The NYSPHSAA 2014 Boys Basketball Tournament

Introducing the field for the NYSPHSAA Boys Basketball Final Four, which will be played starting Friday at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Class D Semifinal
Sherman vs. Coleman Catholic - Friday, 10AM

	Sherman	Coleman Catholic
Record	21-1	16-4
Section	6	9
Where they’re from	Sherman, in southwestern NY, about 20 miles west of Jamestown.	Hurley, on the western outskirts of Kingston
How they got here	Defeated Batavia-Notre Dame, 57-52.	Defeated Shelter Island, 73-46
Notable Players	Andrew Graham - 14.8ppg, 1.9spg Ryan Robson - 12.8ppg, 5.2rpg Jake Card - 9.4ppg, 9.1rpg	Micha Simmons-Smalls - 18pts vs. Shelter Island Dino Celadon - 18pts vs. SI Kevin Davis - 19pts vs. SI

Source: Sherman's Stats via Section 6; Daily Freeman article on Coleman Catholic's win.

New York Mills vs. Moriah - Friday, 11:45AM

	New York Mills	Moriah
Record	21-1	21-2
Section	3	7
Where they’re from	New York Mills, about 5 miles west of Utica	Near Port Henry in east central Essex County
How they got here	Defeated Charlotte Valley 55-38.	Defeated Madrid-Waddington 51-41
Notable Players	Nick Comenale - 24.3ppg, 3.5spg, 54 three pointers Zach Vennaro - 13.1ppg, 8.1rpg Ali Hassan - 4.5rpg, 2.1bpg	Adam Jaquish - 18.1ppg, 12.7rpg, 2.6spg, 5.0bpg Tyler Slattery - 8.9ppg, 4.7rpg, 1.6bpg Nick Gilbo - 8.1ppg, 4.2rpg

Source: New York Mills MaxPreps Stats; Moriah's MaxPreps Stats

Class C Semifinal

Middle Early College vs. Friends Academy - Friday, 1:30PM

	Middle Early College	Friends Academy
Record	18-5	16-2
Section	6	8
Where they’re from	Downtown Buffalo	Locust Valley on northern Long Island, 20mi east of the Bronx
How they got here	Defeated Clyde-Savannah, 62-54	Defeated Haldane 71-49
Notable Players	Bri'an Brown - 17.6ppg, 11.6rpg Kevin Briggs - 17.3ppg Tarron Scott - 15.5ppg, 11.0rpg	Tyrone Perkins - 20pts vs. Haldane Cyrus Holder - 17pts

Source: Middle Early College's Stats via Section 6; MSG Varsity boxscore for Friends Academy/Haldane.

Waterville vs. Hoosic Valley - Friday, 5PM

	Waterville	Hoosic Valley
Record	21-2	19-3
Section	3	2
Where they’re from	Waterville, 15 miles south-southwest of Utica	Schaghticoke, about 15 miles north of Troy
How they got here	Defeated Elmira-Notre Dame 61-55.	Defeated Seton Catholic 67-47
Notable Players	Jon Piersma - 17.3ppg Zach Sawyer - 13.4ppg Hunter Williams - 10.1ppg	Mike Pierre - 22.1ppg John Rooney - 19.8ppg

SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard stats page; Albany Times-Union stats page

Class B Semifinal
Olean vs. Woodlands - Friday, 6:45PM

	Olean	Woodlands
Record	20-3	19-5
Section	6	1
Where they’re from	Olean, Southern Tier of NY, about 50 miles east of Jamestown	Hartsdale, just west of White Plains in Westchester County
How they got here	Defeated Charlotte 75-56	Defeated Southhampton 73-47
Notable Players	Sam Eckstrom - 20.8ppg, 9.5rpg Wil Bathurst - 20.2ppg Nick Schmidt - 17.3ppg	Brandon Johnson - 27pts vs. Southhampton Ross Joseph - 18pts

SOURCE: Section 6 stats; MSGVarsity.com

Westhill vs. Ogdensburg - Friday, 8:30PM

	Westhill	Ogdensburg
Record	23-0	23-1
Section	3	10
Where they’re from	Onondaga, just outside of Syracuse on the southwestern corner	Ogdensburg, on the banks of the St. Lawrence River
How they got here	Defeated Norwich 56-53	Defeated Plattsburgh 92-49
Notable Players	Jordan Roland - 23.0ppg Tyler Reynolds - 16.3ppg	Kinnon LaRose - 23.4ppg, 8.3rpg, 4.8apg, 3.9spg Matt Piercey - 14.4ppg, 6.2apg

SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard stats page; Ogdensburg's MaxPreps stats page

Class A Semifinal
East vs. Red Hook - Saturday, 9AM

	East	Red Hook
Record	18-4	17-5
Section	5	9
Where they’re from	Eastern Rochester	Red Hook, in northern Dutchess County
How they got here	Defeated McKinley 69-55	Defeated Walter Panas 60-46
Notable Players	Tommy Banks - 19pts, 21reb vs. McKinleyZion Morrison - 19pts Hunter Williams - 10.1ppg	Dennis Hare - 19pts vs. Maine-Endwell Will Avis - 10pts vs. M-E

SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard stats page; The Daily Freeman writeup

John Glenn vs. Scotia - Saturday, 10:45AM

	John Glenn	Scotia
Record	17-7	22-0
Section	11	2
Where they’re from	Elwood, on central Long Island	Scotia, about 15 miles northwest of Albany
How they got here	Defeated South 68-58.	Defeated Bishop Ludden 72-44.
Notable Players	Darryl Daniels - 13.4ppg KeAndre Augustine - 13.3ppg Jeff Park - 11.5ppg	Joey Cremo - 25.0ppg Alex Sausville - 16.0ppg

SOURCE: John Glenn MaxPreps stats page; Albany Times-Union stats page

Class AA Semifinal
Jamestown vs. Union-Endicott - Saturday, 12:30PM

	Jamestown	Union-Endicott
Record	18-4	0-0
Section	6	4
Where they’re from	Jamestown, in southwestern NY	Endicott, 10mi west of Binghamton
How they got here	Defeated Greece Athena 61-52.	Defeated Mt. Vernon 69-66.
Notable Players	Zack Panebianco - 18.9ppg, 3.9apgQuinn Lee Yaw - 15.7ppg, 9.5rpg	Osama Barwari - 23pts vs. Mt. Vernon

SOURCE: Jamestown MaxPreps stats page; PressConnects U-E preview

Brentwood vs. Green Tech - Saturday, 2:15PM

	Brentwood	Green Tech
Record	22-2	16-5
Section	11	2
Where they’re from	Brentwood, on central Long Island	Northern Albany
How they got here	Defeated Farmingdale 61-41.	Defeated Proctor
Notable Players	Michael Almonacy - 22.3ppg Femi Olujobi - 14.0ppg	Jamal Hood - 16.1ppg Ramion Burt - 11.8ppg

SOURCE: Brentwood MaxPreps stats page (incomplete); Albany Times-Union stats page