Video: Highlights of Canisius forward Stafford Trueheart IIDownstate New York was buried by a blockbuster Nor'easter that dumped as much of 30 inches of snow in parts of New York City and its suburbs, making it the second-largest snowstorm ever.
Before the storm, which arrived at the crack of dawn Saturday and continued through dusk, there were some big Friday night games both in the metro area as well as upstate, which was not affected by the storm.
Spring Valley won a nail-biter against North Rockland.
File photo by Lonnie Webb
Parts of Rockland County received up to 17 inches of snow, but before it arrived, the county's top two teams squared off and the game lived up to its hype.
North Rockland (Thiells)'s
Jose Diaz's 3-point attempt at the buzzer went around the rim and out and
Spring Valley held on for a dramatic 43-41 win at Spring Valley.
Spring Valley, the defending Section 1 Class A champion, was lifted by an outstanding defensive effort and unselfish play on offense. The Tigers did not have a double-figure scorer. Michael Maynes had a team-high eight points. Marc Dorsainvil had 12 rebounds to go along with seven points. Zachary Grant had seven points and six rebounds.
In the teams' first regular-season meeting, senior-laden North Rockland (11-3) won on its homecourt. One of those seniors, guard
Michael Arias, had a game-high 14 points.
Trueheart comes up big for Canisius: In a much-awaited Buffalo-area game, senior big man
Stafford Trueheart II lived up to his name, scoring 17 second-half points to lead
Canisius (Buffalo) to a 56-53 win that ended Park School's 17-game winning streak.
The 6-foot-7 Trueheart finished with a game-high 29 points and 18 rebounds for Canisius (12-1), which has now won 25 straight against Western New York teams.
The Park School of Buffalo, the defending state Federation Class B champion, has a 6-7 tower of power of its own in
Jordan Nwora. He finished with 13 points. Park was led by
Kyle Harris' 18 points.
Both Canisius and Park came are now 12-1.
Huerter helps Shen rack up wins: Unbeaten
Shenendehowa (Clifton Park) hit the 14-win mark in an 82-58 win against Columbia.
Kevin Huerter had a game-high 29 points for Shen, which is 11-0 in Suburban Council action. Huerter, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, committed to the University of Maryland after also considering Michigan and Notre Dame.
Reidell, just a junior, reaches 1,000: No matter what sport he plays,
Danny Reidell gets his points across. A prolific scorer in both soccer and basketball, the guard at Section 2's
Northville reached the career 1,000-point mark. It came in a 29-point effort in a 75-51 win against Johnsburg.
It is an especially noteworthy achievement considering Reidell is a junior. And there will be more points delivered for Northville from Reidell after Danny's graduation in 2017. His brother,
Nate Reidell, a freshman guard, was Northville's second-leading scorer against Johnsburg with 16 points.
Second quarter sets pace for Manhasset win: It was a game that was decided in overtime, but when
Manhasset looks back on its 62-60 win over Great Neck North, it was the second quarter that set the tone for the victory.
Manhasset, which fell behind by five points after the first quarter, went on an 11-4 run in that quarter to take a 26-24 halftime lead.
Senior guard
John Sanseverino led four double-digit scorers with 20 points for Manhasset.
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