The change in Class D amounts to raising the limit by five students, which is not an insignificant change when you're talking about small school districts. In Section 3 alone, that could push as many as five schools down to Class D by the 2009 season, with perhaps one current D school growing enough to move up.
Cardozo junior to Syracuse: Cardozo junior James Southerland, who averaged 17.6 points and 11.2 rebounds this season, has committed to play basketball for Syracuse University.
Southerland is just 16 years old. At 6-foot-7 and 190 pounds, he's still developing physically, but a number of schools already had him on their radar screens. He's a 44-percent three-point shooter.
Syracuse also has an early commitment from Kris Joseph, a 6-7 junior forward at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., The Post-Standard reports.
This week's question: The new unscientific survey is posted on the NYSSWA home page. This week we're asking your opinion on which 2006 NYSPHSAA baseball champion is most likely to repeat: Massapequa, Poughkeepsie Lourdes, Fredonia, Watertown Immaculate Heart or Avoca.
Extra points: Shenendehowa has been limping along with a short boys lacrosse roster. The Plainsmen fielded 13 players during Thursday's 8-5 loss to Saratoga but will get 16 players back for their next game following four-game suspensions. Six others are halfway through eight-game suspensions following allegations of trespassing and vandalism that occurred in a vacant home last month. . . . Watervliet AD Glenn Westfall, 54, will retire June 30 after 29 years at the school. He's been athletic director since 1989.
