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By MATT TRABOLD TRABS KEEPS TABS Who to Watch in Class AA outside the Big Three There is not much of a question about who the top three contenders are in Class AA this season. Some of the reasoning behind that is this classification not experiencing as much depth as usual this campaign, but some of the reasoning is also that those top three teams in the current … [Read more...] about Trabs Gabs: Who could climb in Class AA and the most packed Saturday slate in a while

By MATT TRABOLD TRABS KEEPS TABS  Local Basketball Celebrity Play-alikes Currently in Section V A couple days ago on Twitter, one of the many very talented writers Pickin’ Splinters has in its arsenal in Billy Heyen put together an informational thread of tweets about notable comparisons between Rochesterians currently in Division I men’s basketball and high-profile … [Read more...] about Trabs Gabs: Division I play-alikes in Section V and some Friday games to watch before the snowstorm comes in

By MATT TRABOLD TRABS KEEPS TABS Taking Inventory of the Most Improved Teams This Season With this regular season of Section V boys basketball action being seven weeks in the books at the moment with five weeks still to come, the sample size is proper enough for it to be a pretty good time to judge which teams are truly significantly improved from a season ago. There … [Read more...] about Trabs Gabs: Most improved teams this season and another Friday packed with games

By MATT TRABOLD TRABS KEEPS TABS Six Weeks in and Still Untarnished Ladies and gentlemen, we are now a sturdy six weeks into the Section V boys basketball season. Lyons, Avoca Tigers and bears, if you count the one in the middle of the Spencerport High School athletic logo, oh my! Spread from Class AA all the way down to both Class D classifications, this section still … [Read more...] about Trabs Gabs: Teams still strutting untarnished and back to a full Friday slate

By MATT TRABOLD TRABS KEEPS TABS  Key Varsity Newbies Showing They are Grinches No More The winter holiday times are still upon us, so it makes some sense to refer to new varsity players in Section V boys basketball this season as grinches rather than the usual synonym of inexperienced, green. There are obviously a number of talented and still young underclassmen that … [Read more...] about Trabs Gabs: New varsity pieces are grinches no longer and Christmas tournament games galore