Thursday, Sept. 7, 2012: Sec. 1 won't allow boy to rejoin girls team

   Leading off today: On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the answer is yes. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday's, the answer is no.

   That's the way it feels with regard to the interpretation of New York's mixed competition rule when it comes to allowing boys to compete on girls teams.

   In the latest chapter of this ongoing story, Section 1 has ruled that Jenson Daniel, a male student at Yonkers High, is too strong to play for the school's girls volleyball team this season.

   The 5-foot-11, 145-pound senior played in the teams final five matches last fall and expected to be back for his senior season until his application was denied. The school has appealed the ruling, The Journal News reported.

   “I didn’t ask for any of this,” Daniel told CBS 2 News. “It was just given to me. An opportunity came I went for it. Now they’re taking it away, which I think is unfair.”

   Yonkers is 4-1 without Daniel.

   This spring, SOuthampton field hockey player Keeling Pilaro was banned from returning to the Southampton varsity, but his eligibility was subsequently restored upon appeal.

   There have been male volleyball players on girls teams for two decades, but it became an issue last year in Section 5 when four boys showed up on rosters. This year, seven schools -- Batavia, Bloomfield, Dundee, Marion, Mynderse, Palmyra-Macedon and Pittsford -- petitioned to allow a boy to play, and all were approved.

   Section 5 has stayed consistent in its interpretation of what the State Education Department standard of what constitutes "significant adverse affect," though no two sections of the state seem to have the same understanding of the meaning.

   State officials continue to hold out hope that the State Education Department will offer more insight, but sources have indicated it's unlikely that the New York State Public High School Athletic Association will receive help in interpreting the rule any time soon.

   Instead, look for the respective sections to come to a consensus locally and possible hash out a unified policy by early next year.

   Hall of Fame selections revealed: Nine new members will be inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame next winter, the Basketball Coaches Association of New York announced.

   The induction ceremony for the six coaches and three contributors will be March 17 at the Glens Falls Civic Center in conjunction with the NYSPHSAA final fours.

   Those selected are:

    • David Archer, founder of the BCANY and instrumental in launching over 40 BCANY activities and events. He's also the co-Founder of the National High School Basketball Coaches Association.

    • Jeff Bieder, winner of 543 games at Long Island City, Murry Bergtraum and South Shore in New York City and the first coach to win PSAL championships with both boys and girls teams.

    • Ronald Boyea, winner of 349 games in 21 seasons at Chateaugay, which in 2008 became the first Section 10 boys team to win a championship in Glens Falls.

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    • Patrick Donnelly, who has won 456 games at East Syracuse-Minoa and Bishop Ludden, with seven Section 3 and two NYSPHSAA championships.

    • Francis "Dutch" Howlan, who coached at Amsterdam St. Mary's and Bishop Scully for more than 35 years, winning two-thirds of his games.

    • Lew Kibling, winner of 332 games in 28 seasons at Lowville and Watertown.

    • John Moriello, former Democrat and Chronicle sportswriter and the president of the New York State Sportswriters Association since 1999.

    • Mike Quick, one of the most recognizable voices in tri-state high school sports reporting with weekly shows on MSG as well as call-in shows and documentary work.

    • Robert Turner, who's coached Pine Bush and Burke Catholic to a 360-152 mark and won NYSPHSAA and Federation championships in 1997.

   Volleyball showdown: St. Joe's avenged its only loss of the season with a 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 27-25 boys volleyball win Wednesday that sent Canisius to its first Monsignor Martin Association setback in 12 years.

   "It was a great battle from the start," St. Joe's coach Mark Anzalone told The Buffalo News. "Every point was hard-fought. Defensively we were all over everything, hustling all over the court."

   Jack Seari had 41 assists while Rick Crumlish had 17 kills for the Marauders.

   Extra points: Jessie Guevara had two goals and an assist in Yonkers Sacred Heart’s first girls soccer win in more than three years, a 5-1 decision over St. John the Baptist.

   Archbishop Stepinac point guard Josh James, a ninth-team all-state pick in Class AA last winter, has made an oral commitment to play for Monmouth (N.J.), which is coached by former Binghamton High great King RIce.