Jaysean Paige leaves Jamestown

I’ve known about this news for quite some time now, and had been hearing rumblings since early this spring. This is very disappointing news for the Jamestown basketball team, and I can’t understand why he would transfer to a high school in rural Appalachia Kentucky. We all know Jamestown is not a major metropolis, but I can’t imagine he will receive more exposure in rural Kentucky then in New York; especially after his POY of the status and run to the championship last season. I was suspecting Jaysean would of transferred to a prep school to improve his grades and exposure for college, not another public HS in a rural region. Whatever his decision may be, I wish him the best of luck and hope to see him gracing ESPN very soon.

Mark Simon

St Joe’s is looking for 1 Varsity Basketball game and 2 JV games.. If anyone knows of a team looking please have them email me at msimon@unyts.org..

coach

JP’s move smells like WVU in fall 2012

McShea is God

Man that SUCKS. Was really looking 4ward 2 watching some of his games. Class AA now WIDE open, good shot 4 Falls. Stan Weir now early favorite for 2012 WNY Player of the Year. Should b a great Class B final, Saturday March 3rd, E Aurora vs Olean!

sam

Sounds pretty nutty to me. Mcshea says school started on auguats 3 in kentucky and he hasn’t atteneded school yet. What kind of school let’s you miss a month and let’s you play still. I hope it works for Paige, but sounds like he ends up in junior college somewhere.

Roundman

School also is open here I think the time to decide was last month not later this week.is he even going to high school this year.

Use Ya Left

Saw Paige at the Olean Gus Macker Aug. 20-21. Heard an account of Paige’s sudden disappearance from Jamestown for a time during last season (remember the suspension?), in part because of the unsettled home life.
Word from a couple people was that Paige would have a tough time even coming close to meeting NCAA academic requirements as his high school eligibility (at least in NY) runs out.
Doesn’t mean that there has to be a bad ending for the kid but, unfortunately, this is looking like the kind of story we’ve seen before.
Hope it works out for him — we should all be rooting for kids like Paige because they help raise the profile of WNY basketball as a whole. The shame of it, if he really does transfer, is that his efforts will be removed from WNY.
We need more success stories…

Roundman

Looks like sal has some great young men playing in this weekend tour. At the falls good luck to three teams hope college coaches see something they like

sal

should be fun this weekend hope to see you in the falls.

roundman

September 12, 2011

how did the three teams do in the can am pal games any kids get noticed or stand out for college scouts

sal

September 12, 2011

PAL lost in semis, Rodney nevins team lost in qtrs. and VFI didnt win a game. I am sending tapes out for a couple of kids this week, it was a competitive weekend. tourney won by RAP. Between the 2 days i would say we had 20 d3 schoools, hope it helps some kids

Patrick Moran

September 15, 2011

I spoke briefly with Jamestown coach Ben Drake this morning. He said that Jaysean is no longer enrolled at Jamestown and then said he didn’t want to comment further. Clearly, he’s (understandably) frustrated.
Paige is gone from WNY for good. Sad, I was looking forward to seeing him play this year.

sam

September 15, 2011

No surprise there. Don’t lose heart you can always travel to coal country and the land of red necks to see Paige play. I feel sorry for Drake who did so much for Paige who has a poor way of showing his gratitude. Maybe Drake is better off without him.

guest

September 16, 2011

maybe more big news in wny hoops,not paige related

sam

September 16, 2011

That would be a welcome change! I look forward to it. Thx for some + news, hopefully!

jpd

September 17, 2011

I heard Reggie isn’t enrolled at St. Joes.

Jack Herlan

September 18, 2011

Wrong.

guest

September 18, 2011

I heard enrolled but has not attended school yet,but he will be there. why wouldn’t he? already got scholly offers ,wouldnt make sense to leave.

guest

September 27, 2011

reggie sighting at joes all is good

guest

September 27, 2011

There’s a rumor that Jaysean is back in Jamestown. Any truth to this?

guest

September 27, 2011

thats really good news for wny hoops

Gueat

September 30, 2011

Heard St. Bonnies head coach spent last evening at St. Joes watching Regggie Agbeko.

guest

October 1, 2011

AA will be wide open this year, if Paige is gone and NFHS also losing a starter(ollison) to transfer. it will make for a intersting yr

Roundman

October 2, 2011

Looks like a strong year for Timion and Canisius

guest

October 2, 2011

who are the ecic-mm challenge match ups it has lost its lather lately

the miz

October 2, 2011

timon/st. jude vs. williamsville south
st. mary’s vs. olean
canisius vs. kenmore west
st. joe’s vs. sweet home
st. francis vs. iroquois
walsh vs. lackawanna
not sure about niagara catholic, o’hara or nichols

guest

October 3, 2011

wow,olean/st marys best game and it doesnt matter who other 3 teams are playing, they wont be strong games

Wayne Rooney

October 4, 2011

Ken West v Canisius could be a battle of Top 10 teams in WNY.

sam

October 4, 2011

Who does marys have coming back? Olean should be one of wnys best teams

Roundman

October 4, 2011

I think canisius will be in the top 5 this year and next some strong under classmen

guest

October 5, 2011

you can same the same about nf and st joes and jamestown-every year

sam

October 5, 2011

There r 2 many guests on this board. They should come up with a different name or be guest 1 2 3 4 75 34 or whatever

McShea is God

October 6, 2011

HS Hoops is almost here! I hope it gets the same coverage football is getting from the Buff News! WOW front page 4 a regular season game Sunday? Anyway games start in like 6 weeks should b fun. Sucks about Paige wanted 2 c them back in Glens. Also Carolina will b a MACHINE this year in College Basketball. Every starter back! Final 4 in New Orleans this year!

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October 7, 2011

jamestown will still be best team in ecic, drake wont let that go. catholic league will be best and nfl could be fun with kw challenging

TML1000

Jamestown may still be the best team in ECIC I, but that is only because the rest of the league is weak. Taplin has little else around him at North while Lancaster, Frontier and Clarence lost most of their talent. Falls and KW are by far the two deepest teams in AA. OP has McCormick but little else, Lockport is always a mixed bag…always have some talent but rarely see out the entire year with the same roster. Would be surprised if it is not a Falls/KW final.
Canisius/Kw should easily be the best game of that lineup…Olean should handle Mary’s with ease, not sure what to expect from Sweet Home…have to think they will be improved, clearly not enough to trouble Joe’s. KW is finally playing a few good non-leaguers…they could actually be well tested for sectionals.
Joe’s schedule is out…they’re playing McKinley, Riverside, East, South and likely Jamestown in the J-town tourney, CBA-cuse, BK and Aquinas in a home and home…as well as the Chinese team. Not a bad lineup.

Guest

Amendment to the Joe’s schedule….They will not be in the J-Town tourney. Instead they will be playing a team from Dallas, Texas. The rest of the dates are solid.

TML1000

Well, that’s expected without Paige there…wouldn’t be a close game.

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tml you dont give drake enough credit, and joes lost their best perimeter player to lew port. but that is a quality schedule

Roundman

I hope the buff. News has better coverage of games this year.they never seem to have correct information on points steals assists they have a few favorites and they only write about them hope they get the facts this year.

Wayne Rooney

Ken West can’t really play that many non-league games because they are locked into the tournament at Kenmore East as well as the Harvey Tournament at West. Rumor has it the Harvey Tournament will be a one day affair with Ken West playing Nichols.

TML1000

Yea…they’re playing Nichols, which is kind of disappointing…they’d have been much better served to have tried to schedule Joe’s or a good city team.

Wayne Rooney

I don’t see Ken West playing St. Joe’s anytime in the near future.

KKBUNDY

Great to see the chatter on the upcoming HS hoop season.
A team poised to suprise as a large school will be Timon in the MMA, they are talented and experienced and a typically tough group who will give Canisius and St. Joe’s all they can handle.
Best of luck to all the former WNY High School hoopers who start practice at their respective colleges tomorrow, with emphasis on the freshman as they adjust to the challenge of the college game. Hope to hear that you all do well in the years to come.
Do any of you veteran hoop bloggers know where a list of local kids playing college ball can be accesed? It would be interesting to track their progress.

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