Good Knights: OCC Men’s Basketball Coach Erik Saroney (left) and Henninger High Boys Basketball Coach Gil Spaights had a mini reunion at the Peppino’s Tournament on Saturday evening before the Henninger v. Horseheads contest at OCC. Both men are in their inaugural seasons. Spaights was an assistant coach when Sarnony was at Henninger.
One of the great benefits of having a local pro sports franchise in your city is being exposed to lots of local talent. A choir from the Liverpool School District, including middle school student Geoffrey Race (center) and his sister Sophia, sang the National Anthem at last night’s Silver Knights game at the Onondaga County War Memorial. We’d also love to see a kinetic marching band take the field for a future home game.
Horseheads High’s Brewster Marshall jumps with Henninger’s Kevon Linder to start overtime of the second to last game tonight (Peppino’s Tournament). Horseheads won in overtime 73-70.
The Syracuse Silver Knights had better numbers in several categories (see below). but still fell to Cedar Rapids last night. The final score was 6-5. The Knights had 15 shots on goal, including two bullets by a man with one of the all-time great soccer names, Antonio Manfut (above).
Goals turned into a bromance: Manfut’s mates showed some love following his goal.
On Friday night Allen Laventure spoke about the crash that killed members of a Chapeconese soccer team at the Onondaga County War Memorial.
In a very class move, Allen Laventure, VP of Sales for the Syracuse Silver Knights, led the crowd in a moment of silent to recognize members of a Brazilian soccer team who were killed during a plane crash in Columbia earlier this week. He mentioned that the tragedy affects the sport from the pro ranks to the recreation leagues.
Jamesville-Dewitt’s Evan Dourdas (circa 2014)
Jamesville-Dewitt and Bishop Ludden will be two of the high school boys teams participating in this weekend’s Peppino’s Invitation Tournament. This year the venue is Onondaga Community College.
Bishop Ludden’s Mika Adams-Woods (circa 2015)
