It was a game that wasn’t supposed to happen until Tuesday night. However, for host Bishop Timon St. Jude and Rochester area power Bishop Kearney, fate as well as weather made certain they wouldn’t wait that long.
In the opening round of the Mark Scarcello Basketball Classic at Timon on Monday night, Timon was scheduled to face Martime Charter while Kearney squared off against Lakeshore with the winner’s meeting in the championship game Tuesday evening. But when Lakeshore couldn’t make it to South Buffalo due to inclement weather, tournament organizers decided it would be the two favored schools that wouldn’t wait another day to square off.
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After back to back sub-par efforts against Washington and Ottawa, the Buffalo Sabres traveled to St. Louis to take on the Blues, the worst team in the NHL at home. The Sabres did not give the Blues an opportunity to overcome that reputation, scoring three unanswered goals in the third period to overcome a lopsided shot differential and a one goal deficit at the beginning of the frame to win 5-3.
File this under the ‘pretty nice if true’ category but football coaching scoop is reporting that Greg Forest will be brought onto Jeff Quinn’s Staff as the new Buffalo Offensive Coordinator. This is a promotion for Forest who had served under Quinn and Kelly in one capacity or another for sixteen years going all the way back to Grand Valley State University.
Niagara travels to El Paso, Texas for a two-game holiday tournament inside the Don Haskins Center at the Sun Bowl beginning tonight. The Purple Eagles will take on Air Force in the opener and will play either Norfolk State or the host Miners of UTEP on Tuesday.
