Unfortunately some repairs were being done at Schiller Park, so this year’s local World Cup soccer tournament was moved to Henninger High School. Here is a photo of a penalty shot to break a tie between Team Burundi and Team Somalia in the first round of the playoffs.
Henninger’s Kwamere White jumped to new heights at the Syracuse City Track & Field Championships
Syracuse City T&F Championships
Tyler Sullivan
Who knew Henninger and Liverpool could blend so well.
It has been fun to watch the progressive chemistry between the SUNY OCC duo of Quantae Elijah (Henninger) and Tyler Sullivan (Liverpool). These days they go together like beans and cornbread.
The game narrative goes something like this: Sullivan swishes from deep (as well as getting to the line often) while Elijah plays ball hawk on the opposing point guard and keeps pressure on the defense by constantly driving to the bucket.
Last night, the freshman guards combined for 43 points in the teams 97-95 victory over Hudson Valley Community College. Four other players also finished in double figures.
The OCC backcourt logged a lot of minutes for coach Erik Saroney (40 minutes for Sullivan and 34 for Elijah), but the victory and rest will be short-lived; their next game will be a NJCAA regional game on Saturday.
Quantae Elijah
Shemere Elliot went 7 for 7 from the field last night, and scored 16 points.
Former Henninger coach Erik Saroney won over 200 games in Section III, including multiple championships. He has put together a great inaugural season on the other Hill behind an uptempo, pressing style that has become a trademark of his former clubs.
Behind local standouts such as Tyler Sullivan, James Walker and Quantae Elijah, OCC is now 20-6 overall and 6-2 in conference. They defeated SUNY Broome Community College last night 111-65. Their next game is against Jefferson Community College on Friday.
Coach Erik Saroney
James Walker finished with 16 points and 8 rebounds.
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.
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.
CBA athletic director and basketball coach Buddy Wleklinski will be inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame later this month. He is pictured here from a Peppino’s Tournament at Henninger High.
Henninger High Senior Taj Mitchell marches into SRC Arena (at OCC) with members of the Class of 2016.
Here are some highlights from performances by Nahjeir Johnson, Tyler Sullivan, Dan Damico, and Destin Blunt from Saturday’s Peppino’s Invitational where CBA and Henninger picked up key wins.