Monthly Archives: December 2009

New boys’ basketball state rankings (as of 12/27)

By Kevin Witt | Published: December 31, 2009 | 0 Comments
Rank Class AA Record Prev ===== ==================== ===== ===== 1. Newburgh Free Academy-9 2-0 2. 2. Christ The King-CHSAA 2-0 3. 3. Mount Vernon-1 3-0 4. 4. Bronx JFK-PSAL 8-0 5. 5. Rice-CHSAA 4-1 1. 6. New Rochelle-1 5-0 6. 7. Half Hollow Hills West-11 1-0 7. 8. Albany CBA-2 6-0 8. 9. Bishop Loughlin-CHSAA 4-1 9. 10. Niagara Falls-6 4-1 10. 11. Rush-Henrietta-5 4-0 11. 12. Shenendehowa-2 6-0 12. 13. Poughkeepsie-1 3-0 13. 14. Curtis-PSAL 10-0 14. 15 Rochester Wilson-5 6-0 15 16. Cardozo-PSAL 5-1 16. 17. Jamestown-6 5-0 17. 18. Wadleigh-PSAL 8-3 18. 19. Holy Cross-CHSAA 5-1 19. 20. Syracuse CBA-3 4-0 20. 21. Abraham Lincoln-PSAL 6-2 21. 22. Boys & Girls-PSAL 6-2 23. 23. Uniondale-8 3-1 24. 24. Syracuse Corcoran-3 5-0 NR 25. Longwood-11 4-0 NR                   Class A Record   ===== ==================== ===== ===== 1. Jamesville-DeWitt-3 5-0 1. 2. Buffalo Nichols-AIS 5-0 2. 3. Iona Prep-CHSAA 4-2 4. 4. Long Island Lutheran-AIS 6-1 3. 5. Peekskill-1 3-1 5. 6. South Bronx-PSAL 11-1 6. 7. Bishop Kearney-5 3-1 7. 8. Port Chester-1 5-0 8. 9. Mount St. Michael-CHSAA 6-1 9. 10. Newark-5 4-0 10. 11. Buffalo Canisius-CHSAA 5-1 11. 12. St, John Baptist-CHSAA 5-1 12. 13. Bedford Academy-PSAL 8-1 14. 14. Rockville Centre South Side-8 3-1 15 15 Utica Notre Dame-3 6-1 16. 16. Pittsford Sutherland-5 4-0 17. 17. Buffalo Timon-CHSAA 6-1 18. 18. Westbury-8 3-1 19. 19. Elmira Southside-4 3-0 21. 20. Red Hook-9 5-0 22. 21. Chaminade-CHSAA 4-2 23. 22. Spring Valley-9 2-0 24. 23. Ossining-1 5-0 25. 24. Environmental Studies-PSAL 8-0 NR 25. Cornwall-9 5-1 13.                           Class B Record   ===== ==================== ===== ===== 1. Collegiate-AIS 4-0 1. 2. Pleasantville-1 6-0 2. 3. Binghamton Seton-4 6-0 3. 4. Irvington-1 7-0 4. 5. Burke Catholic-9 7-1 13. 6. Watervliet-2 7-1 6. 7. Lackawanna-6 5-1 7. 8. Olean-6 6-1 9. 9. Bishop Grimes-3 7-0 10. 10. Lawrence-Woodmere-AIS 7-1 8. 11. Briarcliff-1 7-2 11. 12. Fonda-Fultonville-2 4-0 12. 13. Potsdam-10 6-0 14. 14. Southampton-11 4-0 NR 15. Norwich-4 5-1 15                           Class C Record   ===== ==================== ===== ===== 1. Voorheesville-2 5-0 1. 2. Cassadaga Valley-6 6-0 2. 3. Marion-5 7-0 3. 4. Buffalo Middle College-6 4-0 4. 5. West [...]
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State football all-star game finalized

By Kevin Witt | Published: December 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
The top high school senior football players in New York now have another game to play.  The first Upstate-Downstate Senior Classic will be held June 6 at the Syracuse University Carrier Dome, game committee member Greg Sirico said Tuesday.  This game is sort of a spinoff of the former Governors Bowl, where New York and New Jersey [...]
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Chester to retire former baseball coach’s number

By Kevin Witt | Published: December 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
Tony Mancuso, who led Chester to 10 Section 9 tournament appearances in 15 years, will be honored at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at Chester High School. Mancuso coached from 1987-92, then returned in 2000 and remained through the 2008 season. He spent last year as a Pine Bush softball assistant under his son, Mike, whom he coached [...]
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Observations on Dec. 28

By Kevin Witt | Published: December 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
There’s nothing cooler than having the scoring averages on Varsity845 of every kid who touches the ball. There’s nothing un-cooler than not being able to decipher any of it. So I talked to my guy – everybody has a guy, right? Hopefully, we’ll get this straightened out, ASAP. We thank everybody for their participation and [...]
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The first state boys’ basketball rankings

By Kevin Witt | Published: December 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Class AA 1. Rice (NYC) 2. Newburgh Class A 1. Jamesville-DeWitt (Section 3) 15. Cornwall 24. Red Hook Class B 1. Collegiate (AIS) No Section 9 teams ranked…Burke Catholic should be on the cusp, if not actually ranked (They only ranked 15). Class C 1. Voorheesville (Section 2) 14. S.S. Seward Class D 1. South Kortwright (Section 4) 14. Coleman Catholic
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Smashmouth Awards/All-star teams

By Kevin Witt | Published: December 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
If you haven’t checked out the annual Smashmouth Awards, I would encourage you to do so – and vote for your favorites. John Pertel does a great job putting that all together. I just wish there was a way we could get video from every game, every week. It’s going to require some help, and [...]
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