Well the snow knocked out one day of games, and left us with just a single Patroon Conference game and a handfull of local C.H.V.L. games leading up to the big slate of contests on Friday. Here's a look at the games that went on Monday and Tuesday.
TUESDAY
Doane Stuart at New Lebanon
The Tigers continue to impress with their early season play as they improved to 2-0 in league play. Although Doane Stuart is no powerhouse a 54-34 win for New Lebanon is still impressive. The Tigers used an 8-1 second quarter to propel them to victory.
Junior big man Bryan Potter continues to improve scoring 25 points after starting the year with 15. Potter impressed with a 3 of 3 performance from the free throw line and knocked down a pair of three's. Mike Gavrity added 8 and Todd Ferguson scored 7 in the win.
Rensselaer at Greenville
The Rams improved to 3-0 in the Patroon after a 73-62 win on the road. Rensselaer built a 7 point lead after one quarter but it was cut to one heading into the half. A strong second however pushed the Rams to the win.
Chris Britt led the Rams in scoring yet again going for 20. A trio of other Rams also hit double digits with Jarrid Wilkinson scoring 17 while Mico Perez-De Los Santos and Marquel Fallen each scored 11.
Ross Bentley led Greenville with 15 points while teammate John Hicks added 13.
Germantown at Hawthorne Valley
In what seemed like a lopsided game played at Columbia Greene Community College turned into a game that was played tighter than the final score indicated. The Clippers took a 26-2 lead after just one quarter and added 8 more points to their lead heading to the half. The Wildcats came out furiously in the second half playing the entire 16 minutes like the game was hanging in the balance. Against both Clippers subs and starters the Wildcats played with heart outscoring Germantown by 17 in the second half but it was not enough as the Clipps held on for the 63-48 win.
Cody Broast hit 3 field goals, 3 three pointers and 3 free throws scoring a game high 18 points for the Clipps. Daniel Thomas added 12 points on 2 field goals, 2 three's and 2 free throws. Seven other Clippers made their way into the scoring column.
For Hawthorne Valley Christian Peterson finished with 13 points while Emil DeJong and Sjaak Smeele each scored 11. Allan Gallardo added 7 in the loss for the Wildcats.
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THURSDAY
Hawthorne Valley at New Lebanon
I loved the heart and hustle from the Wildcats against G-Town but they lack the creative scoring prescense to be a consistent threat. Then again if they play as hard as they did in the second half for a whole game, they could be tough for any team with their intensity and length. Still it looks to be like the Tigers have some pieces in place to have a nice year.
New Lebanon 65 -Hawthorne Valley 44
FRIDAY
Coxsackie Athens at Taconic Hills
The Titans are hurting this year, I like Chris Filli inside, Mike Jacobsen can shoot, they've got some youth but this just isn't a dangerous team. If they are going to get a win this year I think it'll be against Greenville. The Indians are better than people think, I was shocked they lost as bad as they did against ICC. Nate Tailleur is tall and long and can really score and Austin Simmons is a monster inside. They do need consistent play from their guards though to become more of a threat.
CA 60 - TH 39
Greenville at Maple Hill
The Spartans have a lot of bodies who play per their usual and a lot of size but don't have that great player. It's been a long while since they had that dominant guy, probably since Albe Hulick. Andrew Clark and Will Grimmond were both quality guys and they couldn't lead the Spartans any higher up the ranks so I don't see how this team could be better. They have a big guy in Bentley who can shoot it, they'll need more than that against Maple Hill. The Wildcats have the perfect ingredients to be a good team....confidence, good coach, uptempo style, hard nosed defense, a dominant big man (Sean Danaher), a good point guard (Dominic Prinzo) and a good scorer on the wing (David Briggs)
Greenville 55 - MH 73
Cairo Durham at Catskill
A defensive minded team against an offensive oriented squad. C-D lost Hunter Phillips their scorer and Piano their point guad but have some solid holdovers in Zimmerman, McGeever and the Halligon boys. Still they struggled at times to score last year and that was with Phillips. You know they'll be well coached and they are going to bring it on the defensive side but I think the Cats have just too much fire power (Taylor, Hall, Forrester) and size (Jones) in this one.
CD 50 - Cat 62
Hudson at Rensselaer
Hudson is 0-2 and really needs a win, the Rams are 3-0 and looking very good early on as they always do. Hudson has lots of talent (but not Jacori Anderson, who's not playing this year) but have lacked consistenty and also had to play the league's top 2 teams (ICC and MH) to open their season. The Rams got an easy one with Greenville but proved their worth over two pretty good teams in Cairo and Chatham. A lot of players doing good things for the Rams this year but the key is to stop Chris Britt. Hudson has the athletes to do that and they've got some kids that can score too like Jeff Crank and Larell Roberts. A big key will be a matchup up undersized, ultra quick football stars who play point guard for their teams, Nevin Sheldon and Mico Perez-De los Santos. I think Hudson is more talented top to bottom, but I think the Rams have the best player on the court and are really well coached. I'll go with Hudson only because I think they know how badly they need to avoid falling to 0-3.
Hud 71 - Rens 66
ICC at Chatham
This game could have been a match up of two of the elites if Josh Keyes had decided to play basketball instead of Indoor track. As it stands Chatham lost a close one to Rensselaer but still return some solid players. Brandon Johnson and Ian McGrath have both played well so far for Chatham, some other guys have been decent, Acheson needs to be better for them to reach their full potential but it's on Will Gauthier to take this team to the next level. He's tall and long and very athletic for a point guard. He shoots, he defensds, drives, dishes and rebounds, basically as a junior he's the best player in the league and has to carry this team night in and night out. ICC on the other hand is as well balanced as they come. Any given night seniors Chris Larm, Derick Horn or Josh Ingham could lead them in scoring, with the other two probably in double digits as well. Senior big man Tanner Wolfe is becoming more productive by the day and junior point guard Mitchell Niemeyer runs this offense to perfection and hit's threes. ICC is extremely well coached, always prepared and play that brutal (for opposing offenses) zone. If Gauthier can have a monster game and Johnson and Acheson battle downlow Chatham has a shot, but even then I think it's a long shot.
ICC 70 - Cha 57
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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