Here's a list of what I think are the top games to follow this week:

 

Monday, January 6th

Nichols @ Lackawanna – 7 pm

Bishop Kearney @ Timon – 7 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Alden – 7 pm

Randolph @ Salamanca – 7:30 pm

East Aurora @ Batavia – 7:30 pm

McKinley @ Clarence – 7:30 pm

Canisius @ St. Mary's – 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, January 7th

Barker @ CSAT – 6 pm

Niagara Falls @ Kenmore West – 6:30 pm

Williamsville East @ Sweet Home – 7:00 pm

Maryvale @ Depew – 7:30 pm

Clarence @ Lancaster – 7:30 pm

Maryvale @ Depew – 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, January 8th

Hutch-Tech @ McKinley – 6 pm

St. Mary's @ Nichols – 6:30 pm

East @ Middle College – 7 pm

Aquinas @ Canisius – 7 pm

Williamsville North @ Jamestown  - 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, January 9th

Allegany-Limestone @ Randolph – 7:30 pm

Williamsville South @ Sweet Home – 6:30 pm

Hamburg @ Williamsville East – 7:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Fredonia – 7:30 pm

 

Friday, January 10th

Williamsville North @ McKinley – 6:30 pm

Timon @ Nichols – 6:30 pm

Lockport @ Niagara Falls – 6:30 pm

Lancaster @ Jamestown – 7:30 pm

Cheektowaga @ Maryvale – 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, January 11th

Canisius vs. St. Joe's – Round 1 @ Canisius College

Olean @ Aquinas – 5:30 pm

 

Game of the Week - Olean @ Aquinas on Saturday, January 11th

– Yes, I'm picking this game even though the Canisius/St. Joe's rivalry renews just hours before on the same day.  For me, it came down to which game I'm most excited to attend in the upcoming week.   In a week of great matchups throughout, the finale on Saturday night should be a grand one.

By now, I think many are coming around to the notion that the game of the season will happen on a Tuesday night in March at Buffalo State – an Olean/East Class B crossover rematch.  Well the Huskies northeastern journey on Saturday to face Aquinas is as close as we're getting to that one for a couple of months.

East will be just two weeks removed from a win at Aquinas when the Huskies roll in to Rochester, and Olean will be just one week removed from an incredible showing at home against Greece Athena.  At this point, the speculation over which Class B school is better, Olean or East, is running rampant in WNY.  We know for sure that both schools are legit, but Saturday night will offer us a common opponent between the two schools, played at the same location.

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42