This weekend our family spent much of the weekend in Hornell, New York at the annual Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Our son Devin has competed in many of these events over the past ten to twelve years. This weekend Devin’s team finished third in the Top Mens Division. His teammates included Jeff Haskell, Jason [...]
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Gus Macker Tournament
Posted in travel, tagged New York State, Ubuntu, basketball, Gus Macker, Hornell, Kino, Blip.tv on July 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Devin on “D”
Posted in basketball, gratitude, tagged basketball, Fredonia State, Gus Macker, Jamestown on June 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Devin on “D”
Devin was guarding a couple of big guys today and Jon Burgio was one of them. Jon is a recent graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and in addition to being tall and powerfully built is a good post player. Devin at 6′3″ gave away six inches and almost [...]
Macker time
Posted in Fredonia, recreation, tagged basketball, gratitude on June 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I spent part of the afternoon watching my son and several of his friends take part in the Gus Macker Three-on-Three basketball tournament in Jamestown, New York. I’ve been watching Devin play in Macker’s for a number of years. He’s competing in the Top Men’s Division which is the toughest division of the [...]
Alumni tournament
Posted in NY, Spiritual, gratitude, military, soldiers, tagged basketball, Franklinville, renunion on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Both our children are home this weekend. It’s the Alumni Basketball Tournament at Franklinville Central School. This tradition which began perhaps twenty years ago draws alumni from all across the country back to our small town nestled in the foothills of the Allegany Mountains. Last night we went to watch the opening round as teams [...]
Alumni game
Posted in Fredonia, basketball, gratitude, tagged alumni, basketball, Fredonia State on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday we drove to Fredonia, New York and the campus of the State University at Fredonia. Dods Hall was the site of this year’s alumni game which featured many of Fredonia States former basketball stars including our son Devin. The age of the players spanned at least twenty years. It was fun to watch Devin [...]
The Big Cat
Posted in Cattaraugus County, Olean, St. Bonaventure University, basketball, gratitude, tagged basketball, Bob Lanier, St. Bonaventure on October 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Tonight memory was at flood tide as I drove to Olean, New York along with my wife and daughter. We were going to have dinner somewhere in Olean and then drive to St. Bonaventure University.
I remember watching St. Bonaventure led by Bob Lanier defeat the Purdue Boilermakers in the 1969 Holiday Festival in Madison Square [...]
