Joe Caffrey,
Coughlin H. S
basketball coach and the President of the Wyoming Valley Boys Basketball
Coaches Association conducted the meeting. We thank Joe for his fine
hospitality in inviting pahoops.org to cover the meeting and for information
he provided for this article.
Mike Joseph,
Hazleton
(4th year)
His team was the choice of the coaches as the team to beat in the Wyoming
Valley Conference. We saw Hazleton this summer at the
Steller Tournament.
The Program
-a buffet of pizza, subs and wings
-introductions by Association
President Joe Caffrey
-Frank Majikes, the District 2 Chairperson provided a review of the new procedure for the administering a foul shot this year. The referee who calls the foul will go to the scorers table will his call and at the same time answer any questions by the coaches on the call. This is a new point of emphasis.
-Walter Allabaugh announced plans for the Dr. Walter Moses post season Senior All-Star Game which is tentative for March 31-he pointed out that the schools will get early dismissal at noon on that date.
-presentations by the various coaches about their upcoming team and their
view on the season
-a review of the Associations "Coaches vs Cancer" program on December 29-30
by Crestwood coach Mark Atherton
Pre Season Consensus Picks
by the coaches:
Division
1- Hazleton
Division
2- Holy Redeemer
Division
3- Myers
Division 4- Northwest
Paul BrownGAR Memorial Grenadiers
He has been on the coaching staff for the GAR basketball program since 1979! He suggested more photo coverage for the athletes.
Meeting
Headquarters
Patte's Sports Bar Wilkes-Barre
We suggest you try their pasta fagioli soup!!
Coach Bill Callihan
Hanover
He likes Myers and Nanticoke in his division.
Dave Konopki
Times-Leader
Sportwriter
Was one of the media people to cover the annual meeting. He provided some of the clarification details for this report. Thanks Dave!
C. J. Kersey
Wyoming Seminary
Northwest and
Seminary were the choice of favorite by some of the Division Four coaches
The Wyoming Valley Boy's Coaches Association is to be congratulated for their organization, its ability to bring the coaches together and their sense of purpose in working against cancer. Basketball in Pennsylvania needs more strong coaches organizations. In recent years, basketball has been losing ground in our state due to the heavy influence of the football coaches association, and our season is shortened. See Basketball Season Gets Shorter
Bill Gaffey for pahoops.org
Division I - Hazleton Area (4A), Crestwood (3A), Tunkhannock (3A), Wyoming Valley West (4A), Pittston Area (3A).
Division II - Holy Redeemer (3A), Coughlin (3A), Dallas (3A), Berwick (3A), and Wyoming Area (3A).
Division III - GAR (2A), Hanover Area (2A), Meyers (2A), Nanticoke Area (3A) and Lake-Lehman (3A).
Division IV - Northwest (2A), Wyoming Seminary (2A), MMI Prep (A), West Side Vo-Tech (2A), and St. Michaels (A)
(Thanks to Dave Konopki for this breakdown)