Welcome to basketball season! This week will be the inaugural Like Mike selections, which highlights our All-1st Teams for each week in Section 2 & 3 boys & girls hoops. As the season goes along, I may extend it to making a 1st team each week for each class, or perhaps add a 2nd team as well. However, it's the first one and this was as light of a week as there will be in the winter, so we'll keep it at an overall 1st team. First, for boys hoops:
Interesting mix. Couple Frontier kids, couple OHSL, couple TVL (or former TVL). There were a few big individual performances out there - and with not too many games being played, the big performance is more than enough to get you on here this week. Show love to...
Jake Fusilli (Watertown IHC) - Fusilli had himself a night against Thousand Islands. Got to the free throw line a bunch, hit 13 free throws en route to the highest scoring game in Section III so far, 37 points in a 64-58 W.
Peyton McLaurin (Carthage) - I said it in the preview for this season. I've been waiting for it to be Peyton's team, and he showed he's more than capable of putting up serious numbers. The standout senior - and the only Frontier League representative on the Central region BCANY squad this summer - had 25 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists in his squad's 63-52 W over General Brown.
Nick Craig (Cortland) - They lost in the championship game of the Oneida tournament to the home squad, but the junior had a weekend to make people take notice. He hung 25 in their W over Bishop Grimes and averaged 21.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 5 assists over the 2 games. Nick's a very interesting prospect down the road for colleges - 6'4", looks like he may grow a little more, with real guard skills. Look for him to have a breakout year.
Jeffrey Coulter (Oneida) - Not huge numbers, but he was the steady performer for Oneida in their 2-0 week. He averaged 15.5 points per game, which was good for tops on his team in wins over VVS and Cortland. Just a sophomore (who plays up a year on Syracuse Select's national AAU squad), he may be coming into his own for a big year as well.
Jeremy VanDuLuitGaarden (VVS) - Such a good last name. Big Stef must be proud of how the young man played in the tournament this week. Averaged 23 per game in a 1-1 split, including 31 big ones in a close L against Oneida. He's been around for a little while - contributions like that from him will mean good things for an interesting Red Devil squad.
James Boeheim (J-D) - Adding a 6th spot for the hot hand. A little growth spurt and a lot of work on his game have done wonders for the junior, and it doesn't hurt when the NBA Jam guys yell 'HE'S ON FIIIRE' as soon as you touch the ball. He dropped 21 off the bench, including 4 treys, in J-D's 74-59 W over Notre Dame. Spoiler alert: I'm thinking this might be the sectional final matchup in Class A!
Alright, time to move to girls' hoops. Most of the action was out Syracuse way, so that's where we head for the 1st team this week.
Hope DeFazio (Baldwinsville) - The Bees started off the season by cracking Henninger and Homer to take home their tournament title, and their coach picked up W #300 in the process. She's the only player in Section III with 2 games under their belt that dropped 20+ in both, with 22 & 24. Simple math, averaged 23 per game in 2 blowout wins. I'll take it.
Emily Pascale (Baldwinsville) - Can't forget about the person who supplies the dimes. Wanna talk about a nice stat line? The junior averaged 14.5 points, 4 boards, 8 assists, 4.5 steals, and a block in those 2 blowout wins. Yo, put her on my FanDuel fantasy team. That's value!
Rachel Scalisi (Fabius-Pompey) - F-P started off their season nicely with a 48-34 W over Syracuse Academy of Science, and Scalisi (who's been around a while) laced her squad with half of their points. 24 for her in the win, and they look to keep it rolling with the season underway.
Chelsie Delperuto (Solvay) - Arguably the best overall athlete in Section III. She bounces back and forth between being a strong goalie and one of the league's most potent scorers in soccer. She's been putting up big numbers on the basketball court for years. She's a Division I commit in softball. Tough. She started off the season just fine this week, 20 points in Solvay's 42-23 W over Chittenango.
Courtney Welch (Henninger) - Locked up to 10 points in a loss to Baldwinsville, but her 27 point outburst in the other game of the tournament has her averaging 18.5 per game in a 1-1 start - and it's also the Section III girls season high so far.
Lyrik Jackson (SAS) - New look for the Atoms without Azaria Wade. Whatever the look may be, they better hope they can give Lyrik some help. They took a double-digit L to Fabius-Pompey, but Jackson had 20 of her team's 34 points along with 10 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals, and a block. Big individual performance in a losing effort.
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