Heading home
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- March
- 25
It’s 8:53 a.m., which means: 1. I shouldn’t be awake but I am, and 2. We are about to head home from Saratoga Springs, our lovely headquarters for the weekend in Glens Falls.
The weekend at the Civic Center came to a close last night when Lincoln of Coney Island beat Rice. I know this: Lincoln sophomore Lance Stephenson may be the next big thing  and he is certainly a no-doubter when it comes to making the NBA someday  but he is not someone you root for, at least at this stage. Last night he had the following transgressions: 1. He drove to the basket and literally used his free arm to shove a defender to the floor (no call). 2. Away from the ball, he violently swung an elbow and decked his defender (player control foul…um, yeah). 3. And on another drive to the hoop, when he was doubled because his teammate didn’t vacate the low block and take his defender with him, he took two hands and shoved his own teammate five feet.
I’m not making up or embellishing any of this. So keep an eye on Stephenson. He’s a phenom to watch for more reasons than one.
And that’s a wrap. Enjoy your Sunday…
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on Sunday, March 25th, 2007 at 4:57 am by Josh Thomson. 
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
Josh,
Now that the Girls High School Basketball Season has ended,
Who are your front runners for winning “Player of the Year”?
Who are the coaches who ultimately vote for the Journal News Player of the year?
What are the actual CRITERIA for being considered?
Not to beat a dead horse, but Notre Dame from SI is an A class school that won the “consolation” of the CHSAA so they were another non-champion that was afforded the chance to win the Federation. Just like St. Peters and Aquinas last year A and B repectively.
YOU NEED TO START A COLLEGE BLOG FOR THE WOMEN. THERE IS ENOUGH GOING ON IN THE HUDSON VALLEY FOR IT TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS.
draftboy-
are you from staten island? i hail from the home of the world’s largest landfill (now closed, thankfully), and I’ve never heard anyone outside my driver’s ed class speak of Notre Dame Academy. And the people in my class only spoke of it because we did our parallel parking excercises in front of the school.
No Ev, just know a bit on the CHSAA front and NDA won the Catholic state title this year and the Federation. They happen to be an “A” class school by population who won the “B” division, but hey congrats to them.