The Podium: Section 2, December 4

Let's add a little nightly thing, too. The podium, short for the award podium. We'll give you our gold, silver, and bronze awards nightly for the top performances. Start with the boys!

Gold: You know John Sica is a pretty smart kid. The Bethlehem senior has committed to attend Columbia next year. It's an Ivy League school. Kind of a big deal. Also Division I. Gotta be able to hoop in order to play there, and that's what he'll be doing. The 6'7" tweener showed why he attracted the D1 interest, dropping 25 (23 in the first 3 quarters) along with about a half-dozen swats in Bethlehem's 69-53 W over Mohonasen - article coming about that later. I guess he can hoop a little bit.

Silver: You know you had a good game when I put you here in a losing effort. Josh Gonzalez did just that. The 6'6" workhorse had 23 points and 14 rebounds against Section IV Class AA Vestal, and the Class C Cougars certainly kept this close at the Drago tournament in Oneonta, losing 65-60. On the team scale, performances like this will make Phil Schoff's squad a definite contender in Class C. On the individual scale, Gonzalez's point total heading into the season is one that looks like a future 1,000 point possibility. He needs to average 20ish a game without missing time in order to get there, but a night like this gets him off on the right foot. The Energizer Bunny point count: 648.

Bronze: You know you had a good game when I put you here in a losing effort. Sound familiar? It was Josh's teammate. Colin Davis let that thing fly, and a whole lot of them went in. He actually led the Cougars in scoring with 26 - and he owned that land outside 19'9". 8 treys on the night. Bang bang!


Andddd time for the girls.

Gold: Duanesburg's standout led them again, this time in a 36-30 W over Section IV Class C Unatego. Rachel Gamache had 15 in the W as they worked their way to a double-digit halftime lead. The dual threat is a natural post who can step out and hit threes, which causes matchup nightmares in the WAC.

Silver/Bronze: How about we give those to Gamache too? The only other game was a 68-13 beatdown Emma Willard gave Doane Stuart, and I caught some of that... that's not getting on here.