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Albany High School to host fourth annual
CDPHP Invitational
over Thanksgiving weekend
 Albany High School once again will host the CDPHP
Invitational Boys' Basketball Tournament over Thanksgiving weekend,
welcoming Bishop Gibbons High School from Schenectady and two teams from
New York City.
The fourth annual event Nov. 28-29 also will honor eight members of the Albany
High Class of 2004 who went on to competitive and academic success in
college, as well as the 1984-85 and 1985-86 boys' basketball teams that
were among the top teams in New York state.
Individual honorees will be
Meg Cusick (Tufts University/softball), Megan Doherty (Elmira College/soccer),
Endri Kita (Rochester Institute of Technology/soccer), Jake Fromer
(Tufts University/track), Kelsie Moran (Buffalo State
College/soccer), Jenny O'Connell (Ithaca College/ultimate Frisbee) Alex
Paley (University of Miami/track) and Heather Smith (University of Maryland/ultimate
Frisbee).
Members of the 1984-85 and 1985-86 boys' basketball teams
expected to attend include All-American Elander Lewis, who went on to
play at St. John's University and Virginia Commonwealth University,
Will Foley (Boston College) and Derek Johnson (Virginia Union
University). Mr. Johnson currently is the home-school coordinator at
William S. Hackett Middle School. Additional team members who also are
district employees also are expected to attend.
The tournament begins Friday, Nov. 28 with first-round
games.
In the first game at 5:30 p.m., Bishop Gibbons, the 2008
Section II Class A champion, will face Frederick Douglass Academy. The
Albany High grads will be honored at a ceremony following the first
game.
In
the second game at 7:30 p.m., Albany takes on the High School of Art and
Design. The Falcons are beginning their second season under coach John McClement.
On Saturday, Nov. 29, the third-place game tips off at 1
p.m., followed by the championship at 3 p.m. |
