smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

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Buffalo area/Section 6/Monsignor Martin

Bennett blows out Cicero-North Syracuse, returns to Class AA state championship game: https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-...1055c834c.html
https://twitter.com/WNYAthletics/sta...93917143289856
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/1596879182209773570
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/1596706531189235712
Head coach interview: https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/1596880455303041027
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/...119300/photo/1
General Brown(Sec. 3)/Lackawanna: https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-...228d9c1e1.html
Medina: https://orleanshub.com/medina-girls-...ening-tourney/
https://orleanshub.com/medina-fall-t...thlete-awards/
Albion: https://orleanshub.com/albion-has-5-...eam-all-stars/
Tourneys to highlight opening week for Albion, Medina, Roy-Hart/Barker wrestlers: https://orleanshub.com/tourneys-to-h...ker-wrestlers/
Lockport and Medina: https://www.niagara-gazette.com/spor...b0a1b2f6e.html
Amherst(Men's Basketball): https://twitter.com/ACHSTigersBball/...919364/photo/2

Rochester area/Section 5

Maine-Endwell(Sec. 4)/Batavia: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...te-final-four/
https://www.democratandchronicle.com...s/69677004007/
Pembroke football wins title, Hilton falls in semis: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...alls-in-semis/
Union-Endicott(Sec. 4)/Hilton: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...s/69677116007/
From Rochester's Edison Tech, Scholar Athlete of the Week: Dakari Buchanan: https://www.whec.com/sports-news/hig...kari-buchanan/
(Rochester)East, Edison Tech tip-off Section V basketball season: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...etball-season/
From Primetime 585: https://www.facebook.com/primetime.ballers.39/
From Pickin' Splinters: https://pickinsplinters.com/category/high-school/


Central NY(Syracuse, Utica-Rome, Watertown areas)/Section 3

General Brown Lions punch their ticket to the Dome: https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/11/27/sa...r-ticket-dome/
https://www.nny360.com/sports/fronti...93006f4e7.html (General Brown is in Dexter, NW of Watertown and is a relatively well regarded SD, with a historically good Football program. This company has it's world HQ's in the school district: https://www.littletrees.com/ )
Cicero-North Syracuse photos(vs. Buffalo Bennett): https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...al-photos.html
https://www.localsyr.com/sports/high...ss-to-bennett/
Baldwinsville girls tip off the season with win over CBA: https://www.localsyr.com/sports/high...-win-over-cba/
Baldwinsville/Jamesville-DeWitt(Women's Basketball): https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...42-photos.html
https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...42-photos.html
More from syracuse.com: https://highschoolsports.syracuse.com/
Section 3 shutouts Section 4 in inaugural Big 44 Ernie Davis/Floyd Little All-Star game: https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...all-star-game/
From CNY Hoop Talk: https://www.facebook.com/100030741125384/
From CNY Gridiron Talk: https://www.facebook.com/100064451147017/

Southern Tier(Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca areas)/Section 4

Union-Endicott football moves on to first state championship game since 1989 with win over Hilton: https://www.wbng.com/2022/11/26/unio...n-over-hilton/ (In 1989, U-E was ranked #1 in Class A, the biggest class in the state at the time and was nationally ranked #19th)
https://www.wicz.com/story/47789121/...current-format
https://www.pressconnects.com/pictur...l/10762612002/
Tioga advances to the Class D state championship after 41-34 win over Section 6′s Randolph: https://www.wbng.com/2022/11/26/tiog...n-6s-randolph/
https://www.wicz.com/story/47789115/...ht-state-final
https://www.mytwintiers.com/williams...-state-finals/
https://valleysportsreport.net/index...ticle_id=30098
Maine-Endwell advances to second-straight Class B state title game with dominant win over Batavia: https://www.wbng.com/2022/11/27/main...-over-batavia/
https://www.wicz.com/story/47791368/...e-championship
https://www.pressconnects.com/pictur...l/10762641002/
Oneonta(Women's Wrestling): https://www.thedailystar.com/sports/...743114a7d.html


Hudson Valley/Catskills/Section 9 and 1(partial)

NYSPHSAA semifinals: Newburgh tops CBA(Albany), reaches Class AA state final: https://www.recordonline.com/story/s...l/69672019007/
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/...303040/photo/1
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/1596689922114654208
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/1596689746733936640
https://www.recordonline.com/picture...s/10783018002/
(Highland Falls) O'Neill's stars explode in second half, send Raiders to the Dome: https://www.recordonline.com/story/s...s/69671995007/ (Highland Falls is right next to West Point and in turn, gets some military affiliated students)
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/1596593968284073984
https://twitter.com/NYSPHSAA/status/...319168/photo/1
Liberty, Fallsburg, Port Jervis and Ellenville(Men’s Basketball): https://www.scdemocratonline.com/sto...s-return,70817


Capital Region/Section 2

Cambridge/Salem cruises past Moriah to reach Class D football state final: https://www.timesunion.com/hssports/...orts-spotlight
https://www.news10.com/sports/high-s...te-title-game/
CBA(Albany): https://www.news10.com/sports/high-s...in-semifinals/
Niskayuna’s Cinderella season ends in state semifinals(vs. Somers): https://www.news10.com/sports/high-s...te-semifinals/
Ravena bounced from state playoffs by Pleasantville for second straight season: https://www.news10.com/sports/high-s...pleasantville/
More: https://wnyt.com/sports/
https://www.timesunion.com/hssports/

North Country/Adirondacks/Sections 10 and 7

Massena(Men's Basketball): https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/11/27/sa...r-ticket-dome/
https://joeylafranca.smugmug.com/Hig...l-Nov-25-2022/
Brushton-Moira: https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/11/26/fr...e-tournaments/

I'll stop there, but may add more later...

[ckhthankgod]

A sports reference from Albany based Umoja 2 TV, from Albany/formerly at Albany Academy:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2wzNiW4Mk4E&feature=share

From the Buffalo History Channel about the Du Drop Supermarket, a black owned store:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=B29DUB_l2L0&feature=share

Interviews from yesterday’s Inspiration for the Nation show:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=urIlWU_2Qg0&feature=share


https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZwmoYW7Qyss&feature=share
Her dental office on Syracuse’s East Side north of Syracuse University: https://www.berrygooddental.com/


https://youtube.com/watch?v=U9duJJVtqho&feature=share
His fitness business in Syracuse: https://h2fitness.net/

[ckhthankgod]

From today's Living 4 the People show out of Buffalo: https://www.facebook.com/91.3WBNY/vi...19036992495742

From the Rochester In Focus show on WHEC, about violence in the city and what some are doing about it: https://www.whec.com/rochester-in-fo...s-nov-27-2022/

Also, Thanksgiving tribute: Storied Auburn football game renamed after fallen player: https://auburnpub.com/news/local/tha...9530b4d89c1102

Also, more sports references from Syracuse City HS's Corcoran, Nottingham and Henninger; Cicero-North Syracuse, East Syracuse-Minoa, Central Square, Oswego and West Genesee(Camillus)(Indoor Track): https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...58-photos.html

Syracuse Henninger(Men's Basketball): https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...or-nov-28.html

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This electrical engineer/computer scientist and engineering professor currently lives in Ithaca: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/bio...ichael-spencer
https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/...hael-g-spencer

This couple currently or recently lived in the Syracuse area: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/bio...rancis-ward-40
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francis-ward-8707322b/
https://www.thehistorymakers.org/bio...l-gray-ward-39

This inventor and engineer born in Southampton and raised in Riverhead on Long Island lives in the Albany area: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/bio...marshall-jones
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshall-jones-a82a7776/
https://www.ge.com/news/reports/majo...tors-hall-fame
https://www.invent.org/inductees/marshall-jones
https://www.mvcc.edu/alumni-donors/s...hall-jones.php
https://artsandculture.google.com/st...tDDl5VJg?hl=en

Also, sports references from Tioga and Union-Endicott in the Binghamton area: https://www.wbng.com/2022/11/29/top-...week-11-28-22/

A podcast from a WNYT 13 in Albany newscaster/journalist: https://wnyt.com/the-elaine-houston-podcast/
https://wnyt.com/news_team/elaine-houston/

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Ithaca/Owego:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=foVPRt1Q5oQ&feature=share

Watertown/Fort Drum area HS’s Carthage/Indian River(Philadelphia):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9wMbcqeZEi8&feature=share (both districts serve portions of Ft. Drum Army Base)

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The Catholic Football state championship between St. Anthony’s(Melville/South Huntington on Long Island, #1 in Class AA in the state)/St. Francis(Athol Springs/Hamburg outside of Buffalo):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wpmbV0wMY_s&feature=share (at St. Francis)

Continued: https://youtube.com/watch?v=u5HE0eCwG9A&feature=share

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Ithaca/Auburn(Women’s Basketball):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cZaCINOss3Y&feature=share

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An article about the Buffalo Black Achievers organization: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...DC-E-NLETTER65
More information: https://buffaloblackachievers.org/
https://www.facebook.com/BuffBlackAchiever/

From Rochester's Minority Reporter newspaper: Minority Reporter – Poet, Jazz Artist, Bobby Johnson Found, Died at Hospital
His interview from the Rochester's Voices website about his background(his family migrated from Culpeper VA): Interview, Bobbie Johnson - Rochester Voices
More from the Minority Reporter: Minority Reporter

Also, sports references from Amherst: https://www.amherstbee.com/articles/...-expectations/

Cheektowaga Central(as well as Maryvale also in Cheektowaga): https://www.cheektowagabee.com/artic...ugural-season/

Outside of Ithaca, Newfield basketball prepares to defend state title(Class C): https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/artic...d-state-title/

Schenectady(vs. Columbia in East Greenbush): https://dailygazette.com/2022/11/30/...olumbia-62-60/

Trumansburg/Spencer-Van Etten: https://www.weny.com/clip/15360733/s...st-trumansburg

Elmira Heights Edison(vs. Southern Cayuga in Poplar ridge): https://www.weny.com/clip/15360494/e...-season-opener

Geneseo(vs. Bath Haverling): https://www.weny.com/clip/15360732/h...gainst-geneseo

Westhill(outside of Syracuse): https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...asketball.html

Bishop Grimes(in East Syracuse): https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...80-photos.html

Buffalo, ‘Willing himself to be great,’ Syracuse recruit Rashard Perry powers Bennett back to The Dome: https://www.wivb.com/sports/high-sch...k-to-the-dome/

Buffalo, Local soccer star achieves his 'American Dream', pays it forward by helping students in school: https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news...ents-in-school

North Country/Watertown area schools; St. Lawrence Central, Sackets Harbor/Belleville-Henderson: https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/12/01/hi...-school-hoops/

Warrensburg: https://suncommunitynews.com/news/10...er-girls-team/

Albany, Green Tech ready to defend Section 2 crown: https://www.news10.com/sports/high-s...ction-2-crown/
School information about the charter school: https://data.nysed.gov/profile.php?instid=800000059776
https://data.nysed.gov/enrollment.ph...d=800000059776
https://data.nysed.gov/gradrate.php?...d=800000059776

Mohonasen(Rotterdam)vs. Averill Park): https://www.news10.com/sports/high-s...nst-mohonasen/

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Bishop Grimes(East Syracuse)/Jamesville-DeWitt: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=454798

Ithaca/Cicero-North Syracuse: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=474720

New Hartford/East Syracuse-Minoa(Women’s Volleyball): https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=474798

Maybe more later…

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Bishop Grimes(East Syracuse)/Jamesville-DeWitt: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=454798

Ithaca/Cicero-North Syracuse: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=474720

New Hartford/East Syracuse-Minoa(Women’s Volleyball): https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=474798

Maybe more later…

Also, Greenville/Hudson:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fh_RFwBWyJs&feature=share

South Jefferson(Adams)/Indian River(Philadelphia):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_QPSko39Jak&feature=share