Leading off today: Fifty points in a game is literally average work for Joe Girard III. The Glens Falls star has averaged 50 a game for his last two seasons of high school basketball en route to more than 4,600 career points -- a total that will probably not be matched by a New York player for decades, if ever.
Here is a sampling of how Twitter reacted to Girard's game-winning lay-in at the buzzer in overtime on Saturday as the Indians defeated Lowville for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association boys Class B basketball championship in Binghamton: