smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

[ckhthankgod]

Sports reference that attended Syracuse's(technically DeWitt) Christian Brothers Academy: https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2019/11/...-the-week.aspx

Another such reference from Westhill HS just west of Syracuse: https://sienasaints.com/sports/women...nna-monds/5563

Also, with the start of the College Basketball season, here are some references at the Division 1 level...

Washington: https://gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9793
https://gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9782 (nephew of rapper Jay-Z)
https://gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9794 (attended McQuaid Jesuit for first 3 years of HS)
Has a lot to do with getting those guys: https://gohuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=4231&path=mbball

Marquette: https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-...-torrence/4699 (attended Syracuse Academy of Science for first 2 years of HS)

https://gomarquette.com/sports/women...lena-lott/4617 (Columbia HS is in the East Greenbush SD)

Vermont: https://uvmathletics.com/sports/mens...hony-lamb/6727
https://uvmathletics.com/sports/mens...ah-powell/6736

Pittsburgh: https://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10381 (attended Irondequoit HS for 3 years)

Monmouth: https://monmouthhawks.com/sports/men...king-rice/2139 (from Binghamton)

Siena: https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...jah-burns/5573 (attended LaSalle Institute in Troy, already has Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Notre Dame)
https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...rdan-king/5636
https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...n-pickett/5580
https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...oni-wyche/1383 (from Ballston Lake and attended Bishop Gibbons in Schenectady, before going on to play at Notre Dame)

Syracuse: https://cuse.com/sports/mens-basketb...h-hughes/17538
https://cuse.com/sports/mens-basketb...shington/17541

Canisius: https://gogriffs.com/sports/mens-bas...itherspoon/843 (attended and coached at Sweet Home HS and coached at UB as well)

https://gogriffs.com/sports/womens-b...son-ricks/5716 (attended Fayetteville-Manlius HS)
https://gogriffs.com/sports/womens-b...a-zeigler/5720
https://gogriffs.com/sports/womens-b...iana-pugh/5717 (dad was a good Football player at Rome Free academy and played on Wagner College's D3 national championship team in the 1980's)

More later...

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Sports reference that attended Syracuse's(technically DeWitt) Christian Brothers Academy: https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2019/11/...-the-week.aspx

Another such reference from Westhill HS just west of Syracuse: https://sienasaints.com/sports/women...nna-monds/5563

Also, with the start of the College Basketball season, here are some references at the Division 1 level...

Washington: https://gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9793
https://gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9782 (nephew of rapper Jay-Z)
https://gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9794 (attended McQuaid Jesuit for first 3 years of HS)
Has a lot to do with getting those guys: https://gohuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=4231&path=mbball

Marquette: https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-...-torrence/4699 (attended Syracuse Academy of Science for first 2 years of HS)

https://gomarquette.com/sports/women...lena-lott/4617 (Columbia HS is in the East Greenbush SD)

Vermont: https://uvmathletics.com/sports/mens...hony-lamb/6727
https://uvmathletics.com/sports/mens...ah-powell/6736

Pittsburgh: https://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10381 (attended Irondequoit HS for 3 years)

Monmouth: https://monmouthhawks.com/sports/men...king-rice/2139 (from Binghamton)

Siena: https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...jah-burns/5573 (attended LaSalle Institute in Troy, already has Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Notre Dame)
https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...rdan-king/5636
https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...n-pickett/5580
https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-...oni-wyche/1383 (from Ballston Lake and attended Bishop Gibbons in Schenectady, before going on to play at Notre Dame)

Syracuse: https://cuse.com/sports/mens-basketb...h-hughes/17538
https://cuse.com/sports/mens-basketb...shington/17541

Canisius: https://gogriffs.com/sports/mens-bas...itherspoon/843 (attended and coached at Sweet Home HS and coached at UB as well)

https://gogriffs.com/sports/womens-b...son-ricks/5716 (attended Fayetteville-Manlius HS)
https://gogriffs.com/sports/womens-b...a-zeigler/5720
https://gogriffs.com/sports/womens-b...iana-pugh/5717 (dad was a good Football player at Rome Free academy and played on Wagner College's D3 national championship team in the 1980's)

More later...

Marist: https://goredfoxes.com/sports/mens-b...-herasme/10688 (Afro-Latino)

https://goredfoxes.com/sports/womens...-kennedy/10714

Buffalo: https://ubbulls.com/sports/mens-bask...-williams/4843 (attended University Prep in Rochester for most of HS years)
https://ubbulls.com/sports/mens-bask...sta-davis/4833

https://ubbulls.com/sports/womens-ba...-hemphill/4858 (also Seneca)
https://ubbulls.com/sports/womens-ba...isha-fair/4867
https://ubbulls.com/sports/womens-ba...-hamilton/4857
https://ubbulls.com/sports/womens-ba...gette-jack/156 (from Syracuse)
https://ubbulls.com/sports/womens-ba...r-estarfaa/160 (went to Maryvale in Cheektowaga)

Niagara: https://purpleeagles.com/sports/mens...ni-thomas/6982

https://purpleeagles.com/sports/wome...el-parker/6751

St. Bonaventure: https://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-b..._dominick_d04y
https://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-b...eze_amadi_ht4d

Cornell: https://cornellbigred.com/sports/men...s-filien/50457 (attended Albany Academy before going to prep school)

https://cornellbigred.com/sports/wom...ina-hill/50327

Albany: [url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=7999&SPSID= 70290]Basketball - M - Roster - UAlbanySports.com

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^More...

Robert Morris: https://rmucolonials.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7151

Howard: https://hubison.com/sports/womens-ba...yla-myles/5763

Seton Hall: https://shupirates.com/sports/mens-b...al-molson/2955 (attended St. Mary's HS in Lancaster before going to prep school)

Bryant: https://www.bryantbulldogs.com/sport...e_charles_1ao2 (attended Christian Brothers Academy and Liverpool, graduating from the latter before going to prep school)

Quinnipiac: https://gobobcats.com/sports/mens-ba...-williams/8103

https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-...mani-free/8208

Hartford: https://www.hartfordhawks.com/roster...15&path=wbball (also attended Syracuse Academy of Science)

Brown: https://brownbears.com/sports/womens...reedlove/10288

Lafayette: https://www.goleopards.com/sports/wo...la-wilson/7673

[ckhthankgod]

^Even more...

Northeastern: https://nuhuskies.com/sports/mens-ba...an-roland/6045

Long Island U.: https://www.liuathletics.com/sports/...la-sanford/170

Indiana State: https://gosycamores.com/sports/women...cece-mayo/5547

Eastern Michigan: https://emueagles.com/sports/womens-...-johnson/12425

Maybe even more later...

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^Continued...

Hofstra: https://gohofstra.com/sports/mens-ba...trueheart/6285

https://gohofstra.com/sports/womens-...a-jackson/1729 (attended Rush-Henrietta and played college ball at HBCU MD-Eastern Shore and Queens College. Her dad, Tim was a long time Boys Basketball coach at Clyde-Savannah, where he attended HS in the late 1970's/grad in 1980)

Stony Brook: https://stonybrookathletics.com/spor...policelli/6176 (played at New Hartford HS for 3 years)

Fordham: https://fordhamsports.com/sports/wom...e-chaffin/9850

Saint Louis: https://slubillikens.com/sports/mens...hn-french/2977 (played for Middletown HS before going to the prep school in Springfield MA) More: https://www.stltoday.com/sports/coll...6d5d62e59.html

Penn: https://pennathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=15836 (attended Albany Academy)

Northern Kentucky: https://nkunorse.com/staff-directory/lester-rowe/248 (attended Lafayette HS in Buffalo and played at West Virginia)

Cincinnati: https://gobearcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9253

Youngstown State: https://www.ysusports.com/sports/mbk...art_donel_b6ux

Tennessee: https://utsports.com/sports/mens-bas...e-gaines/10300
https://utsports.com/sports/mens-bas...nd-oliver/3322 (attended the now closed Lockport DeSales) More: https://www.wbir.com/article/sports/...r/51-528613591

Georgia State: https://georgiastatesports.com/sport...jones-iii/3138 (brother is former NBA #1 pick Greg Oden, who is originally from Buffalo)
https://georgiastatesports.com/staff...y/rob-lanier/9 (attended the now closed Mount St. Joseph in Buffalo, was a head coach at Siena)

Louisville: https://gocards.com/sports/mens-bask...dan-nwora/9621 (attended the Park school in the Snyder portion of Amherst. Preseason ACC Player of the Year. Dad coaches at Erie CC and for Nigerian National Team)

Indiana State: https://gosycamores.com/sports/women...ndra-echi/5546

[ckhthankgod]

Political office references, Syracuse: https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cn...e-in-city.html

Ithaca: https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/...ne/4158192002/

[ckhthankgod]

Just caught this on ESPN in regards to this Williamsville South girls basketball player.

Williamsville South girls basketball star Amari DeBerry commits to UConn: https://buffalonews.com/2019/11/08/w...mits-to-uconn/

So, UConn just got arguably the best girls and boys HS Basketball players in Upstate NY with Andre Jackson next year and this young lady in 2021.

Continued...Northwestern: https://nusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8593 (played for Troy HS before prep school, one brother is Penn State’s all time leading scorer(attended Catholic Central in Troy and Albany’s Bishop Maginn) and another played at Hofstra)
https://nusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8455

New Mexico: https://golobos.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8231&path=mbball

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Continued...

Wake Forest: https://godeacs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5118 (attended Albany’s Christian Brothers Academy before going to prep school)

Hampton: https://hamptonpirates.com/sports/me...on-warren/4478 (attended Bishop Timon/St. Jude in South Buffalo before going to junior college)

Norfolk State: https://nsuspartans.com/sports/women...aire-deas/5131 (I believe her dad was a good Basketball player at Albany HS and played at Florida State)

William & Mary: https://tribeathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9638

George Washington: https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-bas...aceo-jack/6732 (attended Williamsville North before going to prep school. Mom is UB’s women’s basketball head coach(originally from Syracuse))

https://gwsports.com/sports/womens-b...exus-levy/6761

Maryland: https://umterps.com/sports/womens-ba...via-owens/8143

[ckhthankgod]

More, Maryland-Eastern Shore: https://easternshorehawks.com/sports...a-redfern/2247

Mount Saint Mary’s: https://www.mountathletics.com/sport...en_alexis_xb9p

Ohio: https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m...n_michael_otjf
https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m...own_miles_e5u6

[ckhthankgod]

Sports references from the week/weekend...

Watertown area, South Jefferson in Adams: https://www.wwnytv.com/2019/11/07/so...cles-inspires/
Carthage Running Back Finds Home on Football Field: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...all-fombo-azah
Friday Sports: Carthage dominates at the Carrier Dome: https://www.wwnytv.com/2019/11/09/fr...-carrier-dome/
Cyclones look forward to 2nd season in Section X: https://www.wwnytv.com/2019/11/06/cy...son-section-x/

Plattsburgh area: https://www.mynbc5.com/article/eagle...title/29706858

Albany area/Capital Region: https://cbs6albany.com/sports/5th-qu...er-bowl-titles
https://wnyt.com/sports/high-school-...48280/?cat=256
https://wnyt.com/sports/super-bowl-q...48711/?cat=256
https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...for-queensbury
https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...-on-final-play
https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...-class-d-title
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...orts/hs-sports
https://www.news10.com/sports/local-sports/

Hudson Valley/Catskills, Pine Bush Football Dominates Monroe-Woodbury En Route to Sectional Championship: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hu...l-championship
https://www.recordonline.com/photoga...110909994/PH/1
Cornwall Football Overpowers Minisink Valley for 9th Straight Sectional Championship: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hu...-championship-
https://www.recordonline.com/photoga...110809997/PH/1
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hu...ek--amin-woods
Port Jervis Football Stuns Marlboro To Win Section Championship: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hu...n-championship
https://www.recordonline.com/photoga...110909998/PH/1
M-W girls soccer heading back to state Class AA Final Four: https://www.recordonline.com/varsity...-aa-final-four
Ellenville/Tri-Valley: https://www.dailyfreeman.com/sports/...5102d9770.html

Southern Tier(Binghamton/Elmira/Ithaca areas), Union-Endicott and Tioga take home Section IV titles: https://wbng.com/sport/2019/11/08/un...ion-iv-titles/
https://wbng.com/sport/top-sports-st...nals-saturday/
https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/sports/local-sports/
High School - FOX 40 WICZ TV - News, Sports, Weather, Contests & More
https://www.mytwintiers.com/local-sp...ctional-title/
https://www.weny.com/clip/14946866/c...-class-d-title
Hawks edge Express to win Section IV Class AA title: https://www.mytwintiers.com/local-sp...lass-aa-title/
https://www.weny.com/clip/14946545/c...in-over-elmira
Elmira Notre Dame: https://www.the-leader.com/sports/20...ctional-titles

Central NY(Syracuse/Utica-Rome areas), C-NS does it again, claims Sectional Title in thrilling upset win over No. 1 Utica Proctor: https://cnycentral.com/sports/high-s...-utica-proctor
https://www.wktv.com/content/news/11...564718081.html
https://www.localsyr.com/sports/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...ng-past-grimes
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...s-with-1-0-win
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...class-b-final-
https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...-playoffs.html
https://auburnpub.com/sports/high-sc...08b3639da.html
https://www.uticaod.com/sports/20191...g-to-regionals
Frankfort-Schuyler football takes Class D title: https://www.uticaod.com/sports/20191...-class-d-title

Rochester area, Irondequoit and Mercy Earn Girls Volleyball Titles: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ro...rls-volleyball
Fairport shuts out Lancaster, advances to Class AA state semifinals: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...te-semifinals/
Canandaigua, Notre Dame Batavia win sectional titles: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...tional-titles/
https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...vember-9-2017/
https://www.whec.com/sports/touchdow...48224/?cat=571
https://13wham.com/sports/hs-sports-report
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/sports/

Buffalo area(inc. Jamestown area), Wright Scores 5 TD as Southwestern Wins Class C Championship: https://www.wivb.com/sports/high-sch...-championship/
https://www.post-journal.com/sports/...class-c-crown/
https://www.wkbw.com/sports/high-sch...-class-c-title
Crusaders best St. Joe’s 15-6 to advance to Msgr Martin championship game: https://www.wivb.com/sports/crusader...pionship-game/
Maritime wins Class B Section VI Championship: https://www.wivb.com/sports/maritime...-championship/
South Park Defense Dazzles In Class A Championship: https://www.wivb.com/sports/high-sch...-championship/
https://www.wkbw.com/sports/high-sch...le-on-the-line
https://www.wkbw.com/sports/high-sch...e-to-regionals
https://www.wkbw.com/sports/high-sch...ls-on-saturday
https://www.post-journal.com/sports/...class-d-title/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/bu...-championship-
https://buffalonews.com/2019/11/09/gallery12943/
https://buffalonews.com/section/sports/
https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/...c-32d7b4f8229d

Addison and Canisteo-Greenwood: https://www.steubencourier.com/sport...tars-announced