The parking lot on West Delevan and Main Street was jammed pack well a full hour in advance of the game. Inside the Koessler Athletic Center at Canisius College, fans from rival schools did their best to blow the roof off the place. School chants and taunting of the opposition were as common as a Charlie Sheen meltdown. Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly was among the supporters, albeit a biased on in the stands.
About the only thing missing from the Manhattan Cup final between bitter rivals St. Joe’s and Canisius high school was any drama during the first half as the Marauders dominated their enemy for two full quarters.
Don’t worry—- the second half more than made up for it.
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Chris Collins of Savannah, Ga., Averaged 235.43 to lead a field of 10 players who advanced out of the Professional Bowlers Association Tour Qualifying Round Wednesday completing the field of 64 for the Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship which gets underway with the first round Thursday at AMF Thruway Lanes.
For anyone who’s followed a moment’s worth of Monsignor Martin Association boy’s high school basketball in 2010-11, this is the way it has to end. The two best teams, which happen to comprise Western New York’s most fierce high school rivalry, square off Wednesday with the Manhattan Cup hanging in the balance as St. Joe’s faces Canisius.
