Jerry Sullivan

Photos courtesy St. Joseph Collegiate Institute Liam Horan was asked if he could remember playing a half of basketball like he did against Canisius on Friday night. “Freshman year of JVs, probably.” Horan said with a big smile. Suffice it to say, Horan had never had this sort of performance in a game of this magnitude. The St. Joe’s senior had the night of his life on the sport's biggest stage, scoring 19 of his 21 points in the second half as the Marauders beat Canisius, 54-42, in the latest...

Sure, he hears the whispers. Carlos Bradberry knows there are people in the Niagara Falls basketball community who thought he was a little crazy when he made the big move, that he must be some kind of hoop masochist. Three years ago, Bradberry decided to pull the Falls boys basketball team out of the Niagara Frontier League and play an independent schedule. The motive was to create more competition for his team. In essence, to lose a little more. The first year, the plan worked like a charm....

Akron High boys head basketball coach Justin Gerstung said he doesn’t have his team shout “Family!” coming out of team huddles, like a lot of teams. Family is too personal, too messy. It would seem presumptuous to assume that sort of relationship. But Akron does seem to be getting there. The Tigers have a palpable bond, one born out of shared striving and consistent success. Last Thursday, in a first-round game at the Jack Silvernail Classic, Gerstung looked at his team during a timeout and...