While the weather outside is frightful, the basketball looks to be delightful this season. CSC got underway last week while the Tri Valley tips off this week. Plenty of good action lies ahead. We've seen so far that Cooperstown's boys and girls will be a force. West Canada is looking to continue from last season success, but then again, aren't both their teams always good? Mt. Markham is unbeaten early this season as is Proctor. However the Raiders lost a ton to graduation. The young kids will have to step up and support Deandre Preaster this season. In the Trivalley, New Hartford and Notre Dame lost key players to graduation. However both programs know how to win so expect them to be back. Watch out for VVS. Hall of fame coach Al Knapp is excited about this bunch. On the ladies side of things, New Hartford and Whitesboro will come to play no question.
What do you think? Just because I didn't mention your team doesn't mean they aren't on radar. Give us your thoughts. We'll blog once a week but I'll answer posts every day.
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After attending Friday night’s girl’s basketball game of Holland Patent at VVS, I began to realize that, yes folks, we’re in for another action-packed basketball season! What an exciting contest between what seemed at first to be a less than stellar beginning (VVS led after an uneventful 1st quarter, 12-6). Holland Patent went on to pick it up after a slow start, scoring 52 points in the game and squeaking by with 52-49 victory. VVS always has a large crowd on hand, and believe me, when it came down to the nitty gritty, the fans were LOUD. With 4 seconds left in the 4th quarter, the game was tied at 49-49. Holland Patent had the ball under their own basket and in-bounded after a timeout. While I assume everyone was thinking that the ball was going to WMCR’s (Oneida radio station) player-of-the game Jen Lighthall (HP), VVS did a great denying her the ball on the in-bound. Instead, the ball went directly to Holland Patent’s Lauren Marleau on the wing and she drained a 3-pointer with less than one second remaining. After not being able to hear yourself think for the last two minutes of the 4th quarter, you could hear a pin drop in the place! Wow!
For VVS, Stepfanie Peck (12 points) and Kasey Robb (17 points) were both strong inside. VVS also seemed to dominate with both offensive and defensive rebounds. For Holland Patent, Lauren Marleau had a game high 18 points (and the game winning shot). Senior Jen Lighthall, despite being VVS’s primary “target” on defense added 13, while Karlene Freiermuth had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Again, exciting TVL match-up between two hard-working teams….great game called by the officials, excellent plays called by both coaches (HP- Coach Ferris, VVS- Coach Thomas) down the stretch, and mad props to the fans for showing so much support (even a lot of JV players from both teams and their parents stuck around to watch the varsity game). These are two teams that might turn some heads this season in what appears to be another tough Tri-Valley League, despite significant losses (due to graduation) for just about every team in the league.
big game tonight n.h. at wboro you have to come and see this warrior team, and i mean team. they play team ball and play well together,this year they can go deep into sectionals and beyond i believe. good luck warriors see u there.
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