By JOHN LIKANJE
Aquinas sophomore Myles Blackwood was second in scoring on a Li’l Irish squad that tallied their most wins in a single season since 2017. The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 15.8 points and shot 55.8 percent from the field, including 57 percent from inside the arc and 42.1 percent from downtown. Blackwood snatched 7.4 boards, handed out 1.9 assists and deflected 1.8 passes in 26 minutes of action as well.
The sophomore guard scored double figures in 18 of 21 games played this season. Blackwood reached the 20-point plateau in five games, including a career-high 29 on December 28th in a 76-74 win over Leadership Academy.
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Blackwood’s scoring average ranked ninth in the Private-Parochial League behind Charles G. Finney freshman Markus Robinson (43.5 PPG), Wellsville junior Maxwell Jusianiec (25.7 PPG), UPrep senior Melvin Council, Jr. (25.2 PPG), Northstar Christian sophomore Ryan Garwood (20.0 PPG), Bishop Kearney sophomore Miles Rose (18.4), Northstar Christian junior Sean Smith and UPrep senior Kayshawn Ross (17.2 PPG) and Aquinas junior Wesley Henderson (17.1 PPG).
Blackwood had an effective field goal percentage of 57.5 and averaged 3.1 transition points, 2.9 points off turnovers, 2.8 second-chance points and 12.2 points in the paint.
Blackwood will return next season with four of the L’il Irish’s seven key rotation players: Jack Bleier, Henderson, Will Scanlon and Mykel White. AQ fell to Fairport in the 2020 Class AA opening round. The Li’l Irish have not advanced past the sectional quarterfinals since 2016 when they won the Section V AA title before advancing to claim the NYS championship.
Last spring, Blackwood played for the Rochester City Rocks squad.
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