smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

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Buffalo area/Section 6

(Buffalo)Bennett beats Clarence 36-7 in home opener, defense dominates: https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-...3ad0344f3.html
https://twitter.com/bufnewspreptalk/...3ad0344f3.html
https://buffalonews.com/multimedia/p...c1ddf309c.html
Kenmore West beats West Seneca West 18-7: https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-...c1546d2dd.html
https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-...8114df.html#10
Week 2: Highlights and scores from WNY's high school football: https://www.wkbw.com/sports/week-2-h...chool-football
Lockport finds late answers to foil Niagara Wheatfield's comeback attempt: https://www.niagara-gazette.com/spor...9d38a540c.html
https://www.niagara-gazette.com/gall...bf71da10c.html
Jamestown(Athlete of the Week): https://twitter.com/JHSRedRaiders/st...7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Albion(Youth Football): https://orleanshub.com/albion-newfan...outh-football/
Medina: https://orleanshub.com/mustangs-air-...n-silverbacks/


Rochester area/Section 5

Football Frenzy: UPrep earns statement win: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...statement-win/
UPrep tops McQuaid 36-30 in Class AA matchup: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...up/8041126001/
UPrep a ‘big problem’ after 2-0 start: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...rt/8046252001/
https://13wham.com/sports/panthers-g...up-week-2-wins
Football Frenzy: Powerhouses dominate on Saturday: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...e-on-saturday/
Rochester East: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...ey/8054108001/
Le Roy/Bath Haverling: https://www.weny.com/clip/15343073/h...ener-to-le-roy
Batavia: https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b...cer-4-2/615773
https://www.thebatavian.com/steve-og...-opener/615682
Alexander: https://www.thebatavian.com/session-...ah-34-0/615721
(Rochester)Monroe 50, Bishop Kearney 0: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...-0/8053985001/
Caledonia-Mumford/Byron Bergen tops Marcus Whitman(Gorham-Middlesex): https://www.democratandchronicle.com...-0/8042446001/
Greece Athena shuts out Greece Arcadia, 28-0: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...-0/8028896001/
From Primetime 585: https://twitter.com/PrimetimeBall_?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Pickin' Splinters: https://pickinsplinters.com/category/high-school/


Syracuse, Utica-Rome, Watertown areas/Section 3

Friday Night Fever Highlights and vote for the hot play: https://www.localsyr.com/sports/high...ts/#/questions
https://cnycentral.com/sports/high-s...-lights-sept-9
Syracuse Henninger/Liverpool: https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...tack-60-photos.
Syracuse PSLA Fowler(West Side)/Jamesville-DeWitt: https://www.syracuse.com/highschools...53-photos.html
Sports Express from WKTV 2 in Utica: https://www.wktv.com/sports/high-sch...15d5a527f.html
From WUTR in Utica: https://www.cnyhomepage.com/sports/h...y-news-9-9-22/
From WWNY in Watertown, Friday Sports: Busy night on North Country gridiron: https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/09/10/fr...ntry-gridiron/ (includes Section 10/St. Lawrence & Franklin Counties action)
Gallery: Auburn football defeats East Syracuse-Minoa in overtime during home opener at Holland Stadium(I believe the only HS stadium in the state named after an African American): https://auburnpub.com/sports/footbal...51ec13f.html#1
https://auburnpub.com/sports/high-sc...b926f58c4.html
Cortland and South Jefferson(Adams): https://cortlandvoice.com/2022/09/10...ptember-9th-2/
From CNY Gridiron Talk: https://www.facebook.com/cny.gridirontalk
From CNY Hoop Talk(including a college commitment from a Central Valley Academy(Ilion) Basketball standout): https://www.facebook.com/cny.hooptalk

Binghamton, Ithaca, Elmira areas/Section 4

Binghamton TV media outlets, 12 Sports Overtime: Week One: https://www.wbng.com/2022/09/10/12-s...time-week-one/
Tioga vs. Newark Valley (high school football): https://www.wbng.com/2022/09/11/high...hool-football/
Union-Endicott vs. Maine-Endwell (high school football): https://www.wbng.com/2022/09/11/high...hool-football/
https://www.pressconnects.com/pictur...es/8024470001/
https://www.wicz.com/story/47257122/...and-highlights
Vestal/Johnson City: https://www.pressconnects.com/pictur...es/8024421001/
From WETM in Elmira, 18 Sports Blitz – 9/9/22: https://www.mytwintiers.com/williams...-blitz-9-9-22/ (includes some Northern Tier of PA action)
(Elmira Heights)Edison 8-man football wins home opener in OT: https://www.mytwintiers.com/williams...-opener-in-ot/
From WENY in Horseheads(suburb of Elmira): https://www.weny.com/story/47255850/...-football-9922
ELMIRA FOOTBALL WINS BIG OVER ITHACA IN SEASON OPENER: https://www.weny.com/clip/15343065/e...-season-opener
https://www.wicz.com/story/47255645/...-iv-scoreboard

Capital Region(Albany-Schenectady-Troy, Glens Falls, Hudson, Gloversville, Amsterdam areas)/Section 2

Big Board Sports Football Friday – Week 1: https://wnyt.com/big-board-sports/bi...friday-week-1/
From WTEN, 1st and 10: https://www.news10.com/sports/1st-and-10/
https://www.news10.com/1stand10/
From WRGB(Schenectady): https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...k-two-matchups
Troy rallies late to secure football victory at Albany: https://www.timesunion.com/hssports/...orts-spotlight
Broadalbin-Perth/Ichabod Crane(Kinderhook): https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/spor...787fac85c.html
Glens Falls rolls past Lansingburgh in opener: https://poststar.com/sports/high-sch...286704a5f.html


Hudson Valley/Sections 9 and 1(partial)

Boys soccer: Cornwall tops Newburgh, 1-0: https://www.recordonline.com/picture...gh/8019501001/
CORNING(Sec. 4) RALLIES FROM BEHIND TO TOP NEWBURGH IN OVERTIME: https://www.weny.com/clip/15343056/c...gh-in-overtime


North Country/Adirondacks/Sections 10 and 7

Ogdensburg/Massena: https://www.nny360.com/sports/devils...a0ef5e86e.html
Plattsburgh: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...46.-2207520000..
(photos from win over Saranac Lake): https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...Zsb3BLek1oRnRn
Saranac Lake: https://twitter.com/RdStrmFootball/s...049666/photo/1
https://www.northcountrysports.net/sxfootball.html

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

[ckhthankgod]

^Footage from Tapekage Productions of Clarence/Buffalo Bennett from this past Friday night:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iNtuqeP8UcI&feature=share

[ckhthankgod]

A historical reference from New Paltz in Ulster County, A 19th-century house built by a Black carpenter is envisioned as the future home of a Black History Research and Cultural Center: https://enewspaper.dailyfreeman.com/...To=A01&artid=3

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Here are a couple of players related to the thread that are currently on NFL rosters...

Buffalo: https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/46492/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaQuan_Jones (Johnson City HS grad)

Las Vegas: https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/46545/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Jones (Union-Endicott grad)

Both of those high schools are in the Binghamton area.

Speaking of Buffalo’s Bennett HS, this current Green Bay Packer linebacker is the son of the head coach of that HS program: https://www.packers.com/team/players...aiah-mcduffie/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_McDuffie

Also, Kansas City: https://www.chiefs.com/team/players-roster/joe-fortson/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Fortson (Buffalo South Park)

Houston: https://www.houstontexans.com/team/p...demone-harris/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demone_Harris (Bishop Timon-St. Jude(Buffalo))

[ckhthankgod]

Albany, Angelo "Justice" Maddox receives 6th Annual Henry Johnson Award: https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/an...-johnson-award
His business: https://freshandflyinc.com/

Here is information about Henry Johnson: https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/johnson/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_..._War_I_soldier)

A school named in his honor in the city: https://www.henryjohnsoncs.org/
More info: https://data.nysed.gov/enrollment.ph...d=800000059286
https://data.nysed.gov/profile.php?instid=800000059286

[ckhthankgod]

Professional references in the Buffalo area: https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/...Crystal_Morgan

Albany area: https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/p..._01_promo_potm

Syracuse area: https://www.facebook.com/cnybj/posts...sPbYE5RdE49aNl

and Rochester area: https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2022/09...visory-boards/

A sports reference from Little Falls(in Herkimer County, field hockey): https://www.wktv.com/sports/scores-9...2a8ab6d55.html

An event taking place in Auburn starting today: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...67.-2207520000..
More from the Auburn area: https://www.harriettubman200.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HowlandSton...3645943560999/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1229.../?ref=newsfeed

[ckhthankgod]

Some information about areas with a substantial black middle class presence in the cities of Rochester and Syracuse: https://www.city-data.com/forum/64138954-post11.html

This census tract which covers the Kensington area of Buffalo has 4.7% of black families making over $200k(7.11% of US households(yes, different from families) make over $200k): https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...5Y2020.B19101B
https://worldpopulationreview.com/st...make-over-200k
An area of the tract that they likely live in(13.4% of the black families in the tract make over $100k): https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9458...2!8i6656?hl=en
The tract is 71% black alone(74.6% inc. those in combo): https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...NNIALPL2020.P1

[ckhthankgod]

A Player of the Week reference from Rochester, UPrep’s Chris Jean is our Player of the Week: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...r-of-the-week/
UPrep information: https://data.nysed.gov/profile.php?instid=800000067651
https://data.nysed.gov/enrollment.ph...d=800000067651

From Plattsburgh and Beekmantown(Women's Volleyball, both in the Plattsburgh area): https://joeylafranca.smugmug.com/Hig...l-Sept-8-2022/
https://joeylafranca.smugmug.com/Hig...l-Sept-8-2022/
This SportsNet NY(SNY) reporter is a Beekmantown grad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeane-coakley-65a00b4a/
https://www.jeanecoakley.com/about/

From Cheektowaga JFK: https://www.cheektowagabee.com/artic...ill-in-opener/

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A live matchup between Kenmore East/Buffalo South Park:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NWwCwgBGvMY&feature=share

Williamsville South/Amherst:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3WPSfbjy7Gg&feature=share

Rochester Monroe/Batavia:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=loIkwuWUofI&feature=share

Also, Women’s Volleyball action between Rochester area Catholic schools Bishop Kearney/Aquinas: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zMEfwED8aGA&feature=share

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

A live matchup between Kenmore East/Buffalo South Park:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NWwCwgBGvMY&feature=share

Williamsville South/Amherst:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3WPSfbjy7Gg&feature=share

Rochester Monroe/Batavia:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=loIkwuWUofI&feature=share

Also, Women’s Volleyball action between Rochester area Catholic schools Bishop Kearney/Aquinas:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zMEfwED8aGA&feature=share

More from Brockport/Greece Athena(Rochester area):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OYoueY8bCk8&feature=share

Second half of Williamsville South/Amherst: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cY7QkFa9Hpc&feature=share