Although it started a bit slow, the Slam Dunk gained steamed the last night nights, peaking with two excellent championship games Sunday night. The games brought the largest crowds of the week and the tournament drew between 3,000 and 4,000 fans combined Friday and Sunday. The event peaked thanks to… Read More →
Believe it or not, I do more than just cover boys basketball for The Journal News. When I’m not at one of the many high school gyms across the lower Hudson Valley I’m keeping track of local athletes playing at the next level. In addition to the twitter account I… Read More →
Sometimes, in basketball, the stat sheet lies. Other times, it can be chapter and verse about what you just saw. These last two games were the latter. Stepinac won its second Slam Dunk in three years because its defensive pressure created havoc its opponents couldn’t handle. The Crusaders forced 54… Read More →
South Shore 68, Peekskill 54 Between the first, third and fourth quarters, Peekskill actually outscored South Shore by 13 points in Sunday’s Slam Dunk challenge game. But the Brooklyn PSAL power ripped off a second-quarter run unlike anything Lou Panzanaro had been subject to in nearly 700 games as Peekskill’s… Read More →
Today’s schedule: Slam Dunk Tournament At Westchester County Center: Consolation: Mahopac vs. St. Mary’s-Manhasset, 1 p.m. Challenge game: Peekskill vs. South Shore, 3 p.m. Championship: Stepinac vs. New Rochelle, 7 p.m. John Costello Tournament At Hastings: Championship: Nanuet vs. Hastings, noon Suffern Holiday Tournament Championship: Clarkstown North vs. Suffern, 1… Read More →
There are nights where the Slam Dunk atmosphere lacks a buzz, as if folks are still nursing full stomachs from one-too-many helpings at Christmas dinner. (Yes, you could say there were a couple earlier this week.) But if local fans are smart – and I think they are – tonight… Read More →
UPDATE, 5:02 p.m.: Josh here. The Hastings-Nanuet game was postponed until 12 p.m. Sunday. Ramapo-Monroe was canceled and North-Suffern was postponed until 1 p.m. on Sunday. All other games were played today. *** As mentioned yesterday, the Slam Dunk Tournament was pushed back to Sunday due to the weather. Suffern… Read More →
We didn’t post the roundups on Thursday night, so here are results from the last two days. Saunders and Sleepy Hollow will not meet in the semis on Saturday at Keene State in New Hampshire. Although Saunders advanced, Sleepy did not. Saunders has received some impressive play the last two… Read More →
Just a terrific, much-needed comeback win tonight by New Rochelle, which beat arguably one of the better teams in the state. It’s a game that could turn the Huguenots’ season around. Frankly, after watching them last week against Iona Prep, I wasn’t sure where they were headed. Now, I could… Read More →
Speed kills. That was the game plan for Stepinac as they took on a big Mahopac squad in the first round of the Slam Dunk tournament. Despite suffering from a severe size disadvantage, the Crusaders were able to rely on their guards to come away with a 66-44 win. Naim… Read More →
Here’s a recap of Croton’s clutch performance late to beat North Salem in today’s challenge game at the Slam Dunk: Again, the margin between victory and defeat was razor-thin, but when it counted most, Croton-Harmon made every key play to close out a 61-56 victory over North Salem Friday’s Slam… Read More →
On Wednesday afternoon, the Saunders team bus pointed north, bound for the three-day Zero Gravity Holiday Basketball Tournament in New Hampshire. Along the way, the Blue Devils learned snow had pushed the event back a day, so they stopped at the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., to… Read More →
I just confirmed with Kevin Cook of the Parks Dept. that the final day of action at the Slam Dunk has been pushed to Sunday. “There is supposed to be five inches and it’s suppose to snow all day,” Cook said. “We have teams coming from up north. We don’t… Read More →
Josh and I will both be at the Slam Dunk tournament today. I’ll be covering the early game (@LoHud_DeFran) while Josh will be taking the late game (@LoHudInsider). If the past two days are any indication of what is to come than you can expect at least one overtime/buzzer-beater game…. Read More →
The best game of the Slam Dunk so far? Try Somers’ raucous fourth quarter comeback from 15 down to upset Iona Prep. Conor Cousin won it at the buzzer and John Decker scored the second-most points of any player in Slam Dunk history. Neither of them will ever forget this… Read More →
