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PrepTalkTV: Big night for St. Joe's on court & ice, plus more highlights & a look at hoops' final week

2012-02-10T03:53:08-05:00

PrepTalkTV was on the court and the ice Thursday night -- and that's where St. Joe's won a pair of big games. Check out highlights, interviews and analysis as well as coverage of big wins for MST Seneca and Frontier -- plus a lookahead to the season's final week: Our previous videos from the 2012 basketball season: Jamestown wins in final seconds at Will North (Feb. 3), St. Joe's beats Timon in OT (Jan. 30), St. Joe's beats No. 1 Canisius (Jan. 27), Six stops, including Tim Nobles' 500th win for the Pine Valley girls (Jan. 20), a big win...

Thursday Night Live: St. Joe's wins at Timon, your #preptalkscores and PrepTalkTV

2012-02-09T16:47:52-05:00

Tonight I'll be at Bishop Timon-St. Jude as the No. 6 large school Tigers host No. 1 St. Joe's at 7:30 p.m. in a major matchup in the Monsignor Martin Association. While I'll have updates from that game, tweets to the hashtag #preptalkscores will also automatically show up in the live blog. So if you are a game tonight (including the 7 p.m. hockey showdown between St. Joe's and Williamsville North at Northtowns Center) and you're updating via Twitter, be sure to include that hashtag. I'll have periodic tweets updating the game at @KeithMcSheaBN, but most of my play-by-play updating...

Prep Talk live chat (Feb. 8): Hoops, scorekeepers & Timon-Joe's in video start, Power 10 struggles, web sites and calling in games at finish

2012-02-08T20:14:00-05:00

We will have our live chat tonight, starting with a video portion with Lauren Mariacher and myself at 9 p.m. After a half-hour, I'll continue with the traditional chat. Not a very busy lineup of hoops today, but I'll discuss what I see at this evening's top 10 Yale Cup battle of Riverside at Hutch-Tech (6 p.m.) and there is a ton to talk about after an eventful Tuesday and Selection Saturday just over a week away. The postseason will soon be upon us in all sports. I promise I'll get to your question or comment in the chat --...

Wednesday Night Live from Riverside's win at Hutch-Tech (with video)

2012-02-08T18:21:43-05:00

Big Yale Cup matchup as top 10 large schools meet: Riverside at Hutch-Tech. Riverside won the first meeting at home in early January. amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=amp;amp;quot;http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=f52ae5c4bfamp;amp;quot; _mce_href=amp;amp;quot;http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=f52ae5c4bfamp;amp;quot; amp;amp;amp;gt;Riverside at Hutch-Techamp;amp;amp;lt;/aamp;amp;amp;gt; We'll be back with in the separate blog post for tonight's live chat. * * * Postgame show with Riverside coach Ron Killinger and junior Justice Feggans (32 points): ---Keith McShea buffalonews.com/high-schools facebook.com/preptalkblog twitter.com/bufnewspreptalk

Busy Tuesday night for #preptalkscores, including big wins for Cleve Hill (with video), Akron, Iroquois, Maryvale, EA

2012-02-07T18:27:59-05:00

It's again a very busy Tuesday night in boys basketball. I've got a Prep Talk column to write for tomorrow, so I'll probably be limited to one game (Cleveland Hill at Tonawanda at 6:30) but we can keep track of updates here and via Twitter. Tweets to the hashtag #preptalkscores will automatically show up in the live blog. So if you are a game tonight and you're updating via Twitter, be sure to include that hashtag. I'll have periodic tweets updating the game at @KeithMcSheaBN, but most of my updating will come in the live blog. Check out tonight's full...

How The News voted: 11 days until Selection Saturday

2012-02-07T07:45:00-05:00

Every week during the basketball season a panel of voters participates in The News' large and small school boys basketball polls. And every week we let you know, like the title says ... how The News voted. Here is a link to previous ballots: last week Jan. 31 (New World Order), Jan. 24 (when I said I thought Canisius would win at St. Joe's), Jan. 17 (MLK edition), Jan. 10 (back from the break), Dec. 20, Dec. 13 (the tipoff). Here are this week's polls, and here's our ballot as we are 11 days from Selection Saturday (Feb. 18), which...

More from OTC Middle College's big win

2012-02-06T22:30:58-05:00

I didn't get to ECC-City for OTC Middle College's game with City Honors as early as I wanted to (don't ask!) but I certainly saw plenty of reasons why the Kats are having a fine season. They routed a City Honors team that had won seven straight with a balanced lineup for a 73-43 win. Check out the box score and details. Here are the Kats talking about the win and their season: ---Keith McShea (@KeithMcSheaBN on Twitter) buffalonews.com/highschools facebook.com/preptalkblog twitter.com/bufnewspreptalk

PrepTalkTV (Feb. 3): Jamestown wins in final seconds at Will North & three other top games

2012-02-04T00:42:32-05:00

PrepTalkTV was there for Jamestown's visit to Williamsville North and it didn't disappoint. Check out highlights, interviews and analysis as well as footage from big wins by Amherst, Hutch-Tech and City Honors -- plus a lookahead to next week: Our previous videos from the 2012 basketball season: St. Joe's beats Timon in OT (Jan. 30), St. Joe's beats No. 1 Canisius (Jan. 27), Six stops, including Tim Nobles' 500th win for the Pine Valley girls (Jan. 20), a big win for Williamsville East (our debut on Jan. 17). Our weekly football episodes from the fall are available here, while you...

Friday Night Live with PrepTalkTV & your #preptalkscores

2012-02-03T17:42:00-05:00

Tonight we'll be starting at the Yale Cup I battle of No. 8 small school East at No. 10 large school Hutch-Tech and ending with No. 3 large school Jamestown's trip to Williamsville North in ECIC I action. While I'll have updates from those games, tweets to the hashtag #preptalkscores will also automatically show up in the live blog. So if you are a game tonight and you're updating via Twitter, be sure to include that hashtag. I'll have periodic tweets updating the game at @KeithMcSheaBN, but most of my updating will come in the live blog. Check out tonight's...

Aquinas football moving to AA

2012-02-03T16:29:01-05:00

According to a tweet by James Johnson of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Section V is moving up Aquinas football to AA. Word-association on my thoughts? Amen. Thank goodness. About time. Aquinas' football program has walked the walk of a AA football program for the better part of a decade and it's only logical that they play in Class AA. This is something I've squawked about for years in our live chats and on this blog. This past fall I wrote a Prep Talk column about it in our paper. It's a step, perhaps small, but a significant step in...