5. East/Health Sciences vs. Cleveland Hill

4. Niagara Falls vs. Williamsville North

3. Starpoint vs. Olean

2. Lew-Port/Cheektowaga vs. Amherst

1. McKinley vs. Williamsville South

 

Most Exciting Potential Championship Games

5. Class AA Final

4. Class B2 Final

3. Class C1 Final

2. Class D Final

1. Class A2 Final

 

Win Streaks heading into sectionals

Sherman 19 

Health Sciences 12 

Fredonia 11 

Silver Creek 10

Cleveland Hill 8 

Cheektowaga 8

McKinley 7

Amherst 7

Jamestown 6

 

Predictions

Class AA - Jamestown

Class A1 - McKinley

Class A2 - Amherst

Class B1 - Depew

Class B2 - Fredonia

Class C1 - Silver Creek

Class C2 - Middle College

Class D - Sherman

 

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Class B1 & B2 Brackets - 2015 Sectionals

 

 

 Class B1

 

First Round - Tuesday, February 24th

 (12) Alden 75, (13) Springville 57

 

(10) Maryvale 69, (15) Lafayette 44

 (11) Newfane 64, (14) Eden 42

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 25th

(9) Bennett 46, (8) Buffalo Arts 44

(5) East Aurora 62, (12) Alden 40

 

(10) Maryvale 71, (7) City Honors 47

(6) Tonawanda 76, (11) Newfane 42

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 27th

(1) Burgard 65, (9) Bennett 53

(4) Albion 78, (5) East Aurora 62

 

(10) Maryvale 49, (2) Depew 47

(3) Medina 52, (6) Tonawanda 39

 

Semifinals - Wednesday, March 4th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 5:15 pm & 6:45 pm

(4) Albion 62,  (1) Burgard 54

(10) Maryvale 46, (3) Medina 43 

 

 Final - Saturday, March 7th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 1:45 pm

 (4) Albion 65, (10) Maryvale 57

 

2015 Section VI Class B1 Champions:

Albion Purple Eagles

 

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Class B2

  

First Round - Tuesday, February 24th

 (12) Southwestern 56, (13) Oracle 51

 

 (11) JFK 50, (14) Roy-Hart 39

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 25th

(8) CSAT 48, (9) Akron 45

(5) East 84, (12) Southwestern 48

 

(7) Emerson 39, (10) DaVinci 37

(6) Lackawanna 54, (11) JFK 51 

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 27th

(1) Cleveland Hill 60, (8) CSAT 52

(5) East 62, (4) Health Sciences 51

 

(2) Wilson 58, (7) Emerson 49

(3) Fredonia 59, (6) Lackawanna 51

 

Semifinals - Tuesday, March 3rd 

AT BUFFALO STATE - 5:15 & 6:45 pm 

(5) East 59,  (1) Cleveland Hill 44

(3) Fredonia 53, (2) Wilson 48

 

Final - Saturday, March 7th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 12 pm

(5) East 54,  (3) Fredonia 51

 

2015 Section VI Class B2 Champions:

East Panthers

 

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The Standings

 

* Overall record followed by league record

 

Yale Cup I

McKinley.................17-2  (12-0)

Middle College.........14-5  (9-3)

Burgard....................13-6  (9-3)

East.........................11-8  (8-4)

Bennett....................4-15  (3-9)

South Park...............6-12  (2-10)

Riverside..................5-14  (2-10)

Hutch-Tech..............3-16  (2-10)

 

 Yale Cup II

I-Prep.....................15-4  (11-1)

Emerson.................12-6  (8-4) 

MST Seneca............8-11  (7-5)

DaVinci...................8-6  (7-5)

City Honors............7-12  (6-6)

Buffalo Arts.............8-9  (6-6)

Olmsted..................7-12  (4-8)

Lafayette................0-18  (0-12)

 

ECIC I

Jamestown...........16-3  (12-0)

Will North............15-4  (10-2)

Lancaster...............11-8  (7-5)

Frontier.................10-8  (6-6)

Clarence...............5-14  (4-8)

Orchard Park..........6-13  (2-10)

W.Seneca West.......2-17  (1-11)

 

 ECIC II

Will South.............17-2  (13-1)

Starpoint..............16-3  (12-2)

Sweet Home...........10-9  (7-7)

Will East................9-10  (7-7)

Hamburg...............8-11  (6-8)

W.Seneca East.......10-9  (5-9)

Iroquois................7-12  (4-10)

 Lake Shore............4-18  (2-12)

 

ECIC III

Amherst............17-2  (12-0)

Cheektowaga.....15-4  (10-2)

Depew................10-9  (8-4)

East Aurora........8-11  (6-6)

Maryvale............9-10  (3-9)

Pioneer...............6-13  (3-9)

Springville..........3-15  (0-12)

 

 ECIC IV

Cleveland Hill............16-3  (12-0)

Lackawanna...............9-9  (9-3)

Holland......................9-10  (6-6)

Tonawanda................10-9  (6-6)

JFK.............................11-8  (6-6)

Alden.........................4-15  (3-9)

Eden..........................2-17  (0-12)

 

Niagara Frontier League

North Tonawanda...........15-4  (12-2)

Niagara Falls...................13-6  (12-2)

Lockport.........................11-8  (9-5)

Lew-Port.........................11-8  (8-6)

Kenmore West................7-12  (6-8)

Grand Island...................7-12  (5-9)

Niagara Wheatfield.........6-13  (4-10)

Kenmore East.................1-17  (0-14)

 

Niagara-Orleans

Wilson.................16-3  (13-1)

Medina................10-9  (10-4)

Akron..................11-9  (8-6)

CSAT...................10-7  (8-6)

Albion.................10-9  (8-6)

Newfane..............5-14  (4-10)

Roy-Hart.............6-13  (3-11)

Barker.................3-18  (2-12)

 

CCAA West I

Fredonia.......................17-2  (11-1)

Olean............................15-4  (11-1)

Dunkirk........................12-7  (8-4)

Southwestern................10-9  (5-7)

Chautauqua Lake..........5-14  (4-8)

Falconer.......................3-15  (2-10)

Cassadaga Valley..........6-14  (1-11)

 

CCAA East I

Silver Creek.......................17-2  (11-1)

Randolph..........................13-6  (10-2)

Salamanca.........................13-6  (9-3)

Portville............................12-7  (6-6)

Allegany-Limestone..........9-10  (4-8)

Gowanda...........................7-12  (2-10)

Catt Little/Valley...............2-17  (0-12)

 

 

CCAA West II

Sherman.......................19-0  (12-0)

Panama.........................15-4  (9-3)

Westfield.......................11-8 (8-4)

Maple Grove..................9-10  (7-5)

Frewsburg.....................4-15  (3-9)

Brocton.........................5-14  (2-10)

Clymer.........................5-14  (1-11)

 

 

 CCAA East II

Forestville.................12-7  (9-1)

Franklinville..............10-9  (8-2)

Ellicottville................12-7 (7-3)

Pine Valley................7-12  (3-7)

West Valley................8-11  (3-7)

North Collins.............0-18  (0-10)

 

Charter Schools 

Health Sciences...................16-3

Tapestry..............................15-3

Global Concepts...................10-9

Oracle..................................5-14

WNY Maritime.....................3-15

Buffalo Science.....................5-11

 

Monsignor Martin - Large Schools

Canisius.......................19-5  (13-0)

Nichols........................15-9  (8-5)

Timon.........................13-11  (7-6)

St. Joe's......................11-13  (7-6)

St. Francis....................5-19  (1-12)

 

Monsignor Martin - Small Schools

Park.............................17-3  (11-2)

St. Mary's....................15-9  (7-6)

Archbishop Walsh........14-10  (6-7)

Niagara Catholic...........10-13  (3-10)

Cardinal O'Hara............7-17   (2-11)

 

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Season Preview: 2014-2015

 

(Nichols celebrates its 2014 Manhattan Cup Championship. Photo by Buffalo News)

 

Below, in this year's version of the Pre-View From Centercourt, you will find:

 - What's New

- Returning 2014 All-Centercourt Players

- Player Watch List for 2014-2015

- A League-by-League look at teams players 

- Coaching Changes

- Classification Changes

- Predictions 

 

What's New

- Section VI teams got one of their games back and are now eligible to play a 19-game regular season.

- The Manhattan Cup is now a tournament for the Class A teams only.  The small schools in the MMA will now compete in a separate playoff, with the winner moving on in the CHSAA Class B postseason.

- Slight divisional realignments once again in the CCAA.  Based on geography...no, based on school size...no, let's try geography again.

- Buffalo Science is back.

- Falconer & Frewsburg are once again separate programs, and face each other in Round One of the Frewsburg Tournament.  Falconer's JV coach from last season, Dan Molfino, now leads the varsity squad at Frewsburg.

- Lake Shore moves back into ECIC II after playing in ECIC III last season.

- This season, the Class AA semifinals will be split up between the Tuesday & Wednesday nights of Buffalo State week, with the Class B2 semis and then the Class B1 semis played prior to each AA semifinal.  That means the Class A1 semifinals are Monday night, leaving the Class A2 semifinals for Thursday night.  

- JCC will squeeze all the magic of semifinal week into two nights.  The Class C1 semifinals will preceed the first Class D semifinal on Monday, with the Class C2 semifinals preceeding the second Class D semifinal on Tuesday.

- Far West Regionals are in Rochester this year

- A master schedule for every WNY team, along with regularly updated standings will be available on this site all season.

 

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The Players

Nine of the top 25 players from the 2014 All-Centercourt teams return to the WNY high school hoops scene, along with another 14 players that received Honorable Mentions following last season.  In addition, many others are primed to have breakout seasons, while the influx of talented underclassmen continues to surface at multiple schools throughout WNY.

 

Reigning Player of the Year & Returning 2014 1st Teamer

Zack Panebianco - Sr., Jamestown:     19.1 PPG  /  4.1 APG  /  3.5 RPG  /  2.2 SPG   as a junior

- Elite two-sport athlete and the reigning Centercourt Player of the Year who led the Red Raiders to the Class AA state title game last year.  Deadly from outside, but equally effective knifing through defenses. Can score in bunches and is highly efficient on offense.  Looks to lead the Red Raiders to a third consecutive Section VI crown - something that has never been achieved in program history.

 

 Returning 2014 Second Teamer

 Stafford Trueheart - Jr., Canisius:  13.0 PPG  /  10.0 RPG  /  4.5 BPG   as a sophomore

-  Already receiving offers as he enters his junior year.  A polished big man with explosivness, touch around the rim, and outstanding anticipation.  Has a summer home in "Lob City".  Looks to get Canisius back to the status of Manhattan Cup champions and beyond.

 

Returning 2014 Third Teamers

Billy Brooks - Sr., Silver Creek:  19.1 PPG  /  14.4 RPG  /  6.7 BPG  /  4.2 APG  as a junior

- Will be getting looks from college coaches all season and turning the heads of local fans along the way.  Completely alters the game for the Black Knights' opponents with his post presence.  Led WNY in shots blocked as a junior and is also the best passing big man in the area.  Look for even bigger strides this season as he assumes the leadership role for his team.

Cam Lewis - Sr., Nichols:   16.1 PPG  /  7.7 RPG  /  2.0 APG  /  1.4 SPG   as a junior

- A star with a skill set tailor made for the next level.  At 6-8, Lewis is just as comfortable with the ball in his hands out on the perimeter as he is banging on the block down low.  Was selected as Manhattan Cup MVP after his big game performances in the postseason.  Already a career 1,000 point scorer.

Chris Miner - Sr., Nichols:   16.4 PPG  /  12.9 RPG  /  2.1 BPG  /  1.8 SPG    as a junior

- Uses his broad frame inside to out-muscle opponents for buckets and rebounds.  A double-double machine who led the Manhattan Cup champs in both scoring and rebounding a season ago.  Also already a career 1,000 point scorer.

 

Returning 2014 Fourth Teamer

Percy Bryant - Sr., East:    17.4 PPG  /  6.2 APG  /  4.7 SPG  /  3.5 RPG    as a junior

- An ultra-quick point guard with a masterful handle.  Provides equal energy on the defensive end and creates countless turnovers.  Led his team in both assists and steals last year, and may add scoring leader to that resume this season.  When his shot is falling, he's practically unstoppable.

 

Returning 2014 Fifth Teamers

Dominick Welch - So., Cheektowaga:  19.5 PPG  /  13.3 RPG  /  3.6 BPG  /  1.4 APG  /  1.2 SPG   as a freshman

- Led the Warriors to their first ever sectional crown as a freshman and averaged a double-double along the way.  Can play all five positions and will hurt you from anywhere on the court - a special talent in this area.  Will look to lead his team past Amherst in the division and then aim for a repeat in sectionals.

TC Brown - Jr., Amherst:   18.2 PPG  /  6.0 RPG  /  5.6 APG  /  3.9 SPG   as a sophomore

- Plays bigger than his size and older than his age.  Competitive and highly confident leader for the Tigers.  Looking to add a third ECIC III title to his resume in his third varsity season, and hopes to help return Amherst to the top of Class A2.

Devin Morris - Sr., McKinley:   15 PPG  /  11 RPG  /  2 BPG  /  2 SPG   as a junior

 - Stands out on a deep Macks team.  Moves fluidly with the ball and excels at getting his shot off in the face of the defense.  Excellent shooter and rebounds well for his size, thanks to good instincts.  Attempting to lead McKinley to a fourth straight Section VI title.

 

Returning 2014 Honorable Mentions

LaTerrance Reed - 12 (Canisius), Zak Cieski - 12 (Cheektowaga), Nicholas Clough - 12 (Williamsville East), Cort Williams - 12 (Williamsville East), Clay Lewis - 12 (Holland), Tanner Schmit - 12 (Nichols), Bryce Morrison - 12 (Randolph), Kordell Holness-Lightbody - 12 (St. Francis), Derick Simpson - 12 (Timon), Derek Cheatom - 12 (Timon),  Sam Castronova - 12 (Williamsville South), Jared Fish - 12 (Salamanca), Cody Johnson - 12 (Cassadaga Valley), Brandon Roach - 11 (Olmsted)

 

Player Watch List:  other names you'll hear from this season 

 Justin Jones - 11 (Canisius), Dorian Billups - 12 (Amherst), John Piper - 12 (Fredonia), JaQuoine Fogan - 11 (Tapestry), Greg Dolan - 9 (Williamsville South), Kam Varner - 12 (Williamsville South), Graham Dolan - 11 (Williamsville South), Maceo Jack - 11 (Williamsville North), William Lamar - 10 (Timon), Fred Foster - 11 (Middle College), Jordan Nwora - 11 (Park), Donell Cathcart - 12 (Cardinal O'Hara), Buzz Watson - 12 (Walsh), Qeyion Williams - 10 (Niagara Falls), Jaylin Rose - 11 (Hutch-Tech), Chris Woodard - 12 (North Tonawanda), Matt Cieslik - 12 (City Honors), Terrance James - 12 (I-Prep), Xavier Maye - 12 (I-Prep), Michael Simpson - 11 (Emerson), Jay Bergmann - 12 (Frontier), Christian Nodine - 11 (Starpoint), Nick Parucki - 12 (West Seneca East), Jordan Heine - 12 (Sweet Home), Tristan Boling - 12 (Tonawanda), Jermaine Hairston - 12 (Cleveland Hill), Craig Paige - 12 (Lew-Port), Jenard Jackson - 11 (Lew-Port), Kyle Bradley - 12 (Wilson), Jason Hellwig - 12 (Medina), Darius Carson - 10 (CSAT), Isaiah Thomas - 11 (Dunkirk), Patrick Moore - 11 (Fredonia), Tanner Dahl - 12 (Westfield), Fred Searles - 12 (Global Concepts), Corey Wiseman - 12 (Health Sciences)

 

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 MONSIGNOR MARTIN CLASS A

The defending Manhattan Cup champs, Nichols, are back in a BIG way.  Not only are three of its starters enormous (6-8, 6-7, 6-5), but they are also phenomenal basketball talents.  Cam Lewis & Chris Miner are both career 1,000 point scorers entering their senior campaigns, while Tanner Schmit is already commited to play at the D1 level for Central Arkansas.  Canisius lost the area's most highly touted player in Howard Washington to a transfer, but also benefited from the arrival of transfer Justin Jones from St. Joe's.  With the size and athleticism of what returns, including Second Team All-Centercourt selection Stafford Trueheart and HM LaTerrance Reed, the Crusaders will continue to be one of the most dominant programs in WNY.  Timon will focus on ball movement and defensive pressure in a bid to return to a third straight Manhattan Cup Final, with its goal being to win it this time.  St. Joe's welcomes back eight players (seven seniors) and adds Grant Beyer from Williamsville South.  With a deep bench and a focus on balance, the Marauders like their chances in the competitive and talent-rich MMA.  St. Francis has its leading scorer and All-Centercourt HM returning, Kordell Holness-Lightbody.  With Holness-Lightbody certain to be the focus of opposing defenses, the young Red Raider lineup will have to grow up quickly and contribute.

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Nichols: Christopher Miner - 12, Cam Lewis - 12,  Tanner Schmit - 12, Zach Serotte - 12, Ken Williams - 12, Steve Foley - 12, Ben Sendziak - 12, Will Johnson - 10, Marcellus Cooper - 9

Canisius:  Stafford Trueheart - 11, LaTerrence Reed - 12, TJ Wheatley - 12, Josh Huffman - 12, Zachary Koch - 12, Andrew Heitzhaus - 12, Patrick Viola - 12, David Keil - 12, Patrick Crangle - 12,  Justin Jones - 11

St. Joe's:  Mathew Fritz - 12, Naseer Jackson - 10, Antonio Morreale - 12, John Scaglione - 12, David Maher - 12, Marcell Davis - 12, Edward Tabone Jr - 12, Grant Beyer - 11, Anthony Brophy - 11, Nick Motley - 11

Bishop Timon/St. Jude: Derick Simpson - 12, William Lamar - 10, Quinton Lamar - 11, Claudius Modi - 12, Hunter Lancaster - 11, Tyler Ringwood - 11, Joe Harrison - 10

St. Francis:  Kordell Holness-Lightbody - 12, Bo Sireika - 9, Roburt Welch - 10, John Steven Zhu - 11, Cody Smith - 10, Isiah Utley - 11

 

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MONSIGNOR MARTIN CLASS B 

Park brings back four starters and welcomes in Jordan Nwora from Amherst.  The Pioneers will focus on more consistent pressure defensively, as they have the talent to win the league.  If this new format had existed over the past several years, St. Mary's would have owned it.  The Lancers look to continue their recent success with a brand new starting lineup, as they've done in the past.  Tony Pulvirenti takes over the varsity reigns at Cardinal O'Hara after guiding the JV Hawks over the last three seasons.  He'll have a young team with just one senior, but that didn't stop him from bulking up O'Hara's nonleague schedule.  Walsh has a pair from the basketball-famed Moore family of Olean in head coach Andy and junior Adam.  Combine that with the return of 6-6 senior Buzz Watson (18.5 ppg), along with an Olean transfer, and the Eagles should be contenders.  Niagara Catholic's young team will look to grow under the leadership of a new coach with a pair of Class AA state championship game appearances on his resume, Giulio Colangelo.

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Park:  Derek Cheatom - 12, Randy Golda - 12, Jordan Nwora - 11, Kyle Harris - 11, Hunter Anderson - 11, Tony Ugboma - 11, Ethan Cotrell - 11, Joe Jones - 9

St. Mary's:   Jake Concannon - 12, Takal Molson - 11, Sean Wilson - 12, Austin Oakes - 12, Mark O'Neill - 12, Chris Peete - 12, Kayson Hill - 11, Tony Robinson - 11, Jordan MacKinnon - 11, Cam Dunning - 11, Joseph Stoj - 11, Daquan Hunt - 10, Eric Brown - 9

Cardinal O'Hara:  Donel Cathcart - 12, Charles Debose  - 11, Clifford Ziegler - 10, William Turner - 11, Deamontae Riley - 10, Michon Dudley - 9

Archbishop Walsh:  Adam Moore - 11, John "Buzz" Watson - 12, Noah Watson - 10, Christian Churakos - 10, Ethan Clarke - 12, Tavian Kemp - 10

Niagara Catholic:  Elijah Griggs - 11, Jaceary Menes - 11, Jake Socha - 12, Zach Socha - 11, Connor Freeburger - 12

 

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YALE CUP I

McKinley has become the model of consistency for basketball programs in WNY.  Do I even need to tell you what the Macks will look like this season?  Fast, deep, and intense, are the first three words that come to mind.  They bring back plenty from another defending Section VI championship team.  Defending Yale Cup champion Middle College added one of the most athletically gifted players in all of WNY to its roster with the offseason addition of Park transfer Fred Foster (6-5).  He, along with another always deep roster, will have the Kats eyeing another Yale Cup & another run at states in Class C.  East has dynamic guard Percy Bryant back for his senior season and hopes to have O'Hara transfer Jovell Littlejohn ready to man the middle when the season tips.  The Panthers also have some talented underclassmen that should rapidly improve throughout the year.  South Park will rely on tempo and pressure defense, with no player on its roster over 6-feet tall.  Riverside has a pair of starters back, and a good amount of depth competing for the remaining spots.  Bennett & Burgard did not provide team information.

***

East:  Damone Brown - 11, Percy Byrant - 11, Jovell Littlejohn - 11, Takeyo Burts - 10, Malik Doughty - 12, Willard Anderson - 9

McKinley: Devin Morris - 12, Shaquan Jones - 11, Keyon Johnson - 11, Juwan Tolliver - 12, Jaylen Prophet - 11

Riverside: Romero Gardner - 11, Tim Manney - 12, Jamal Wardlaw - 11, Alexander Johnson - 11, Asuquo "Junior" Efiong - 11, Roberto Rodriguez - 12, Mohammed Ali - 12, Claudio Olympio - 12, Jewimaer Toussaint - 12, Damone McNamee - 12

Middle College:  Isaiah Jenkins - 12, Joseph Staton - 11, Fred Foster - 11, Billy Rivera - 11, Royce Burks - 12, Amir Jemes - 11, Brian Johnson - 11, Loronzo Truitt - 11, Claudius Thomas - 11, Dajon Johnson - 11, Dion Watkins - 11, Tyshawn Silas - 10, Nate Jackson - 9, Hakeem Dobbins - 9, Azyion Clemons - 9

Hutch-Tech: Jailyn Rose - 11

South Park : James Baker - 11, John Vallone - 12, D'Angelo Allen - 12, Shakur Harris - 10, Antonio Leonard - 12, Darrel Moore - 12, Mike McDonald - 12

Burgard

Bennett

 

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YALE CUP II

I-Prep has its sights set on a repeat in Yale Cup II and a run in the Class D sectionals this year, with three key pieces back from the undefeated league championship team of '14.  City Honors will be a guard-oriented team, led by four-year varsity player, Matt Cieslik.  Olmsted will have a formidible backcourt and one of the top players in the city in Brandon Roach, but lack size.  Lafayette has a fill lineup of players this season, described as young, energetic, and optimistic, led by Jovanny Aviles-Vargas.  Emerson, MST Seneca, Buffalo Arts, & DaVinci did not provide any information.

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I-Prep:  Xavier Maye - 12, Terrance James - 12, Jeffrey Townsel - 11, Davon Gant - 11

City Honors: Matt Cieslik - 12, Jordahn Summers - 12, John Seitz - 12, David Lippman - 12, Alfred Gary - 11, Caleb Lee - 12

Olmsted: Brandon Roach - 11, Dan Reid - 10, Athan Kaudeyr - 12, Anthony Mendrysa - 11, Austin Carter - 12

Lafayette: Jovanny Aviles-Vargas - 12, Christian Tarado-Suarez - 10, Erik Aponte - 9, Cesar Medina - 10, Justin Galvin - 11, Miyaga Miyaga - 11, Demetrius White-Zinermon - 9, Daniel Gonzales - 11, Abdi Malako - 11, Stephan Thomas - 10, Julio Muriel - 12, Eugenio Vira - 11, Derek Ramdhansingh - 12, Luis Plaza - 10

Emerson:  Michael Simpson - 11, Jason Dowell - 11

MST Seneca

Buffalo Arts

DaVinci

 

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ECIC I

Three teams (Jamestown, Clarence, & Williamsville North) all shared the league title a season ago, so the Red Raiders settled things by advancing far past the others in the postseason - all the way to the Class AA state championship game.  Jamestown will be a step behind to start the season thanks to the success of the football team, but after the way Zack Panebianco finished the season last year, they shouldn't be overly concerned.  Lancaster should have its best and most balanced unit in several seasons.  The Redskins showed flashes last year with a very young team, and now they'll have eight players with a lot of varsity experience.  Clarence graduated all five starters from its Class AA finalist team, but does have a pair of returning players who saw considerable action.  Williamsville North will look different without Sterling Taplin in the starting lineup for the first time in five seasons, but the Spartans have no shortage of talent or experience, and will challenge for the top spot in ECIC I once again.  Orchard Park fields a young, defensive-minded team with three returnees.  Frontier & West Seneca West did not provide team information.

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Jamestown: Zack Panebianco - 12, Stephen Carlson - 12,  Zacc Kinsey - 11, Ben Larson - 12

Lancaster:  Tyler Lis - 12, Griffin O'Brien - 12,  Alex Damiani - 11, Collin Murray - 11, Alex Konst - 11, Andy Fellner - 12, Matt Devic - 12, LG Castillo - 10

Williamsville North:  George Attea - 12, Maceo Jack - 11, Sean Hill - 11, Dylan Lambert - 12, Tim Kreuze - 12, Chad Steinwachs - 12, Sam Cimato - 12, Nick Maranto - 11, Jeff Calderon - 12

Clarence: Matt Sadowy - 12, Kyle Stevens - 12, Dave Cummisky - 12, Bryan Pulli - 12, Hunter Harris - 12, Adam Southern - 11, Jake Ireland - 10, Jake Randall - 10

Orchard Park:  Kevin Goltz - 12,  Jake Heath - 12, Dan Freilicher - 11, Phil Marks - 11, Wes Seigner - 11, Max Cerone - 11, Kevin Looney - 11, Bryan Somerville - 11, Hunter Harris - 11, Chris Liberatore - 11 

West Seneca West: Frank Borzillieri   - 12, DJ Ulmer – 12, Ben Hutton  - 11, Lou DiChristopher  - 12

Frontier

 

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ECIC II

Williamsville South has plenty of pieces back from last year's team that fell short of finishing off McKinley in the Class A1 final last season.  The Billies have talent everywhere and will focus on cohesiveness and team-first basketball.  Williamsville East will play uptempo and look for mismatches.  The Flames should find plenty, with a pair of returning All-Centercourt HM selections and four-year varsity players back in Cort Williams and Nicholas Clough.  Sweet Home will be an experienced and athletic team, returning over 37 points per game from last season.  Starpoint has its best team in recent seasons, and with a good mix of seniors and underclassmen.  The Spartans have four starters back and should challenge the division's top squads.  West Seneca East may have the most experienced unit in the division, as last year's group was void of any seniors.  Both co-captains, along with the school's all-time 3-point leader, are back for the Trojans.  Hamburg returns four players that saw quality minutes during its run to the Class A1 semifinals last year.  Couple that with some talented additions from their 16-win JV team, and the Bulldogs optimistic about making a return trip to Buffalo State.  With just a single senior back, a young team, and a move up to ECIC II, Lake Shore hopes to rebuild its roster through valuable experience this season.  After two straight successful campaigns, Iroquois will look to its five seniors for leadership and rely on size & athleticism.

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Williamsville East: Cort Williams - 12, Nicholas Clough - 12, Kyle Williams - 12, Joe Adcock - 12, Greg Cook - 12, Alex Pieri - 11, Mike Garafalo - 12, Mike Poturalski - 11

Williamsville South:  Sam Castronova - 12, Kam Varner - 12, Graham Dolan - 11, Greg Dolan - 9, Matt Foster - 11, Myles Hall - 11, Jordan Buell - 11, Dave Isselbaecher - 12, Ryan Phillips - 11, JP Rehak - 12

Iroquois: Zach Emer - 12, Coyote Sokolski - 12, Lucas Tait - 12, Kyle Seifert - 12, Joe Bowen - 11, Dominic Allen - 11, James Carlin - 11, Jack Edwards - 10, Matt Whalen - 10

Sweet Home: Jordan Heine - 11, Asa'd Myles - 12, Milton Zielger - 12, Brandon Smiley - 12, Jordan Evert - 12, Adrian Drake - 12, Josh Hammer - 12, Dylan McDuffie - 9

Hamburg: Joe DeGrood - 12, Brendan Ryan - 11, Kyle Munro - 12, Caleb Wood - 12, Mark Myles - 12, Doug Horbachewski - 12, Matt Snyder - 12, Ryan Dils - 11, Sean DeLellis - 11

West Seneca East: Matt Kumro - 12, Nick Parucki - 12, Ed Radka - 11, Dan Picciano - 11, DJ Schiersing - 12, Jake Klubek - 11, Dale Nicosia - 12, Evin Ksiezarczyk - 12, Jared Kania - 11, Anthony Roncone - 10, Justin Gospodarski - 10

Starpoint: Ian Emerick - 12, Dennis Held - 12, Eric Yaeger - 12, Brock Kroening - 11, Christian Nodine - 11, Ben Walters - 11, Adam Lasal - 10

Lake Shore:  Andrew Bush - 12, Brandon Buchanon - 12, Alec Lezama - 12, Mike Braeuner - 11, Alec Bergum - 11, Collin Fiutko - 11, Cory Fiutko - 11, Joe Friedhoff - 11, Ron John - 11, Nate Myers - 11, Kyle Wishman - 11, Andrew McDonaugh - 10

 

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ECIC III

Amherst has claimed the last three league titles and have reason to believe they're the favorites to do it again.  TC Brown leads a Tigers team that has confidence, size, and depth.  Despite Amherst winning ECIC III last year, it was Cheektowaga who edged them out in the postseason after sweeping them in the regular season.  The Warriors have nearly the entire squad back, including Dominick Welch & Zak Ciezki, and hope that by season's end, they'll have three more wins over Amherst.  The future looks great at East Aurora, and if they are able to compete with the top teams in this league - look out.  The Blue Devils have just one senior in their regular rotation, one that will include four sophomores.  Springville hopes to get strong guard play on an inexperienced team that returns just one starter.  Balance will be the theme at Maryvale after graduating its top three scorers.  The Flyers will use as many as 12 players in their rotation and keep the energy level up.  Depew will look to develop team chemistry and form an identity, after losing some key team leaders and significant size inside.  The Wildcats could be a team that blossoms in the later half of the season.

***

Cheektowaga:  Dominick Welch - 10, Zak Ciezki - 12, Patrick Plummer - 12, Khaya Dlodlo - 12, Drequon Trotter - 12, Devon Camel - 12, Hakiem Black - 12, Adrian Baugh - 10, Stephan Parker - 10

Amherst: Dorian Billups - 12, TC Brown - 11, Darien Lowe - 12, Amadi Ikpeze - 11, Nick Foster - 11, Nathan Russell-Webster - 12, Bryon Fowler - 12, Rory Walsh - 11, Sean Andrews - 11, Nathan Waldu - 11, Sean Gibson - 11, Jake Maley - 11, Da'Shawn Hines - 10, Jordan Barr - 10, Richard Kay - 10

East Aurora: Mike Coatsworth - 12, Noah Thompson - 11, Josh Denz - 10, Nick Montgomery - 10, Joe Montgomery - 10, Cal McTigue - 10

Depew: Tyler Anna - 12, Dylan Sekuterski - 12, Collin Gemerek - 12, Jakob Grant - 11, Ryan Guay - 11, Tyler Biersbach - 9

Maryvale: Drew Crombie - 11, Mike Kelleher - 12, Jeremia Pace - 12, Marcus Ford - 11, Eric Graham - 12, Floyd Remley - 11, Steve Mason - 12, Matt Mason - 12, Mike Ferguson - 11

Pioneer:  Bryce Little - 12,  Matt Haggerty - 12, Andrew Hyman - 12, Vince Nourse - 12, Ravo Root - 11, Caleb Sayvone - 11, Dominic Sayvone - 11

Springville:  Kyle Crotty - 12, Devin Pazzuti - 12, Kyle Warner - 11, John Domes - 10, Parker Rice - 11, Pat Emmick - 12, Colin DeWitt - 11

 

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ECIC IV

After two straight division titles, expectations remain high at Cleveland Hill.  Jermaine Hairston, who is one of six returning seniors for the Golden Eagles, is a prime candidate to have a breakout season.  Lackawanna would like to end Cleveland Hill's league run and reclaim ECIC IV.  The Steelers brought back all five starters to a team with nine seniors.  JFK finished at the bottom of the league last season, but has all five starters back, including size (6-6 & 6-4) and high hopes coming into the year.  Tonawanda has a pair of starters returning from the team that reached Buffalo State last season for the second time in four years.  Alden will have a presence inside and versatility, but will need its young backcourt to get acclimated with the varsity level as the year wears on.  Eden did not provide team information.

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Cleveland Hill: Jermaine Hairston - 12, Anthony Sullivan - 12, Zach Lewandowski - 12, Ramah Lassiter - 11, Nick Gamble - 11

Lackawana: Larry Fields - 12, Jeremiah Jones - 12, Darius Cleveland - 12, Jaelin Watson - 11, Quinton Robinson - 12, Yousef Yahya - 12, Johan Santiago - 12

Tonawanda: Tristan Bolling - 12, Brandon Frye - 12, Larenz Jefferson - 12, Adrian Hall - 11, Cody Diaz - 11, Tyler Staff - 11

Holland:  Clay Lewis - 12, JR Kline - 12, Matt Farant - 12, Cooper Rahn - 12, EJ Staniszewski - 11, Laine Husman - 11, Pierce Gardon - 10

JFK:  Joe Braniecki - 12, Josh McMahon - 12, Cale Byczkowski - 12, Shawn McPhail - 12, Hunter Kowal - 12, Brendan Fox - 12, Aaron Urbanczyk - 12, Nathan Pazderski - 12, Lexus Pollard - 10, Aaron Poniwas - 12, Collin Snyder - 12

Alden:  Austin Zelasko - 12, Dylan Riddoch - 11, Jordan Stockweather - 11, Conrad Boucher - 10, Christian Snell - 9, Brandon Bojt - 12

Eden 

 

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Niagara Frontier League

Niagara Falls brings back nearly its entire team, including four starters.  The Wolverines also welcome in sophomore point guard, Qeyion Williams, who transferred from Niagara Catholic, and should find themselves back in the company of WNY's elite teams.  Kenmore West has just one starter back, along with its sixth man who'll now enter the starting lineup.  They'll have to rely on athleticism and energy until experience is on their side.  Lew-Port has a pair of playmakers back on a team that reached Buff State last season.  The Lancers should make a return trip again this season, after making noise in the NFL first.  North Tonawanda will once again be difficult to rebound against or score inside on, as the Jacks return three players who are 6-4 or taller, including the active double-double machine, Chris Woodard.  Grand Island has improved its record over each of the past two seasons, and hopes to continue the trend with a deep rotation led by captain Colin Carrey.  Lockport's senior laden Class AA semifinalist team from last season gave way to a young squad with just one senior and limited experience, who hope to improve as the season goes on.  Niagara Wheatfield took its lumps during a winless season in NFL action last year, but now are back with all of its core players and a much more confident group.   As always, Kenmore East did not provide any team information.

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Niagara Falls: Devin Scarbourough - 12, Mikey Bermudez - 12, Breon Harris - 11, Devin Sanders - 10, Tyler Sanders - 10, Charles Lamar - 10, Jamal Harris - 12, Qeyion Williams - 10

Kenmore West: Terrell Ford - 11, Trent White - 12, Aaron Tucker - 11, Jason Taylor - 11, Mark Taylor - 11, DeAngelo Walker - 11

Grand Island:  Colin Carrey - 12, Kyle Burns - 11, Joe Kulikowski - 11, Mark Montes - 12, Manny Montes - 11, Justin Figler - 12, Mike Podgorny - 12, Devin Brandon - 10, Colton Czajka - 12

North Tonawanda: Chris Woodard - 12, Donovin Book - 12, Adam McNeil - 12, Ryan Gilbert - 12, Ryan McDonough - 12, James Garavagli - 12, Drew Krantz - 12, Jacob Lemke - 11, Jacob Krauss - 11, Colby Moultrie - 10, Alex Quinn - 10, Brandon Casterline - 10

Niagara Wheatfield:  Nathan Nielson - 11, Nathan Williams - 12, Denzel Fuller - 11, Justin Eaton - 12, Brandon Funderburk - 12, Ty Parmentier - 12, Ken Camidge - 12, Austin Wangler - 11

Lockport:  Lavette Warren - 11, Andrew Austin - 11, Kelly Brown - 11, Dakota Wiley - 10

Lew-Port:  Craig Paige - 12, Jenard Jackson - 11, Jacob Eoute - 12, Dane Parlato - 12, Jacob Rizzo - 12, Jordan Willard - 12, Colton Stallard - 12, Anthony Dipasquale - 12

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Niagara-Orleans

Newfane & Wilson each enjoyed a string of success over several seasons, which made the local rivalry between the two that much more intense.  Both teams have returning players, expect to be compete for the league, and are looking forward to overflow crowds once again when they get together on the court.  Medina likes its combination of returning talent and mental toughness, and expects to compete for the league crown.  The Mustangs have beefed up their nonleague schedule to challenge this group. Barker returns five seniors - but just one starter from its unbeaten league championship team from last year.  CSAT has a new coach, along with a pair of Carson brothers, which make the Eagles contenders for that reason alone.  Roy-Hart welcomes first year head coach Joe Pawlak, who will look to put his own stamp on the Rams program, which he characterizes as an extremely hard working group.  With just four players back and two of those coming off surgery, Akron will have some work to put in before they're completely up tp speed.  The Tigers do have talented underclassmen and could be a dangerous team in the later half of the season.  

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Akron: Larson Sundown - 12, Caleb Martin - 12, Chaunce Hill - 12, Brendan Weirerheiser - 11

Newfane: Sam Watkins - 12, Kyle Guerriera - 12, Chad Gilson - 11, Kyle Burdick - 12, Tyler Jordan - 12, MaxWeber - 9, Al Kramp - 10, David Krull - 11, Nick Schultz - 11, Zach Lajoie - 11

CSAT: Dylanta Carson - 12, Bryan Locke - 12, Darius Carson - 10, Will Fletcher - 12, Jahleel Burks - 11

Medina:  Jason Hellwig - 12, Dylan Lewis - 11, Aaron Feltz - 12, Brennan Zinkievich - 12, David Garrow - 12, Devonte Howard - 12, Jared Zinkievich - 11, Tyler Ames - 11, Dylan Lewis - 11, Brad McPherson - 11, Justin Morgan - 11, Jalin Cooper - 9

Barker: Chris Sweeney - 12, Sean Benoit - 12, Thomas Callaghan - 12, Tanner Gregorie - 12, Joshua Mead - 12, Tristan Payne - 12, Michael Snell - 11, Kyle Secor - 11, Nathan Luckman - 10

Roy-Hart: Andy Xapsos - 11, Sam White - 12, Nelson Andrade - 12, Bailey Hudson - 12, Aaron Metz - 12, Ben Maynard - 11, Justin Heschke - 11, Chris Anderson - 11, James DiLorenzo - 12, Zack Srock - 11, Austin Dodge - 11

Wilson:  Evan Shank - 12, Kyle Bradley - 12, Zac Sarratori - 12, Joe Littere - 12, Jarret Johnston - 12, Adam Murray - 12, Alex Fox - 11, Andrew Eames - 11

Albion:  Dez Blackmon - 12, Austin Loyd - 12, Emanuel Thompson - 12, Alex Bison - 12, Clayton Stanton - 12, Gary Moore - 12

 

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CCAA West I

Defending league champion, Fredonia, should be in great shape for another run this season.  The Hillbillies will start five players who are 6-feet or taller and have a combined 13 years of varsity experience between them.  Olean starts over after reaching the Class B state title game a year ago.  The Huskies graduated five senior starters and return just two players who saw any action.  Reining Centercourt Coach of the Year, Jeff Anastasia, will embrace the challenge and make household names out of the Huskies' players soon enough.  Southwestern lost some of its size, but brings back three starters, accounting for much of its scoring.  The Trojans will look to push the pace and wreak havoc on teams defensively.  Rich Clifford is back behind the bench for another season at Cassadaga Valley and the veteran coach returns three starters, including 2014 All-Centercourt HM Cody Johnson (20.5 ppg).  After two seasons coaching the JV team, Jack O'Brien takes over varsity duties at Dunkirk and will have some senior leadership, along with a trio of 6-3 juniors.  Chautauqua Lake fields a young & passionate group that hopes league competition will prepare them for the playoffs.  After being combined with Frewsburg in hoops a season ago, Falconer is back on its own, returning just four returning players, each with little varsity experience.

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Fredonia: John Piper - 12, Cam Voss - 12, Anhel Epps - 12, Noah Voss - 12, Patrick Moore - 11

Olean: Connor Prizel - 12, Chucky Martin - 12, Blake Covert - 12, Colden Dwaileebe - 12, John Zamites - 12, Jake Cavana - 11, Derek Schmidt - 11, Levi Johnson - 11, Elijah Ramadhan - 11, Ben Eckstrom - 10

Southwestern: Pat Mogenhan - 12, Jack Carlson - 12, Mike Sandbloom - 12, Billy Johnston - 12, Ben Burk - 11, Brendan Kennedy - 11, Nick Cooper - 11, Niko Pannes - 10

 Dunkirk:  Isaiah Thomas - 11, Rashad Brown - 11, Chad Butts - 11, Shamron Stewart - 10, Richard Pickens - 12, Leroy Gilbert - 12, Gemaro Collazo - 12  

Cassadaga Valley:  Cody Johnson - 12, Chase Jones - 12, Shane Parsons - 11, Tony Mangine - 12, Jaquan Watts - 12, Jerimiah Jones - 12, Tyler Simpson - 11, James Cornelius - 11

Chautauqua Lake:  Carter Davidson - 11,  Michael Lysek - 11, Aaron Swan - 10, Devin Pope - 9, Tyler Meredith - 10, David Applegarth - 12, Erik Szymanowski - 12, Cody Latimer - 12, Ben Stahlsmith - 11

Falconer:  Gavin Beaumont - 12, Chris Elderkin - 12, Andrew Ward - 12, Tavon Fisher - 11, Ryan DePietro - 11, Jackson Teboe - 11, Brandon Curtis - 11, Drew Beckerink - 12, Sean Nord - 11, Trevor Dykstra - 11, Tareek Hannold - 12, Colin Boutelle - 12, Manny Machado - 12, Dillon Johnson - 12, Sean Dudenhoffer - 12

 

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CCAA EAST I

Three of the seven teams in this league (Silver Creek, Randolph, Portville) have reached sectional title games in the last two years, and a fourth team (Salamanca) won its league last year.  Needless to say, this should be one of the more competitive league races in WNY this season.  Silver Creek looks forward to an above-the-rim season from 2014 3rd Team All-Centercourt selection Billy Brooks, but the Black Knights are even more excited about the energy and team commitment of their players at early season practices.  Salamanca returns a talented tandem in its backcourt, along with 6-6 2014 All-Centercourt HM Jared Fish, who together, accounted for 40 ppg last year.   Randolph, maybe Section VI's most storied football program ever, will again be a force on the court as well, once it gets its basketball legs under them.  Portville returns two of its three leading scorers for first year head coach Bill Torrey to work with.  Gowanda has athletes who can get up and down the floor, so transition offense will be key for the Panthers.  Cattaraugus/Little Valley has just four seniors on its young team.  Allegany-Limestone has a pair of starters back and will look to push the tempo and press.

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Silver Creek:  Billy Brooks - 12, Sherman Williams - 12, Connor Gates - 11, Trevon Thompson - 11, Chance Gates - 12, Chris Williams - 10, Heron Snow - 11, Jacob Lewis - 11, James Corbin - 12

Salamanca:  Jared Fish - 12, Tyler Siperek - 12, Andrew Crandall - 12, Jake Dowdy - 12, Tate Reynolds - 11, Marcus Cooper - 11, Eric George - 12, Luke Zurat - 11, Zeus Enriquez - 10, Austin Elliott - 12

Randolph:  Bryce Morrison - 12, Connor McAllister - 12, Mason Bosley - 11, Jarrett Lecceadone - 10, Derek Young - 12, Nick Carpenter - 12, Kyle Beaver - 12, Tyler Stahley - 11

Allegany-Limeston: Dom Conroy - 12, Cole Davis - 11, Bailey Higby - 11, Brad McAfee - 11, Brad Reed - 11, Zach Hemphill - 10, Austin Dziennik - 11, Tyler Hines - 11, Garrett Johnston - 12, TJ McMullen - 12

Gowanda:  Jordan Young - 12, carter Benton - 11, Lucas Brawdy - 11, Randy Jimerson - 12, Les Young - 12

 Portville: Zack Ewings - 12, Isaac Hilyer - 12, Andrew Sarber - 12, Nick Stein - 10, Nick Gehm - 11, Sean Harris - 11, Chase Swetland - 12

Cattaraugus Little Valley: DJ Steven - 12, Darnell Pritchard - 12, Kodie Skeels - 12, Kyle O'Donnell - 12, Hunter Baker - 11, Caleb Hibit - 11, Devon Parmenter - 11, Alex Perkins - 11, Anthony Bernardi - 11, Kellen Martin - 10

 

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CCAA West II

Panama reached the Class D final with a young team last season , but fell to Sherman.  The Panthers have matured both mentally and physically, and should contend in league with a solid point guard, a sharp-shooter in Josh Odell, and 6-6 Josh Eddy inside.  Westfield returns five players that contributed in 2014, including one of the league's best in Tanner Dahl.  Sherman was hit hard by graduation following two consecutive Class D sectional championships, and will look to find a new identity with this year's team.  Maple Grove will be very good, they always are.  I can't tell you much else, because their very successful coach who's teams have received significant press from me over the years, never responds to email requests for information.  The Red Dragons listed below were listed as underclassmen in the 2014 Section VI program.   Brocton, Clymer, & Frewsburg did not send information.

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Maple Grove:  Graham Soffel - 12, Matt Roach - 11, Jonah Tanner - 12, Pat Nelson - 11, Nolan Knipe - 12, Mitch Sandberg - 11, Jeff Clauson - 11

Westfield:  Tanner Dahl - 12, Liam Tennies - 12, Trevor North - 11, Nolan Hunt - 12, Steven DeMarco - 12, Joe Quagliana - 11, Jon Wilson - 11, Greg Schroeder - 11, Luke Haskin - 11

Panama:  David O'Dell - 12, Greg Delahoy - 12, Jack Payne - 11, Chris Blose - 12, Josh Odell - 11, Dillon Mescall - 12, Josh Eddy - 11, Chris Blose - 11, Jarrett Yuchnitz - 11

 Sherman:  Jake Card - 12, Nathan Ottaway - 12, Jeremy Cole - 12, Stephen Walczak - 12, Chris Robson - 10, Jake Ames - 12, Kolby Parks - 10, Kyle Carpenter - 10, Sam Vanvelkenburg - 11, Kyle Rhebergen - 11

Brocton:  Aaron Riforgiato - 11, Derek Walter - 12, Daultan Remington - 12

Clymer

Frewsburg

 

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CCAA East II 

After finishing 9-1 in league action last season Forestville, returns six players and has its sights set on a repeat.  Ellicottville will look to the dynamic Phalla Musall, a returning all-league selection, to guide a very young team.  No other teams from this league had coaches respond with the requested team information.  My apologies to the players in this league.

Ellicottville:  Phalla Musall - 12, Calum Watt - 12, Austin Gronols - 9, Griffin Chuddy - 9, Elliot Bowen - 9, Cole Lapi - 11, Jonas Hurlburt - 11, Cameron Eddy - 11

Forestville:  Caleb Makuch - 12, Dylan Szumigala - 12, Logan Youngberg - 12, Jeff VanVlack - 12, Ryan Forbes - 12, Chris Sheldon - 12, Jackson Egan - 11, Tyler Spears - 11, Andrew Deszcz - 11, Derek Catalano - 11

Pine Valley:  Dylan Granger - 12, Russell Hayes - 12, Kilian Abers - 11

North Collins

West Valley

Franklinville

 

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 Charter Schools

Tapestry enters the season as the favorite to win the Charter Cup and make serious noise come sectional time, thanks to returning nine seniors and junior scoring machine, JaQuoine Fogan.   Oracle has length and quickness, and is excited about the potential growth of its young team with just three seniors back.  Health Sciences is the defending Charter Cup champion and the third-year program will seek a repeat, despite graduating 12 seniors.  Maritime has just one player back with varsity experience and will hand point guard duties over to a freshman.  After a season with just a JV squad, Buffalo Science returns to varsity competition, hoping that developing chemistry and playing smart will result in some wins.  Global Concepts will lean on the leadership and experience of returning First-Team All-Charter player Fred Searles.

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Tapestry:  JaQuoine Fogan - 11, DeJuan Owens - 12, Jordan Maxey - 12, DaVonte Cunningham - 11, Marques Perkins - 12, Jesus McClain - 12, Poshine Jenifer - 12, Andre Bragg  - 12, Keith Littlejohn - 12, Joe Henderson - 12, Kaleb King - 12, Chemar Pilot - 12

Oracle:  Shaundez Davis - 12, Kenny White - 11, Shakur Bridges - 10, Rakim Graves - 11, Darius Embry - 11, Andra Austin - 12, Jamal Woods - 11

Health Sciences:  Malik Walker - 12, Nasir Flood - 12, Mikel Carr - 12, Dayquan Williams - 11, Tyquan Jordan - 11, Carson Wiseman - 11, Kam Rashada - 11, Tyrin Lott - 9

WNY Maritime:  Damon Glenn - 12, Arkeil Gaskins - 12, DeQuan Sanders - 9

Global Concepts:  Fred Searles - 12, Nick Moylan - 12, Lincoln Billingslea - 11, Fabian Pierce - 11 

Buffalo Science:  Joe Owens - 12, Neil squires - 12, Jazzmone Brown - 12, Abdullah Farah - 12, Aristotle Copeland - 12, Lauren Killian - 11, David Harris - 11, Roland Taylor - 11, Julian Johnson - 10, Georges Cortes - 10, JaQuez McMullin - 10, Deonte Brown - 10, Julian Allen - 9

 

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New Coaches

Giulio Colangelo - Niagara Catholic

Tony Pulvirenti - Cardinal O'Hara

Karl Maggiore - DaVinci

Pat Foster - Lafayette

Joe Pawlak - Roy-Hart

Jack O'Brien - Dunkirk

Bill Torrey - Portville 

David Phiblad - Pine Valley

Camilo Hoyos - CSAT

Ben Ganschow - Buffalo Science

 

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Classification Changes

South Park moves up from Class A2 to Class A1

Starpoint moves down from Class A1 to Class A2

Iroquois moves down from Class A1 to Class A2

West Seneca East moves down from Class A1 to Class A2

East Aurora moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Springville moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Albion moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Maryvale moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Olean moves up from Class B1 to Class A2

Dunkirk moves up from Class B1 to Class A2

Fredonia moves down from Class B1 to Class B2

Falconer moves down from Class B1 to Class B2

City Honors moves up from Class B2 to Class B1

Fredonia moves up from Class B2 to Class B1

Falconer moves up from Class B2 to Class B1

Salamanca moves down from Class B2 to Class C1

Gowanda moves down from Class B2 to Class C1

Middle College moves down from Class C1 to Class C2

Holland moves down from Class C1 to Class C2

Portville moves down from Class C1 to Class C2

Maple Grove moves down from Class C2 to Class D

I-Prep moves down from Class C2 to Class D

Westfield moves down from Class C2 to Class D

 

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Predictions

MMA - Canisius

Yale Cup I - McKinley

Yale Cup II - I-Prep

ECIC I - Jamestown

ECIC II - Williamsville South

ECIC III - Cheektowaga

ECIC IV - Lackawanna

NFL - Niagara Falls

N-O - Wilson

CCAA I West - Fredonia

CCAA I East - Silver Creek

CCAA II West - Maple Grove

CCAA II East - Franklinville

Charters:  Tapestry

 

Manhattan Cup: Nichols

Class AA: Jamestown

Class A1: McKinley 

Class A2: Cheektowaga

Class B1: Depew

Class B2: East

Class C1: Silver Creek

Class C2: Middle College

Class D: Maple Grove

 

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Classifications for 2014-2015

    Class AA   (11 Teams)                                           Monsignor Martin Class A 

    Jamestown - ECIC I                                                      Canisius 

    Niagara Falls - NFL                                                        Nichols 

    Kenmore West - NFL                                                    Timon 

    Lancaster - ECIC I                                                          St. Joe's 

    Clarence - ECIC I                                                           St. Francis 

    Williamsville North - ECIC I                                                 

    Lockport - NFL                                                               Monsignor Martin Class B

    Frontier - ECIC I                                                            Park

    West Seneca West - ECIC I                                       St. Mary's

    Orchard Park - ECIC I                                                 Cardinal O'Hara

    Niagara Wheatfield - NFL                                          Archbishop Walsh

                                                                                                  Niagara Catholic                                                                          

   

 Class A1 (10 Teams)                                   Class A2 (11 Teams)

 

    McKinley - Yale Cup I                                                 Amherst - ECIC III        

    Williamsville South - ECIC II                                  Cheektowaga - ECIC III

    Williamsville East - ECIC II                                      Lew-Port - NFL

    North Tonawanda - NFL                                            Olean - CCAA

    Sweet Home - ECIC II                                                 Iroquois - ECIC II

    Hutch-Tech - Yale Cup I                                            Riverside - Yale Cup I

    South Park - Yale Cup I                                              West Seneca East - ECIC II

    Grand Island - NFL                                                       Starpoint - ECIC II

    Hamburg - ECIC II                                                       Lake Shore - ECIC II

    Kenmore East - NFL                                                    Pioneer - ECIC III

                                                                                                  Dunkirk - CCAA                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                              

    Class B1 (15 Teams)                                                 Class B2  (15 Teams)    

    Maryvale - ECIC III                                                       East - Yale Cup I

    East Aurora - ECIC III                                                  Fredonia - CCAA I West

    Depew - ECIC III                                                             Cleveland Hill - ECIC IV

    City Honors - Yale Cup II                                            Lackawanna - ECIC IV

    Tonawanda - ECIC IV                                                   Oracle - Charter

    Bennett - Yale Cup I                                                       Health Sciences - Charter

    Medina - N-O                                                                     CSAT - N-O

    Newfane - N-O                                                                  Wilson - N-O

    Burgard - Yale Cup I                                                       Emerson - Yale Cup II

    Alden - ECIC IV                                                                Falconer - CCAA West I

    Buffalo Arts - Yale Cup II                                             Roy-Hart - N-O

    Lafayette - Yale Cup II                                                   Southwestern - CCAA West I

    Albion - N-O                                                                       Akron - N-O

    Springville - ECIC III                                                     JFK - ECIC IV

    Eden - ECIC IV                                                                  DaVinci - Yale Cup II   

 

     

   Class C1 (10 Teams)                                                       Class C2 (10 Schools)

    Silver Creek - CCAA East I                                          Middle College - Yale Cup I

    Tapestry - Charter                                                          Olmsted - Yale Cup II

    Salamanca - CCAA East I                                             Randolph - CCAA East I

    Allegany-Limestone - CCAA East I                          Holland - ECIC IV

    Cassadaga Valley - CCAA West I                              MST Seneca - Yale Cup II

    Chautauqua Lake - CCAA West I                              Global Concepts - Charter

    Maritime - Charter                                                          Portville - CCAA East I

    Gowanda - CCAA East I                                                Franklinville - CCAA East II

    Barker - N-O                                                                      Frewsburg - CCAA West II

    Cattaraugus/Little Valley - CCAA West I             Buffalo Science - Charter

 

 

   Class D (12 Teams)

    Maple Grove - CCAA West II

    I-Prep - Yale Cup II

    Westfield - CCAA West II

    Sherman - CCAA West II

    Clymer - CCAA West II

    Panama - CCAA West II

    Pine Valley - CCAA East II

    Brocton - CCAA West II

    Ellicottville - CCAA East II

    West Valley - CCAA East II

    Forestville - CCAA East II

    North Collins - CCAA East II

 

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All-League Teams - 2014

 

- Monsignor Martin

- Yale Cup I, II

- All-ECIC

-ECIC I, II, III, & IV

- NFL

- N-O

-CCAA West I, II

- CCAA East I, II

- Charter Schools

 

MONSIGNOR MARTIN ASSOCIATION

Co-Players of the Year:

Donte Williams, Timon - 12

Howard Washington, Canisius - 10

 

First Team

Stafford Trueheart - Canisius, 10

Tyler English - St. Mary's, 12

Cam Lewis - Nichols, 11

Justin Hollins - St. Joe's, 12

Derek Cheatom - Park, 11

 

Second Team

Chris Miner - Nichols, 11

LaTerrance Reed - Canisius, 11

Derick Simpson - Timon, 11

Tanner Schmit - Nichols, 11

Kordell Holness-Lightbody - St. Francis, 11

 

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YALE CUP I

Player of the Year:

Bri'an Brown - Middle College, 12

 

First Team

Johnathon Lewis - East, 12

Percy Bryant - East, 11

D'Andre Steward - McKinley, 12

Devin Morris - McKinley, 11

Kevin Briggs - Middle College, 12

 

Second Team

Shawn Young - East, 12

Aymanuel Ranford - Hutch-Tech, 12

Varin Lenard - McKinley, 12

Tarron Scott - Middle College, 12

Willie Smith - Riverside, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Dave Williams - Bennett, 12

AJ Ayala - East, 12

Dante Thompson - McKinley, 12

Keion Godson - South Park, 12

Austin Peach - South Park, 12

 

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YALE CUP II

Player of the Year:

Lester Diaz - Lafayette, 12

 

First Team

Terrance James - I-Prep, 11

Xavier Maye - I-Prep, 11

Michael Simpson - Emerson, 10

Ivan Harris - Buffalo Arts, 

Matt Cieslik - City Honors, 11

Brandon Roach - Olmsted, 10

 

Second Team

Damon Boykin - I-Prep, 12

Jamaal Felton - MST Seneca, 12

Jason Dowell - Emerson, 10

Jovanny Vargas - Lafayette, 10

 

Third Team

Isiah Griffin - Buffalo Arts, 12

Ballah burch - Olmsted, 12

Davon Grant - I-Prep, 10

Jordahn Summers - City Honors, 11

RaShawn Jones - MST Seneca, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Adam Figueroa - Lafayatte, 12

Jermaine Shelton - Buffalo Arts, 12

Dante Rivera - Emerson, 12

Nolan Megna - City Honors, 12

Griffin Tritto - Olmsted, 12

Divante Robinson - DaVinci, 11

 

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ALL-ECIC

Player of the Year:

Sterling Taplin - Williamsville North, 12

 

First Team

Zack Panebianco - Jamestown, 12

Quinn Lee Yaw - Jamestown, 12

Ryan Funk - Clarence, 12

Phil Bowen - Iroquois, 12

TC Brown - Amherst, 10

 

Second Team

Aaron Phillips - Cleveland Hill, 12

Dominik Welch - Cheektowaga, 9

Zak Ciezki - Cheektowaga, 11

Cort Williams - Williamsville East, 11

Clay Lewis - Holland, 11

Jay Bergmann - Frontier, 11

 

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ECIC I

Co-Players of the Year:

Sterling Taplin - Williamsville North, 12

Quinn Lee Yaw - Jamestown, 12

 

First Team

Zack Panebianco - Jamestown, 12

Ryan Funk - Clarence, 12

Bryan Jost - Clarence, 12

 Joe Jankowski - Lancaster, 12

Jay Bergmann - Frontier, 11

 

Second Team

Emaure Williams - Clarence, 12

Maceo Jack - Williamsville North, 10

Mike Spengler - Lancaster, 12

Stephen Carlson - Jamestown, 11

Nick Clancy - West Seneca West, 12

Dylan Lambert - Williamsville North, 11

 

Honorable Mention

Dave Rajski - Frontier, 12

Frank Borzillieri - West Seneca West, 11

Camron Murray - Orchard Park, 12

George Attea - Williamsville North, 11

Sean Hill - Williamsville North, 10

 

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ECIC II

Player of the Year:

Phil Bowen - Iroquois, 12

 

First Team

Sam Castronova - Williamsville South, 11

Nicholas Clough - Williamsville East, 11

Cort Williams - Williamsville East, 11

James Nix - Sweet Home, 12

Griffin Ryan - Hamburg, 12

 

Second Team

Brandon Pierce - Hamburg, 12

Josh Pieczynski - Iroquois, 12

Christian Nodine - Starpoint, 10

Kam Varner - Williamsville South, 11

Nick Parucki - West Seneca East, 11

Jordan Heine - Sweet Home, 11

 

 Honorable Mention

Brandon Smiley - Sweet Home, 11

Matt Macomber - Williamsville South, 12

Graham Dolan - Williamsville South, 11

Brock Kroening - Starpoint, 10

 

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ECIC III

Player of the Year:

TC Brown - Amherst, 10

 

First Team

Zak Cieszki - Cheektowaga, 11

Dominik Welch - Cheektowaga, 9

Ed Smith - Maryvale, 12

Brandon Cox - East Aurora, 12

Derrick Sekuterski - Depew, 12

 

Second Team

Logan Jung - Maryvale, 12

Jordan Nwora - Amherst, 10

Mike Lamb - Depew, 12

Colin Hart - Lake Shore, 12

Darien Lowe - Amherst, 11

 

Honorable Mention

Colin Gemerek - Depew, 12

Greg Beatty - Springville, 12

Preston Summers - Cheektowaga, 12

Wade Bergum - Lake Shore, 12

Noah Thompson - East Aurora, 10

Michael Coatsworth - East Aurora, 11

Bryce Little - Pioneer, 11

Dorian Billups - Amherst, 11

Denis Vanini - Depew, 12

 

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ECIC IV

Player of the Year:

Aaron Phillips - Cleveland Hill, 12

 

First Team

Clay Lewis - Holland, 11

Dylan Dussault - Alden, 12

Larry Fields - Lackawanna, 12

Bradley Palmerton - Eden, 12

Tristan Boling - Tonawanda, 11

 

Second Team

Jermaine Hairston - Cleveland Hill, 11

Ben Stich - Tonawanda, 12

Connor Pumm - Tonawanda, 12

Jared Watkins - Cleveland Hill, 12

JR Kline - Holland, 11

 

Honorable Mention

Tyler Glaser - Alden, 12

Nick Kibler - Alden, 12

Dylan Riddoch - Alden, 10

Joe Braniecki - JFK, 11

Josh McMahon - JFK, 11

Jeremiah Jones - Lackawanna, 11

Darius Cleveland - Lackawanna, 11

 

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NIAGARA FRONTIER LEAGUE

First  Team

Noah Whalen - Kenmore West, 12

Alex Price - Kenmore West, 12

Colin Dougherty - Lockport, 12

Ryan Lawrence - Lockport, 12

Ryan Ross - Grand Island, 12

 

Second Team

Charlie Sobieraski - Lockport, 12

Joe Piotroski - North Tonawanda, 12

Craig Paige - Lew-Port, 11

Chris Woodard - North Tonawanda, 11

Mike Awad - North Tonawanda, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Adam Geib - Kenmore East, 12

Adam Fron - Kenmore West, 12

Zach Keegan - Lew-Port, 12

Jenard Jackson - Lew-Port, 10

Moziah Townsend - Lockport, 12

 

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NIAGARA-ORLEANS

First Team

Jake Haight - Barker, 12

Mungie Brown - Medina, 12

Mitch Luckman - Barker, 12

Alex Stoddard - Roy-Hart, 12

Josh Kneeland - Newfane, 12

Kyle Bradley - Wilson, 11

 

Second Team

Bryce Moeller - Barker, 12

Darrell Wesley - CSAT, 12

Noah Diebel - Akron, 12

Alex Santos - CSAT, 12

Christopher Sweeney - Barker, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Ryan Fannin - Albion, 12

Jason Hellwig - Medina, 11

Desmond Blackmon - Albion, 11

DeRon Woods - Roy-Hart, 12

Andrew Xapos - Roy-Hart, 10

Hayden Gooding - Barker, 12

Sean Costello - Newfane, 12

Darius Carson - CSAT, 9

Cedric Griffith - Medina, 12

Conner Barleben - Albion, 12

Evan Shank  - Wilson, 11

 

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CCAA I WEST

Player of the Year:

Dylan Meyer - Fredonia, 12

 

First Team

Billy Brooks - Silver Creek, 11

Corey Wefing - Maple Grove, 12

Graham Soffel - Maple Grove, 11

Nick Johnston - Fredonia, 12

Michael Bess - Dunkirk, 12

 

Second Team

Josh Nelson - Falconer/Frewsburg, 12

John Piper - Fredonia, 11

Mitch Carter - Falconer/Frewsburg, 12

Isaiah Thomas - Dunkirk, 10

Kyle Moran - Southwestern, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Trevon Thompson - Silver Creek, 10

Patrick Moore - Fredonia, 10

Cam Voss - Fredonia, 11

Cody Cunningham - Fredonia, 12

Esmond Colvin - Dunkirk, 12

Kyle Peterson - Falconer/Frewsburg, 12

Mike Wilcox - Falconer/Frewsburg, 12

Riley Beaton - Maple Grove, 12

Riley Ribicki - Southwestern, 12

Jack Carlson - Southwestern, 11

Mike Sandbloom - Southwestern, 11

Patrick Mogenhan - Southwestern, 11

 

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CCAA II WEST

Player of the Year:

Cody Johnson - Cassadaga Valley, 11

 

First Team

Andrew Graham - Sherman, 12

Ryan Robson - Sherman, 12

Tanner Dahl - Westfield, 11

Dan Odell - Panama, 12

Ian Clute - Chautauqua Lake, 12

 

Second Team

Mitchel Einink - Clymer, 12

Jake Card - Sherman, 11

Liam Tennies - Westfield, 11

Mike Lancaster - Cassadaga Valley, 12

Ricky Eddy - Panama, 12

Matthew Destevens - Clymer, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Gregory Delahoy - Panama, 11

Josh Odell - Panama, 10

Bryce Payne - Panama, 12

Jake Wiggers - Clymer, 12

Devin Moorehead - Sherman, 12

Ryan Myers - Sherman, 12

Jacob Gray - Westfield, 12

Jesse Rodriguez - Westfield, 12

Kyle Ruge - Cassadaga Valley, 12

Randy Dalaba - Cassadaga Valley, 12

Aaron Rifigiato - Brocton, 10

Macalum Buchanan - Brocton, 12

 

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CCAA I EAST

Player of the Year:

 Jared Fish - Salamanca, 11

 

First Team

Bryce Morrison - Randolph, 11

Damien Taylor  - Salamanca, 12

Curtis Caya - Portville, 12

Dom Saglimben - Allegany-Limestone, 12

Ryan Vossler - Allegany-Limestone, 12

 

Second Team

Mitchell Maycock - Randolph, 12

Isaac Hilyer - Portville, 11

Chase Williams - Gowanda, 11

Any Crandall - Salamanca, 11

Mason Bosley - Randolph, 11

Zach Ewings - Portville, 11

Cole Davis - Allegany-Limestone, 10

 

Honorable Mention

Tyler Siperek - Salamanca, 11

Justin Forster - Cattaraugus/Little Valley, 12

Taylor Miller - Randolph, 12

Cody Oldro - Randolph, 12

Brennan Geiger - Gowanda, 12

 

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CCAA II EAST

Player of the Year:

Ben Erickson - Franklinville, 11

 

First Team

Phalla Musall - Ellicottville, 11

Cameron Wilson - Ellicottville, 12

Wayne Hartloff - Forestville, 12

Jake Nosbisch - Forestville, 12

Collin Seamans - Franklinville, 12

 

Second Team

Caleb Makuch - Forestville, 11

Jordan Milks - Franklinville, 10

Jacob Wilcox - Pine Valley, 12

Emil Erlandson - West Valley, 11

Tanner Gregory - Ellicottville, 12

Derek Wells - West Valley, 12

 

Honorable Mention

Ryan Forbes - Forestville, 11

Dylan Szumigala - Forestville, 11

Drew Jackson - Franklinville

Tom Easton - Ellicottville, 10

Kilian Abers - Pine Valley

Bryce Jay - Pine Valley

Thomas Raiport - Pine Valley

Patrick Enser - West Valley

Collin Proctor - West Valley

Zane Lloyd - North Collins

 

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 CHARTER SCHOOLS

Player of the Year :

Allen Wright Jr. - Health Sciences, 12

 

First Team

Allen Wright - Health Sciences , 12

 

Fred Searles - Global Concepts, 11

 

Antone Gulledge - Oracle, 12

 

JaQuoine Fogan - Tapestry, 10

 

Carl Goodwin - Health Sciences, 12

 

 

Second Team

 

Aaron Day - Health Sciences, 12

 

Corey Wiseman - Health Sciences, 11

 

DeJaun Owens - Tapestry, 12

 

Isaiah Padin - Maritime, 12

 

Nelson Modi - Oracle, 12

 

 

Honorable Mention

 

Jordan Maxey - Tapestry, 11

 

Chip Davis - Maritime, 12

 

Chemar Pilot - Tapestry, 11

 

Yousef Yahya - Global Concepts, 11

 

Kenny White - Oracle, 10

 

 

-centercourt

Class A1 & A2 Brackets - 2014 Sectionals

 

Class A1

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 19th

(8) Hutch-Tech 71, (9) Grand Island 69

(5) Sweet Home 54, (12) West Seneca East 34

(7) Hamburg 62, (10) Starpoint 53

(6) Williamsville East 73, (11) Kenmore East 43

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 21st

(1) Williamsville South 83, (8) Hutch-Tech 79 

 (4) North Tonawanda 48, (5) Sweet Home 39

 

(7) Hamburg 59,  (2) Iroquois 43

 (3) McKinley 76, (6) Williamsville East 61

 

Semifinals - Thursday, February 27th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 6 pm & 7:30 pm

 (1) Williamsville South 62, (4) North Tonawanda 49

(3) McKinley 49, (7) Hamburg 37

 

Final - Saturday, March 1st

AT BUFFALO STATE - 6:30 pm

(2) McKinley 71,  (1) Williamsville South 66

 

2014 Section VI Class A1 Champions - McKinley Macks 

 

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Class A2

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 19th

(8) Lake Shore 62, (9) Riverside 43

(7) South Park 65, (10) Springville 58

(11) Pioneer 75, (6) Albion 49

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 21st

(1) Amherst 60, (8) Lake Shore 44

(4) Lew-Port 60, (5) East Aurora 55

 

(2) Cheektowaga 60, (7) South Park 56

(3) Maryvale 73, (11) Pioneer 46

 

Semifinals - Wednesday, February 26th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 7 pm & 8:30 pm

 (1) Amherst 51, (4) Lew-Port 49

(2) Cheektowaga 72, (3) Maryvale 53

 

Final - Saturday, March 1st

AT BUFFALO STATE - 3:30 pm

(2) Cheektowaga 69,  (1) Amherst 68  OT

 

2014 Section VI Class A2 Champions - Cheektowaga Warriors

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42

Class B1 & B2 Brackets - 2014 Sectionals

 

Class B1

 

First Round - Tuesday, February 18th

(12) Alden 60, (13) Dunkirk 34

(15) Burgard 54, (10) Falconer/Frewsburg 45

(11) City Honors 66, (14) Eden 37

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 19th

(8) Bennett 48, (9) Newfane 47

(12) Alden 65, (5) Lafayette 52

(15) Burgard 54, (7) Buffalo Arts 47

(6) Depew 79, (11) City Honors 68

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 21st

(1) Fredonia 76, (8) Bennett 43

(4) Tonawanda 41, (12) Alden 32

 

(2) Olean 79, (15) Burgard 41 

(6) Depew 54, (3) Medina 31

 

Semifinals - Tuesday, February 25th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 7 pm & 8:30 pm

 (1) Fredonia 59, (4) Tonawanda 39

(2) Olean 73, (6) Depew 29

 

Final - Saturday, March 1st

AT BUFFALO STATE - 1:45 pm

(2) Olean 80,  (1) Fredonia 48

 

2014 Section VI Class B1 Champions - Olean Huskies

 

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Class B2

 

First Round - Tuesday, February 18th

(12) Southwestern 52, (13) JFK 48

(10) Gowanda 65, (15) DaVinci 48

(11) Oracle 47, (14) Akron 36

 

Pre-Quarterfinals - Wednesday, February 19th

(9) Wilson 47, (8) Emerson 44

(5) Roy-Hart 78, (12) Southwestern 71 OT

(10) Gowanda 77, (7) Lackawanna 67

(6) CSAT 61, (11) Oracle 54

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, February 21st

(1) East 83, (9) Wilson 40

(4) Health Sciences 81, (5) Roy-Hart 51 

 

(2) Cleveland Hill 77, (10) Gowanda 53

(3) Salamanca 85, (6) CSAT 73

 

Semifinals - Tues & Wed, February 25th & 26th

AT BUFFALO STATE - 5:30 pm both days

 (1) East 67, (4) Health Sciences 62 OT

(2) Cleveland Hill 59, (3) Salamanca 55 OT

 

Final - Saturday, March 1st

AT BUFFALO STATE - 12 pm

 (1) East 58, (2) Cleveland Hill 49

 

2014 Section VI Class B2 Champions - East Panthers

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42

Sectional Preview - 2014

 

The Section VI postseason begins tonight with first round games, and the winners move on to participate in the pre-quarterfinal games played on Wednesday.  Friday night is when the action really kicks up, as 32 quarterfinal games will decide which teams move on to Buffalo State and JCC for the semifinals. 

 

Below I take a look at some of the best matchups we could potentially see in the pre-quarterfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and even the championship games.  There's also my thoughts on the biggest favorite and the most competitive brackets, along with some winning streaks and predictions.

 

** Please note that many of the games below are based on my predictions of who will win in prior rounds 

 

Top 10 Pre-Quarterfinal Games (Wednesday, 2/19)

10. City Honors @ Depew

9. Burgard @ Falconer/Frewsburg

8. Wilson vs. Emerson ** at Hutch-Tech

7. WNY Maritime @ Portville

6. Springville @ South Park

5. Starpoint @ Hamburg

4. West Seneca West @ Frontier

3. Grand Island @ Hutch-Tech

2. Riverside @ Lake Shore

1. Alden vs. Lafayette ** at City Honors

 

Top 13 Quarterfinal Games (Friday, 2/21) 

13. MST Seneca @ Olmsted

12. Allegany-Limestone @ Holland 

11. Portville @ Barker

10. Lackawanna @ Cleveland Hill

9. Lafayette @ Tonawanda

8. Hutch-Tech @ Williamsville South

7. Lancaster @ Clarence

6. Tapestry @ Silver Creek

5. Sweet Home @ North Tonawanda

4. Hamburg @ Iroquois

3. East Aurora @ Lew-Port

2. Williamsville East @ McKinley

1. Lockport @ Kenmore West

 

Most Exciting Potential Semifinals

5. Salamanca vs. Cleveland Hill

4. Lockport/Kenmore West vs. Jamestown

3. North Tonawanda vs. Williamsville South

2. McKinley vs. Iroquois

1. Clarence vs. Williamsville North

 

Most Exciting Potential Championship Games

5. Class C2 Final

4. Class A2 Final

3. Class A1 Final

2. Class AA Final

1. Olean vs. East in the crossover

 

Win Streaks heading into sectionals

Barker 18 games

I-Prep 12 games

Kenmore West 7 games

Sherman 6 games

 

Predictions

Class AA - Jamestown

Class A1 - McKinley

Class A2 - Amherst

Class B1 - Olean 

Class B2 - East

Class C1 - Middle College

Class C2 - Randolph

Class D - Sherman

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42

Final League Standings for 2014

 

 

Yale Cup I

Middle College.........11-1

East.........................10-2

McKinley..................9-3

Hutch-Tech..............5-7

Bennett....................5-7

South Park...............4-8

Riverside..................3-9

Burgard....................1-11

 

Yale Cup II

I-Prep.....................12-0  

Olmsted..................9-3

Lafayette................8-4

Buffalo Arts............7-5

MST Seneca...........4-8

City Honors...........4-8

Emerson................3-9   

 

ECIC I

Jamestown...........10-2

Clarence...............10-2

Will North............10-2

Lancaster...............6-6

Frontier..................3-9

W.Seneca West......2-10

Orchard Park.........1-11

 

ECIC II

Will South.............9-3

Iroquois................9-3

Sweet Home..........8-4

Will East...............7-5

Hamburg..............6-6

Starpoint..............3-9

W.Seneca East.....0-12

 

ECIC III

Amherst............12-2

Cheektowaga.....11-3   

Maryvale............9-5

East Aurora........8-6

Depew................7-7

Lake Shore.........4-10

Springville..........3-11

Pioneer...............2-12   

 

ECIC IV

Cleveland Hill...........11-1

Holland......................9-3

Tonawanda................8-4

Lackawanna...............6-6

Alden.........................4-8

JFK............................2-10

Eden..........................2-10

 

Niagara Frontier League

Lockport........................13-1

Kenmore West...............13-1

North Tonawanda...........9-5

Lew-Port.........................8-6

Niagara Falls...................6-8

Grand Island.................4-10

Kenmore East................3-11

Niagara Wheatfield.......0-14

 

Niagara-Orleans

Barker................14-0

Medina................9-5

Roy-Hart.............8-6

CSAT...................7-7

Albion.................6-8

Newfane..............6-8

Wilson.................4-10

Akron..................2-12

 

CCAA West I

Fredonia......................10-0

Silver Creek..................6-4

Maple Grove.................5-5

Falconer/Frewsburg.....4-6

Dunkirk........................3-7

Southwestern................2-8

 

CCAA East I

Salamanca........................9-1

Randolph..........................8-2

Allegany-Limestone..........6-4

Portville............................4-6

Gowanda...........................3-7

Catt Little/Valley..............0-10

 

CCAA West II

Sherman......................12-0

Panama.........................8-4

Cassadaga Valley...........7-5

Westfield.......................6-6

Clymer..........................5-7

Chautauqua Lake...........4-8

Brocton.........................0-12

 

CCAA East II

Forestville.................9-1

Ellicottville................7-3

Franklinville..............7-3

Pine Valley................5-5

West Valley...............1-9

North Collins.............1-9

 

Charter Schools

Health Sciences...................7-1

Tapestry..............................7-1  

WNY Maritime....................2-6

Global Concepts...................2-6

Oracle..................................1-7

 

Independent

Olean.............................15-3

 

 

Monsignor Martin - Large Schools

Canisius......................12-0   

Timon...........................9-3    

St. Joe's........................6-6   

St. Francis.....................3-9

 

Monsignor Martin - Small Schools

St. Mary's....................12-2    

Nichols.........................9-5   

Park.............................9-5    

Niagara Catholic...........2-12    

Archbishop Walsh........2-12

Cardinal O'Hara............2-12   

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42

 

 

Calling out some twitter police

 

Switching gears slightly today, I wanted to address something that came up last week during my twitter travels.  It concerns what is appropriate when discussing high school athletics, or perhaps I could state it better by saying it concerns what isn't inappropriate when discussing high school athletics.  I believe vulgarity has no place in its discussion and I never think it's okay to personally attack or slam a kid for their athletic performance.  But I also think there's a big difference between high school and tee ball.  In high school, they keep score, have league champs, playoffs, individual awards, etc..  And unlike tee ball where everything's a tie and we all win, high school sports can result in some lopsided results.  

 

Last week as I was scrolling through some tweets, I came across one that caught my attention.  It read

"@AmherstTigers1 dismantling? Shame on Amherst High School in letting this word be used. Educators in this school should be teaching humility."

It had been sent by a certain newspaper photographer.

 

I clicked on @AmherstTigers1 to see what had actually been tweeted and found the following:

"B Basketball continued their winning ways in dismantling Springville  68-42 last night.  Solid all around team performance. #Gotigers #Momentum"

 

When I attempted to retweet it, I was unable to, because it had just been deleted.  A replacement tweet immediately went up, using the word defeat instead of dismantle.  In response, I sent my own tweet out that read:

"There's nothing wrong w/ using words such as dismantle, rout, pound, smother, etc., to describe a win. #feelnoshame"

 

I immediately received a response from a different reporter/sportswriter/photographer saying:

"@centercourt42 you're wrong, in my opinion. This isn't professional sports. These are teenagers. Win w/ respect to your opponent."

 

I didn't bother to respond, because I'm not a big fan of using twitter for lengthy conversations, and I feared a response would lead to one.  I did discover a tweet sent out by the same reporter/sportswriter/photographer that had gone out just before the response came my way. That read:

"Dismantling? That's a word that I'll never use is HS athletics. It's up there with 'killed' & 'destroyed'"

 

What about crush or rout?  Is it up there with those words too?  We'll get into that later.

 

First off, let's address the word dismantling.  I find it curious that this word is receiving harsh criticism, but no where in the above tweets will you find exactly why anyone felt the word shouldn't be used, just that it shouldn't.  

Why not?  It isn't vulgar.  You don't like the way it sounds? Have you stopped to consider what the word even means?  First, here are some synonyms for the word defeat:  overwhelm, conquer, crush, trounce, cream, thrash, etc..  Below is the definition of dismantle:

dismantle - take to pieces

synonyms: take apart, pull apart, break up, break down

 

If I wrote in a story, "In the second half, Taplin began to take apart the defense, breaking down what the opponent was trying do", would that offend an audience?  I don't think so.  But using the actual word is off limits?  

 

Dismantle is a word I had just used to describe Olean's win over Greece Athena days earlier in my Poll Ballots - Week 3.  It's also the same word the president of the NYS Sports Writer's Association, John Moriello, used in print to describe what East did to Aquinas in the second half of its win there.  I polled several people about it from a newspaper editor, to coaches, fans, and even my favorite HS sports reporter.   I was unable to find anyone who thought there was ANYTHING wrong with using the word dismantle.  

 

Interestingly enough, when Canisius defeated St. Joe's on Saturday, the game story in the Buffalo News described it as a rout.  The headline for the story was even more descriptive, "Canisius crushes St. Joe's".

 

Would anyone like to try convincing me that dismantle is worse than crush?  Better yet, I wonder if either of the above mentioned twitter police contacted the Buffalo News editor or the sports reporter who wrote the story, to hit them with a "Shame on you".  My guess is absolutely not and here's the reason.  The offense taken by the two "twitter police" had less to do with the word dismantle, and a lot more to do with what is revealed at the end of another tweet I found below from one of them:

" "Kids who work hard day in & day out deserve more than that. Speaking as a reporter and an alum."

 

There you have it..."speaking as an alum".  Turns out, both of the twitter police who work for newspapers and are trying to convince (or shame) people into fearing use of the word dismantle are, you guessed it, alumni of Springville!  

 

Time for me to bring it all home with a lesson on word choice.  The worst, most inappropriate thing that was said through all of this was actually tweeted by the first twitter cop & then retweeted by the second...Shame on Amherst High School.  Are you kidding me?  Shame?  Check out the definition of that one:

shame - a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the conciousness of wrong or foolish behavior

 

So because a kid running a twitter account is excited about his team's success and accurately describes the win by using a harmless word, he gets taken to task by a pair of overly sensitive Springville alumni who knowingly resort to scolding and shaming?  Shame on you!  Actually, just realize you came on way too strong, from a biased standpoint (which journalists should make every effort to avoid), and learn from it.   Shame should be reserved for heinous, intentional acts, not harmless twitter banter.

 

And to the student behind the @AmherstTigers1 twitter account - keep on keeping on and best of luck to the sports teams at Amherst as they continue to attempt dismantling the competition.

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42

Selection Tuesday - Ranking every team in Section VI

The most commonly asked question right now is "where can I find the brackets?"   Unfortunately, the answer continues to be...they're not ready yet.

 

Most coaches have a very good idea of which team or teams they are likely to draw, depending on how the last week plays out, and in turn their players and immediate fans of that team also know where the team they follow stands.  But I'm sensing that WNY basketball fans want to see where every team stands, so I took this route instead...Ranking every team in Section VI, by class.

 

** Please note these are not seedings and do not reflect actual power points.  This is simply how I rank the teams heading into sectionals, or, where I'd seed them if I ruled the world (the WNY basketball world).  It's not a prediction of how I think the seedings will end up.

 

Class AA

1. Niagara Falls

2. Jamestown

3. Williamsville North

4. Clarence

5. Kenmore West

6. Frontier

7. Lockport

8. North Tonawanda

9. Lancaster

10. Niagara Wheatfield

11. West Seneca West

12. Orchard Park

 

Class A1

1. McKinley

2. Williamsville South

3. Sweet Home

4. Hutch-Tech

5. Hamburg

6. Williamsville East

7. Grand Island

8. West Seneca East

9. Kenmore East

 

Class A2

1. Amherst

2. Iroquois

3. South Park

4. Cheektowaga

5. Lake Shore

6. Pioneer

7. Starpoint

8. Lew-Port

9. Riverside

 

Class B1

1. Olean

2. Lackawanna

3. Depew

4. Maryvale

5. Newfane

6. East Aurora

7. Lafayette

8. Burgard

9. Tonawanda

10. Bennett

11. Alden

12. Dunkirk

13. Albion

14. Eden

15. Springville

 

Class B2

1. East

2. Cleveland Hill

3. CSAT

4. Fredonia

5. Roy-Hart

6. Akron

7. City Honors

8. Emerson

9. Southwestern

10. Medina

11. Buffalo Arts

12. JFK

13. Wilson

14. Gowanda

15. Falconer

 

Class C1

1. Oracle Charter

2. Middle College

3. Holland

4. Randolph

5. Salamanca

6. Barker

7. Tapestry Charter

8. Allegany-Limestone

9. Cassadaga Valley

10. Maritime Charter

11. Cattaraugus Little Valley

12. Da Vinci

 

Class C2

1. Silver Creek

2. Maple Grove

3. Portville 

4. MST Seneca

5. I-Prep

6. Olmsted

7. Westfield

8. Frewsburg

9. Chautauqua Lake

10. Health Sciences

11. Franklinville

12. Buffalo Science

 

Class D

1. Brocton

2. Sherman

3. Clymer

4. North Collins

5. Pine Valley

6. Forestville

7. Panama

8. Ellicottville

9. West Valley

10. Ripley

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42

 

Holiday Tournament Schedule

Depew Tournament

Dec. 27th

St. Mary's vs. City Honors - 6 pm

Depew vs. Lancaster - 7:30 pm

Dec. 29th

Consolation game - 3:30 pm

Championship game - 5 pm

 

Williamsville Jolly Boys Tournament

Dec. 27th

Amherst vs. Newfane - 6 pm

Williamsville South vs. St. Francis - 7:30 pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 6 pm

Championship game - 7:30 pm

 

Clarence Tournament

Dec. 27th

Fredonia vs. Bennett - 5 pm

Clarence vs. Iroquois - 6:30 pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 5 pm

Championship game - 6:30 pm

 

Five Guys Williamsville North Tournament

Dec. 26th

Williamsville East vs. Park - 6 pm

Williamsville North vs. Holland - 7:30 pm

Dec. 27th

Consolation game - 6 pm

Championship game - 7:30 pm

 

East Aurora Invitational

Dec. 27th

CSAT vs. Hutch-Tech - 5:30 pm

East Aurora vs. Pioneer - 7 pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 5:30 pm

Championship game - 7 pm

 

Maryvale Tournament

Dec. 27th

Cleveland Hill vs. Hamburg - 5:30 pm

Maryvale vs. Akron - 7 pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 4:30 pm

Championship game - 6 pm

 

Pendleton Lions Tournament at Starpoint

Dec. 27th

Niagara Catholic vs. Lockport - 5 pm

Starpoint vs. Medina - 6:30 pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 5 pm

Championship game - 6:30 pm

 

St. Joe's Tournament

Dec. 27th

Riverside vs. Cheektowaga - 6 pm

St. Joe's vs. I-Prep - 7:30 pm

Dec. 28th 

Consolation game - 5:30 pm

Championship game - 7:15 pm

 

Southwestern Classic

Dec. 29th

Salamanca vs. Sherman - 6 pm

Southwestern vs. Chautauqua Lake - 7:30 pm

Dec. 30th

Consolation game - 6 pm

Championship game - 7:30 pm

 

Cassadaga Valley Tournament

Dec. 27th

Clymer vs. Oracle Charter - 6 pm

Cassadaga Valley vs. Westfield - 7:30 pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 6 pm

Championship game - 7:30 pm

 

IAABO Tournament @ St. Bonaventure

Dec. 27th

BRACKET ONE

Randolph vs. Archbishop Walsh - 2:30 pm

Portville vs. Allegany-Limestone - 4:15 pm

BRACKET TWO

Nichols vs. Warren PA - 6 pm

Olean vs. Bradford PA - 7:45 pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 2:30 pm

Consolation game - 4:15 pm

Championship game - 6 pm

Championship game - 7:45 pm

 

Emerling Ford Tournament @ Springville

Dec. 27th

South Park vs. Gowanda - 4:30 pm

Springville vs. West Valley - 6 pm

Dec. 29th 

Consolation game - 1:30 pm

Championship game - 6 pm

 

West Seneca Tournament at West Seneca East

Dec. 27th

Tonawanda vs. Buffalo Science - 4:30 pm

West Seneca West vs. West Seneca East - 6 pm

Dec. 28th 

Consolation game - 4:30 pm

Championship game - 6 pm

 

Ken-Ton Tournament at Kenmore East

Dec. 27th

Kenmore West vs. Sweet Home - 5 pm

Kenmore East vs. Cardinal O'Hara - 6:30pm

Dec. 28th

Consolation game - 5 pm

Championship game - 6:30 pm 

 

 

Merry Christmas!

 

-centercourt

 

 

 

Preview: 2012-2013 Season

The Pastor-Cooper Showcase tips tonight, so it's official...high school hoops season is here!

 

Below in this year's version of the Pre-View From Centercourt, you will find:

 

- What's New

- Coaching Changes

- Classification Changes

- Top Nonleague Games

- Returning 2012 All-Centercourt Players

- Player Watch List for 2012-2013

- A League-by-League look at top returning players & newcomers

- Predictions 

- Preseason Top 10 

 

What's New

- Middle Early College dropped the OTC, so in place of OTC/MEC, I'm going old school and calling them Middle College again

- Sweet Home moved from ECIC I to ECIC II

- Lake Shore moved from ECIC II to ECIC III

- Ellicottville moved down to CCAA IV, while Panama bumped up to CCAA III

- Sectional seeding points will be updated more regularly this year - details when they're available 

- There is now a Yale Cup I, II, & III, and Middle College will play up in League I with the big boys, despite its BEDS numbers

- Depew head coach Larry Jones has replaced former Lew-Port head coach Jim Walker as the Section VI Boy's Basketball Chairman

- The Canisius/St. Joe's rivalry games will both be played at the Canisius College Koessler Center this season

- In Section V, Bishop Kearney (who added another tower to its roster) moved up to Class AA and Batavia moved down to Class B1

- Williamsville South and Allegany-Limestone will finally play each other this year...twice

- Two new charter schools will compete in Section VI - Global Concepts & Health Sciences 

- Dunkirk has seriously stepped up its nonleague schedule: Home & home with Silver Creek (C2 champ),  at McKinley (A1 champ), and at Frontier (AA semifinalist).  

 

New Coaches

Gabe Michael, Williamsville South

Ben Scaffidi, Starpoint

Paul Rath, St. Mary's

John Reinholz, Nichols

David Nieves, Hutch-Tech

Matt Bradshaw, Lew-Port

Darren Kresge, Tapestry Charter

Dave Carson, Barker

Joe Mihalics, Bishop Timon/St. Jude

Brian Ferris, St. Francis

Ron Krysztof, Grand Island

Tim Anderson, Falconer

 

Classification Changes

North Tonawanda moves down from Class AA to Class A1

 West Seneca East moves down from Class A1 to Class A2

Starpoint moves down from Class A1 to Class A2

Lake Shore moves down from Class A1 to Class A2

Bennett moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

East Aurora moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Maryvale moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Albion moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

Lafayette moves down from Class A2 to Class B1

East moves down from Class B1 to Class B2

Medina moves down from Class B1 to Class B2

Buffalo Arts moves down from Class B1 to Class B2

Allegany-Limestone moves down from Class B2 to Class C1

DaVinci moves up from Class C2 to Class C1

Randolph moves up from Class C2 to Class C1

Olmsted moves up from Class D to Class C2

 

Top Nonleague Games 

12/5 - Williamsville East vs. Middle College @ Daemen College

12/6 - East vs. St. Mary's @ Daemen College

12/6 - Timon vs. McKinley @ Daemen College

12/7 - Bishop Kearney @ Niagara Falls

12/8 - Jamestown vs. Williamsville South @ NFHS

12/8 - Brunswick (OH) @ Niagara Falls

12/8 - East @ Olean (projected in round two of tournament)

12/11 - Jamestown vs. St. Joe's @ St. Mary's

12/11 - Canisius vs. Olean @ St. Mary's

12/12 - Williamsville South @ St. Mary's

12/12 - CSAT @ Middle College

12/14 - St. Joe's @ McKinley

12/18 - Bishop Kearney @ Canisius

12/20 - Middle College @ St. Joe's

12/22 - Timon @ Jamestown (projected in round two of tournament)

1/17 - Bishop Kearney @ St. Joe's

1/18 - Timon @ Bishop Kearney

1/19 - St. Joe's @ Aquinas

1/19 - Canisius vs. McKinley @ City Honors

1/19 - East vs. East Aurora @ City Honors

2/2 - Niagara Falls @ Bishop Kearney

2/4 - Oracle Charter @ Olmsted

2/6 - Timon @ Bishop Kearney

2/7 - Canisius @ Cathedral Prep

2/9 - Nichols @ Aquinas

2/12 - St. Joe's @ Frontier

2/12 - Aquinas @ Timon

2/13 - Olmsted @ Tapestry Charter

2/14 - Sweet Home @ St. Joe's

2/14 - Williamsville North @ Williamsville East

2/14 - Dunkirk @ Silver Creek

2/18 - Cleveland Hill @ St. Mary's

 

 

The Players

Nine of the top 25 players from the 2012 All-Centercourt teams return to the WNY high school hoops scene, along with another 13 players that received Honorable Mentions following last season.  In addition, many others are primed to have breakout seasons, while the influx of talented underclassmen continues to surface at multiple schools throughout WNY.

 

Returning 2012 1st Teamers

Adam Weir - Sr., Canisius:  18 ppg, 7 reb.  Helped lead the Crusaders to a second straight Manhattan Cup championship, where he earned MVP honors, while leading team in postseason scoring.  His familiarity with success on the Koessler Center floor should serve him well when he continues his hoops career with Canisius College after high school.

Sterling Taplin - Jr., Williamsville North:  19.1 ppg, 5.7  reb, 3.6 asst, 2.7 stl.  Sank five 3-pointers and scored 13 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter of the AA semifinal in an effort that fell just short of an upset bid against eventual champion Niagara Falls.  Enters his junior season having already eclipsed 1,000 career points.

 

 Returning 2012 Second Teamer

Jermaine Crumpton - Sr., Niagara Falls:  17 ppg, 7 reb, 3 asst, 2 blk.   Helped to lead the Wolverines back to prominence as they recaptured the Class AA title, defeating Jamestown .  Played very well against top competition, including game-highs in points and rebounds when Falls faced Milton, a team that finished in the top ten nationally in 2012.  Crumpton will also continue playing hoops for Canisius College following graduation.

 

Returning 2012 Third Teamers

Tommy Campion - Sr., Jamestown:  18.6 ppg, 4.3 asst, 2.1 stls. The lone returning starter from the Class AA NYS runners-up in 2011, Campion's leadership and abilities on the court returned the Red Raiders to Class AA Section VI championship game.  He shared ECIC I Player of the Year honors with Taplin thanks to his contributions in all phases of the game for Jamestown.

Sam Eckstrom - Jr., Olean:  14.8 ppg, 9.2 reb, 2.0 blk.  Helped lead a Huskies squad loaded with expectations to the brink of a state title in just his sophomore campaign.  His footwork and positioning in the post, along with a soft touch around the rim, make him the most fundamentally sound junior big man WNY has seen since Will Regan.

Wil Bathurst - Jr., Olean:  11.8 ppg, 7.6 reb, 2.2 asst.  Complemented Eckstrom's talents wonderfully to give the Huskies a potent 1-2 punch.  Combines raw athleticism with a silky-smooth style that allows him to shoot from anywhere, get to the basket (and above) with ease, and snag every rebound within his radius that Eckstrom didn't already secure.

 

Returning 2012 Fourth Teamer

Zed Williams - Sr., Silver Creek

 

Returning 2012 Fifth Teamers

JJ Wilkes - Sr.,  Niagara Falls

Darnell Carson - Sr., CSAT

 

Returning 2012 Honorable Mentions

Johnathan Belton - Sr. (Amherst), Justice Feggans - Sr. (Riveride), Aaron White - Sr. (Canisius), Matt MacDonald - Sr. (Canisius), Quinton Campbell - Sr. (Kenmore West), Reyszon Jordan - Sr. (McKinley),  Marcus Morris - Sr. (McKinley), Lovell Smith - Sr. (McKinley), Jordan Glover - Sr. (St. Joe's), Chaquiel Nettles - Sr. (Williamsville South), Clayton Hess - Sr. (Tonawanda), Nick Scmidt - Jr. (Olean), Brendan Cox - Jr. (East Aurora)

 

Other names to watch for this season 

Jake Haight - Jr. (Barker), Steve Marcey - Sr. (Silver Creek), Jack Mulcahey - Sr. (Niagara Wheatfield), Kyle Radack - Sr. (Southwestern), Dylan Meyer - Jr. (Fredonia), Zach Blask - Sr. (Portville), John Coe - Sr. (Westfield), Louis Oliveri - Sr. (St. Joe's), Tyree Tyson - Jr. (East), Johnathan Lewis - Jr. (East), Fulton Bryant - Sr. (Timon), Bri'an Brown - Jr. (Middle College), Keir Anderson - Jr. (Middle College), Paul Rath - Sr. (St. Mary's), Brandon Kellam - So. (Jamestown), Kole Gilchrist - Sr. (Sweet Home), Jordan Parker - Sr. (Cleveland Hill), Ramir Burton - Sr. (Niagara Falls), Connor Sears - Sr. (Newfane), Lonnie Taylor - Sr. (Medina), Connor Ladd - Sr. (Akron)

 

League-by-league

 

MONSIGNOR MARTIN

Canisius

Key Returnees: Adam Weir - 12, Aaron White - 12, Matt MacDonald - 12, Jamel Mosley - 12, Jake Cercone - 12, Ryan Raccuia - 12

Key Newcomers: Ryan Richards - 11, Josh Huffman - 10, Patrick MacDonald - 11, Howard Washington - 9 (Transfer from City Honors)

 

St. Joe's 

Key Returnees:  Jordan Glover - 12, Jalen Morris - 12, Mark Cerza - 12, Louis Oliveri - 12, Dan Maher - 12, Dylan Hall - 12

Key Newcomers: Justin Hollins - 11, Tremaine Shelton - 11 (Transfer from Buffalo Arts), Tyler Hill - 11

 

Bishop Timon/St. Jude

Key Returnees:  Bryant Fulton - 12, Donte Williams - 11, Manny Welch - 12, 

Key Newcomers:  Derick Simpson - 10, Kyler Hairston (Transfer from Park School), Brandon Donohue, Sean Murphy

 

St. Francis

Key Returnees: Cory Cullen - 12, Brennan Macey - 12, David Kennedy - 11, Wenny Xie - 12

Key Newcomers: Treyvon Holness - 11 (Transfer from Montreal), Maurice Burse - 11 (Transfer from Lackawanna),  Devantie Campbell - 11 (Transfer from Montreal), Austin Taylor - 11, Chris Shriver - 11

 

Nichols

Key Returnees: Liam Ryan - 12, Christopher Miner - 10, Cam Lewis - 10, Adam Noonan - 12

Key Newcomer:  Tom Nuttle - 11, Jack Vance - 11

 

St. Mary's

Key Returnees:  Paul Rath - 12, Latrell Tyson - 12, Quinn Gill - 12

Key Newcomers:  Tyler English - 11, Corey Kiebzak - 11, Matt Wrobel - 11, Dione Strong - 11, Jake Concannon - 10

 

 Niagara Catholic

Key Returnee:  Jonathan Jackson - 11

 

 Cardinal O'Hara

Archbishop Walsh

 

YALE CUP I

McKinley

Key Returnees:  Marcus Morris - 12, Lovell Smith - 12, Reyjzon Jordan - 12, Deonte Bell - 12, Samuel Smith - 12, DaeQuan Warren - 12, Stephen Johnson - 12

 

East

Key Returnees:  Tyree Tyson - 11, Johnathan Lewis - 11, Damone Brown - 10, Dajuan Quarles - 12

Key Newcomer:  Percy Bryant - 10 (Transfer from St. Mary's)

 

Riverside

Key Returnees:  Justice Feggans - 12, Shawn Johnson - 12, Willie Smith - 11, Jarmel Caldwell - 11

Key Newcomers: Jevon Rosier - 11, Jovell Littlejohn - 10

 

Middle College

Key Returnees:  Bri'an Brown - 11, Keir Anderson - 12, Kevin Briggs (formerly Reese) - 11, TJ Scott - 11, Brandon Jefferson - 11, Donavin McLean - 12, Aterah Dickinson - 12

Key Newcomers:  Isaiah Jenkins - 10, Joseph Staton - 9, Khoron Ferguson - 9, Devon Singleton - 11, X-Ray Xavier Drayton - 11, Elijah Mingo - 11

 

Hutch-Tech

Key Returnees:  Tim Whitehead - 12, Roman West - 11, Jovohn Owens - 12, Amanuel Radford - 11

 

South Park 

Key Returnees:  Zachary Kaczor - 11, Tyrell Mitchell - 12, Darius White - 12

 

Bennett

 Key Returnees:  Aurelio Ayala - 12

 

YALE CUP II

I-Prep

Key Returnees:  Justice Radford - 12, Damon Boykin - 11, DaQuan Evans - 10

 

City Honors

Key Returnees: Marqell Massey - 11, James Miller - 11, Yusef Burgos - 11, Matt Cieslik - 10, Jordahn Summers - 10

 

Burgard

Key Returnees:  Daquan Walker - 12

 

MST Seneca

 Key Returnees:  JaVaughn McNab - 12, RayShawn Jones - 12

Key Newcomers:  Adrian Blackmon - 11, Ben Bolden - 11

 

YALE CUP III

Olmsted

Key returnees: Jalen Schumaker - 12, Malcolm Hendrick - 10, Ballah Burch - 11

 

Buffalo Arts

Key Returnees:  Derek Simpson - 10

 

Lafayette

Key Returnees:  Jon Colon - 12

 

Emerson

Key Returnee:  Lenny Dowell

 

 DaVinci

 

 ECIC I

 Jamestown

Key Returnees: Tommy Campion - 12, Quinn Lee Yaw - 11, Brandon Kellam - 10, Zack Panebianco - 10

 

Williamsville North

Key Returnees:  Sterling Taplin - 11, David Berkun - 12, George Attea - 10, Aman Washington - 12

 

 Clarence

Key Returnees: Bobby Florio - 12, Ryan Funk - 11, Bryan Jost - 11, Elliott Case - 11

Key Newcomers: Tanner Schmidt - 10 (Transfer from Nichols), Matt Sadowy - 10, Emaure Williams - 11

 

 Lancaster

Key Returnees:  Sean Murray - 12, Jacob Plonka - 12, Joe Jankowski - 11, Steve Musso - 12, Mac Garby - 12, Colin Stotz - 12

Key Newcomers: Tyler Lis - 10, Griffin O'Brien - 10, Eric Zimpfer - 11

 

West Seneca West

Key Returnees:  Nick Clancy - 11

 

Orchard Park

Frontier

 

ECIC II

Williamsville East

Key Returnees:  Michael Spina - 12, Cort Williams - 10, Nicholas Clough - 10, Zachary Bischel - 12

 

Williamsville South

Key Returnees:  Damian Powers - 12, Pat Stasiak - 12, Chaquiel Nettles - 12, Trent Ferguson - 12, Jack Fitzpatrick - 12, Sam Castronova - 10

 

Iroquois

Key Returnees:  Nate Wilkinson - 12, Matthew Zimmerman - 12

 

Sweet Home

Key Returnees: Kole Gilchrist - 12, Khalid Barnes - 12

 

Hamburg

Key Returnees:  Kyle Violanti - 12, Andrew Sardinia - 12, Griffin Ryan - 11, Jeremiah Bill - 11, Tony Guzzetta - 12, Matt Odre - 12

Key Newcomers:  Tim Kane - 11, Kyle Munro - 10, Joe DeGrood - 10

 

West Seneca East

Key Returnees:  Alex Pacer - 12, Austin Spindler - 12, Corey Fermo - 12, Matt Kumro - 10

Key Newcomers:  Nick Parucki - 1o, Ed Radka - 9, Dan Picciano - 9

 

Starpoint

Key Returnees:  Andrew Rankie - 12, Julian Mott - 11, Ian Emerick - 10

 

ECIC III

Amherst

Key Returnees:  Johnathan Belton - 12, Dion Lewis - 12, Alex Turecki - 12, Dorian Billups - 10

 

East Aurora

Key Returnees:  Brendan Cox - 11, Ian Allen - 12, James Ritchie - 12, Grant Haffenden - 11

Key Newcomers:  Mike Coatsworth - 10, Kevin Tierney - 11

 

Cheektowaga

Key Returnees:  Zak Ciezki - 10, Derek Clyburn - 12, Dileon Pearsall - 12

 

Depew

Key Returnees: Derek Sekuterski - 11, Jake Lamb - 11, Nate Hyman - 12

 

Maryvale

Key Returnees:  Tyler Smith - 12, Demetri McCallie - 12, Max Aikin - 12, Tyler Graham - 12

Key Newcomers:  William Lamar - 8 

 

Pioneer

Key Returnees:  Terik Lewis - 12, Connor Johnson - 12, Dylan Souder - 12, Ryan Miller - 12

Key Newcomer:  Bryce Little - 10

 

Lake Shore

Key Returnees:  Clark Brueckl - 12, Ryan Joslyn - 12, Wade Bergum - 11

Key Newcomers:  Matt Vona - 11, Colin Hart - 11

 

Springville

 

ECIC IV

Cleveland Hill

Key Returnees: Jared Watkins - 11, Jordan Parker - 12, Rayshawn Smalls - 12, Richard Sotero - 12, Andrej Krajewski - 12

Key Newcomers: Aaron Phillips - 11, Jermaine Hairston - 10

 

Lackawanna

Key Returnees: Shaquille Brooks - 12, Cam Smith - 11, Norman Sweat - 12, Deron Adams - 12

Key Newcomer: Ahmad Abdo - 12

 

Tonawanda

Key Returnees:  Clayton Hess - 12, Ben Stitch - 11

Key Newcomer:  Tristan Bolling - 10

 

Holland

Key Returnees:  Clay Lewis - 10, Curtis Blendinger - 12

 

JFK

Key Returnees:  Nick Anderson - 12

 

Alden

Key Returnees:  Corey Barczykowski - 12

 

Eden 

Key Returnees:  Brad Palmerton - 11

 

Niagara Frontier League

Niagara Falls

Key Returnees: Jermaine Crumpton - 12, JJ Wilkes - 12, Ramir Burton - 12, Stefon Caffee - 12, Tikere Ralands - 12, Vinzell Watkins - 11

Key Newcomer: Jamar Waters - 10 (Transfer from Nichols)

 

Kenmore West

Key Returnees:  Quinton Campbell - 12, Alex Price - 11, Joel Northup - 12, Shay Cuadra - 12, Adam From - 11

Key Newcomers:  Terell Ford - 9, Tyler Grandits - 11

 

Grand Island

Key Returnees: Nick Soos - 12, Ryan Ross - 11, Jordan Jelks - 12, Corey Adamshick - 12

 

North Tonawanda

Key Returnees:  

 

Niagara Wheatfield

Key Returnees:  Jack Mulcahey - 12, Anthony Cappucilli - 12, Chris Galvano - 12

 

Lockport

Kenmore East

Lew-Port

 

Niagara-Orleans

Akron

Key Returnees:  Connor Ladd - 12, Austin Mietz - 12, Noah Diebel - 11, Gowah Abrams - 12, Steve Poodry - 12

Key Newcomers:  Sturgis Sundown - 12, Austen Lauricella - 11

 

Newfane

Key Returnees:  Connor Sears - 12, Bryan Geise - 12, Reid Weber - 12, Alex Intihar - 12, Jake O'Keefe - 12, Brian "Rat" Ratajczak - 12

Key Newcomers:  Jimmer Branca - 12, Ryan Doyle - 12, Sean Costello - 11, Josh Kneeland - 11

 

CSAT

Key Returnees: Darnell Carson - 12, Dylanta Carson - 10

Key Newcomers:  Alex Santos - 11, Quinton Lamar - 9, Bryan Locke - 10

 

Medina

Key Returnees:  Lonnie Taylor - 12, Dan "Mungie" Brown - 12, Jason Hellwig - 10

 

Barker

Key Returnees:  Jake Haight - 11, Mitchell Luckman - 11, Bryce Moeller - 11, Chris Sweeney - 10, Brett Cole - 12, Hayden Gooding - 11

Key Newcomer:  Jared Worthington - 11

 

Roy-Hart

Key Returnees: Brad Bobbitt - 12, Blake Copella - 12, Ryan Farewell - 12, Marc Roman - 11, Alex Stoddard - 11

Key Newcomers:  Andy Xapsos - 9, Austin Heschke - 11, DeRon Woods - 11, Sam White - 10

 

Wilson

Key Returnee:  Matt Baker

 

Albion

 

CCAA I

Olean

Key Returnees: Sam Eckstrom - 11, Wil Bathurst - 11, Nick Schmidt  - 11, Luke Hennessey - 11, Max Portlow - 12, Pat Scholla - 12, Evan Ryan - 12

Key Newcomers: Dante Tarr - 11, Chris Gayton - 11

 

Fredonia

Key Returnees: Dylan Meyer - 11, Nick Johnston - 11, John Piper - 10

 

Southwestern

Key Returnees:  Kyle Radack - 12, Alek Peck - 12, Peter Trathen - 12, Nick Baglia - 12, Jacob Pilling - 12, Kyle Moran - 11, Andrew Greenlee - 12

Top Newcomers: Riley Ribicki - 11, Nathan Schrope - 11

 

Falconer

Key Returnees:  Brandon DePietro - 11, Nick Conti - 11

 

Dunkirk

Key Returnees:  Marquel Ruiz - 12, Jacob Lockett - 12, Drew Messina - 12

Key Newcomer:  Emanuel (Manny) Masonet - 11

 

Allegany-Limestone

Key Returnees:  Dom Saglimben - 11, Ryan Vossler - 11, Caswell Stanton - 12

Key Newcomers:  Dom Conroy - 10, Trevin Barber - 12

 

Gowanda

 Key Returnees:  Chase Williams - 11, Brennan Geiger - 11, Zach Stevens - 11

Key Newcomer: Jordan Young - 10

 

 CCAA II

Silver Creek 

Key Returnees:  Zed Williams - 12, Kaine Kettle - 11, Steve Marcey - 12

Key Newcomers:  Bill Brooks - 10, Brennan White - 10

 

Portville

Key Returnees:  Zach Blask - 12, Josh Watson - 12

 

Randolph

Key Returnees:  Bryce Morrison - 10

 

Salamanca

Key Returnees:  Tanner John - 12

Key Newcomer: Damion Taylor - 11

 

Frewsburg

Key Returnees:  Alex Elderkin - 12

 

Cassadaga Valley

Key Returnees:  Randy Dabala - 12

 Cattaraugus Little Valley

 

CCAA III

Maple Grove

 Key Returnees:  Jeff Tampe - 12, Will Soffel - 12, Aaron Germain - 12, Austin Goerke - 12, Oliver Simpson - 12

 

Westfield

Key Returnees:  John Coe - 12

 

Panama

Key Returnees:  Alec Blose - 12, Dan Odell - 11, Brandon Lewis - 12

 

Chautauqua Lake

Key Returnees:  Ian Clute - 11, Cody Thomas - 12, Jeremiah Russin - 12, Jordan Briggs - 12

 

Pine Valley

Key Returnees:  Lucas Trombley - 12

 

Forestville

Key Returnees:  Jacob Nosbisch - 11

 

Franklinville

 

CCAA IV

Sherman

Key Returnees:  Ryan Robson - 11, Andrew Graham - 11, Devin Moorhead - 11

 

Clymer

Key Returnees:  Dan Lictus - 12, Connor Payne - 12, Mitch Einink - 11, Jacob Wiggers - 11, Caleb Clark - 12

 

Brocton

Key Returnees:  Dan Ferguson - 12, Jordan Patterson - 12, Macalum Buchanan - 11

 

West Valley

Key Returnees:  Mike Grigsby - 12, Colton Myers - 12

 

Ellicottville

Key Returnees:  Cameron Wilson - 11, Storm Wilson - 12, Alex Steinbroner - 12

 

North Collins

Ripley

 

 Charter Schools

Oracle 

Key Returnees:  Gerald Bibbs - 12, Julius Allen - 12, Jamarr Cunningham - 12, Eric Waters - 12

Key Newcomers:  Nelson Modi - 11, Jayson Jones-Johnson - 11, Antone Gullege - 11

Tapestry

Key Returnees:  Tom Lucas - 12, Tong Mawein - 12, Jon Spears - 11

Key Newcomers:  Gary Foster - 9, JaQuoine Fogan - 9 

WNY Maritime

Buffalo Science

Health Sciences

Global Concepts

 

Predictions

Manhattan Cup: Canisius

Class AA: Jamestown

Class A1: McKinley

Class A2: Amherst

Class B1: Olean

Class B2: East

Class C1: Middle College

Class C2: Silver Creek

Class D: Clymer

 

- McKinley, Olean, & Middle College will all advance to Glens Falls

- Olean will win the Class B State Championship

- Canisius will win the CHSAA Class A State Championship

- Section V "super power" Bishop Kearney will lose one of its games played against a WNY team this year (Falls, Canisius, St. Joe's, Timon)...or maybe Jamestown)

 

Preseason Top 10 - Large Schools

1. Canisius

2. Jamestown

3. Niagara Falls

4. McKinley

5. St. Joe's

6. Bishop Timon/St. Jude

7. Williamsville North

8. Clarence

9. Amherst

10. Riverside

 

Preseason Top 10 Small Schools

1. Olean

2. East

3. Middle College

4. Silver Creek

5. East Aurora

6. Depew

7. Nichols

8. St. Mary's

9. Cleveland Hill

10. CSAT

 

  -centercourt

Classifications for 2013 Season

 

Class AA                                                                      Class D                                                         

Lancaster                                                                         Panama                                                 

Niagara Falls                                                                  Pine Valley                                          

Lockport                                                                          Forestville

Clarence                                                                           Ellicottville

Frontier                                                                            North Collins

Orchard Park                                                                 Brocton

Jamestown                                                                      Sherman

Kenmore West                                                              Clymer

West Seneca West                                                       West Valley

Williamsville North                                                    Ripley

Niagara Wheatfield

 

Class A1                                                                       Class A2

North Tonawanda                                                       West Seneca East

Hamburg                                                                          Starpoint

Sweet Home                                                                    Iroquois

Williamsville East                                                        Riverside

McKinley                                                                         Lake Shore

Kenmore East                                                                South Park

Hutch-Tech                                                                    Amherst

Grand Island                                                                  Pioneer

Williamsville South                                                    Cheektowaga

                                                                                             Lew-Port

 

Class B1                                                                        Class B2

Bennett                                                                             Medina

Maryvale                                                                         Buffalo Arts

Albion                                                                               Buffalo East 

Springville                                                                      Fredonia

East Aurora                                                                   Roy-Hart

Olean                                                                                JFK

Dunkirk                                                                          City Honors

Burgard                                                                          Akron

Depew                                                                             CSAT

Lafayette                                                                       Cleveland Hilll

Alden                                                                               Southwestern

Newfane                                                                        Wilson

Tonawanda                                                                  Emerson

Eden                                                                                Gowanda

Lackawanna                                                                 Falconer

 

Class C1                                                                        Class C2

Salamanca                                                                     Silver Creek

Leonardo da Vinci                                                     Portville

Allegany-Limestone                                                 Buffalo Science

OTC/MEC                                                                    Health Sciences

Cassadaga Valley                                                      MST Prep Seneca

Oracle Charter                                                            I-Prep Grover

Barker                                                                            Frewsburg

Martime Charter                                                      Westfield

Tapestry Charter                                                     Maple Grove

Holland                                                                        Chautauqua Lake

Randolph                                                                    Olmsted

Cattaraugus/Little Valley                                    Franklinville

 

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Previewing the Sectionals

 

The Section VI postseason begins tonight with a pair of first round games to get things going.  JFK will host Gowanda, while Springville travels to Eden.  As of right now, I haven't decided where I'll be tonight.

 

Several pre-quarterfinal games will be played on Wednesday, including a double-header at Bennett HS beginning at 6 pm.  Grand Island plays at Hamburg, while Roy-Hart facing Emerson at Grabiartz look to be the most compelling of the games on the evening.

 

Friday night is when the action really kicks up, as quarterfinal 32 games will decide which teams move on to Buffalo State and JCC for the semifinals.  Assuming things shake out the way I think they will before Friday, there are some great potential matchups on the way, and an upset or two certain to shake up the big picture before next week.

 

Most likely quarterfinal upsets

Class A1

(5) Hutch-Tech @ (4) Iroquois - The Chiefs scored a big win late in the season at then league-unbeaten ECIC II co-champ Williamsville East.  The Engineers stumbled against Bennett in the same week. 

Class B1

(5) East @ (4) Newfane - We knew there would be some quality quarterfinal games in the B1 bracket, and here's one of them.  East battled through the large schools in the Yale Cup, and came away with a win over Riverside and gave McKinley a close game in February.  They also have a distinct size advantage with Rashaan Brown and Tyree Tyson inside.

(6) Depew @ (3) Dunkirk - We couldn't have more opposite situations.  Depew played in a large school league (ECIC III), scheduled Williamsville North (Class AA), and defeated St. Mary's in its tournament.  Dunkirk has plowed through its competition not named Olean.  The problem is, there really was no competition for the Marauders.  Another lousy nonleague schedule, along with CCAA I being less than a meat grinder, and Dunkirk hasn't won a game by less than 15 all year.

Class B2

(5) Akron vs. (4) CSAT **at Kenmore West ** - Has anyone noticed how good these two teams have played in the last month?  Both beat Wilson this month, Akron also topped Newfane.  CSAT already owns two victories over Akron.  However, Tigers head coach Justin Gerstung has shown the ability to come up with a great scheme and pull off a stunner in sectionals before...just ask Wilson.

(6) City Honors @ (3) Allegany-Limestone - Another case of a team playing well late in the season and picking up some good wins against quality opponents.  The Centaurs beat I-Prep twice this year and also tripped up MST Seneca.

Class C2

(7) I-Prep @ (2) Maple Grove - The Red Dragons played some stiff competition to start the year, but haven't seen too many quality opponents recently, with the exception of Westfield and CG Finney.  I-Prep had the benefit of meeting some quality opponents in the city, including a pair of epic battles with the #3 seed, MST Seneca.

 

Top 5 Quarterfinal Games

5. Class B1 - East @ Newfane

4. Class AA - North Tonawanda @ Frontier

3. Class AA - Williamsville North @ Kenmore West

2. Class C2 - I-Prep @ Maple Grove

1. Class B1 - Depew vs. Dunkirk **at Silver Creek**

 

Most likely to avance to Glens Falls

Olean (Class B) and OTC/MEC (Class C)

 

Biggest favorite to win its bracket

OTC/MEC in Class C1

 

Best Bracket stop-to-bottom

Class B1 & Class C2

 

Most exciting potential championship matchups

Class C2 - MST Seneca vs. Silver Creek

Class AA -  Niagara Falls vs. Jamestown

 

Streaks & Stats heading into sectionals

- Olean has won 16 straight games and has no losses to any team from WNY

- OTC/MEC hasn't lost to a small school this season

- Maple Grove has won 15 straight games and has averaged 78.6 ppg over its last eight games

- Kenmore West has yet to lose a game in the calendar year and has won 15 straight.

- Frontier has won nine straight games

- McKinley's only losses this season were to Canisius and St. Joe's

 

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Stan Wier amidst a major scoring outburst

On January 20, 2012, Stan Wier scored 19 points to lead East Aurora past Maryvale in ECIC III  action.  After that win, Wier had 278 points on the season through 12 games, good for an average of 23.1 points per game.  Bolstering that number was his season and career-high 40-point performance in a holiday tournament win against West Seneca East back in December.  Aside from Wier's career night, his two best outputs on the season were 28 points against OTC/MEC in the MLK Classic and 27 points against Maryvale when the teams met for the first time in December. 

 

Then on January 27th, the Blue Devils visited Pioneer and Wier embarked on the kind of scoring streak rarely seen in high school basketball.  Beginning that night and in the four games since, Wier has scored over 30 points.  Here's a game-by-game look at the recent streak and how each game improved his season scoring average:

 

01/27 vs. Pioneer  - 32 points (23.8 ppg)

01/31 vs. Springville - 31 points (24.3 ppg)

02/03 vs. Amherst - 32 points (24.9 ppg)

02/07 vs. Cheektowaga - 37 points (25.6 ppg)

02/10 vs. Pittsford Sutherland - 34 points (26.1 ppg)

 

Averaging 33.2 over his last five games has moved his season average up a full three points to 26.1 ppg.  The pace has drawn comparisons to the torrid one Jonny Flynn treated us to in 2007.  I decided to go back to that season and find not only Flynn's numbers, but the numbers of other players who scored at a similar pace since Flynn played locally. Here's what I found:

 

2007 - Jonny Flynn (Niagara Falls) - 29.5 ppg

2009 - Robbie Seyler (Lew-Port) - 29.4 ppg

2011 - Jaysean Paige (Jamestown) - 26.1 ppg

2007 - Dominique Kendrick (Jamestown) 25.4 ppg

2011 - Blair Estarfaa (Maryvale) - 25.1 ppg

2009 - Lucas Haskell (Pioneer) - 25.0 ppg

2011 - Dazmond Knight (Tapestry) - 24.7 ppg

2008 - Edwin Ramulic (Kenmore West) - 24.3 ppg

 

Interestingly, three of the above mentioned players competed in Class A2 (Seyler, Estarfaa, & Haskell) and two of them in ECIC III (Estarfaa & Haskell), the same level of competition Wier is seeing.  Four of the above players played in Class AA and one in Class C.

 

 So what does it all mean? 

For Seyler (29.4 ppg), who dropped 35 on eventual Class AA state runner-up Niagara Falls and the only player close to Flynn's output, he only made fourth team All-WNY with the News.  I had him as second team that year, due to a quarterfinal loss in the A2 sectionals - otherwise he may have made my top five.  Seyler went on to finish 14th in scoring nationally in the NJCAA as a freshman and was 11th in the nation as a sophomore.  He also shot 47% from downtown that year (47 of 101).

 Haskell (25.0 ppg) also finished on fourth team and his Panthers were ousted in the A2 quarterfinals as well.  Estarfaa (25.1 ppg) made it on to second team last year.  His Flyers also fell in the A2 quarterfinals.

Ramulic (24.3 ppg) was a fourth teamer and Knight (24.7) made third team after leading his team to the Class C final, before falling to state semifinalist I-Prep.  Kendrick (25.4 ppg) wound up on the second team after his Red Raiders fell in the Class AA semifinals to Niagara Falls.

For Flynn and Paige, it meant Player of the Year.  Flynn went on to the NBA and Paige took his team to the Class AA state title game. 

 

Tonight, Wier's Blue Devils face a Depew team that held him to his lowest output of the season, an 11-point game on January 12th.  Between his limited scoring in their first matchup and the five-game streak he is enjoying right now, Wier should be plenty motivated to light up the Wildcats tonight.  With a light hoops schedule tonight, there might be a lot of hoops fans who turn out to see Wier in action.  I know I'll be there.

 

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Random Smatterings - Round 5

I love it when a player comes in during a Prep Talk chat using some johnny-come-lately name and asks a question about himself.  It's always like "Hey Keith, what do you think of that so-and-so kid from XYZ.  I see he scored 27 the other night, making a case for All-WNY".  

 

Here are the last four point totals from junior Darnell Carson of CSAT: 32, 27, 29, & 20.

 

One of my favorites is when a player jumps out of bounds to save a ball, only to throw it against the back of the backboard.

 

There are only three teams in WNY that haven't lost to a team from WNY: St. Joe's, Jamestown, and Olean.

 

Stan Wier dropped 37 points on the Warriors in East Aurora's 71-44 win over Cheektowaga, Quinten Campbell scored 33 points to lead Kenmore West past Lew-Port, 62-49, and Jon Gemerek finished with 31 points to lift Depew past Maryvale, 66-59.

 

Cheektowaga trailed Springville, 45-31 after three quarters of play.  The Warriors then used a 31-9 fourth quarter to comeback and win, 62-54.

 

Akron saw four of its players score a team-high eight points and held Wilson to single-digits in all four quarters of a 53-25 stunner in the N-O.

 

Kyle Kobis led Bishop Timon/St. Jude with 24 points, as the Tigers earned a 62-42 victory against St. Francis.  During the win, Kobis sank a 3-pointer that lifted him past 1,ooo points for his career.

 

Olean is New York State's #1 ranked team in Class B.

 

I see a lot of the same faces at the big games each week, including one of the players.  If the Warriors aren't practicing or playing, Clayton Hess of Tonawanda can be found at a high school basketball game somewhere. 

 

Grand Island picked up its first league win of the season over Niagara Wheatfield on Friday, outscoring the Falcons 15-6 in the fourth quarter to comeback and win, 49-47.  It was the Vikings second straight victory.

 

Williamsville South topped Iroquois, 77-67, in a game with a high-scoring finish.  The Chiefs outscored the Billies, 31-30 in the fourth quarter.

  

Joe Lowery finished with 37 points in Niagara Catholic's loss to Walsh, Connor Keenan scored 37 points in a 76-72 loss to Iroquois, Barker sophomore Jake Haight put up 35 points & 21 rebounds on Newfane in a 74-64 loss, Sean Weisensal had 34 points for Maryvale in a loss to Depew, and Stan Wier of East Aurora scored 32 points in a losing effort at Amherst.

 

St. Joe's sophomore, Tyler Hill, a starter for the varsity football and JV basketball teams, was spotted cheering for the Panthers in the Blue Zone when Newfane beat Wilson on Thursday night.

 

Junior Zeddie Williams scored 18 points, grabbed 15 boards, and dished seven assists as Silver Creek avenged its only loss this season, beating Randolph, 57-54.

 

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The Next Level: Tracking WNY's Former Prep Stars

Something that's been suggested to me many times is a post on the college careers of WNY's former high school players.  So I decided to provide a list of any former player currently on a college roster.  Those who wish to, can now use the comments section to provide updates on the players and discuss their progress at the next level. 

 

If you know of someone who played high school basketball in WNY and is now currently on a college roster, but isn't listed below, send me an email at: centercourt42@gmail.com  Please include the high school attended the player attended and the year he graduated.

 

 

NCAA Division I

North Dakota

Jamal Webb - East, 2008

 

Michigan

Blake McLimas - Hamburg, 2008

 

University @ Buffalo

Will Regan - Nichols, 2010

Dave Barnett - East Aurora, 2006

 

St. Bonaventure

Jake Houseknecht - Olean, 2008

Zach Moore - Olean, 2007

 

University of Toledo

James Ewing - Cardinal O'Hara, 2008

 

Youngstown State

Fletcher Larson - Jamestown, 2010

 

South Carolina State

Keron Briggs - Sweet Home, 2010

 

University of Idaho

 Mansa Habeeb - McKinley, 2009

 

Niagara University

Paul Kowalski - St. Joe's, 2008

 

Alabama A & M

Jerome Hunter - Buffalo Arts

Reginald Martin - Cardinal O'Hara

 

Canisius

Tyler Funk - Clarence, 2011

 

 

NCAA Division II

LeMoyne

Chris Secky - Maple Grove, 2010

 

West Virginia Tech

Rashon Tabb - Niagara Falls, 2008

 

Edinboro University

Sam Moore - Olean, 2008

Alex Moore - Olean, 2010

 

Urbana University

Dyrell Dolson - Niagara Catholic, 2008

 

 

NCAA Division III

Medaille

Phil Maiarana - St. Joe's, 2008

Steve Bryant - Timon, 2008

Dave Shuey - Newfane, 2008

Anthony Battaglia - Depew, 2009

Tyler Stevens - Depew, 2009

Joe Palumbo - Olean, 2010

Alec Short - Akron, 2010

Sean Bellomo - Lake Shore, 2010

Nate O'Donnell - Kenmore West, 2010

Phil Stasiak - Williamsville South - 2011

 

SUNY Fredonia

Damien Goodwin - East, 2008

Julius Bryant - Hutch-Tech

Nick DeWaters - Roy-Hart, 2008

Devin Case - Roy-Hart, 2008

Markus Williams - Niagara Wheatfield

Amir Billups - Starpoint, 2008

 

Alfred University

Terrell Rankin - Sweet Home, 2007

Josh Parker - Sweet Home, 2006

 

Nazereth

Dominique Kendrick - Jamestown, 2007

Jake Fladd - Frontier, 2008

 

SUNY Geneseo

Gordon Lyons - Canisius, 2011

Abe Miller - City Honors, 2008

 

Utica College

Aaron Nevins - Cansisus, 2011

 

Hobart

Connor Rehbaum - St. Joe's, 2011

 

Pitt-Bradford

Tyler North - Westfield, 2010

Jeff Engels - West Valley, 2010

Derrek LeBlanc - Salamanca, 2009

 

Buffalo State

Justin Mitchell - Timon, 2008

Justin Stokes - OTC/MEC, 2010

Maurice Miles - Hutch-Tech, 2011

Seth Runge - Springville

 

D'Youville

Greg Osika - Depew, 2008

Erik Prophet - City Honors, 2008

Jake Maryniewski - Depew, 2010

Ricky Coburn - Depew, 201o

Raysean Johnson - Grover Cleveland

Jeff Curry - Lafayette

Anthony Wiechec - St. Francis

Kenny Farley - Buffalo Arts

Josh Domros - Hutch-Tech

Kevin Ford - Amherst

 

 Midland CC (TX)

Kelvin Agee - Niagara Falls, 2009

 

Hilbert College

Dan McFarland - St. Mary's, 2009

Mike Jones - West Seneca West, 2011

Cody Troutman - Pine Valley, 2008

Mike Maritato - Kenmore West, 2008

Barry Mason - Cassadaga Valley, 2010

Chris Hoak - St. Francis, 2008

 

RIT

Ron Canestro - Nichols, 2010

Brendan Reinert - Starpoint

 

Vassar College

Jonathan Safir - Williamsville North, 2011

 

St. John Fisher

Thad Wier - East Aurora, 2009

Ryan Andrew - Cattaraugus Little Valley, 2010

Peter Notaro - St. Mary's, 2011

Grant Wrap - Frontier, 2009

Jason Norsen - Frontier, 2009

 

NAIA Division 1

Union University

AJ Roberts - Niagara Catholic, 2008

 

 

NAIA Division 2

Daemen College

Devon Dawson - St. Joe's, 2006

Jim Regan - Nichols, 2008

Chandler Williams - McKinley, 2008

Troy Nowak - Orchard Park, 2010

Aaron Davis - North Tonawanda, 2010

Mark Coppola - Williamsville South, 2010

 

Houghton

Michael Bova - Westfield, 2011

Chris Enlow - Panama, 2011

 

 

NJCAA

Monroe College (Bronx)

Davon Marshall - Niagara Falls, 2010

 

NCCC

Tyler Trusdell - Wilson, 2011

Connor Vandegriff - Nichols, 2010

Lorenzo Joseph - Niagara Catholic, 2010

Dave Pascucci - Niagara Falls, 2011

Vince Kazmierczak - St. Mary's, 2010

Marc Morreale - Lew-Port, 2011

Jake Hughes - Niagara Wheatfield, 2011

Jerome Matthews - Niagara Catholic

 

ECC

Darale Young - OTC/MEC, 2010

Shannon Haynes - Lockport, 2010

 

JCC - Jamestown Campus

Kenny Stokes - Niagara Falls, 2010

Corey Raymond - Frewsburg, 2011

 

JCC - Cattaraugus Campus

Ryan Carney - Olean, 2010

 

Monroe CC

Marcus Feagin - Niagara Falls, 2011

Isaiah Jefferson - Riverside, 2010

   

Alfred State

Darin Butts - Jamestown, 2011

Antonio Avery - McKinley, 2011

Kadeem Hillman - I-Prep @ Grover, 2011

 

 

  

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Random Smatterings - Round 3

 The Aquinas Lil Irish have an actual irish adult little person dressed as a leprechaun, and during timeouts, the team's mascot would come on the court to invoke the crowd.  I think more schools should use real mascots.  Hopefully schools like Maple Grove, Timon, or JFK read this and take action.

 

Grand Island freshman Quinn Carey scored a game-high 25 points in a 62-57 loss to North Tonawanda.

 

Depew trailed Springville 7-0, before a 26-0 run propelled the Wildcats to a 61-34 win.

 

Blake Fisher of Iroquois tied the school record for 3-pointers in a game with six, as the Chiefs defeated Lake Shore, 69-60.

 

At the MLK Classic against City Honors, a Lackawanna guard brought the ball a few feet over half court and as his defender sagged off of him, Steelers' coach Tim Foley called out to his guard "don't pick up your dribble".  The dribble was picked up, almost on cue, and the player was trapped.  Foley had a seat next to him waiting for the player. 

 

Lamont Little had 22 points, 14 rebounds, and seven assists to lead Riverside past Bennett, 60-48.

 

During the Section V thriller between Aquinas and Bishop Kearney, AQ guard Jahmahl Pardner and BK guard Antwoine Anderson were near the sideline, awaiting an inbounds pass.  Some AQ fans yelled to Pardner, "make him go right, he can't go right, he has no right".  Anderson turned to the fans, and with a wink and a smile, said "I know".

 

Aaron Frasier scored 29 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished eight assists in MST Seneca's 76-75 win over I-Prep.

 

Jesse Lalka became Tonawanda's all-time leading scorer with a 21-point effort in the Warriors 46-41 win at Lackawanna.

 

At the MLK Classic, I watched a player do the slap the ground thing, to indicate he was really going to D-up.  Then the guy he was guarding blew past him, scored, and drew a foul.  What's up with the ground slap anyway?

 

East Aurora senior Stan Wier scored 28 points and ripped 20 boards to will his Blue Devils past OTC/MEC in overtime, 68-61.

 

Riverside big man Mike Leonard had 16 rebounds and 11 blocks in the Frontiers' 68-63 win against Hutch-Tech.

 

OTC/MEC coach Randall Rich needs a normal sized dry erase board.  He brought a massive board that needed a tripod to prop it up to the MLK Classic.  It had to be placed sideways between chairs during the game and served as a partition between two players.

 

Justin Bangert had 19 points and 15 rebounds, both career-highs, to lead Williamsville North past Clarence, 68-59.

 

If Olean doesn't lose again before March, what would St. Mary's have to do to move past them in the small school poll?  If they had beaten Canisius?  If they win at Timon?

 

Milton's Shaquille Johnson dunked seven times against Niagara Falls, in going 9-11 from the floor.  Three of those dunks are the top three dunks I've ever seen in a high school game.  They included a take-off from the free throw line, a windmill, and a soaring two-hander where his face was level with the rim before throwing it down.

 

Stan Wier was awarded "McShea is God 2012 POY" after being named 2nd Team All-WNY in 2010.  Congratulations to Stan.  Only one spot remains on his first team next  to Wier, Aaron White, Jonathan Lewis, and Sterling Taplin. 

 

 

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Class A2 Sectionals

Dates and times of postseason games for both Section VI and the MMAA can be found here.

 

1st Round

(12) Albion 46, (13) Springville 45

 

Pre-Quarterfinals

(8) Riverside 91, (9) East Aurora 48

(5) Lew-Port 81, (12) Albion 46

(7) Depew 70, (10) Burgard 47

(6) Olean 70, (11) Pioneer 35

 

Quarterfinals

(8) Riverside 60, (1) Maryvale 58

(4) Cheektowaga 50, (5) Lew-Port 44

(2) East 89, (7) Depew 50

(6) Olean 52, (3) Amherst 37

 

Semifinals @ Buffalo State

(8) Riverside 58, (4) Cheektowaga 42

(2) East 66,  (6) Olean 56

 

Class A2 Final @ Buffalo State

(2) East 58, (8) Riverside 45

 

2011 Section VI Class A2 Champions - East Panthers

 

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Classifications & Leagues

    Class AA                                                                         Class A1

    Niagara Falls - NFL                                                       Hamburg - ECIC II

    Lancaster - ECIC I                                                         Sweet Home - ECIC II

    Lockport - NFL                                                               Williamsville East - ECIC II

    Frontier - ECIC I                                                            Kenmore East - NFL

    Clarence - ECIC I                                                           Hutch-Tech - Yale Cup I

    Orchard Park - ECIC I                                                 Bennett - Yale Cup I

    Jamestown - ECIC I                                                      Grand Island - NFL

    Kenmore West - NFL                                                   Williamsville South - ECIC II

    Williamsville North - ECIC I                                     Lafayette - Yale Cup I

    West Seneca West - ECIC I                                        Iroquois - ECIC II

    North Tonawanda - NFL                                             West Seneca East - ECIC II

    Niagara Wheatfield - NFL                                           Starpoint - ECIC II

    McKinley - Yale Cup I                                                   Lake Shore - ECIC III

 

    Class A2                                                                          Class B1

    Amherst - ECIC III                                                        Tonawanda - ECIC IV

    Riverside - Yale Cup I                                                   Lackawanna - ECIC IV

    Buffalo East - Yale Cup I                                              Newfane - N-O

     Albion - N-O                                                                     Dunkirk - CCAA I

    Lew-Port - NFL                                                                 Alden - ECIC IV

    Cheektowaga - ECIC III                                               Medina - N-O

    Pioneer - ECIC III                                                          Eden - ECIC IV

    Maryvale - ECIC III                                                       JFK - ECIC IV

    Burgard - Yale Cup I                                                      Buffalo Arts - Yale Cup II

    South Park - Yale Cup I                                                Akron - N-O

    Olean - CCAA I                                                                 Roy-Hart - N-O

    East Aurora - ECIC III

    Springville - ECIC III

    Depew - ECIC III

 

    Class B2                                                                      Monsignor Martin

    Fredonia - CCAA I                                                         Canisius - A

    Cleveland Hill - ECIC IV                                             St. Joe's - A

    Emerson - Yale Cup II                                                 Bishop Timon-St. Jude - A

    City Honors - Yale Cup II                                          St. Francis - A

    Southwestern - CCAA I                                               St. Mary's - B

    Wilson - N-O                                                                    Cardinal O'Hara - B

    Gowanda - CCAA I                                                         Nichols - B

    Falconer - CCAA I                                                          Niagara Catholic - B

    Allegany-Limestone - CCAA I                                  Archbishop Walsh - B

    CSAT - N-O

    Cassadaga Valley - CCAA II

 

    Class C                                                                             Class D

    Salamanca - CCAA II                                                   Pine Valley - CCAA III

    Oracle Charter - Independent                                  Brocton - CCAA III

    OTC Middle College - Yale Cup II                          North Collins - CCAA III

    Maritime Charter - Independent                            Ellicottville - CCAA IV

    Holland - ECIC IV                                                         Forestville - CCAA IV

    I-Prep at Grover - Yale Cup II                                 Panama - CCAA IV

    Silver Creek - CCAA II                                                Olmsted - Yale Cup II

    Cattaraugus-Little Valley - CCAA II                      Sherman - CCAA IV

    Tapestry Charter - Independent                             Clymer - CCAA IV

    Randolph - CCAA II                                                      West Valley - CCAA IV

    Frewsburg - CCAA II                                                     Ripley - CCAA IV

    Portville - CCAA II

    Westfield - CCAA III

    Buffalo Science Charter - Independent

    Maple Grove - CCAA III

    MST Prep at  Seneca - Yale Cup II

    Chautauqua Lake - CCAA III

    Franklinville - CCAA III

    Barker - N-O