High School Fridays: 4 for the price of 1

I stand corrected from earlier posts after assuming Bishop Maginn was hosting the two-day basketball event at the Washington Avenue Armory. They're not.

The hosts in this case are Mekeel Christian Academy out of Schenectady. Due to the fact that everything was coming together at the 11th hour, if you will, this explains why none of today's games were listed in the local papers, except maybe for the Daily Gazette.

As such, the Lions Classic drew a sparse crowd to the ancient Armory at the start of the JV double-header at 1:30. There were no programs to be had, and they're hoping to have them available for tomorrow. As a result, I can't really offer game stats for today's contests. Trying to decipher all the names through the Armory sound system, as I've discovered over the last few years, is just next to impossible.

JV scores:

Albany 50, Mekeel 49.
Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 83, Bishop Maginn 21.

Notes: Maginn dressed just six players for the JV game. A recipe for disaster if there ever was one. Along the same line, Mekeel dressed 10, and Albany 7. Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons had a full complement of 13 players.

Varsity scores:

Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 70, Bishop Maginn 58.
Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) 55, Shenendehowa 53.

8 games are reportedly scheduled for tomorrow, headlined by Lincoln vs. Mekeel. Admission is $5 for students, $8 for adults for all-day passes. However, courtside seats are $10. That says fund-raising to me.
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They'll be hard-pressed for attendance again tomorrow, due this time to UAlbany's mens' basketball team playing a midday matinee vs. American at SEFCU Arena. Due to the Great Danes' football team in the playoffs, the hoops were moved from 1 pm to 10 am.
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Next week, we'll see Shen at Troy. We'll see Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons in the Troy Holiday Classic in 4 weeks.