The Lyons Lions continue their quest for back-to-back Wayne County titles when they welcome the East Rochester Bombers into the Atwood Gymnasium on Wednesday night for a varsity boys basketball showdown. Jim Sinicropi and Kevin Sharp have the call for FL1 Sports.
The Lyons Lions are 13-2 on the season, have won 8 straight games, and find themselves at the top of the Wayne County league standings along with Clyde-Savannah. On Wednesday night, Lyons faces the last team to beat them, the East Rochester Bombers. Last year ER won 57-40 at the Atwood Gymnasium in Lyons and have won the last five meetings between the two schools. Jim Sinicropi and Rhett Ticconi have the call for FL1 Sports…
The East Rochester Bombers take on first-place Clyde-Savannah in a battle atop of the Wayne County Standings on Wednesday night in Clyde. With a win, the Golden Eagles would clinch the outright Wayne County League championship. Jim Sinicropi and Mike Alessio have the call for FL1 Sports…
There’s a new top ranked team in the FL1 Sports Power Rankings as Mynderse defeated Newark on Friday night and East Rochester is on the rise after a convincing win over Lyons in the Atwood Gymnasium. Recap all the week’s hardcourt action and check out the big games coming up this week.
It may have been a long, bitterly cold winter, but the action on the hardcourt in the Wayne-Finger Lakes basketball leagues was hotter than ever and the Upstate Hoops Podcast and FL1 Sports has been there every step of the way with 27 live game webcasts, countless interviews and features, and extensive nightly score recaps all season long culminating with our coverage of Championship Weekend at the Blue Cross Arena. On Sunday morning, Jim Sinicropi, Matt Verkey, Dave Barnick, Kevin Korzeniewski and Lyons Lions’ head coach Zac Young look back at it all and recap all the postseason action, discuss Lyons’ run to the state final four for the first time since 1997, pay tribute to Jerry Anderson’s Mynderse Lady Blue Devils for their sectional title and take a look ahead to next season. Stay tuned at the end of this episode for a special video compilation of this season’s most memorable moments.
A full mid-season roundtable discussion on a special extended Sunday morning edition of the Upstate Hoops Podcast featuring FL1 Sports’ Matt Verkey, Mike Alessio, Kevin Korzeniewski and Jim Sinicropi. Topics include evaluations of all the W-FL teams as the season hits the mid-way point and the announcement of the newly updated FL1 Sports Wayne-Finger Lakes Power Rankings and Girls Super Six. Can Red Creek capture the Wayne County title for the first time in school history? Can Pal-Mac, Penn Yan or Mynderse mount a challenge to Newark in the Finger Lakes East? Will the Big Green Machine of Naples be able to fend off Dundee in the West?
Lyons head coach Zac Young is in-studio to talk about his squad heading into the season and to help us preview the Wayne County League. Also, a recap off the NYCC Tip-Off Classic involving Lyons, Southern Cayuga, South Seneca and Mynderse and we release our first 10 team Wayne-Finger Lakes Power Rankings.
Geneva varsity boys basketball head coach Brian Miller calls-in to talk about the game of the year in the Finger Lakes East as the second place Newark Reds visit the league leading Panthers. Also, the competition is heating up in Wayne County with East Rochester defeating Lyons and North Rose-Wolcott emerging as a team to watch.
Don Oakleaf, Lyons class of 1962 and former high school teammate of Jim Boeheim calls-in to the show to talk about the former rivalry games between Lyons and Newark as the two Wayne-Finger Lakes schools prepare to meet on the hardcourt for the first time since 1970. Also, a rundown of all this week’s local high school action, our players of the week, and updated power rankings.
This week we kick recap a busy opening week in Section V Basketball including our players of the week and a montage of Mynderse Academy’s offensive onslaught in the first half of Tuesday’s win against Pal-Mac. Then Brad Conner joins to discuss three Syracuse wins and talk about Syracuse triple-doubles in history.
Lyons head varsity basketball coach Zac Young is in studio to preview the Wayne County League in Section V, we announce our 2012-13 slate of live game webcasts, and Brad Conner joins us via telephone to preview the Syracuse Orange season and Sunday’s Battle on the Midway. It’s getting colder and that can only mean one thing… basketball!
Sectional Championships were decided at the Blue Cross Arena this past weekend. We break down all the action and tell you which teams are headed to Buffalo. With the Big East Tournament underway and Selection Sunday just a few days away, there is plenty to talk about on a special Wednesday night edition. Watch the recorded webcast of our latest episode at FingerLakes1.TV | Listen on Stitcher
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Join us LIVE on Sunday evening at 9:00 pm for Episode 18 as we break down all the NCAA Tournament brackets just a few hours after they are released.
00:04:16 Sectional Championship Weekend Recap
00:24:03 One & Done in High School & College Basketball
00:30:28 March Madness on FingerLakes1.com
00:35:40 College Hoops Discussion: Big East Tournament, Syracuse & Bubble Teams