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New York High School Basketball

2011-2012 Season-           
email Jim Gaffey at jtgaffey@yahoo.com

Three pointers make a difference:
-Mike Granato, Auburn
averaging 18.9 points per game is also the area's leading 3-point shooter with 25 treys. (Citizen)
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Vestal 57, Corning 56: Erik Kerns sank a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining to give Vestal the victory at Corning. (1/13/12, stargazette)
Last years high:
10- Zach Allen, Sackets Harbor Central,
 during Sackets Harbor's 84-56 Frontier League victory over Lyme, 12/10
The state record:
Quincy Douby of Grady High in Brooklyn had 18 3s in a December 2001 game.  (Credit: John Schiano)

Leading scorer:
44-Breanna Stewart, Cicero
had  44 points in a 62-52 win vs. Hill (Pottstown, Pa.) in the Blue Star Invitational in Fort Washington, Pa
(East Coast Index)
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Triboro Christian 54, Twin Tiers Christian 41, Tyler McQuaid had 25 points for Twin Tiers Christian. (1/13/12, stargazette)
-Chandler Benson, Moravia
, they defeated Whitney Point and Chandler had a double-double. He scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds.  (Citizen)
last years high: 50-John Wallace, Greece Athena
 had 50 points ( breaking his Dads record at the same school , Greece Athena High school in Rochester) The game in which he scored his 50 had four overtime periods.
 

Foul Shooting:
Honeoye Falls-Lima
defeated Kearney 54-49.  Karley Fanning was 10-for-11 from the free-throw line for 20 points for Kearney. (1/13/12, Democrat&Chronicle)

Elite College  Exposure Shootout
Application
Auburn, New York
for May 26, 2012
info: call Jim Gaffey 315-252-6540




NEW YORK STATE SHOOTOUTS

 The UPSTATE NEW YORK HOOPS SHOWCASE will be held at Nazareth College in Rochester New York. The girls event took place Oct. 9. The boys event will take place Sunday, Oct. 23. For more information visit   info@hoops-showcase.com

The KNAPP BASKETBALL EXPOSURE SHOOTOUT will be held at Vernon Verona Sherrill High School. The boys took the court Oct. 9, with the girls taking the floor Sunday October 23. For more information visit www.knappbasketball.com.

New York Leaderboard
Editor, Jim Gaffey, jtgaffey@yahoo.com


the next
College Exposure
Elite Shootouts

 Find an application HERE
Auburn 2011 Games Schedule HERE

 



(Fabius girls at last year's shootout)

Elite College  Exposure Shootout
Application
Auburn, New York
for May 26, 2012
info: call Jim Gaffey 315-252-6540

 

Shootout Application
Pennsylvania  for April 1, 2012

Shootout Application
New York  for May 26, 2012


Scouting Service Shootout Reports:
Last year:
in Auburn,
May 22, 2011 (New York)


Our fall Shootout:
 Oct 9, 2011 (Pennsylvania)

 

(Photo last year at shootout)

The Auburn Citizen newspaper has listed the boys area top 3 point shooters as follows: Granato, Auburn 25, Atkinson, Skaneateles, 24; Giannettino, Port Byron,21; Keysor, Cato Meridian,18; Forbes, Weedsport 12 ; Barron Skaneateles 11; Garrigan, Cato Meridian 10; Courtney, Auburn, 10; Anderson, Port Byron, 8; Smart, Jordan Elbridge,8  (Jan 18, 2012)

Coach Lee Fisher now has 500 wins!.  Charlotte Valley H S in Davenport beat Worcester 52-28 in overtime in the first round of the Lee Fisher Tournament.  Fisher coached Charlotte Valley from 1964 to 1990 and then returned in 2002. (Daily Star)
 Hannah Kimmel, Harpursville senior, had 36-points in a 67-45 Midstate Athletic Conference victory over Unadilla Valley to become the all-time leading female scorer in the county.   The record had been held by Megan Shay of Candor, who scored 2,205 from 2000-2005. No. 2 on the list had been Stefanie Collins, who closed with 2,204 upon 2001 graduation from Odessa-Montour.  (Kevin Stevenskstevens@gannett.com• January 12, 2011)
Lindsay Kimmel (Harpursville) had 2,082 career points while Hannah Kimmel has committed to play at Sacred Heart. 



LeMoyne College
 New York  2010 August Team Camp
(8//7/10)
 pahoops story   HERE

(left) Event co-ordinator, Coach Steve Evans and Jim Gaffey (right)  covering the event for the New York State Leaderboard

 




OCC "Lazers" Future Stars Basketball Camp
-  Syracuse (9/13/10) (l to r) Johnny Davis, the Assistant Coach at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, Jim Gaffey (visiting OCC for the New York State Leaderboard), and Dave Pasiak, the Interim Athletic Director and Head Basketball coach at Onondaga Community College. 

Bishop Grimes "Cobra" Basketball Camp
East Syracuse (NY)  Aug 9-13, 2010

(l to r) Dominic Carnie (5th grade), Jon Carnegie (2013) Bishop Grimes H S, and James Hewitt, all at the Bishop Grimes Basketball Camp, more HERE

 
 

Justin Rasbett               Steph Pisacano
Washingtonville                  Mattituck

 
New York, Class of 2012-Players to Watch
Andover, Tyler Whitesell
Archbishop Walsh (Olean), Ryan Whelpley, Deon Gayton,  Marcus Clarke
Binghamton, Tiahnna Mills
Bishop Gibbons, Fran Kiliniski
(shootout), Pat Caruso (shootout)
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY, Warren Anderson

Charter School for Applied Tech
(Buffalo),  Desmond Lamar, Justin Black
Chautauqua Lake, Dan Gleason, Jason McMahon
Christ The King, Omar Calhoun
Chenango Valley, Robert Heller
Clevelandhill, Jerome Ross, Dorrell Benton
Corning East, Elyssa LeBaron
CUBA-RUSHFORD, Taylor Rose,  Rob Wight
Bishop Grimes (Syracuse),
Amelia Heiselman
East Aurora, Stan Wier
FRANKLINVILLE, Tom Olver, Joel Hyman
Frewsburg-Gage Bird
Grand Island, Makallie Banker
Harmer (Bronx), Kevin Harmer
Hampton Bays,
Jessie Egner
HINSDALE, Dan Krawczyk


Quincell Rahmings
Indian River, NY
2012

Holland, Candis Kapusinski
Indian River,
 
Quincell Rahmings (shootout), Kalib Parker (shootout)
Jamestown, Jaysean Paige(hon mention div 1)
Jasper-Troupsburg, Allycia Leach,  Mike Wooldridge
Jay (Cross River), Raegan Knox
Lansing,  Colby McCartney
Peekskill, Asia Jackson
Maxwell Vo-Tech (Brooklyn), Ervin Mitchell
Medina, Maggie Balcerzak
Moore Catholic (Staten Island), Christiana Rubin
Mynderse Academy,  Dylan Verkey
Notre Dame of Utica, Delancey Buckley, Haley Sehring
Panama
, Nick Lenart(1st team div 3 as soph-on pace to break school scoring record),
PIONEER, Zack Hyman
PORTVILLE, Xavier Harris, Mike Querrio, Chris Querrio

Michael Kyarunts
Williamsville East, Buffalo
2012

Ramapo, David Haye
Seton Catholic Central, Tom Torto
St. Mary's, Glen Hefter
(shootout)
Tyburn Academy (Auburn),
Cody Cottrell
Tappen Zee, Regina Argenzio, Valerie DiMuro

Watkins Glen, Taylor Chaffee
Whitehead, Emily Brubaker
Williamsville East, Michael Kyarunts  (shootout)

New York, Class of 2013-Players to Watch
Archbishop Walsh (Olean), Matthew Bysiek
Ardsley, Toni Pilla
Albany Academy, Darrien White
Albertus Magnus, Maeve Parahus
American International (NYC), Niv Konfino
Camden Central, Emily Roser
Cazenovia, Margret Carpenter, Kaitlyn Gerber
Dalton School, Connor Jacobson, Parker Lalonde


Player of the year-

Past winners:
2008 --Ben Cronin, Henninger
2007 -- Deandre Preaster, Utica Proctor
2006 -- Deandre Preaster, Utica Proctor
2005 -- Greg Paulus, CBA
2004 -- Andray Blatche, Henninger
2003 -- Greg Paulus, CBA
2002 -- Chris Turner, Henninger
2001 -- Matt Gorman, Watertown
2000 -- Lataiva Escho, Henninger
1999 -- Paul Seymour, Liverpool
1998 -- Scott Ungerer, Westhill
1997 -- Maurice Brown, Henninger
1996 -- Maurice Brown, Henninger
1995 -- Tom Drumm, Bishop Grimes
(Credit: Syracuse Post Standard)

Edgemont (Scarsdale), Brittni Lai
Finney, Danny Drummond
FRIENDSHIP, Devon Butler
Great Neck North, Ben Batash
Greene Central, Ryan Borst
(shootout)
Horace Greeley, Teddy Graves
Indian River, Emily Kuba
Ithaca,
Taylor DePalma:
Jasper-Troupsburg, Kelsey Button, Lisa Kerrigan
Mahopac, Corinne Florie, Catherine Cazzari
Mary Louis Academy, Karin Robinson
Maxwell Vo-Tech (Brooklyn), Jawel Curry
Mt. Vernon, Gordon Labirdia

 Top 100 Showcase (10/2/10)

(left) Jim Gaffey covering the event for the New York State Leaderboard,  (right) Showcase Director, Shawn Pudney.  Shawn has been the Coach and President of Syracuse Select Basketball since 1997, photos HERE
Mynderse Academy, Brandon Passalacqua
Nanuet, Lisa Kahn, Morgan Miller
North Babylon, Brittany Milan, Deidre Carter
Notre Dame of Utica, Jordan Morgan
Ossining, Daniella Gervacio, Saniya Chong
Rush-Henrietta, Bay Barley
ELLICOTTVILLE, Storm Wilson
Saugerties Sr, Dylan Hill
(shootout)
Scio, Ryan Wallace

Sutherland, Kayli O'Keefe
Union Endicott, Robert Malvasio
Upper Room Christian School, Jerell Smith, Brian Wilson
Watkins Glen (NY), Brady Myers
Wings Academy, Anissa Pagan, Karen Bellamy
Wyandanch, Jalicia Robonson, Lorenza Birt

On August 11, 2010 Jim Gaffey visited the OCC "Lazers" Future Stars Basketball Camp at Ononoaga Community College and chats here with  John Meehan (Note) Mr. Meehan's dad was John "Chick" Meehan who was inducted into the Greater Syracuse Hall of Fame in 2001.  He was named the "Top Basketball Player" in Central NY in 1941!

New York, Class of 2014-Players to Watch
Andes Central, Mirah Ruff
Aquinas Institute/Rochester,
Navaar Poole
Chautauqua Lake, Kyle Mayer, Ian Clute
Greece Athena, Joey Wallace
Notre Dame of Utica, Emily 'durr
Margot Hetzke, Penfield H S
Scio,
Devon Green
Liz Greendyke, Sutherland H S

 

New York, Class of 2015-Players to Watch
Auburn, Anna Giannone
Chautauqua Lake, AJ Hulton, John Piper
Eleanor Roosevelt (NYC), Jacob Rothstein
Elmira Notre Dame,
Darius Garvin
LaGuardia (NYC), Phillip Yellen

North Babylon
, Lauren Williams, Charise Wilson
Randolph, McKenna Maycock

To have players added, Send information to: wgaffey@pa.net

 

Players to Watch,  March of 1969
Auburn(NY) CYO All-Stars

Can you identify any of these all-stars?
Standing, #34 is John Friedel, St. Aloysius-
jfriedel33@yahoo.com

 


Credits: UticaOD.com,   Ken Ricker,   harrisaau@aim.com, Chris Dole



SHOOTOUT APPLICATION  HERE


Coaching Milestones-
-Red Hook beat Millbrook, 76-42, making Rod Chando the winningest coach in Section IX  history with a mark of 561-173. Chando eclipsed the win total of retired Highland Falls O'Neill coach Jerry Kaplan.

-Vernon-Verona-Sherrill coach Al Knapp recorded his 520th career win, tying the Section III record, with a 52-36 victory over New Hartford.
(Credit: Maxi Preps)



The New York State Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations (NYSFSSAA) is comprised of all four (4) High School Athletic Association in New York State.  These members include the New York State Public High School Athletic (PHSAA), the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA), the Public Schools Athletic Association of New York City (PSAL), and the Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association (AISAA).
The champions of each of these associations in three (3) classifications (AA - A - B) go on to compete in the New York State Federation Tournament of Champions.  These championships comprise both the boys and girls teams and are held each March at the Glens Falls Civic Center.



Girl's New York State   2,000 Point Club
Beth Record, Red Jacket (1997 graduate): 2,895 points
Jamie Burke, Prattsburgh (1994): 2,458 points
Christina Volpe, Batavia Notre Dame (1999): 2,353 points
Sandy Mitchell, Waterloo (1994): 2,270 points
Robin Rink, Arkport (1997): 2,205 points
Merrick Volpe, Clyde-Savannah (2006): 2,136 points
Carlee Cassidy (Westhill) 2001-2006--2,124
Meghan Dahlman, Nazareth (2003): 2,085 points
Trish Raniewicz, Mercy (1999): 2,067 points
Becky Ayers, Canandaigua (2001): 2,059 points
Jodie Dineen, Canisteo (2000): 2,055 points
Chrystal Starling (Nottingham) 1993-98--2,052
Lauren Foster, Jasper-Troupsburg (2004): 2,047 points
Nikki Jo Rotolo (RFA) 2002-2006--2,028

Maddy Brown, Honeoye Falls-Lima (2005): 2,017 points
Megan Shay Candor,  2,005
Stephanie Collins Odessa  2,001
Caitlin Howe, Fairport (2002): 2,001 points
Greece Arcadia, Megan Shonikerhe ??
Michelle Kirk Corning West  1,945
Credits:
Syracuse Post-Standard,   Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,  06-07



Voting for the "Wackiest Game" includes the 115-111 East Rochester loss to Salesian (CA)  poll HERE
--Rochester Chronicle game story found
HERE

 

 

2009-2019 New York State Boy's Ranking- for Classes A, B, C, and D

 

2009-2010 New York State Girl's Rankings- for Classes A, B, C, and D
 

NYSPHSAA Tournament...March 19 - 21, 2010


2009-2010 Season
Three pointers (at least 7):

1/3/10, Jasmine McClendon hit the game winning 3-pointer as East Irondequoit edged Pittsford Mendon 54-53
12/11/09, RCCA 50, Freedom Village 47: A deep 3-point goal by Edison Armstrong that narrowly beat the regulation buzzer tied the semifinal game at 40.
12/4/09, Corning East knocked down 14 3-pointers, including four by Samantha Crane, as the Trojans downed Harpursville 67-49 Friday in their season opener.



Forty or more in one game:
1/29/10, Raegan Ryan junior point guard for 17th ranked Canisteo scored 42 points Thursday nite in a 62-37 win over Arkport.  (Credit: harrisaau@aim.com)

1/2/10,
Senior guard Nick Billow scored a school-record 43 points for Pittsford Mendon in its 75-58 win over Monroe.  (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

1/3/10, Raegan Ryan of Canisteo-Greenwood had 35 in the 63-58 overtime victory over Jasper-Troupsburg

Foul Shooting:
12/12/09
, Chenango Valley's Tom Hull scored 17 points with 11-for-11 free throw shooting.

 Basketball Camp and Basketball Shootout Information,   find more information  HERE

Section 5 website,  http://www.sectionvbasketball.com

Central New York, http://highschoolsports.syracuse.com/school/

New York Media Coverage
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle  HERE
UticaOD.com  HERE       Jamestown Post Journal  HERE

The Ithaca Journal  HERE    Syracuse Post Standard HERE
Buffalo News HERE    Elmira Star Gazette HERE
Metro Hoops Link- http://www.metrohoops.com

Binghamton Press Connects

High School Boys Basketball (100 teams), Syracuse Post Standard

High School Girls Basketball (100) teams, Syracuse Post Standard

The Big 30 teams in the Olean N Y area, Olean Times Herald