By PAUL GOTHAM VICTOR, N.Y. -- When the NE Douglass boys' basketball team needed a focus to prepare for Wednesday's game, the Panthers looked no further than a dictionary. There the young squad found inspiration for perhaps the biggest upset of the 2018 Section V boys basketball tournament. Holding top-seeded Leadership Academy for Young Men to its second-lowest single-game … [Read more...] about NE Douglass upsets Leadership, reaches first title game
Adonis Flagler
Section V Roundup: NE Douglass pulls upset; top seeds in A1 advance
CLASS A1 No. 1 GREECE ATHENA 70 No. 4 PITTSFORD MENDON 61 Nigel Scantlebury led four in double figures with 19 points, and Greece Athena (20-2) advanced to the finals for a sixth straight year. Scantlebury netted 10 in the second quarter to help the Trojans take a 35-33 edge into halftime. Teammate Christian Jones scored 16. Johnny Salone had 14, and Patrick Meisenzahl … [Read more...] about Section V Roundup: NE Douglass pulls upset; top seeds in A1 advance
Flagler, Mitchell lead NE Douglass into the A2 semi-finals
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- On paper the better-seeded team won. To the NE Douglass Panthers, their victory over division rival Wilson Magnet also provided ounces of validation. Adonis Flagler and Jiahmere Mitchell combined for 49 points, and NE Douglass ended a brief post-season drought with a return to the Class A2 semi-finals. "I know a lot of people thought … [Read more...] about Flagler, Mitchell lead NE Douglass into the A2 semi-finals